December 31.       min.         max.      avg

Bitt 2NW valley   -0.6          8.6         4

Garrett College    1.8           8.8        5.3

Can-Heights         -3.2          7.3         2.1

CRN-Canaan       -3.4          6.0          1.3

Cabin Mt              -5.6         1.2          -2.2

Cabin Mt north  -4.2          1.9         -1.1

Spruce Knob      -6.3          2.1         -2.1

Snowshoe/S.C    -4.4          4.8         0.2

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown        5.9          21.8       13.8

Green Bank Obs  -4          14.1         5.1

7Springs             4.2           9.2          6.7

Partly cloudy morning that thickened cloud cover and a 2-3 hour period of snow broke out. Temps 0-6 with it. Whitening main roads quickly. That cleared out. A little later likewise in Wv mts. By 4pm a fine light crystallized snow began falling.

Bitt 2NW valley .7″ overnight and .6″ today through 5pm – 2 day total of 9.7″ 37.2″ on the season

Can-Heights 1.2″ overnight on top the 11.1″ of yesterday.

 

Photos by Jeremy Cutlip at the Falls Of Hills Creek 12/31/17

 

Timberline with a volcanic look with bitter cold and snowmaking

 

Final numbers for Bittinger 2nw Valley for December 

 

Monthly data

Graph put together by Dave Lesher for December

December 30.        min.         max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley    2.4          18.7         10.5

Garrett College     3.5          18.2         10.8

Can-Heights         2.1           16.9         9.5

CRN-Canaan       3.4            17.0         10.2

Cabin Mt             -1.1          14.5          6.7

Cabin Mt north  -0.2          14.5         7.2

Spruce Knob     -2.7            14.5         5.9

(all 3 at 14.5, what are the chances)

Snowshoe/S.C   -0.4             18.7       9.2

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown       15.1           35.4      25.2

Green Bank Obs 8.2           24.2      16.2

7Springs             6.1            18.2       12.1

Snow at varying rates through the day. High ratio fluff. Becoming more scattered at nightfall with few squalls about. Winds increasing and temps dropping as front passed. Northern Sods site on Cabin Mt had a 52mph gust.

Snowfall Amounts on the day through 7pm

Bitt 2NW valley 8.4″

Canaan Heights 11.1″

 

 

 

December 29.       min.          max.      avg

Bitt 2NW valley    -2.6          15.8       6.6

Garrett College     5.8            15.5      10.6

Can-Heights         6.4             12.1       9.2

CRN-Canaan       7.6             15.1       11.4

Cabin Mt             3.9              12           7.9

Cabin Mt north  4.6              12         8.3

Spruce Knob      4.8              13.6      9.2

Snowshoe/S.C    6.3              18.9      12.6

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown      7.4              31.3      19.4

Green Bank Obs 9.4           26.7       18

7Springs           6.2               15

The Glades  -12 on one, -13 on the other mins only

Overnight temps fell below 0 in the colder valleys. Temps bounced back and forth as light breezes at times mixed in. Breezes and cloud cover pushed in at daybreak. A period of snowshowers mid morning and widely scattered fine flakes throughout the remainder of the day with breaks of sun as well.

Trace of snow fell in the a.m hours

*The min at The Glades fell to -12, -13 overnight. I think that difference is simply a minor difference in the sensors as I put both together. Minor overall as its likely a .5 or less difference. The min though I believe was likely pre midnight based on nearby recording at Bitt 2NW valley. Likely though fell under -5 again for today’s date.

 

 

 

Pic by David Miller on Facebook at Allegheny Photography

 

December 28.     min.         max.     avg

Bitt 2NW valley  -11.0       9.9        -1.1

Garrett College.   -6.1       11.9       2.9

Can-Heights         -9.9        10.5      0.3

CRN-Canaan        -8.8        9.6        0.4

Cabin Mt              -9           13.1     2.1

Cabin Mt north  -8.1        10.9     1.4

Spruce Knob       -8.0       11.8     1.9

Snowshoe/S.C     -5.3        14.4     4.5

Can-Valley Floor -14.2

Cresaptown        8.1          23.2    15.7

Green Bank Obs  -1.3       20.1    9.4

7Springs          2.0              10.5    6.4

The Glades 2 different sites at a 4-5ft height.      -18 at one location -19 at the other

Other mins

Bayard  -8, Canaan Valley co-op -10, Terra Alta -6

Conditions appeared more prime for cooling in Garrett, Preston than elsewhere. Although good in Tucker.

 

Very cold start. Overnight the highground was running coldest until the predawn hours. 2-3a.m. Then decoupling occured. The 3km nam depicted winds going calm at that time and also indicated some cloud cover coming in around or just before dawn, which occured.  It performed well on that aspect. While I favor the 3km nam in most instances on temps, this setup is not a strongsuit of the model. Euro did super on location of the coldest and extremity of it. Skies were partly cloudy today. Dim at times, brighter at times. The high elevated areas under 4000′ actually ran coldest on max temps vs the areas above 4000′. Just a smidgen milder(less cold) up high for awhile today.

 

Temps on The Glades near Bittinger this a.m. Thermometers were at a 4 foot height.

 

2 pics by David Miller/ Allegheny Photography. Check out that page on Facebook. Pics at the west side of the Sods

 

Few pics posted by skisoutheast on Facebook at Snowshoe today.

