2006-07-04 05:11:22.000 - Ken Rancourt,  Meteorologist Happy Independence Day! 'Low pressure located well north of the Great Lakes will slowly move eastward over the next several days. Meanwhile an associated warm front will cross our region this morning---bringing an increase in warmth and humidity. It will be followed by a cold front later this afternoon...' This was the NOAA New England Summary distributed this Tuesday morning. They could have just copied Sunday's report and changed the date! A pattern like this -- when humidities measured on the summit exceed 90% -- mean low clouds just skimming the summit and very

Morning and Wind 2006-07-03 04:23:05.000 - Neil Lareau,  Observer Fractured clouds are hustling across the summit and periodically revealing glimpses of bluing sky to the east and northeast. The scene reminds me of winter when such wind perterbed clouds are a more common sight. Of course if it were winter it would still be pitch black at this hour and frightfully cold. It is neither.The sun has just now risen and the clouds have mostly dropped below the summit. The pastels of dawn, that aren’t nearly as cliché as they sound, touch on the tops of the partial undercast. The

In the fog with high winds? You don 2006-07-02 13:05:52.000 - Walter Sessions,  Summit Intern The Human Kite Have you ever had a cup of water so excited to be drank that it jumped out of the glass? Well I have. Yesterday, as I was enjoying the 70 mph gusts up on the tower, I learned a valuable lesson about wind vectors. As I brought a cup of water to my mouth, air shot off my face and into the cup, making the water so energetic that it decided to blow into my nose. If you want to try this

The temperate rain forests of New Hampshire 2006-06-30 04:41:55.000 - Neil Lareau,  Observer The following I suspect will not so much surprise readers in the northeast as quantify what they already know. It has now rained on 50 of the previous 60 days. During this period 30.24 inches of liquid water have fallen from the sky onto the summit, pooling on the ground, percolating downward through the rock, and congregating in streams to be conveyed toward the ocean. That is incredible. Having back to back months of such monsoonal rains (17.90 inches in May and 12.34” thus far in June)

Oh the places you 2006-06-29 08:20:06.000 - Kristin Odell,  Summit Intern Week two from a Summit Intern, Kristin Odell: Well, here I am again. It's a weird life to conform to: one week on top of a mountain, and then one week back to life below the clouds. My first week was a whirlwind of emotions. Everything is new, and there is a gamit of information being crammed into my cobwebbed cranium. Every piece of information however, is new and exciting. I'm taking it all in with my eyes wide open. More than the educational component of my internship, I

Two Summit Volunteers Reflect... 2006-06-27 10:28:14.000 - Leslie Adler and Judy Richardi,  Summit Volunteers Has it only been a week that we’ve been at the summit? Somehow we feel like we were born here. The two of us – Judy Richardi and Leslie Adler – have been treated to a week of beautiful weather, including two days of brilliant sunshine and two amazing sunsets – the sky lit with shades of pinks, oranges and purples as the sun receded behind cascading ridges of mountains. Observer Jim Salge kindly arranged for Leslie to take the cog railway down to the valley

Temperate Rain Forest? 2006-06-26 08:37:59.000 - Jim Salge,  Observer Upside down raindrops... Many times the summit of Mount Washington is alone in having poor weather, but this morning we share our misery with the seemingly the entire eastern seaboard. NPR is running reports of mudslides in Washington DC and flooding in Baltimore, while stations around New England are closing in on the wettest June on record, following the wettest May on record, following the wettest year on record. You get the idea. I guess I don’t have to visit the Pacific Northwest to see what a temperate rain forest is

A hike to the Gulfside 2006-06-25 10:21:06.000 - Dan Huber,  Summit Intern A look towards the Gulfside Trail... I would like to offer all of our readers a heartfelt good morning from the crew at the summit of Mount Washington. You may be wondering “why the warm welcome?” Well, it’s hard not to be bright and cheery on a day with mild temperatures, light winds and somewhat clear skies await. So blame our sunny demeanor on the weather. While it’s true that we recorded .17 inches of rain yesterday, that wasn’t enough to dampen our spirits at the site of

Can your IT Department do this? 2006-06-24 11:03:02.000 - Jon Cotton,  IT Staff Looking Northward Not only did the summit clear out yesterday, but it provided a setting for a fantastic sunset. It started with stratus clouds around 5000' piling up against the northern Presidentials like a blanket pulled up snug. They followed the contours up but stopped just shy of flowing over and through the gaps down in the Great Gulf. Slowly that blanket thinned revealing the valley below and Cherry Pond starting to glint with the amber sun. Looking over to Star Lake, I wondered if the guests

"Short 2006-06-23 10:08:27.000 - Christy Schultz,  Summit Intern A break in the clouds... Even after living at the summit for month, I never cease to be amazed at how quickly the weather changes up here on Mount Washington. Yesterday was a prime example: We began the morning in the clear, and if you didn’t know any better, it would be easy to assume that it would be pleasant and fog-free for the remainder of the day. Luckily, our forecast was correct, so when we saw the clouds lowering and went into the fog around 9am it was no surprise to