Weather Changes 2007-03-09 01:00:38.000 - Mike Finnegan,  Summit Intern Shift-change Bocce After a couple cold and windy days, it seems the temperatures are finally beginning to moderate. We bottomed out today at -28 degrees around 5PM and have rapidly increased to a pleasant -6 degrees at 11PM, but winds are still up around 70 mph. Walking outside to take this last observation, I was greeted by a beautiful, orange moon low on the horizon. Wanting to get a closer look, I walked (with help of the wind) to the other end of the observation deck. With just a hint of

Dawn, clear and FRIGID!!! 2007-03-07 06:38:06.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer Dawn through the window... Quick Video LinkMore info below...For the second day in a row, the summit of Mount Washington has set a new daily record low temperature, as -30F replaces -21 (1937) in the record books. But this morning, as we look around New England, we are not alone. Our temperatures at the Observatory have been warming steadily (and slowly) since they bottomed out at -37F yesterday morning, while valley locations are having their coolest temperatures as we speak. In fact, the summit is just a bit warmer than

Cold, now with video... 2007-03-06 14:49:06.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer NULL Quick Video Linkdetails below:An afternoon update on the conditions on the Rockpile. Temperatures bottomed out this morning at -37F, shattering the old daily record of -23F set in 1950. The temperature fell but one degree short of tying the all time March record of -38F also set in 1950. But the real news is that this was the coldest temperature seen on the summit, not just this season, but in over three years, going back to January 25th, 2004. Such a cold air mass so late in the year

BRRRRRUTAL! 2007-03-06 07:16:12.000 - The Summit Crew,  Mount Washington Observatory NULL The cold air arrived as advertised overnight. Temperatures are still falling, now at -36F for the low.The old daily record for the day was -23F.The all-time March record is -38F, we'll soon see if that's in the cards....The staff will post more information later this morning or midday today! Until then, tune into The Weather Channel at 9:40AM, where we will speak to them live...   The Summit Crew,  Mount Washington Observatory

Winter Returns...and gets brutal! 2007-03-05 08:22:16.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer To the snowcave... Just as we were getting used to the first moderated weather trend in over a month, we were thrown right back into the clutches of old man winter this weekend. Since the 'end of the storm,' we have picked up close to an additional 8 inches of great powder, and rumor has it that Tuckerman Ravine has well over a foot, on top of Friday’s storm. Conditions couldn’t be better on the summit right now, with large drifts finally forming after an extended absence (read “since October”).

After the storm 2007-03-03 12:21:20.000 - Brent Antkowiak,  Summit Intern NULL As the main slug of moisture from yesterday’s storm moved up the coast last evening, the center of the low pressure system moved overhead. This brought a near dead calm to the summit as the crew and our guests sat down for dinner. Within an hour, winds plummeted to fewer than 10 knots, then were followed by a quick return to the 40-50 knot range. It was rather eerie as I walked outside to find snow and ice pellets falling in the vertical, rather than the hurricane force wind

Changing weather and a big storm... 2007-03-02 09:38:19.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer The Atlantic Ocean... Change came quickly to the summit overnight, as our crisp, clear and calm air gave way to falling snow and increasing winds. But to dwell upon yesterday…well, what a day. Visibility exceeded 100 miles through the duration of daylight, and bright sun felt much warmer than the actual temperatures in the low teens. The staff, who on this shift haven’t seen such a day in about a month and a half, took turns going on hikes around the summit; Ryan did the Alpine Garden Loop,

Recovering from cold... 2007-03-01 09:17:32.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer Sunset From the Tucks Trail... A story and slideshow on the Mount Washington Observatory is on the AP newswire today:Click here to read it!March 1st, the end of meteorological winter! The staff today will be working feverously summarizing February’s data, as well as error checking and analyzing. Preliminary looks have this past month ranking number two behind February of 1968 as the coldest of all time, with an average temperature of below -3F. It also looks like, pending more review, that it was the sixth coldest month on record at the

Fun In Nice Weather 2007-02-28 10:22:18.000 - Jon Cotton,  Observer Sunrise Smokes Plumes As you know from the Obscast, there is a fair bit of news to conclude our shift week. (Hold up. The Obscast is a weekly video blog produced by the summit staff. We talk, explain, show and jest in a moving picture format. It's really great. And it is a benefit of membership. This week's Obscast even included a snippet of pirate behavior. When have you even seen pirate behavior in the Comments here? Truly video allows us to expand our communal horizons - our's, your's, everyone's.

Eleventy One One Day 2007-02-25 07:39:43.000 - Jon Cotton,  Observer Sometimes sunset looks like this Another quiet morning on the mountain, except this time it snowed upward.The best way to describe the overnight was 'mostly clear'. Humidity was 85-90% from yesterday on through. Western undercast conditions slowly dissipated after midnight. But just about every hour, there was either light fog blowing over the summit or an even thinner band of cloud wafting a couple hundred feet above the tower. Occasionally, visibility would be reduced to official fog definitions of 5/8 statue miles or less but 110 miles was the norm.