1, 2, 3, 4... 2010-02-15 23:21:04.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist You can't always count on something this good! Working on the summit over the years, most of them during the dark, night time hours, I have memorized several sequences of numbers I would have never committed to memory prior to working here. Some daily examples are: 0.0295299278 - the number I have to use to convert millibars to inches of mercury, 1.15 - since most of our forms and instruments measure in knots, I have to use 1 knot equals 1.15 mph for conversions when people ask, 25.4 -

Snow coverage 2010-02-14 17:02:48.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist Snow depth over the lower 48 states Regardless of whether it's by accident or on purpose, the comments that either shift writes ends up having some sort of theme to them thru the course of that shift. On my last shift the theme was the new world record wind. This shift, the theme is the lack of snow here on the summit and New England, and the incredible amounts of snow that have been falling in the Mid-Alantic. I am (sort of) going to continue that theme with today's comment.The

A Couple Nice Days 2010-02-13 17:58:35.000 - Mike Finnegan,  IT Observer Last Night's Sunset The last few days, although there has been little new snow, have been great for getting outside. Temperatures have been warmer than average for this time of year and winds have been fairly light as well. This is quite a contrast from last shift when we were below zero and in the fog for nearly the entire time. There has been a nice undercast hanging around for a while now too and although the models have shown us to be in the fog, we have actually

NO SNOW? 2010-02-12 17:49:25.000 - Nick Lovejoy,  Summit Intern Sun Pillar Well at least it was sunny and warm (12F) today! The sun always seems to put a smile on the faces of the Observatory staff, even if every footfall outside ends in a teeth jarring crunch. Did Brian mention in yesterdays comment that we haven't gotten much snow in a while? In case you missed it let me reiterate, we haven't gotten much snow for a while.Am I bitter? Of course not!So what if Charleston, South Carolina is supposed to get snow tonight. So what if the mid-Atlantic recently

Heading south for snow 2010-02-11 22:03:46.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist My car, definitely not taken in New England The week on, week off work schedule that the summit staff operates on has its advantages and disadvantages. I have found that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, at least at this point in my life. One of the biggest of these advantages I have found is the ability that having six full days off in a row (Thursday to Tuesday) gives me to travel. For instance, I am able to go back "home" to State College, Pennsylvania, also known as

NULL 2010-02-10 09:13:28.000 - Kathy and Tim Emerson,  Summit Volunteers It's good to be back! Good morning! It's Wednesday, shift-change day, and my husband, Tim, and I are finishing up our volunteer week. First time up here in the winter for us, and what a week it was! The top of Mount Washington is truly a unique place at any time, but in the winter it has a character, and a few surprises, all its own.We had a wonderful variety of weather. There were some days with temperatures way below zero and winds of up to 80 mph (I don't

NULL 2010-02-08 10:55:56.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer and Meteorologist NULL Warning:What you are about to read is thoughtful and possibly sappyI'm in a reflective state of mind. This mind set could be the result of the background music, popular when I was middle school, which has placed my psyche in the past. I remember reading Michael Crichton novels, and relating to the strong, female scientist characters. I wanted to be like Ellie in Jurassic Park, or like Beth in Sphere. I wanted to be a scientist who worked in an exotic place. I would borrow National Geographic magazines from the

Storm 2010-02-07 05:32:57.000 - Mike Carmon,  Staff Meteorologist NULL With relatively uneventful weather hanging on to New England, I'll take this opportunity to travel to where the weather is for my comments today.The latest major winter storm struck the mid-Atlantic states yesterday, and has been dubbed with a copious number of over-the-top nicknames already ('Snowmaggeddon' and 'Snowpocalypse' stuck out in my mind) as many locations witnessed record snowfalls.The highest reported snowfall totals produced by this storm (inches):Colesville, MD: 40.0Near Elkridge, MD: 38.3Near Howellsville, VA: 37.0Frostburg, MD: 36.0Leesburg, VA: 34.5Some other impressive totals from around the mid-Atlantic (inches):Near Crofton, MD: 34.0Dulles

Cliche rantings of a summit winter 2010-02-06 07:44:10.000 - Drew Hill,  Summit Intern Closed for the season. My first summer on Mt. Washington was, for want of a more poetical vocabulary, illuminating. Throngs of hikers filtered through the hut I worked in. They were happy, tired, talking, laughing, crying, winded, cold, overheated, bonding, meditating, Canadian. No matter the temperament, passers-through always made for good conversation-- interesting conversation, anyways. Summer was fun.Well, it's a funny thing, being up here in the winter. It's so quiet up here. When I look out the weather-room windows, I see an empty world. It seems

Boooooring 2010-02-05 00:12:11.000 - Mike Carmon,  Staff Meteorologist NULL While the weather to the south remains quite active, New Englanders will suffer from a streak of relatively tame conditions.A few surface high pressure areas will pass through New England over the next week or so, and, along with the proper upper-level dynamics, will provide dry conditions and relatively average temperatures through this time period. There will be no major fluctuations in temperatures, no major precipitation events, and we will even struggle to muddle the sky with clouds! The National Weather Service forecast for northern NH expresses that high temperatures will