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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Summit! 2019-12-26 11:17:41.000 - Ian Bailey, Weather Observer/Education Specialist   Season’s Greetings everyone! If you celebrate the holidays, hopefully you had a safe and happy time! Or perhaps it was a super nice Wednesday in general! Here at the top of New England, it has been a wonderful time this past week. Our crew is most of the way through a 10-day stint to make sure the other crew has ample time to be with their families. And it certainly has been a mix of emotions! Christmas at the Observatory tends to be

Ending My Internship With Some Extreme Weather! 2019-12-17 10:20:03.000 - Laura Kee, Summit Intern     My time as an intern on the summit has flown by and I couldn’t be more grateful to have had such an incredible opportunity to fulfill this dream of mine. In addition to the wild weather, beautiful views, and wonderful people I got to work with, I was lucky to learn so much about forecasting and how the Observatory operates. It was exhilarating to be up on the summit to witness triple digit wind speeds, record breaking temperatures, shooting stars, and beautiful sunrises and

The Polar Vortex, El Nino, and This Winter's Outlook 2019-12-07 14:31:28.000 - Ian Bailey, Weather Observer/Education Specialist   Recently I did an interview with New Hampshire's WNTK News-Talk radio that was a lot of fun! I spoke with Jason the interviewer at length about several "buzz word" terms you might hear quite often during the winter season, as well as what it is like living and working here on the summit during the winter time. If you have a second, you should give it a listen! >https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-ixu5u-c91023 (You might have to download an app to listen as it is a podcast).

Dear Santa... 2019-11-29 05:19:26.000 - Ryan Knapp, Weather Observer/Staff Meteorologist   Dear Santa-   Another year has flown by here on the summit of Mt Washington. I hope all is going well with you, the missus, and all your helpers up at the North Pole. I know that this time of year is quite hectic for y’all but I hope that it is going smoothly as you get everything ready for those on your “Nice List.”   Speaking of that “Nice” list, I am hoping we grace its pages once again this year… I like to think that we acted

My Internship Comes to an End 2019-11-26 10:40:13.000 - Ben Charles, Summit Intern   It felt like just yesterday was my first day as an intern driving up the road with chains on the truck with my face glued to the window in awe. It has now officially come to my final day on the summit and I could not have asked for a better experience. As a meteorologist mountain forecasting on the summit is never an easy task, but forecasting every day this fall and learning so much from the observers I feel I have truly advanced my skills

The Snow Storm that Overproduced 2019-11-25 17:28:18.000 - Adam Gill, Weather Observer/IT Specialist   Under predicting snow is pretty rare thing to do up here, especially with the winds that we see, blow over will usually prevent us from getting the full sample of snowfall in a 6 hour period. Yesterday, we had a strengthening costal low that moved into the Gulf of Maine with heavy precipitation wrapping around the back side of the low. We were stuck between a low in Canada and the coastal low, keeping the winds fairly light for our standard which allowed more snow to

Cooking Up A Storm on the Rockpile 2019-11-16 08:30:48.000 - Tom Padham, Weather Observer/Education Specialist   Adding to Adam’s post from this past week, I thought I’d write about some of our favorite meals here on the summit and our cooking set up. I personally enjoy cooking very much, and this time of year it’s nice to make use of what we have in our pantry and attempt to make some great meals for the crew. This time of year especially we do tend to favor more hearty, warming meals, although salads and fresh veggies do accompany most dinners.  Blueberry

A Veterans Day Homage To The Most Important Weather Forecast In History 2019-11-11 06:17:42.000 - Jay Broccolo, Weather Observer and Meteorologist   Veterans Day is a time for us all to pay our respects to those who have served this country with bravery and honor. Our veterans should be remembered every day for what they have sacrificed for the rest of us. I currently have a couple of family members serving in the armed forces and am extremely proud of both of them. I have friends that serve in different branches with many of them serving in the National Guard. I’m sure each of

November, the Quiet Season 2019-11-09 13:32:33.000 - Adam Gill, Weather Observer/IT Specialist   November on the summit is always a quite month. With not much going on, the need for volunteers goes away due to how little needs to be done. All of the winter preparations are finished in October, the building is closed down so there are no tours, and the winter is just beginning so we don’t have as much snow shoveling or de-icing to do. This leaves us with weather observations and our projects that we are working on. The total staff that is staying overnight is

Coming to a Valley Near You: Snow! 2019-11-02 10:20:17.000 - Thomas Padham, Weather Observer/Education Specialist   Over the past few days we’ve received a few inquiries as to when the surrounding valleys will see their first snowfall. For many, the start of November means ski season is right around the corner and people are itching to break out the skis for the first time this season. For the local area especially here in the White Mountains, by Thanksgiving the ski season is hopefully fully underway as this is an important part of the tourism-driven economy in the region. Taking a