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

Rime Ice Formation 2007-10-25 16:05:11.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer Chunk of ice The picture you see attached to this comment was not taken today....unfortunately. It was taken on the Saturday of my last shift, October 13th. The summit had received a good coating of ice the night before, and then we cleared out of the fog just in time for a spectacular sunrise.So why would I be showing you a picture of a piece of ice, taken nearly two weeks ago? Because you are looking at science in action my friends, that’s why.The piece of ice you see me holding

Two years ago... 2007-10-23 04:10:58.000 - Zach Allen,  Meteorologist NULL As I awoke yesterday afternoon something struck me. Two years ago in 2005, a freak October storm dumped lots of wonderful white snow on the northern White Mountains. A friend of mine and I left our apartment in Holderness, New Hampshire to come up to ski the East Snowfields for a weekend trip. It was an epic late October. Being able to ski from the summit sign down to just above Lion’s Head was hard to fathom. Other places like Wildcat Ski Area opened up for a week while locals

Winter or Summer? 2007-10-22 10:31:43.000 - Karen Thorp,  Summit Intern Obs Window Yesterday night the Sherman Adams building closed for the season. Although the occasional cog train and hikers will still periodically grace the summit with visitors, so begins the long, cold winter. Long, cold winter I say, and yet the current temperature is 53 degrees F and winds light (relatively) at 39 mph. Currently the “summer-like” weather is being propagated into the area by an offshore high pressure system bringing warm air from the W. I hope as well as others, that is unseasonable trend changes quickly into a

fun with winter 2007-10-21 10:42:22.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer ready for take off “O hushed October morning mild,Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild,Should waste them all.”----Robert Frost, “October”The other shift may get to boast of cold temperatures and the first significant snow fall of the season, but this shift gets to boast the highest wind of the season recorded thus far. Before I went to sleep, Zach asked me if I wanted to be woken up if we reached winds of 100 MPH. What kind of weather observer on the top of Mount Washington

Fun with winter 2007-10-21 10:26:25.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer ready for take off “O hushed October morning mild,Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild,Should waste them all.”----Robert Frost, “October”The other shift may get to boast of cold temperatures and the first significant snow fall of the season, but this shift gets to boast the highest wind of the season recorded thus far. Before I went to sleep, Zach asked me if I wanted to be woken up if we reached winds of 100 MPH. What kind of weather observer on the top of Mount Washington

NULL 2007-10-20 08:20:09.000 - Kyle Paddleford,  Observer The Signature of a Cold Front As forecasted by the summit staff, the daily record high of 53 degrees set in 1947 was equaled yesterday just ahead of the cold front. I should mention that this record was also equaled in 1965. It did not come as too much of a surprise to the crew with all the unseasonably warm temperatures as of late. Plus, this shift always gets the warm temperatures, while the other shift gets the cold. The previous statement has been said many times before and actually holds quite true.