Great Gulf Excursion 2007-11-09 18:03:30.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer Great Gulf Gully Today turned out to be a second beautiful day in a row on the summit. High pressure continued to keep the summit free of fog. As the day wore on, clouds above even gave way to a decent amount of sunshine. The past two days have also been interesting in the sense that we have had a very persistent undercast. It’s nice to know that for once we are getting more sunshine than some places in the valley!Aubrie and myself decided to take advantage of the fine weather

Winter Wonderland 2007-11-08 21:04:23.000 - Aubrie Pace,  Summit Intern Skiing! During our interesting adventure up yesterday, we were introduced to a beautiful winter wonderland known as the Summit in November. Coming from a town on the water: getting snow in late December is more than a thrill; getting snow in early November is unthinkable. The summit however, got a nice coating of fine powder which has turned the Rockpile into a big pile of snow. Today was our first full day to explore and we found we had been graced with plenty to play in. After a nice morning walk

Snowy Day 2007-11-07 09:07:30.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer Snow covered Presidentials 10.7What does this number represent? It represents the number of inches that was dumped on the summit of Mount Washington yesterday. It also means that travel plans for the shift change Wednesday might be a little challenging. While I sit here, and await the upcoming crew’s arrival, and listen to “Witchy Woman” on the radio, I realize how different the weather will be in the valley. It’s amazing how just a couple of thousand feet and twenty degrees can make all the difference in the world. Upon the summit,

Winter Wonderland 2007-11-06 20:26:13.000 - Karen Thorp,  Summit Intern NULL Winter is assuredly upon us; this morning we observed a light snowfall. The snow only provided a light dusting covering the alpine tundra, rocks, and road. Luckily enough with the riming events of the last few days, the dusting was all that was needed to provide an adequate ground layer for sledding. Out we went with sleds in hand to test the speed of the autoroad via plastic vehicle. Merriment was had by all. As we move into the depths of November, we hope for “big snows.” Fortunately this might

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,