Change is in the Air 2015-09-11 17:38:44.000 - Kaitlyn O'Brien, Co-director of Summit Operations   After a busy Labor Day weekend on the summit, it’s become subtly clear that the busy summer season is slowly winding down. Soon, the leaves will start changing and the temperatures will begin to drop rapidly, reminding us that winter is around the corner. Over the next couple of shifts, we’ll start prepping and winterizing instrumentation, putting in the storm windows, breaking in our new Eastern Mountain Sports gear, and swapping out our summer boots for winter ones, thanks to Vasque.   It’s hard to

A Great Week on the Summit! 2015-09-09 17:39:44.000 - Adam Gill, Summit Intern   This week was a quiet week weather wise; we had a strong ridge of high pressure over New England that kept the temperatures well above average. Descending air underneath high pressure allowed for the summit to be out of the clouds for much of my time this shift. Thursday and Friday had less humidity so there was not too much haze on the horizon which allowed for great visibility. In fact, on Friday morning the Atlantic Ocean was visible for a short time in the morning

#MWOMetMonday 2015-09-07 15:03:31.000 - Mike Carmon, Co-Director of Summit Operations   Happy Labor Day to all!It's also our first weekly #MWOMetMonday! Here's our first question, courtesy of Jackie Keating, who posted the following on the Mount Washington Observatory's Facebook page:   Pictured here is an anvil-shaped top of a passing thunderstorm. It's clearly evident from this image that the location at which the picture was taken was not experiencing stormy conditions (like she mentions in the post, it's a "clear sunny day"). However, intense thunderstorms can grow very large in size and vertical height, allowing their tops to be seen

#MWOMetMonday 2015-09-05 15:24:02.000 - Mike Carmon, Co-Director of Summit Operations   Do you have a burning weather question you've always wanted answered?  Maybe you're on vacation and you witness an interesting weather phenomenon you can't quite explain?   Does that cloud look peculiar to you, and you want to know more about the atmospheric conditions that led to its formation?   Let the summit meteorologists at the Observatory help you out! Introducing: #MWOMetMonday If you find yourself in a situation similar to the ones above, and there's no meteorologists around, ask your meteorology-related question at any time throughout the week

Tata For Now! (TTFN) 2015-09-01 21:18:46.000 - Elena Weinberg, Summit Intern   Well, here we are at the end of another summer that went by way too quickly. As brief as it has ultimately felt, this summer has been one of incredible learning and growth for me. None of my comments this summer have talked very much about my journey as a person up here, so I would like to take my final blog to give you a larger window into my experience this summer. This comment is not my typical “picture book” post, but I have taken some amazing

Analyzing Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures 2015-08-30 17:05:06.000 - Mike Dorfman, Weather Observer/IT Specialist   I love data. I’m currently pushing through and organizing all of our remote site data (millions of data points) as we move to a new system. Hopefully this system will allow for higher reliability as well as more sophisticated tools for weather display and data manipulation for our weather data. While sifting through our weather data I enjoyed watching the cycles of temperature and wind speed associated with the New England seasons as well as the diurnal temperature cycle that happens every day and night.

Summit Life 2015-08-29 13:21:46.000 - Andrew Henry, Summit Intern   This is my first week working as an intern at the Observatory. So far it has been the experience of a lifetime. I had previously only been above tree line twice, once many years ago on a hiking trip in VT and for my interview with the Observatory about 4 weeks ago. Upon my arrival on Wednesday the summit was in the clouds. Thursday morning the clouds broke briefly providing me with my first glimpse of the breathtaking views the summit has to offer.     We quickly returned to being

It’s Good to be Back! 2015-08-24 16:44:31.000 - Michael Kyle, Weather Observer/IT Specialist   After taking a brief vacation, I am back to work on the summit of Mount Washington.  While my vacation was very enjoyable, part of me did miss being up on the summit.  The things that I miss the most during my time away were the sunrises and sunsets.  While most people would agree that a sunrise or set anywhere is usually a beautiful site, ones from the top of a mountain (particularly on Mount Washington) are just on a whole other scale of beauty.  I’m lucky enough

First Week 2015-08-22 08:29:37.000 - Adam Gill, Summit Intern   This week is my first week up on the summit of Mount Washington. So far it has been quite an experience. The only other time I have been up on the mountain or anywhere in the North East was when I came up for the interview three weeks ago. The first day up was a nice day where the winds were under 15 mph for much of the day and there were not many clouds in the area. There was quite a bit of haze due to air pollution and

Arline's Volunteer Comments 2015-08-21 07:21:48.000 - Arline Cochrane, Summit Volunteer   Finding my way to the Mt. Washington Auto Road on August 12, 2015, I met Slim and his crew at the Maintenance Garage. Right from the start I felt welcomed. I could tell right away Slim was going to be fun to see around the Observatory. Slim gave me directions to the parking lot where I met Ryan and all the rest of the shift crew. The drive up the Auto Road was the first time I had been back to the summit in 45 years and it was