Dear Santa... 2009-11-22 18:32:22.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist A Christmas Sampler. Dear Santa-This year, I am starting a month earlier than usual since I am going on vacation but it also gives you some more time since I know you make most of your gifts, but some things just cannot be manufactured by your elves and I want to ensure you have time to surf the web. Plus, it will allow us to mail our letter to you the old fashion way instead of relying on email. As per your request last year when we provided you with NH's

Still Holding out for some INTENSE weather... 2009-11-21 20:26:00.000 - Will Tourtellot,  Summit Intern A Step In The Right Direction In yesterday's comment, Mike Finnegan brought to light the fact that many of the comments from this month have focused on the abnormal weather we've had on the summit. However I think that we've been experiencing all sorts of crazy weather events this month because people, including myself, have continued to write and talk about them. I, for one, don't want this erratic weather to continue and to that end, I have decided to enforce a ban on this subject.

The Difference a Day Makes 2009-11-20 16:10:46.000 - Mike Finnegan,  IT Observer The Difference a Day Makes A common topic for comments seems to be the uncommon weather we've been having for November. I will continue this trend today by relaying a story of yesterday. The morning began with a fine sunrise with visibility around 120 miles. There weren't many clouds to color up, but there was enough particulate in the atmosphere to form a mountain shadow. Alpineglow also painted the peaks to our north as the sun rose above the horizon. As the sun rose higher, the patchy valley

Unseasonable 2009-11-19 18:28:31.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist Sunny and warm.Both are relative terms, one more than the other. Both are things that aren't always good in my opinion, again, one more than the other. Both are things that if I wanted all the time, I would move to southern California with my dad.These terms could also be used to describe the weather on the mountain so far this month. As far as sunshine goes, counting today we have seen four days with 100% of our possible sunshine minutes (minutes when a shadow is being cast) and 11 days

NULL 2009-11-18 05:56:01.000 - Nicole Moore,  Summit Volunteer Dig In! Well, if anyone was glued to the Webcam early afternoon on Sunday, they would haveseen me walking around and around the Observation Deck 15 times. We were in theclouds all day so it was not conducive to wandering around the summit. Unable to domy fairweather walk down the road to the Great Gulf overlook (my terminology), thelaps around the deck had to suffice!Mid-November and the cog is still coming to the summit twice a day, the road isstill clear and we drove all the way up in a van and

NULL 2009-11-17 06:13:18.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer and Meteorologist NULL One of the side effects of constantly looking up at the clouds is a resulting curiosity about what lies beyond the weather. That vast, expansive, final frontier: space. The intrigue of space and the cosmos was ingrained into me as a young child. My father would sit me, my brother and sister down in front of the TV and put in a tape: The Cosmos, by Carl Sagan. Even back then, watching the stars, nebulae, and galaxies zoom across the television screen made me feel small and inconsequential (but only

NULL 2009-11-16 07:56:24.000 - Mary Ellen Dunn,  Summit Intern Lenticular Clouds at Sunrise. The unseasonably mild weather on the summit the past few days had brought some hopes of possibly breaking a few temperature records, specifically on Saturday and Sunday. The record for November 14th was set in 1937 at 45 degrees, for November 15th the record was set just last year at 48 degrees, and the record for the month of November was 52 set in 1982.On Saturday the summit was in the fog all day and was pounded with rain as winds were blowing strong from the southeast.

Nor'easters 2009-11-15 05:16:44.000 - Mike Carmon,  Staff Meteorologist Nor'easter of 1996 Although the storm that visited the area yesterday was technically not a Nor'easter for New England, a bit further south, it certainly was. What constitutes a nor'easter? In anticipation of the upcoming winter season, and for your general knowledge, here is a brief explanation of the distinctive characteristics of these sometimes-monster storms:Nor'easters are unique to the northeastern United States and the Atlantic coast of southern Canada. Although low pressure systems with similar structures form in other places around the globe, the unique combination and interaction of the ocean, the

Crazy Weather 2009-11-14 06:38:02.000 - Steve Welsh,  IT Observer Another Sunrise Something was badly wrong this morning. As I stepped outside just before 6am to take an observation I was greeted with thick wet fog and cool blustery conditions. Quite a shock and certainly not normal for this past week. Joking aside the past few days have been very unusual for the summit especially considering it's now mid November which, is typically the cloudiest month in New Hampshire. Since shift change last Wednesday we've had a run of very mild, calm, sunny weather with three spectacular sunsets and two equally

NULL 2009-11-12 20:55:22.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer and Meteorologist sitting ducks...I think not! Amazing, incredible, phenomenal, mind-blowing. All these words came to mind this morning as the sun's light lit up the landscape below. I have never experienced visibility like today's visibility. On days like today, 130 miles doesn't seem accurate. The Adirondacks looked as clear and crisp as the Greens. The Atlantic glittered and seemed close enough to reach out and touch. This morning Chris from State Park came over to show us a couple of tankers sitting off the shore of Portland. The easterly winds and fair weather