NULL 2011-08-12 15:03:11.000 - Tom Padham,  Summit Intern My favorite photo of the Summer It's been an amazing experience living and working on top of Mt Washington this summer. After this week I'll be heading back to Penn State University for one more semester before graduating with a degree in Meteorology. I haven't had much time to reminisce about being up here this week, since I've been busy training the new fall intern Kevin as well keeping up with what's turned out to be a busy week so far. I'd like to thank everyone who supports the observatory. We really

Volunteer Comment 2011-08-11 22:25:25.000 - Christy Keefe,  Summit Volunteer NULL A week ago today, I was getting ready to start my volunteer shift on the summit. My first concern was 'Be on time!' for the shuttle for shift change. Then, though I knew generally what I was supposed to do, my thoughts went to the specific unknowns - what was the 'usual' day like, what was life up here 'really' going to be like, would my co-volunteer partner be easy to get along with? Was I really worried? No. I figured that I'd take things as they came, roll with

NULL 2011-08-10 11:08:32.000 - Julie Rodriguez,  Summit Volunteer NULL A week on the summit, and I felt like a celebrity. The idea of cooking what, for me, amounted to a Thanksgiving dinner every night for a week was a little bit daunting, and I thought I might be cooped up in the Observatory ('Obs' for the initiated) kitchen for most of each day. Not so much. My partner, Christy, and I got a pretty decent partnership going right away that helped us get dinner on the table efficiently and allowed for plenty of hiking and down time, which is how

NULL 2011-08-09 22:59:35.000 - Jaclyn Ritzman,  Summit Intern Well I lied; this will be my last comment! Since I last posted a comment on Thursday we were fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis on Saturday! This has always been a dream of mine and I cannot believe I actually got an opportunity to witness this breathtaking phenomenon! Today, the summit has been packed with visitors and we had a busy day with tours up in the Observatory, which is great! It is always great seeing children who are interested in what we do up here on

Martys Mewsings 2011-08-08 17:38:12.000 - Marty,  Summit Cat Catching up on my Fur-ty Winks w/ a buddy of mine. Hello, Marty here. I figure it is the purr-fect time to write a comment since it's been a while since you heard from me. Life has been purr-ty nice up here. About 80 purr-cent of my day is spent cat napping and catching up on my fur-ty winks but every once and a while, I make appearances around the summit. One place I like to visit is the mew-seum since it is warm and inviting and very active as all the

Wishing for Fog 2011-08-07 18:28:43.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer / Educational Specialist NULL I can honestly say that it's not very often that I wish for a day that we are completely socked in the fog. However, given the weather pattern we have seen for the majority of my last couple of shifts, and especially leading up to today on this shift, I found myself really longing for a foggy day.See, while on the surface (no pun intended), taking weather observations seems like it should be a simple task, it isn't always in reality. First of all, we have to

Aurora Borealis - A site to see 2011-08-06 16:07:02.000 - Roger Pushor,  Observer / IT Specialist Aurora Borealis-Just below 6 mile on the Auto Road Yesterday's highlight didn't come until late evening when six of us decided to hike down the Auto Road to find a point where we could get a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis. We ended up finding a clear spot in the Northern sky at around 5000 feet where we setup our tripod and camera to take a few pictures, one of which is attached to this Observer Comment. Unfortunately the camera just couldn't capture the

Stephen Rosenman 8-5-11 2011-08-05 17:58:44.000 - Stephen Rosenman,  Summit Intern NULL For Mount Washington standards, you cannot have any complaints about the weather the past couple days. We have been continuing the trend of in and out of the clouds under partly/mostly cloudy skies with super calm winds. This has provided some ideal hiking weather with temperatures hanging in the mid-50's during the daytime. We have also been able to see more than just bright white when we look out the weather room windows, which has definitely made the days more pleasant. Yesterday, I took off on a trail run

last comment 2011-08-04 17:52:21.000 - Jaclyn Ritzman,  Summit Intern View of the summit cone from Wildcat This being my last comment, I figured I would reflect on what a wonderful summer this has been up on the summit of Mount Washington. Watching thunderstorms move through the area while being up on the summit has been one of my favorite experiences. There is nothing like being able to witness the summit being struck by lightning; the sounds and vibrant colors of the surroundings sky are truly amazing. Ever since I was a child, clouds have been a mystery to me, therefore

Showers, showers, everywhere. 2011-08-03 23:37:17.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Observer / Meteorologist Sunset today - Pretty but unrelated to the comment If you listened to a Top 40 radio station within the last year, odds are you heard a song called "Airplanes" by B.o.B feat Hayley Williams. In it, the chorus of the song (sung by Ms. Williams) goes: "Can we pretend airplanes In the night sky are like shooting stars?I could really use a wish right nowWish right now, wish right now..."During most of the year, the skies above the summit are obscured by fog, clouds, haze, etc. making it