Week In Review 2010-05-30 21:07:42.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Summit Intern Lenticular Clouds It has been an exciting week for me. One in which I have experienced quite a few new things. Thursday morning I woke to a rather interesting sight that I had only till that point heard of. We were under clear skies with an undercast. Later that same day I stood on the observation deck as low clouds literally closed in around me. Friday I had the opportunity to get a few turns in on the East Snow Fields. It may have only been a few but it

Oh, the sights to see! 2010-05-29 21:52:59.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist Sunrise Saturday morning. The weather this week looks to be a nice mix of everything the summit has to offer. The conditions for our first half of the week have consisted of relatively low winds, seasonable temperatures, with only brief fog and dynamic skies above. The weather for the second half of the week is shaping up to have higher winds, more fog, and possibly some thunderstorms mixed in with rain. It is a week like this that kind of provides us with a great smorgasbord of variety

First few days... 2010-05-28 16:20:38.000 - Hanna Brewer,  Summit Intern Marty, also, is calmed by the mountain. After my first few days atop Mount Washington, I'm starting to think that the 'Home of the World's Worst Weather' isn't living up to its name. I can't say I'm too broken-hearted, however. It has been absolutely beautiful welcoming weather for me with temperatures in the 50s and relatively calm winds. I've scarcely needed more than a light jacket to shadow observers Brian Clark and Mike Finnegan on their hourly weather observations, which means ideal cloud and stargazing conditions.It is a very humbling

Start of summer, and tours! 2010-05-27 22:55:22.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist For a lot of folks, I'm sure, tomorrow will be the start of Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial beginning of summer! We will undoubtedly see the results of this over the weekend here on the summit with our first truly busy days of the summer. Lots of people will be driving up the Auto Road, riding the Cog, hiking, and hopefully taking tours of the Observatory!If you are already a member, remember that one of the many benefits of membership is that you can always stop

Volunteer comment 2010-05-26 18:42:57.000 - Cynthia L. Terry,  Summit Volunteer NULL There is beauty in the consistent inconsistency about this mountain. Approaching a decade of volunteer work the one thing I know is I'll never know enough about this area; it is full of surprises for a Pennsylvania gal. I found an unwanted one this trip.After a week of the most unbelievably great, clear weather I have ever had, I took a leisurely jaunt to one of my favorite places, Sphinx Col. This is a very scenic valley between Mt. Clay and Mt. Jefferson. Just below the sign that pronounces

Passing Storms 2010-05-25 16:42:09.000 - Mike Carmon,  Staff Meteorologist Missed it by that much... I'm currently watching the sky to the northeast like a disappointed child who didn't get what he wanted on Christmas.We were hoping for a few thunderstorms today to close out our shift with a bang, but it looks like our neighbors to the east, Maine and Canada, are getting all the action. The radar from out there is lit up with bright reds and oranges.The storms are so massive that the cirrus tops of the cumulonimbus clouds can be seen from here on the summit. A

DMC 2010-05-24 17:29:20.000 - Mike Carmon,  Staff Meteorologist Crepuscular Rays With the absence of my counterpart meteorologist this shift, my skills in predicting the unpredictable have been especially on call. Luckily, the presence of a formidable and stubborn ridge of high pressure over the eastern half of the Continental U.S. has provided us with pretty mundane but gorgeous weather for most of the shift. I have lamented with my co-workers that I'm running out of ways to put into words the fact that skies will be sunny and temperatures will be warm. But I should not complain, because before long,

NULL 2010-05-23 16:03:55.000 - Kristin Raisanen,  Summit Intern The cog going down on a beautiful day As Mike announced early this week, the interns have arrived. I'm one of the two summer interns on this shift, you heard from Sabrina, the other intern, yesterday. Today is only my second day on duty, but I'm already having a fantastic time, and trying to learn as much as possible. As a NH native and a weather junkie, I volunteered on the summit a few summers ago, and knew I needed to take it one step further and become a summit intern one

NULL 2010-05-22 18:45:52.000 - Sabrina Lomans,  Summit Intern Climbing the snow field Despite being only a few days into my first shift as one of the summer interns, I have already encountered many new things that only Mount Washington can offer. From majoring in Environmental Science with a concentration in Geology, I was familiar with the nickname associated with Mount Washington as having the "World's Worst Weather". Essentially, this moniker is exactly what drew me to this mountain because I knew that an internship here would provide not only a learning experience but an adventure.. One of the first days

NULL 2010-05-21 14:57:03.000 - Mike Carmon,  Staff Meteorologist Shimmering Shower In the spirit of Steve's comment yesterday, change is the word.Summer is in full swing, and there are some new faces on the summit. Deb is back as our summit museum attendant, we have a new intern, Sabrina, and we are expecting our second summer intern, Kristin, tomorrow. You'll be hearing from them firsthand later this shift.Despite the more temperate summer season, changes in daily weather are still perfectly normal. Yesterday was a prime example, as a weak cold front charged through New England.Watching the radar over New Hampshire yesterday