Back Again 2010-01-09 22:59:01.000 - Aubrie Pace,  Former Intern NULL Oh, the Summit of Mount Washington! How I have missed thee. It truly is a joy to be up here again on an EduTrip for the MWOBS. I would almost swear it is back to the good ole days of the fall of 2007 when I was a young intern. After an interesting Saturday-- instead of Wednesday-- journey to the summit, the group and I were welcomed by the shift and volunteers. We took a safety tour, ate some lunch, and played in the 61 mph gusts. I then returned

Happy Birthday Elvis 2010-01-08 16:51:24.000 - Drew Hill,  Summit Intern The a-frame greets a sleepy intern. So, I didn't sleep through my alarm this morning. And good thing; 6:30 found me on the observation deck, fighting off frostbite and snapping pictures of a glorious sunrise. Picture this: Undercast to the west. Overcast to the east. A sanguine sun rises slowly in between. The Wildcats, dappled with iridescent fog and coated in an unreal sheen of rime, snake their way along the horizon. Along the southwestern flank of the Presidential ridge, Lakes of the Clouds floats on a strato-cumulus ocean. It

NULL 2010-01-07 17:08:09.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer and Meteorologist NULL Nothing inspires better than singing, disillusioned muppets who live in New York City. I am sitting in the weather room. It is foggy, chilly, and only a little windy with no exciting weather in the near future. We do have a new intern to train (you'll hear from him in the near future) but he seems to have a handle on things (aka, shoveling, de-icing, and fog obs). So, it is comment writing time and I've got nothing! The muppets sing about how life isn't quite what they expected. In

Partial clearing on the summit, beautiful views! 2010-01-05 17:24:32.000 - Kyle Itterly,  Plymouth State Intern Here comes the sun! Today was my fifth day on the summit, and it is the first day my fellow intern Andrew Foley and I have experienced any decent stretch of good visibility. The day started off with relatively light winds and what a surprise, fog. Fairly significant rime ice had formed from the past few days, adding even more white to the foggy landscape. As Brian went to do his 2 p.m. weather observation, Andrew and I followed along and were greeted to partial

Plymouth State Interns Go for a hike 2010-01-04 17:58:14.000 - Andrew Foley,  Plymouth State Intern Kyle hiking towards Mt. Clay As the week drew ever near to my internship at Mount Washington I began to wonder what it would be like and how things would turn out. Are you able to walk in 80 mph winds? Will I catch frostbite? How will the food be while I am up there? Well I have only been here for a few days now along with my fellow student and intern Kyle Itterly and we have discovered the answers to all these questions

A busted forecast 2010-01-03 15:37:27.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist Oops. That's the best word I can think of to summarize my feelings about the forecast I made for the storm that moved in yesterday afternoon and is now winding down as I write this. In the weather forecasting world, we call the forecast I made a 'busted forecast'. In this case though, I REALLY busted on my forecast. I mentioned in my comment last night that we were expecting wind gusts well over 100 mph and perhaps the highest winds in years. Instead, we got a peak gust

Anticipating the storm 2010-01-02 22:57:49.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist The feeling of anticipation was certainly in the air around the weather room this morning and afternoon. Perhaps the most excited out of all of us were the people that don't get to be here nearly as often as the full-time staff: the two Plymouth State interns and our volunteers John and Ed. Don't get me wrong, I'm REALLY excited for this storm and I know that my fellow observers Ryan and Mike are as well.Why such excitement and anticipation? Well, this is an intense storm that is bearing

Summit New Years 2010-01-01 22:27:54.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist 9 courses at once. Being the night observer on the night of New Years allowed me to do a few "firsts" for the observatory. Nothing record breaking but sometimes it's the little things. I got to put on the first new wind and temperature charts of the New Year and new decade. But I also got to do the first weather observation, the first deicing, first precipitation can collection, the first synoptic, the first radio broadcasts, the first higher summits forecast online and on the phone, and now the first

It's the end of another year! 2009-12-31 17:48:58.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist Yet another year is coming to a close tonight. I know it's a cliche, but it really is amazing how quickly the years can go by. It's crazy for me to think that just ten years ago on this night, I was in 10th grade and celebrated the end of the 20th century in the small town of Howard, PA with a bunch of my best friends.Now, as the first decade in the new millennium comes to a close, I will be celebrating the waning moments

Dennis's Comment 2009-12-30 10:54:06.000 - Dennis Vienneau,  Summit Volunteer Christmas Morning Sunrise This has been a week of extremes. We came up with the usual shift change last Wednesday with a very smooth uneventful Cat ride up the mountain with both the wind speed and temperature in the single digits. In addition to bringing our personal gear, we brought a lot of food supplies up to restock the freezers and the pantry. With the low wind speeds it almost felt balmy as we unloaded our gear and supplies and reloaded the Cat with the down-going shift's gear.Thursday, Christmas Eve day,