NULL 2007-07-17 05:12:18.000 - Kyle Paddleford,  Meteorologist Betty catching some early morning rays! Karen, Betty, and Elena decided that last night may be their only chance to sleep on the observation deck before we head down on Wednesday. Sleeping on the deck is a great experience. If you can’t sleep, you have something to gaze at above you and you can always chat with the night observer. Also, you do not have to set an alarm clock because one rises every morning. I don’t know about you, but I would rather be awoken by warm sunlight rather than a loud

NULL 2007-07-15 14:26:52.000 - Dan Harnos,  Summit Intern Alpine Bocce As Nin mentioned in his comment yesterday, the summit has been experiencing some periods of nicer weather of late. Staff and volunteers have gotten out on a number of hikes and our current Edutrip was able to get in a nice hike yesterday as well. Downtime has seen the observers and interns out on the deck kicking the soccer ball around (and occasionally off the deck... Zach...), and soccer may soon replace alpine bocce ball as our shift's favorite pastime. There have been plenty of card games and TV watching

Nin 2007-07-14 01:20:10.000 - Nin,  Summit Cat Seeing double. Hello everyone! It has been a while since you have purred from me. I am doing quite well and have been enjoying my summer thus far. My feline feet are enjoying the feel of rocks and grass when I venture outside on warm sunny days. The vegetation is very welcoming because in just a couple of months ice and snow will return to my backyard. We have had lots of visitors to the observatory through tours, EduTrips and special guests. I hope to see more of my fans throughout the remainder

NULL 2007-07-13 12:39:19.000 - Staff,  Mount Washington Observatory NULL This year, we are asking a minimum donation of $100 to be a participant in Seek the Peak. That donation gives you admission to the awards dinner (and its tasty turkey dinner) on Saturday evening, but more important it supports the work of the Observatory. For instance, do you check the website for photos, live Mount Washington views, summit conditions, and weather forecasts? Then you have benefited from the work of the Obs - and we'd appreciate your assistance in keeping us going as we have for the past 75 years.PLUS

Time to move on... 2007-07-11 00:38:00.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer NULL Sunday night, amidst a surprise clearing of the western horizon, I was able to sneak away from the dinner table and find a nice rock to reflect upon the four plus years that I have spent working on the summit. The last rays of golden light were falling on an emerald green landscape, the sky was already ablaze and a strong breeze in my face was the perfect excuse for the slight welling of my eyes. As I watched, the lower hills in the surrounding valley suddenly developed caps

NULL 2007-07-10 08:41:22.000 - Cathy Radonic,  Summit Intern Sunday Sunset... As Lynn mentioned in her comment on our last shift week, our internships are, for the most part, at the half-way mark. Today, as most people are just getting into their weeks, mine is coming to a close. This will have been my third shift week on the summit, with only two more to go. Although, Mount Washington has proved to me that two weeks is plenty of time for an infinite amount of excitement to occur. In my past two shift weeks, I have seen everything from snow, glaze

Out of the Clouds 2007-07-09 01:59:49.000 - Zach Allen,  Meteorologist Evening on the rockpile... Greetings from your friendly Mount Washington Observatory night observer!Something wonderful happened as I began the night shift… we broke out of the fog! The summit received more sunlight in the first hour out we broke out then we have had since late Wednesday afternoon. The sun was more then welcome to the summit as it set up for a fantastic evening.Conditions were good, to great, to fantastic as the evening progressed. Each observation had increasing dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures which gave us relative humidity

Anatomy of a thunderstorm... 2007-07-07 09:00:41.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer The Thermograph... The most exciting weather event so far this week came yesterday right around noon. Peter Crane, the Director of Programs for the Observatory, who was on the summit with a summer EduTrip came into the weather room and informed us that he had just heard distant thunder outside. A quick look at the radar confirmed that there were some pretty hefty thunderstorms just a few miles away headed right for the summit. After the crew went through the lightning shutdown steps, all eyes were glued to the window

Upcoming events... 2007-07-05 12:26:36.000 - The Summit Crew,  Mount Washington Observatory NULL As there is not much to speak of going on with the weather at the top of Mount Washington today (in the clouds, average temperatures, average winds), we would like to take the opportunity to highlight some events, happenings and going-ons at the Mount Washington Observatory. First off, Seek the Peak, the annual hike-a-thon which benefits the Observatory is now only a few weeks away. Over 170 hikers have signed up so far and more than 80 of those have pledge pages online. There’s still time plenty of

View From The Top 2007-07-04 05:12:57.000 - DJ Lavoie,  Summit Volunteer The Northeastern Valleys It is 4:30am Summit time and I just watched a brilliant sunrise and the day explode here on Mount Washington...Wow! What a place and what a week! This is my first time as a volunteer and not knowing exactly what to expect, that is exactly what happened, the unexpected. The week started out literally in the clouds, but that didn't matter as the wind never stopped howling, peaking at one point to 80mph causing a bit of excitement! Pretty exhilarating to say that least and that