Snow has arrived! 2007-11-06 02:23:58.000 - Zach Allen,  Meteorologist Crepuscular rays to the west. “I’ve been waiting for the snow to fall and cover us all. Yeah, I’ve been waiting for the snow to fall and cover us all.”-The String Cheese Incident, ‘Round the WheelAs I walked back into the weather room after doing an observation, that was what I heard. How appropriate because the observation involved snow, blowing snow and freezing fog. The past few hours has engaged in deicing while getting hit with the wonderful white flakes. Also the pumpkins, as I am pleased to report, are doing

Rding Out Noel. 2007-11-04 03:03:51.000 - Zach Allen,  Meteorologist Extreme Harvest! With the light shining from my headlamp, the iced objects in the dark reminded me of the famous photograph of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance. The low light on the accumulating glaze and rime ice craft the Mount Washington version of the ship encased in ice. My personal battle wasn’t to survive or to be rescued but to continually defeat the icing growing atop the tower due to what once was Hurricane Noel.The storm that packed a wallop on the New England coast is now departing. Here at the

what about the other guys 2007-11-03 11:29:03.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer eventhough this has nothing to do with the comment As most of you who frequent this website know, we observers work on a bi-weekly schedule. We work for a week, we have a week off, with Wednesdays being the all important shift-change day. This comment is not about that particular day, but about some of the dynamic relationships that form between coworkers. Those on a shift together spend more than half the year with each other (if you want to be technical, none of us has ever spent an

Finally Some Cold Weather for This Shift! 2007-11-02 08:17:52.000 - Kyle Paddleford,  Observer Changes Due to construction that is out of our hands, the Presidentials camera will be out of commission for a few days.As I got up to start my shift early yesterday, Zach was coming off a long night and the last words that he muttered to me in a sleepy voice were words of wisdom pertaining to the senses. Just like animals use their sense of smell to hunt for food or to be alerted of possible danger, Zach used his sense of smell to alert me

It was a dark and stormy night… 2007-11-01 09:20:07.000 - Linnea Koons,  Summit Intern NULL Actually, Halloween on the summit was a beautiful, crisp day. As it was shift-change day both shifts were up showing off their costumes. We had skeletons, hippies and Moses (oh my!), a tin man, a cowboy and a slew of Ken Rancourt look-alikes. We carved some pumpkins, roasted the seeds and even though we left the porch light on, we still had no trick-or-treaters – more candy for us! Due to construction that is out of our hands, the Presidentials camera will be out of

Week on the Summit 2007-10-30 18:56:42.000 - Ed O'Malley and John Bauhs,  Summit Volunteers Tower In Snow Once upon a time on an overcast October morning in New Hampshire......two new summit volunteers, Ed and John, began their journey into the known and unknown. Images of wrinkled and wind-blown meteorologists squinting at their instruments, inflating weather balloons, and lovingly caressing their sling psychrometers...all while dreaming of a 232 mph wind gust (and the accompanying glory, money, fame, and fortune [NOT!] ) flashed into and out of their minds. Much to their surprise......instead of greying beards and bellies, first there was Steve,

Changeable Weather 2007-10-29 18:24:58.000 - Steve Welsh,  IT Observer Sunset - Oct 24th 2007 The weather in New England is known to be changeable but the summit brings a whole new meaning to the word. This past week has brought us just about everything from calm winds to gusts of over 100 mph; clear skies with spectacular 100 mile plus views to dense fog; warm (well warm for up here) to down right cold temperatures; we’ve also had rain, snow and ice. Yet again the panoramas have been spectacular with several spectacular sunrises and sunsets plus fantastic views of the

Seclusion... 2007-10-29 01:58:19.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist NULL The New York Times word of the day on October, 26, 2007 was seclusion.Seclusion (noun)1: the condition of being kept away from or hidden2: an isolated placeSome people seek seclusion while others dread it. The summit of Mount Washington melds both of these groups together at times. As you begin to ascend the mountain, a feeling of seclusion becomes more and more apart as your car slowly fades away behind endless rows of trees. Highway noises are replaced by the sound of soggy leaves and grinding stones beneath your feet. The

World Series 2007-10-27 14:04:24.000 - Peter Sciola,  Summit Intern Go Sox! The start of my week began with a different tone than that of a normal shift. The reason: the Red Sox are in the World Series! Red Sox nation is now in full swing. The dynamic duo of Big Papi and Manny Ramirez are hotter than ever right now, while Okajima and Papelbon are pitching lights out ball after the 7th inning. And with the dominating performance of Josh Beckett, who is now a ridiculous 4-0 with 35 strikeouts this postseason, and the finesse of Curt Schilling with his

Fox Sighting 2007-10-26 18:28:08.000 - Aubrie Pace,  Summit Intern Shadow Fox Today Peter and I were applying caulk to the bedroom windows to winterize them. To help the time pass, I was telling one of my hilarious, detailed stories, which Peter was clearly engulfed in. It looked like something moved in the rocks, but I decided I was just scaring myself in broad daylight and dismissed it. Less than a minute later, I looked ahead again into the gorgeous landscape and noticed something else was looking back at me. About a meter away stood a handsome fox. Ever since I