Morning Radio Call 2008-02-22 15:24:04.000 - Ryan Buckley,  Summit Intern Sunrise Before Radio Call The following is part of what an actual morning weather report sounds like. The radio names have been changed to protect their owner’s identities. GFA 912 this is 43delta with your morning weather report….. Pause for about 60 seconds allowing the listeners the opportunity to gather pencil and paper).Good morning, (letting them know that I am about to start). The temperature currently on the summit is -2.9 degrees Fahrenheit……Yesterdays maximum temperature... -2 degrees… Yesterdays minimum temperature… -17 degrees…..the winds currently on the summit are west at

Tin Whistles and Clear Skies 2008-02-21 14:16:56.000 - Mike Finnegan,  IT Observer A Singing Cat? So, we’ve finally cleared out of the fog. Looking at the ravine web cam this morning, we could see only one cloud in the sky. Unfortunately, it was positioned on top of us like a hat. A few hours ago the wind ushered in a bit of drier air and blew the hat right off our summit. It’s always interesting to go from seeing 300 feet to nearly 100 miles in just a few minutes. And now for something completely different!Dog is to harmonica as

Will we see the lunar eclipse 2008-02-20 15:03:52.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer NULL There will be a lunar eclipse tonight. The question is, will we see it from the summit, or will we have to experience it second hand either by accounts from valley dwellers or pictures on the internet? As it so often happens, while driving to the base of the Auto Road this morning, among mostly blue skies, there was a single deck of clouds, covering the top of Mount Washington. The clouds have been toying with our emotions since arriving, occasionally showing us a playful glimpse of

Volunteer experience 2008-02-19 17:35:01.000 - Al Sukowaski,  Summit Volunteer On the summit. Well it has been a week of varied weather here on the summit. I’ve seen temperatures below 16 below with winds chills of 58 below, winds of 30 mph gusting up to 105 mph, visibility of 50 feet to over 120 miles and fog, snow and rain. I braved 70 mph winds to shovel ice and snow off the tower and I hiked around the summit in relatively calm winds and enjoyed spectacular views of the valley below.I cooked meals for the observers and staff along with an

AccuWeather Partnership 2008-02-18 10:00:55.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer Some melting going on It’s a soggy, rainy, windy day on the Rockpile. The temperature rose above the freezing mark early this morning causing rime ice to start falling off all the building and structures around the summit. In fact, Ryan was doing his observations with a helmet on last night because of all the falling ice. It seems that wind speeds peaked early this morning as well, with a peak gust of 105 mph. We haven’t seen winds sustained at 100 mph for a significant amount of time yet this season,

ARVTP and cake 2008-02-16 20:42:18.000 - Steve Welsh,  IT Observer Sunset Today we finally cleared out of the freezing fog and, although it was still cold and breezy, Ryan and I decided to hike down to the 5300 foot ARVTP site which had stopped working early this week. So what is an ARVTP site? ARVTP stands for Auto Road Vertical Temperature Profile, it’s basically a remote sensor site which records temperature data along the auto road, the results of which are relayed back to the summit via radio waves where they can be seen on our website. The ARVTP sites

Jeopardy! 2008-02-16 00:33:43.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist NULL Snow, high winds, lowering temperatures, light snow, and blowing snow all make it hard to go out and have fun for any extended period of time. You can’t throw or kick a ball very well without losing it. It is days like today that it is nice to stay in and read a good book or watch some movies at the end of the day. At one time, the summit had television but even when we had it, we only watched three shows regularly: Judge Mathis, American Idol, and Jeopardy!. These

Delayed. 2008-02-14 22:29:19.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist Another day comes to an end. It was an uneventful Thursday shift change. Wait a minute; something is not right with that last sentence. Spelling? No, spell check didn’t come up with any errors. Grammar? No, nothing came up when grammar check was used. So what could possible be wrong? If you frequent our observer comments, it may be fairly obvious but if not, you might be thinking nothing is wrong with my first sentence. But what is wrong is the word “Thursday.” Normally, our shift changes occur on Wednesdays but the

NULL 2008-02-13 10:38:11.000 - Charlie Lopresti,  Former Observer NULL The mountain does not disappoint! Brian Bechard and I arrived at the Observatory on Sunday with hopes of wind, cold, snow, sunrises, and sunsets. The mountain delivered! Monday was brutal on the summit. The temperature hit -21 F while winds gusted to 96 MPH. Live television is a challenge in those conditions. Equipment doesn’t work properly, and speaking with a frozen jaw is difficult. The summit broke out of the clouds during our live broadcast Tuesday morning. The sunrise was spectacular! I could easily see Casco Bay 65 miles to the

Changing Weatther 2008-02-11 15:47:06.000 - Ryan Buckley,  Summit Intern Iridescence The weather in the past 24 hours has been entertaining to watch on the charts and even more fun to experience. The day started out in the clouds with freezing fog, snow, blowing snow, no visibility and temperatures in the lower teens. This lasted until about 9:30AM. Then the sky broke giving us a visibility of about 70 miles for approximately one and a half hours. The temp rose a few degrees, and the clouds lifted their veil to a spectacular view of cloud layering that blanketed all but a