Weekly Weather Summary March 18-24 2012-03-25 13:46:36.000 - Rick Giard,  Weather Observer / Education Specialist Weather Mar. 18-24 WEEKLY WEATHER SUMMARYMarch 18-24, 2012The big weather story this week was five days of record-setting high temperatures. Records were set for daily maximum temperature each day Sunday through Thursday, and Wednesday equaled the all-time monthly high for March. In fact, the mercury did not dip below the freezing point until early Friday morning. The weekly statistics stacked up as follows: Average daily maximum temperature 46.6, average daily minimum 35.1, and weekly average temperature 41.0. Daily peak winds averaged at 58.1 MPH with

Saturday 2012-03-24 17:31:01.000 - Steve Welsh,  Weather Observer/IT Specialist NULL Today has been another pleasant day on the top of the Rockpile with temperatures in the mid 30s, light winds, overcast skies and panoramic views to well over 100 miles. Tonight, however, should see the weather deteriorate as we return to the fog with showers of sleet and rain. Tomorrow doesn't look much better either with more rain and fog likely then it's going to get really cold and windy, that will certainly be a shock to the system, after all we've only really see see warm fog free days

Toasty Times 2012-03-23 20:37:44.000 - Rick Giard,  Weather Observer / Education Specialist NULL Although it was pleasant to experience another unusually toasty March (April? May?) early spring (summer?) day yesterday, during these past several days it felt rather odd to be removing the multiple protective layers that protect us from the typical extremes as we go about our labors on the Rock Pile. Those summer boots felt strangely light and nimble, and when was the last time I left the goggles off and slipped the shades on. No hat? Good grief, let's check the calendar - could that have possibly

Another day, another record. 2012-03-22 15:52:33.000 - Brian Fitzgerald,  Summit Intern Great Gulf, 3-22-12 Today's old daily record temperature never stood a chance even at 12:01 this morning- so far the mercury has failed to dip beneath the old record of 41 degrees set in 2007. As of this moment the outdoor temperature is sitting around 51 degrees, which will likely be our highest reading of the day as a cold front moves in from the northwest, finally bringing an end to the unseasonable warmth. Still, even with the passage of this cold front temperatures will still be significantly higher

Turn the heat up! Wait; it's already cranked. 2012-03-21 22:45:42.000 - Mike Carmon,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Northern Prezis in May...err...March Today was a near-historic day on the summit.The theme of the past few comments has been very consistent-it's unseasonably warm. I'm sure that point has been hammered home, whether you've experienced it first hand or not.However, there's a difference between just eeking out new records, which is normally the case during a stretch of unseasonable weather, and completely shattering them.Our record high for today was a mere 43F. So far today (with only a scant few hours left), we have not

Sharing the Heat 2012-03-20 23:05:38.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Sunrise on the first day of Astronomical Spring. There were two big noteworthy things for today: our temperatures and a new website feature. The first should come as no surprise that we have broken yet another daily record. As of this writing, the high for the day today is looking like 49F. But, this isn't official until just after midnight, but it's broken no matter what. And, so far it is looking like our overnight low tonight should remain higher than tomorrows high breaking that record early and building on

Snow Melt On The Summit 2012-03-19 18:04:35.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Operations Assistant NULL As yesterday's comment talked about the summit has been experiencing higher temperatures than normal. In the past day or so it has become very evident by the change in the landscape. When this week started and the summit was still mostly snow covered you would have thought it was beginning of March. Now looking out the window it feels like April. With the calm winds today on the summit the sound of running water from melting snow was eerie. Not only because I'm used to the sound

Your Guess May Be As Good As Mine. 2012-03-18 23:43:36.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist NULL The past couple of weeks have seen a lot of warm temperatures and from today forward we are expected to tie or break several of our daily record highs on the summit. To show you what I mean, here is a rundown of the current daily record highs and the years in which they occurred followed by forecasted highs for this week:18th - 37F on 1945 forecasted to be around 50 today19th - 38F on 1945 forecasted to be upper 40's20th - 40F on

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2012-03-17 19:50:33.000 - Roger Pushor,  Weather Observer/IT Specialist NULL It's been a busy weekend here on the 'rock pile' with an EMS climbing trip with two guides and nine guests making their way up early yesterday afternoon and staying over for the night. They got up early for a beautiful sunrise over a nearly continuous layer of under cast then made their way down to the living quarters for a big home cooked breakfast before touring the Observatory then heading back down the mountain.Today we have two Edu-Trip leaders and nine guests with us for New

An Early Spring 2012-03-16 16:49:53.000 - Brian Clark,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist The meteorologist in me will be very interested to see how temperatures play out over the next week. The winter/snow lover and skier in me wishes it weren't going to be happening this soon in the spring season, or at all for that matter.Daily record highs will be falling like dominoes starting on Sunday and into midweek. In fact, by midweek, we could even see the all time record high temperature for the month of March challenged. That record is currently 54 degrees, set on March 31 in 1998.