A Busy Weekend on the Summit! 2016-09-05 18:05:22.000 - Michael Dorfman, Weather Observer/IT Specialist   Summer is beginning to slowly blend into fall as the upper 50 degree temperature range slowly slips out of normalcy here on the summit! We are even starting to see patches of yellow in the valley, although the drought in the area may be playing a role in some premature turning of leaves. Labor Day Weekend, one of the summit’s biggest weekends of the summer and always an indicator that fall is on its way, has come and gone. Fall is a dangerous time of

Tropical Storm Hermine 2016-09-03 16:42:06.000 - Tom Padham, Weather Observer/Meteorologist   Although the impacts on northern New England may turn out to be minimal, Tropical Storm Hermine has been very interesting to watch develop and is still an ongoing challenge for forecasters as of this writing. The storm is expected to strengthen overnight even though it has now lost its tropical characteristics due to interactions with an upper level system diving south out of the Great Lakes. As the storm stalls south of Long Island, NY a prolonged period of high surf and coastal flooding will be likely from the

Week One from the Summit 2016-09-02 15:18:14.000 - Taylor Regan, Summit Intern   Hello from the summit of Mount Washington! My name is Taylor Regan, and this is my first week as summit intern. My path is a bit round about, being a mechanical engineer with an appreciation for weather. I have my B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell. Weather has always interested me, it encompasses my first memory (a “gustnado”) and a multitude of others, including, as a child, watching the radar so my dad could mow the lawn without getting caught

Comments from a Volunteer 2016-08-31 09:52:02.000 - Laura Pickett, Summit Volunteer   Wow, the week evaporated! It's Wednesday morning and my time on Mt Washington summit as a volunteer is about to end. You see Wednesday is shift change day. We arrived a week ago to early morning fog that quickly became clear skies. We will depart in the clouds and rain. When I signed up for this adventure last March, the visibility of what to expect was poor, maybe a 1/16th of a mile. I leave knowing this opportunity has unlimited visibility and was beyond my expectations. First off our

8 Years on the Rockpile 2016-08-27 17:17:59.000 - Mike Carmon, Senior Weather Observer & Education Specialist   It's hard to believe (although I'm sure I say that every year) that it's been 8 years since I first stepped foot on the summit of Mount Washington as a summit intern on August 27, 2008. Having never lived outside of the state of New Jersey, my move up to New Hampshire was one I looked at with tremendous trepidation. It was 8 years ago, I was a scant 22 years-old, and I had never had a full-time job, having just graduated college. 

I Don't Want to Go 2016-08-23 15:59:41.000 - Meredith Campbell, Summit Intern   I don’t want the summer to end. It’s that simple. I’m moving to France in a week; and I should be really excited; but mostly I’m just sad that I’m leaving Mount Washington.  Moonlit Self Portrait Taking this internship was kind of a risk for me. Knowing that I was moving overseas at the end of the summer, taking an unpaid internship probably wasn’t practical. Thankfully I never let practicality get in the way of opportunity. In combination with my other job, I worked more this summer

Making Storm Stories of My Own 2016-08-22 17:03:11.000 - Christopher Hohman, Summer Intern   One question I get asked often times up here is, “What got you into weather?” As the final hour of my internship on top the best place on Earth gets closer and closer, I thought it would be fitting to share my story. When I was a young aspiring scientist in 3rd grade, I was sitting on the couch one fateful evening watching the weather channel as a program I’d never seen before came on. I don’t remember what completely happened at the start, but I

Most Memorable Weather Event (So Far...) 2016-08-20 20:40:05.000 - Ryan Knapp, Weather Observer/Staff Meteorologist   I was asked by fellow Observer/Meteorologist Tom Padham the other day, what my most memorable weather experience has been while working up here. With over ten years on the summit, one would think it would be easy to narrow that down to one defining weather moment. However, as I started looking back at things, choosing one moment was a bit more difficult than I thought it would be since I have so many moments to choose from. Do I choose the times where I literally

Battling the Elements 2016-08-19 09:27:22.000 - Tom Padham, Weather Observer/Meteorologist   With summer slowly coming to an end and winter just around the corner on the summit I find myself thinking of some of my most memorable weather events on the Rockpile. I’ve worked up here for roughly 3 and a half years now, and seen more than my fair share of weather, from severe summer thunderstorms to complete whiteout conditions and category 3 hurricane force winds. I love all the weather I get to experience up here on the summit, but I do have a least favorite: ice storms.

Until Next Time 2016-08-16 16:14:32.000 - Andrea LaRocca, Summit Intern   13 weeks ago I began my internship on Mount Washington. The summit was coated in a thick covering of rime ice. Now, as the lively mountainside glows a glistening green, my time here has unfortunately come to end. This summer has been everything I could have ever imagined and more. The countless displays of beauty this mountain provides will surely be missed as well as the people I have met. It's hard to put into words what I am feeling right now. Mount Washington, you will forever be etched