Sub-Zero 2007-11-29 08:32:29.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer NULL It is November 29, 2007. It’s almost impossible for me to believe that four months have gone by since beginning here. It was either Brian or Ryan who said to me, during my first week, “Days won’t go by fast, weeks won’t go by fast, but months will fly”. It’s completely, undeniably true. In the past four months, I’ve experienced rain, snow, hail (for the first time in my life), lightning storms, winds over 100 mph, sleet, treacherous trips to the precip can, single digit temperatures and then some. One thing remains:

A Mountain 2007-11-28 01:34:29.000 - Kevin Talbot,  Summit Volunteer A MWO profile A Mountain I know a mountain that holds a river in its arm;Whose mother-breast keeps tenderly wee, slender birches warm!I know a mountain crowned with laurel, pink and white;That gleams a friendly shadow against the velvet night!Whose mighty song the wind-gods catch and blow a-down the world...Whose hearty breath is caught in tears to see the fern fronds curled!Whose love leaps swift and sure of foot down countless moss-grown trails;Whose patient trees uphold the snow, whose springtime never fails!I know a mountain that holds communion with the stars;Receives

Project 2007-11-26 18:32:58.000 - Peter Sciola,  Summit Intern NULL The shopping season is upon us, shop at our online store today for all your holiday needs!Intern’s log: stardate -315096.5 – The intern tasks of the day: shovel entrances and exits, work on forecast verification project.After returning from changing the filter for AIRMAP, shoveling became the next task on the list. It seems easy enough: insert shovel in the snow and throw. This is until you realize you are wearing far too many layers and begin to feel the onset of heat stroke. Thermal underwear, pants, bibs, fleece, down jacket, shell,

Shoveling 2007-11-25 21:01:15.000 - Aubrie Pace,  Summit Intern NULL The Shopping Season is upon us, Shop at the WeatherStore.org Today for all your Holiday Needs!Today, we woke up to howling. The strong western push of the wind was moving the snow, old and new, into every pocket and door frame. I began to dress: long underwear, thick socks, a fleece, bibs, heavy snow boots, a down jacket, face mask, hat, goggles, and gloves, each piece well worth its weight and bulk. I started my shoveling on the far end of the Sherman Adams Building. Walking through the vacant State Park

Goodbye 2007-11-24 15:20:25.000 - Lynn Metcalf,  Former Summit Lynntern Sunrise shinning through deck rails For the second day in a row, I rose at 6:30 to witness the sunrise. It was crystal clear outside, with a view much more worthy of leaving a warm bunk than yesterday’s; however, the weather was not quite hospitable. When I first stepped out onto the deck and into the 60mph winds, I realized that I had lost my “wind legs”, which is perhaps the Mount Washington equivalent of sea legs. The wind chill was 35 below while I traversed the summit, snapping photos. After

Thanksgiving 2007-11-23 07:59:28.000 - Lynn Metcalf,  Former Summit Lynntern Snow-turkey I was admittedly a bit nervous on Wednesday when I boarded the snowcat for the trip up the rock pile. It wasn’t the ride I was nervous about, or the weather. Wednesday was my first day back to the summit after my internship this summer. What I was truly nervous about was how it would feel to return to the place that was my home for almost three months; this time not as an employee, but as a spectator. Well, spectator is the wrong word, as I have been earning

Happy Early Thanksgiving 2007-11-22 02:50:06.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist NULL Happy Thanksgiving to everyone (or if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving…Happy Thursday). Since I am writing this on Thanksgiving morning, I cannot comment on how our dinner was, we will let you know tomorrow. What I can talk about is Wednesday cause a few things happened. When I awoke at 6 am, I looked out my window in Berlin, NH and saw snow. At first I was happy but this soon faded to fear when I realized that I would have to drive this soon. Although it ended up not

End of a week as a summit volunteer 2007-11-20 11:10:19.000 - Paul Wainwright,  Summit Volunteer December, 2006 My week as a summit volunteer (my 7th winter) has been absolutely wonderful. I am a large format black and white photographer, and the weather on Sunday was particularly beautiful for photography. Also, the staff have enjoyed my “signature” recipes, which can be found (along with my previous winter’s photographs) on my web site.However, the highlight of the week was having the honor of holding Nin for his live appearance on Good Morning America yesterday morning. My job during the show was keeping

GMA says goodbye. 2007-11-20 02:15:14.000 - Zach Allen,  Meteorologist Hanging out with the GMA crew! That is a wrap! The Good Morning America crew departed today. Since Friday the rotunda has been turned in the production room thanks to the Mount Washington State Park, calls and faxes have been coming in from New York City, and numerous snow tractor trips were accomplished thanks to Wayne and Gus. It was all worth it and provided for a smooth broadcast.Yesterday morning provided rare conditions with significant undercast and mostly clear skies above. Temperatures hovered in the teens while winds were around 10

NULL 2007-11-18 13:30:21.000 - Karen Thorp,  Summit Intern Hard at Work The summit is bustling with people and cameras all heading in different directions. I’m not sure if I’m on a mountain top or a NYC TV set. I suppose that somehow we have managed to fuse these two seemingly juxtaposed locations into one, if only for a few short days. Our daily tasks from de-icing to obtaining the precipitation can to shoveling snow drifts have suddenly turned into video productions with cameras and lights. I am nothing less than impressed with the planning, the exploring of stock footage, the