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Mount Washington Observatory Observer Blog

Marooned

Marooned 2009-02-23 02:23:10.000 - Mike Carmon,  Observer NULL A typical shift at the Observatory averages about 5-7 staff for the week. During the winter months, however, we receive guests of all sorts: EduTrips, Climbing Trips, Day Trips, and this week, a group of students from Germany. Even though one would expect the summit of Mt. Washington to be a place of isolation, there is no hint of that in the winter at the Observatory.Some would call it an ironic parallel to our last shift, when an EduTrip remained on the summit for an extra night because of winds topping out

February 23rd, 2009|

Off weeks

Off weeks 2009-02-21 11:46:36.000 - Jordan Scampoli,  Summit Intern NULL Believe it or not, members of the summit crew actually do things on their off weeks. To some, they are weeks off work, others they are simply weeks off the summit. To me it is a great balance - every Wednesday when I'm at home I'm ready to come up to the summit and 'enjoy' the company of my friends up here and the weather. Then every Wednesday after a week on the summit I am ready to get away from my friends and spend some quality time with me.

February 21st, 2009|

stormy weather

stormy weather 2009-02-19 17:25:20.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer NULL The calm before the storm.It is a simple phrase, and possibly over-used. It can allude to the obvious application, the weather. It can also lend itself to more complex themes involving action-packed thriller movies or tear-jerking dramas. Today we are going to take it at face value with a twist. Up on the summit, we are literally enjoying the calm during the storm.There's something completely wonderful about being outside on the summit when winds are nearly non-existent, the temperature is a balmy twenty degrees, and it's snowing. First of all, the

February 19th, 2009|

NGM Event

NGM Event 2009-02-18 16:20:25.000 - Scot Henley,  Executive Director NULL Despite the winter storm, Thursday night's special National Geographic event is going on as planned. The storm should be cleared up and gone mid-day, so we're ready to go. Please join us!Advance ticket sales for 'An Evening with National Geographic Photojournalist Jose Azel' will come to a close at 9:00 AM Thursday. If you don't already have tickets, they will be available at the door for $20. Doors open at 6:30 PM with a cash bar and hors d'oeuvres, and the program begins at 7:30 PM. There will be a

February 18th, 2009|

A Week on the Summit

A Week on the Summit 2009-02-18 11:00:48.000 - Win Dodge,  Summit Volunteer NULL Greetings from the summit on Wednesday. If it's Wednesday it must be shift change day and we get to go home. But it's also time to reflect on a great week here on the 'rock pile'. As a volunteer my tour could not have been better. Paired with Chef John, we couldn't fail in the meal department and we were lucky to have our German university students, 14 in all, who not only ate everything in sight but helped out at every turn. TheyAre easy going, fun

February 18th, 2009|

A Week on the Rockpile

A Week on the Rockpile 2009-02-17 14:27:46.000 - John Bauhs,  Summit Volunteer There is a weather link that exists within everything in our life. Our economy, comfort, safety, and health can all be tied to the natural forces that we call weather. Fortunately, even for us "non-meteorologists", weather is pretty easy to understand…just open your eyes and look outside! I recall, as a child, visiting a tourist gift shop and seeing a "weather rock" (basically a rock on a string). If the rock was icy...it is cold, if it was warm...it is sunny, if it was swinging...it was windy...you get

February 17th, 2009|

A Beautiful Day

A Beautiful Day 2009-02-16 21:07:13.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist Franconia Ridge in a sea of clouds Today was one of those rare, calm days on the summit that occurs at most a handful of times each winter. In fact, today was by far the nicest and calmest day that my shift has seen since winter started. Winds literally went completely calm for a period of time this afternoon. As much as the staff on the summit loves the extreme weather that we see so often, getting a day like this is a treat in its own way.The first

February 16th, 2009|

Unusual Events

Unusual Events 2009-02-16 07:41:23.000 - Mike Finnegan,  IT Observer This week has seen many things not so frequently seen on the summit. As you may recall, we had some warmer temperatures on the summit Wednesday into Thursday, changing what was mainly freezing rain Wednesday night into a variety of frozen precipitation Thursday. The changeover came sooner than expected leaving the summit with some heavy, wet snow...perfect snowball snow! We took the opportunity to add one more member to the summit crew, someone similar to the sphinxes of The Neverending Story. In this case, it was a snowman, Rimey, guarding the

February 16th, 2009|

K-H Cloud Siting

K-H Cloud Siting 2009-02-14 15:10:55.000 - Ali Boris,  Summit Intern K-H Cloud A ship without a mast? A spiky fish? Or just a super-rare cloud formation high over the summit of Mount Washington?I had the great pleasure of walking off of the mountain last shift change with one of our fantastic volunteers, Al Lake. We strapped on some crampons and set off on one of the most beautiful, clear, and warm days I have seen up here. The sky was blue and the snow was settled. As we made our way down past the site of the old halfway stage

February 14th, 2009|

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th 2009-02-13 16:30:25.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist Bad Luck Kitty! To some people the calendar reads February 13, 2009 but to others it is Friday the 13th, one of the unluckiest days of the year. To the superstitious, they avoid walking under ladders, broken mirrors, cracks in the asphalt, and black cats in their paths. Most of these are easily avoidable for us except for the last one. The summit cat, as most of you know, is a black cat that can sometimes be erratic on his path from one point to the other. So, it is

February 13th, 2009|

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