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

What a lot of stuff! 2007-11-17 13:44:54.000 - Linnea Koons,  Summit Intern NULL The Good Morning America crew started coming up yesterday – 3 trips and literally a ton of gear. We have been getting quite the work-out unloading satellite equipment, radios, batteries, lights, cables, wires and camera equipment. With the current conditions outside (-22ºF wind chill) we have to be very careful to bundle up completely whenever we venture outside to unload the Snowcat, get the precip can or do an hourly weather observation.Karen and I have been getting ample opportunity to practice our snow shoveling skills. With almost

GMA Arrives on The Summit 2007-11-16 16:35:51.000 - Kyle Paddleford,  Meteorologist The First Trip What a change today brings. Yesterday there was nearly 2 inches of rain that fell on the summit as temperatures reached the upper thirties. We watched as our snowpack slowly dwindled down to pretty much nothing. Temperatures were slow to fall but once they did, they kept on going. Wintry precipitation began to fall in earnest just before midnight and so far the summit has picked up 8.8” from this storm and it is still snowing and blowing. Winds have picked up this afternoon and so

NULL 2007-11-14 18:40:19.000 - Nicole Moore,  Summit Volunteer NULL Each time I come for another volunteer stint on the summit, things are a little different. The month may vary and so the light of the day does as well. I have learned that it is easier to time dinner around sunset in the winter months than in the Spring. In the Spring, there can be a conflict of events. Not an issue in November!Of course, the weather differs continually. This week was marked by almost three days of undercast when, for so long, I had waited to see just one.

Great Gulf Skiing 2007-11-13 17:15:51.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer Unwinding with some November turns Now, I know that we have already written a couple comments related to skiing and this one is going to make it a third. So, it may seem like all we do is ski up here, but I don’t want everyone to get that idea. As day observer, I work a 12 hour shift from 5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There are 2 hours of break built into this 12 hour shift so that I end up working at least 10 hours a day. I say

Dishwasher 2007-11-11 21:45:22.000 - Peter Sciola,  Summit Intern Our new Dishwasher High pressure persisted again today giving us sunny skies and after three days of undercast, it finally broke today. Winds picked up slightly today to about 25 mph, but when you have winds below 10 mph for two straight days up here on the summit, it’s pretty much inevitable that the winds will increase soon. Other than the beautiful weather that we are experiencing here, there really isn’t much by way of exciting weather to talk about. I’ll tell you what was exciting though, installing our new dishwasher that

Monthly summary 2007-11-11 02:06:26.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Senior Staff Meteorologist NULL After finishing monthly check, I was trying to think of a way of relaying my feeling on the findings. So I thought of baseball. Weird, right? Well just bare with me.I will examine October over the last three years with this analogy. October will be like the World Series. In 2005, the Mount Washington “Rockpile” (team name) had a strong line up. “Nor Easter” with his strong back handed swing that would hit them out of the park, “Great Lakes Low” with his persist swings of ample moisture, and