Former intern visits... 2007-04-15 07:44:04.000 - Zach Allen,  Summit Visitor Snowshoe hare tracks in Gem Pool... In January 2006, I was an intern from Plymouth State University and have wanted to return to the mountain for an overnight visit ever since. The past few weeks I have been trying to visit the observatory. Unfortunately bullet proof snow, very high winds, and car problems have kept me from getting to the summit. Yesterday I finally made it, but it was no stroll in the woods. This was my tenth summit of the rockpile but this would be by far my hardest

Snow on the way... 2007-04-14 11:34:12.000 - Brent Antkowiak,  Summit Intern In a sea of white... Today looks to be the best day this weekend to get outside and enjoy the summit, as winds have lightened and the clouds appear to be thinning. Heading outside, the first thing I noticed, as I walked out onto the observation deck, was the immediate snow blindness. The past 24 hrs deposited several inches of rime ice on everything, which has combined with the current freezing fog and dimly visible sun through the clouds to create a pure, bright white landscape across the summit.

Normal April... 2007-04-13 10:51:25.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer NULL Friday the 13th began with a bit of bad luck as I woke up this morning. Ryan reported that the pitot anemometer was having problems, and I rushed up to weather room. A simple solution was found, everything quickly brought back online and we’ve been avoiding black cats, walking under ladders, and spilling salt since. Now I’m knocking on wood!April continues to impress the summit crew in its turn around back to winter. Just under nine inches of snow fell on the peak yesterday, bringing the monthly total to about 36

Big Wind Day!!! 2007-04-12 07:13:19.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer Big Slide in Tuckerman Ravine Seventy three years ago today, the legend of Mount Washington was carved into the stone of this rugged peak. At just past 1PM, the gales from the southeast gathered into what today still stands as the strongest surface wind speed ever recorded, as a 231 mph wind gust buffeted the peak.As a weather observer at the ‘Home of the World’s Worst Weather,’ I often feel humbled by the power of the nature as it exists on this mountain. It’s a sobering thought to remind yourself that

The return of the uh...sun ball. 2007-04-11 07:41:16.000 - Jon Cotton,  Observer At least there is fog in the background There is something bright outside this morning and I do not know what it is. It pierces my eye in such an unusual manner than I can't help but feel like I should be inside. I looked the bright thing up on Wikipedia and apparently it is called a 'sun'. Well, you learn new things every day as a weather observer. I'll be going down to the valley today to explore more of this phenomena. Well, actually what can be

Easter Fun 2007-04-09 06:22:48.000 - Jon Cotton,  Observer The obvious part of the candy hunt Well, Easter was quite a success up here. We prepared well for it. All of us brought goodies along with the normal weekly items so we were pretty well stocked for candy. The figuring being it wasn't quite warm enough yet for rabbits to hop with baskets. (Although I'm sure after months of winter rations the fox would have welcomed any attempts...I mean to say that foxes enjoy hollow chocolate bunnies.) The way Sunday played out was much like a fine dining experience of multiple

Happy Easter - Bunnies for Everyone! 2007-04-08 07:13:42.000 - Jon Cotton,  Observer Treasure eggs Well it is that day isn't it? Happy Easter!Alan took advantage of the short window of clearing yesterday to create some cloud video. It starts with varying fog blowing overhead followed by a rolling sea of complete undercast at sunsetWe've got a fresh breeze pushing formerly ground-based snow into circulation and snow showers look to continue through tomorrow along with more fog. You ever have that experience of saying a word over and over so many times that it loses meaning? I believe that will happen

NULL 2007-04-07 11:07:53.000 - Kyle Paddleford,  Observer Sailing the high seas I got out of bed this morning and headed to the weather room for a quick discussion of the weather with the night observer. As I was preparing to go out and do my first observation of the day, I peered out the window and noticed we were still in the fog. Glancing at the previous observations indicated that light snow was still falling on the summit for the fourth day in a row! I bent down to tie my boots before stepping out into the winter landscape and

A Happy Crew 2007-04-05 18:52:54.000 - Kyle Paddleford,  Observer Yankee Drift Making A Comeback The snow has been falling since shift change yesterday and will continue to do so through the evening. The other crew is happy because they are finally in the valley for a good storm and are able to hit the slopes while the snow is good. We are happy because our shift has been asking for a good winter storm on the summit for a while and we finally got it. It seems to me that this fits the definition of a win-win situation. Snow totals

Volunteers Reflect 2007-04-04 08:32:18.000 - Charlie and Jeanine Kinney,  Summit Volunteers Spring on the summit... How does one capsulate a myriad of experiences over a period of time which by the calendar was only a week? Having read numerous comments from the observatory over many years there aren’t enough new adjectives to explain the sensation of being on Mt. Washington. This trip was our third and, by far, the busiest but that only adds to the excitement. Mt Washington in March means bring along skis, but alas, there was nothing to put them on that resembled snow. Oh well, with