Alpine Garden 2007-09-23 17:30:43.000 - Karen Thorp,  Summit Intern NULL Over the past week the valley has brightened. The sedges and white birches have lightened to gold while the maples in the valley turned crimson. It is astounding how over a week the colors changed so rapidly and vividly. This was brought to my attention yesterday on a hike through the alpine garden. The winds whipped across the sedges while ominous, dense clouds rolled in from the west. The winds have been gusting up to 80 mph with sustained winds around 60 mph, forcing the wind chill down into the

A journey into the Gulf. 2007-09-21 22:53:09.000 - Zach Allen,  Meteorologist Spaulding Lake and Boulders There has been a definite difference in the weather between the two shifts. This shift has been receiving warm weather while the other shift gets colder weather and icing. This has occurred since late August. Hopefully we can break this trend soon. Our glaze and rime ice starved interns have been very patient in their wait to deice the tower. The enduring wait for wild winter like weather will just have to wait until another shift week as of now.On separate note, I took the

NULL 2007-09-20 21:03:36.000 - Kyle Paddleford,  Meteorologist An orange adrift at sea Well today marked my first full day on the summit in three weeks. As you may have guessed this is a post vacation comment. I spent most of my time seeing friends and family, riding my bike on peaceful quiet country roads, and working at my other job in Concord, NH. Not to worry though, I didn’t let working my second job take up too much of my time because, well, I was on vacation. Perhaps the most exciting portion of my time off was being a groomsman

First Week on the Summit 2007-09-18 17:23:03.000 - Aubrie Pace,  Summit Intern Mountain Sunset Tuesday has arrived and signals the final full day that will close my first week atop Mount Washington. Writing now with more appreciation and awe for the summit, not to mention a drained feeling all over my body, it truly amazes me at what I have done all week. Wednesday (or really “Monday” in Stacey’s definition) morning started at 7:15am with a ride up to the summit. With more gear packed then really needed, I was not able to look out the fog covered windows to

Excursion to Cow Pasture 2007-09-17 17:28:37.000 - Peter Sciola,  Summit Intern she could hardly contain herself Intern’s log: Stardate 0710.17 – The intern task of the day: check and fix if need be, Cow pasture and Home Stretch road posts.As the glaze and rime ice began to completely melt away today, I finally found the time to embark on my first hike off the summit. Although it was for work and not pleasure, I was still able to take in the beautiful scenery that the upper summits have to offer. After hiking a little way’s down Nelson Crag Trail with

First signs of winter 2007-09-16 11:16:56.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer Stacey on the deck Pardon the cliché, but this morning I felt like a little kid on Christmas morning...in more ways than one. My favorite season is by far winter. I absolutely love the cold, snow, and ice. When my shift came up on Wednesday, we already knew there was a good chance of some interesting, winter-like weather this weekend. The mountain did not disappoint me.A rather sharp cold front passed through yesterday morning. The temperature at the 7 o’clock observation was 43 degrees. The temperature at the 8 o’clock

Twister 2007-09-15 02:20:57.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist NULL Tonight’s movie: Twister.Let me start by saying we do not have this movie set on a continuous loop up here like “Breakfast of Champions” in our museums. As a matter of fact, this is the first time I have watched it up here and probably the first time in at least four years. In case you haven’t seen it, I will summarize: it is about tornado chasing in the Midwest. It is a decent movie and I recommend viewing it if you have not seen it yet. It is probably a

August 2007 Progress Report 2007-09-14 01:03:47.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist Summer is progressing nicely. August 2007 Progress ReportTo: Comment ReaderFrom: Mount Washington Observatory StaffDate: September 14, 2007Subject: Climatological StatiticsTime Frame: August 1 – 31, 2007Temperature: Your summit averaged a temperature of 48.8 degrees Fahrenheit. This was 1.2 degrees better than normal. The highest temperature your summit received was 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit on the 3rd and the lowest temperature it received was 29.0 on the 19th. Overall, your summit excelled at this subject. Precipitation: Your summit received 5.71 inches of melted precipitation. This was 2.37 inches below normal. The highest

Wednesday 2007-09-12 20:17:09.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer NULL Wednesday. For most people, Wednesday is considered to be the middle of the week, “hump day”. Once you get past that middle day, all you’ve got is two more work days ahead of you until the weekend. Weekend. is another word that, for most people, means Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday. However, for those of us who are fortunate enough to work on the summit, the work week is a little different, and sometimes challenging. Wednesday is either the beginning or the end of a week. Our “hump day” is Sunday. Wednesday

Things to talk about. 2007-09-10 18:11:16.000 - Zach Allen,  Meteorologist A cloud sandwich! So I am the first one to write a comment on our “new” website. This feels like getting first tracks on an epic powder day at Jay Peak… almost. However this is exciting, 75 years and over 23,000,000 miles of wind has passed by! And I might add that the observatory does not look a bit like its age. So much has happened during this time that it is hard to fathom. If we asked the mountain to tell its story, it would most likely be an