Indoor vs Outdoor Pressure 2011-09-05 17:32:27.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Pressured fight: Indoor vs Outdoor Barometer As Roger mentioned a few days ago, I was originally going to talk a bit about Hurricane Irene. But as I looked through our comments and everything else that is available, I just couldn't find anything new that hasn't already been said. Mike Carmon's comments before, during and after Irene did an excellent job in summarizing all that needed to be said for up here in my opinion. And Roger took the last piece of Irene I was going to talk about: pressure.

9-4-11 Stephen Rosenman 2011-09-04 17:16:41.000 - Stephen Rosenman,  Summit Intern I'll Miss Having This as my Backyard Well, this is the last comment for me as my internship on the summit will be coming to an end this Wednesday. Even though I was lucky enough to extend my time up here a couple extra weeks because I am going abroad this fall and my semester starts much later than the Hamilton year, it has not quite felt like the end of summer the past couple days as temperatures have hovered around 60, about 15 degrees above average for this time

Radio Shift Experience 2011-09-03 17:58:56.000 - David Narkewicz,  Summit Intern NULL This week I started my second summit intern shift for the fall. I have been learning and experiencing new things as each day goes on. So far one of the toughest and weirdest parts of the job is the 4:00 PM higher summits forecast that the interns compose. As mountain weather changes frequently it is a difficult skill to forecast the summits for an extended period of time. The observers have been giving me new techniques and strategies to use to better my forecast prediction. The weirdest part is

A little bit about the barographs at Mount Washington Observatory 2011-09-02 19:40:43.000 - Roger Pushor,  Weather Observer/IT Specialist Barograph at Mount Washington Observartory Invented in 1843 by the Frenchman Lucien Vidie, a barograph is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure and record atmospheric pressure over time.The barographs at Mount Washington Observatory use aneroid cells acting through lever a train to drive a recording arm that has, at its extreme end a pen. A pen records on paper using ink, held in a knib. The recording chart is mounted on a cylindrical drum which is rotated slowly by clockwork.

Summit Firsts 2011-09-01 18:27:35.000 - Brian Clark,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist Not an every day sight. By not being here during Irene, I missed out on an opportunity to experience a personal first on the mountain: a 100+ mph wind in the summer time. Sure, over the last 4 years that I have worked as a full-time staff member, I have experienced numerous winds exceeding the century mark. However, even as my fifth summer on the mountain draws to a close, I still have not been here for winds of that magnitude during our summer months of June through September. Several

Planning after Irene 2011-08-31 23:10:59.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist The sun sets on yet another day. It's been three days since Hurricane Irene impacted the east coast but it is still very much on everyone's mind since driving around New England is like a giant maze with so many road closures due to washouts. Since today was shift change day for the two crews on the summits, it was dominate conversation piece for most of the morning. The upcoming crew talked about what routes they had to map out to get here while the down going shift was talking

NULL 2011-08-30 23:24:59.000 - Joe Dipoli,  Summit Volunteer Pete and I arrived on Tuesday of this week at the Joe Dodge Lodge in time to celebrate the 89th birthday of a hiker finishing up the Appalachian Trail from Georgia. On Wednesday we drove up on the shift change and set to work planning meals and getting into the flow of operations on the "Rockpile".While our friends and family fretted about the forecast "Hurricane Winds" forecast for Sunday we looked at the windgauge and just shrugged. "Yeah, so what's your point"?On Friday, I decided to hike to the Lake of the

NULL 2011-08-30 00:07:59.000 - Peter Fisk,  Summit Volunteer NULL I am sure that those of us who volunteer for a 'hitch' at the Obs do so for a variety of reasons. Howling gales and sub-Arctic wind chills for some, rime ice and sleet for others. I sit at the opposite end of the spectrum so that yesterday was perfect. Clear skies, light winds, mild temps and views forever. I have to say I couldn't see Russia from here but I could see Vermont. The day was perfect for a couple of short hikes, one down towards Lakes of The Clouds

Irene again 2011-08-28 19:26:11.000 - Mike Carmon,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist NE totals as of 6:30 p.m. 8/28 She came, she saw, she drenched.I'm referring to Irene, of course...a storm with fury that rolled through most of the eastern U.S., dropping tremendous rainfall amounts and creating widespread wind damage all across these areas.There are so many reports of damage and flooding, it's hard to know where to start. North Carolina's Outer Banks receieved the worst the storm could dish out, as expected, with yet another new shape to the coastline chiseled out. Irene came ashore at Cape Lookout, and charged northward, with

Irene 3 2011-08-27 17:05:04.000 - Mike Carmon,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Irene's massive span Irene's still coming!If you were hoping your collective hurricane/rain dances, etc., would ward off Hurricane Irene, I regret to inform you that they have not. Irene still has her sights set on New England, along with most of the rest of the eastern seaboard, and she does not intend to play nice.As of 5 p.m. EDT, Irene is a Category 1 Hurricane centered over the Outer Banks of N.C., and moving quickly towards the north. It is spreading rain bands as far north as southern NH. Boston has