Another volunteer week 2010-05-12 22:21:17.000 - John Pearson,  Summit Volunteer NULL Another volunteer week on Mt Washington, ho hum. That's what my sea level friends said when I told them I would be on the summit for this my fifth trip as a volunteer. How wrong could they be?When I arrived at the summit last Wednesday, it did appear that spring had arrived. Two feet of snow a week or so ago, and now the ground was bare. I have learned never to sell this mountain short when it comes to weather, and was not disappointed this shift. Winds gusting

Auto-tuning the weather 2010-05-11 23:01:07.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist No auto-tuning needed on this sunrise today. Love it or hate it, a process called auto-tune seems to be everywhere nowadays. Auto-tune, to those unfamiliar, is a proprietary audio processor that corrects the pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. When used correctly, it is subtle and can be used to clean up the sound of bands or singers in recording or large live performances to provide a cleaner pitch-perfect sound. But recently, a few singers have been taking it to the extremes making artists out of people that normally would

Looking for Tomorrow 2010-05-10 17:53:03.000 - Mike Finnegan,  IT Observer NULL Today hasn't been a terribly interesting day on the mountain as far as weather is concerned. Winds have held fairly steady in the 40-60 mph range and temperatures have slowly climbed from around 10 degrees F to the mid teens. For a few hours it looked like it wanted to clear, but it was only teasing us as we stayed in the fog the entire day. High pressure should be building in however and will clear the summits tonight and remain so through tomorrow, giving us a chance to

Contrasting weather 2010-05-09 17:32:32.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist NULL Here are some weather stats from one week ago today (May 2):High Temperature: 58 degrees Fahrenheit (tied the daily record high, also set in 1936)Low Temperature: 47 degrees FahrenheitAverage Wind Speed: 35.5 mphLiquid Precipitation: TraceSnowfall: 0 inchesNow let's contrast that with stats so far today. Now of course the day isn't over yet so these will change slightly, but you'll get the point:High Temperature: 21 degrees FahrenheitLow Temperature: 13 degrees FahrenheitAverage Wind Speed: 64.4 mphLiquid Precipitation: 0.38 inchesSnowfall: 2.6 inchesQuite a contrast! Of course a very winter like day

Saturday Shift Change 2010-05-08 22:42:36.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist Volunteer John Pearson captures the 1st cog of '10 Another Saturday, another successful shift change. Wait, something doesn't sound right in the previous sentence. If you frequently read our comments or have volunteered up here, the problem is probably obvious. The problem lies in the word "Saturday". I have nothing against Saturday, don't get me wrong, it just doesn't normally belong in that sentence. For the two shifts that work on the summit, Wednesdays normally mark the start/end of our work week while Saturdays normal mark the middle of the

NULL 2010-05-07 16:32:10.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer and Meteorologist NULL 'No singing, no dancing, no chick flicks!' Those are Steve's rules. I am the primary offender; Drew is in a close second. My affinity for musicals, singing and dancing is directly correlated to my upbringing. My dad used to make up songs on his guitar and my mom always had music on and was always singing. My brother was in a band; my sister and I would act out songs from The Sound of Music and Grease. So, a public apology to Steve and anyone else who has had to

oh, you know. 2010-05-06 08:41:49.000 - Drew Hill,  Summit Intern A Rare Peak Through the Clouds from the Obs Room I've just returned from a 5-day stint hunting for an apartment in New Haven. Luckily, I made it out alive (by the skin of my teeth!), and found an affordably lush apartment to boot. Unluckily, I missed the last few days of serious snow coverage on Mount Washington. I won't blog the details, as Mike already wrote a pretty good comment about the fresh summer feeling permeating the summit, but I will say: the ability of the weather and ground

Long Day 2010-05-05 04:16:32.000 - Steve Welsh,  IT Observer NULL So it's been an unusually long day for me. As Marty alluded to in the previous comment Mike went missing on Tuesday - OK he didn't really go missing but rather had to see a dentist at short notice - ouch. So I'm doing a double shift and writing this in the wee hours whilst drinking lots and lots of coffee. Thankfully Mike and Drew should both be back up later today for the remainder of our extended shift which will last through Saturday. As most of you probably know

NULL 2010-05-04 16:24:36.000 - Marty,  Summit Cat Where'd they all go? And then there were 2...I don't know what's been going on, but the observers seem to be dropping like flies. First of all, two weeks ago the British guy went missing. And, there weren't nice people in the kitchen to feed me treats all day long. I actually had to go into the weather room for my daily dose of adoration. Things got better. When the blond boy came up, he brought with him the red head, my second favorite night observer, and two very nice people who were

summer promo 2010-05-03 04:29:24.000 - Mike Carmon,  Staff Meteorologist Short but Sweet It's hard to believe a mere four days ago I was telling you, faithful comment reader, about my trip (or should I say traipse) to the precip can in chest-deep snow drifts. Well, winter has come and gone, because, as of this morning, only a few patches of snow in well-sheltered areas remain. Our deck is completely snow-free, and so is the area surrounding the can. It is quite amazing.Now that winter has gone, summer has decided to make another appearance. This is evidenced by the fact that