Fogbow! 2010-10-05 18:21:09.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist Single fogbow!...What does it mean? This afternoon, Brian came in exclaiming that there was a pretty neat fogbow to the east. I have seen these before but like most things involved in weather, I am more than happy to see them again. So I grabbed my trusty camera and ran up to the observation deck. As soon as I popped out the door, there it was, a complete fogbow stretching over the northeast sky. Unable to see anything in my cameras tiny screen due to the bright sunlight, I just aimed in

"Leaning on the Shoulder" 2010-10-04 20:23:20.000 - Erica Sandschulte,  Summit Intern View of the Valley This past week the summit has gone from being in the fog for almost three days with occasional hurricane force winds to temperatures plummeting into the mid-20's, and concluding among clear skies with calm winds. On Saturday the summit awoke to blue skies and we could see the valley! I had almost forgot what it looked like being stuck in a cloud for so long, not that it's the worst thing that could happen, but wow the colors have made a significant change in the

Getting Prepared 2010-10-03 22:45:45.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist Not what I forecasted, but I was still prepared. Every Wednesday prior to coming up for my shift, I check the long range models and numbers and decide what clothing I need to pack to get me through the upcoming week. In the heart of summer, my packing is pretty easy: boxers, t-shirts, a few shorts, a few pants, rain pants, rain jacket, summer fleece and hiking boots. If we do see cold weather during the summer, I have a supply of light winter gear on the summit already to get

A Day With Great Views 2010-10-02 23:00:26.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist My attempt at an artsy shot The first few days of this shift have been nothing short of a washout. Steady rain started falling at about 8 a.m. on Thursday, and didn't stop until about 10 p.m. on Friday. That's more than 36 hours of continuous rain with just over 4 inches being measured in our precipitation can. All that rain, fog, and generally wet weather made what happened today just that much more fulfilling.After some glaze icing during the overnight hours, fog started to break up

Ryane's Birthday! 2010-10-01 21:18:51.000 - Mike Finnegan,  IT Observer Summit Sushi! Welcome to October! It was certainly a wet start to this new month as we have picked up 2.25 inches of rain so far today and we are only three-quarters of the way through it. Overall it has been a rather grey day as well, with only a few breaks from the fog to give a glimpse of an undercast, clouds at our level about 4 miles out, and an overcast just a couple hundred feet above our heads. Although this was cool, it was not nearly as cool

Challenges on Mount Washington 2010-09-30 22:35:16.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist Water, water, everywhere While I was in the kitchen making lunch this afternoon, I had an interesting conversation with fellow observer Mike Finnegan and our volunteer for the week, Matt Stearns. Matt brought up a topic from our weekly Wednesday shift change meeting from the previous day, and mentioned that although probably mundane to us, he found the problems and challenges that we face while working in this setting very intriguing. My response was something along the lines of, 'They're interesting for us at first, but often they

Volunteer notes 2010-09-29 21:25:11.000 - Brad Bradstreet and Charlie Hawkins,  Summit Volunteers Stage Office around sunset Our volunteer week is coming to a close. Wednesday is Shift Change Day. The other crew of Observers and Interns will ride up to the summit in the morning - we will have a set of joint change-over meetings - then we will head down in the afternoon leaving the other crew to stay for their eight day shift. This has been a fantastic week being here on the summit with the crew. Charlie and I thought we understood the Observatory and what it

NULL 2010-09-28 16:58:07.000 - Kristin Raisanen,  Summit Museum Attendant Oh windows!! How I have missed you!! During my last few weeks in the summit museum and shop, I have realized a couple things, the most important being the realization that I love windows. Such a simple thing, I know, but they are now very important to me. Here on the summit, there are some days when you don't get to go outside for an extended period of time. Sometimes the weather isn't great, or you are simply too busy and only get to go outside for observations. I don't mind

NULL 2010-09-27 18:39:40.000 - Jennifer Finn,  Summit Intern NULL Since the theme of this week seems to be about the anticipation of wintery, 'bad' weather and the changing of seasons, I'm going to stick with that. Though the weather hasn't been too exhilarating, it has been a very exciting forecasting week (for me anyways). The models over the past few days have shown a more winter-like upper air pattern that will prevail for much of the week. Though temperatures aren't nearly cold enough for snow, it's reassuring to know that the exciting weather is not too far off. So what

NULL 2010-09-26 16:38:14.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer and Meteorologist where's the wind? The weather hasn't been anything to write home about, being stuck in the fog for the entire day and temperatures hovering in the upper thirties. Observations take all of thirty seconds and its not even windy outside - overall a boring weather day. With the occasional snow and ice already visiting the summit, it's that time of year when we start to prepare for the winter season. Today, with the light winds, was a perfect day to take out the summer screens and put in the winter windows.Our