Backbone Mt in Tucker maxing out at 8° today. Some areas in Garrett also held single digits. Greenscapes by the Mchenry police barracks max was 8 as well.

Euro did well on area of coldest temps this a.m. It seems to do really well after a fresh snowpack with incoming cold.

Location 1.5 miles south of Terra Alta. Appears sited in a cold low lying area. I would post it daily,  except daytime max temps to me indicates its not well sited. 

Mt. Washingtn N.H on the extreme level this morning.

Bittinger 2nw Valley on the month to date.

Bittinger 2NW valley , 6pm. Halo around the moon. A bright night and temps falling. Many valley areas going back below 0 ..

 

 

 

 

December 27.       min.      max.        avg

Bitt 2NW valley  -1.2        13.3         6.0

Garrett College   -0.3        15.9         7.8

Can-Heights        -4.2         14.4        5.1

CRN-Canaan      -1.6          15.2        6.8

Cabin Mt            -6.2          11.8        2.8

Cabin Mt north -5.4          12.2       3.4

Spruce Knob     -5.8           12         3.1

Snowshoe/S.C  -3.5            13.6      5.1

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown     11.7           26.1      18.9

Green Bank Obs 4.3         25.5       14.9

7Springs           3.2            15.2        9.2

Surprise accumulations. Fluffy snow overnight into today. Came down moderately at times and the fluff added up fairly fast. Snow went through the mid morning north, and into the afternoon in the Wv mts. Temps fell into the single digits in the afternoon. Skies cleared first north.

Bitt 2NW valley  4.6″ new snow

27.5″ on the season

Can-Heights          5.4″ new snow

34.3″ on the season

During the daytime hours, Canaan Heights picked up 2.8″ on .05 liquid. A 56 to 1 ratio!

7Springs           was reporting 6″ around 8a.m.

Snowshoe reporting 0 which is completely bogus.

This map below is also underdone, but gives a good idea of where the snow mainly was. Radar indicated 0 snow during the most intense periods even and models all were indicating 1″ +/-.

Ratios running 40 to 1 +/-

Temps at Bitt 2NW valley

Cabin Mt 4350′ temps through the day

Pic by Vernon Patterson this afternoon as skies brokeand a few by Justin Harris from Canaan Resort later this afternoon as the skies began to clear.

 

Pic by Samuel Taylor Photography at Pendleton Lake at Blackwater Falls State Park

December 26.     min.       max.         avg

Bitt 2NW valley  10.7        19.3        15.0

Garrett College   11.4         18.8       15.1

Can-Heights         6.7            16.6      11.6

CRN-Canaan       9.1             16.1     12.6

Cabin Mt      est* 5              13           9

Cabin Mt north  5.4            13.8       9.6

Spruce Knob      4.1             14.2      9.1

Snowshoe/S.C    6.4             14.2      10.3

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown       19.8          33.8     26.8

Green Bank Obs 12            24.7     18.4

7Springs             11.9          19.0      14.9

Sunny to start, then some fine snow and sun.

Overnight 7pm through the day light hours

Bitt 2NW valley .2 new snow.

* for some reason Cabin mt temps not stored

Observed snow past few days. Some spots off the lakes in excess of 4ft. Near Erie set a Pa record with the lake event.

Last night, on cam. 2 lights at 10 pm, 4am followed same path…moon? planet??

 

December 25.     min.       max.        avg

Bitt 2NW valley  12.0       30.6       21.3

Garrett College   13.1      30.8       21.9

Can-Heights         9.3       27.8        18.5

CRN-Canaan       10.0     28.4         19.2

Cabin Mt             5.9       25.2          15.6

Cabin Mt north 7.2        26.2          16.7

Spruce Knob      4.5        24.8         14.6

Snowshoe/S.C    5.4.        25.9         15.6

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown      23           37.1         30

Green Bank Obs 14.4      33.1        23.8

7Springs            15.2         32.3        23.7

Snow, windy…tapering down. More mix of sun south midday on. Further north on and off snowshowers continued. Lingering past nightfall.

Snowfall totals Bitt 2NW valley 5.7″

(3.8″ by 7a.m, 1.9 remainder of the day with the brunt of that 8-11a.m)

22.7″ on the season at Bitt 2NW valley

Max temps occured at midnight. High Wv ground above 4000′ held single digits and below 0 windchills all day. 

Photos by Jeremy Cutlip on Highland Scenic Highway this afternoon.

Social media pic

 

 

 

December 24.       min.       max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley   27.4        31.6        29.5

Garrett College   27.3         32.2       29.7

Can-Heights       25.9          30.8       28.3

CRN-Canaan      27.0          31.9       29.5

Cabin Mt          23.5            29.1      26.3

Cabin Mt north 24.4         29.7      27.0

Spruce Knob      24.1        27.1      25.6

Snowshoe/S.C    25.3        28.6     27

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown      34.4          45       39.7

Green Bank Obs. 29.2     36.8     33

7Springs           28.1         33.3      30.7

Cloudy, foggy, rime up high. Even in Garrett. Fog lifted in northern Alleghenies first, Canaan held on to fog the longest with some nice rime up high. Light snow overnight out by daylight. Some fine snow late day. Cold SE wind late day.

Snowfall overnight accu

Bitt 2NW valley.         .6″  17″ on the season

Can-Heights                 .7″

Some spots over a 1″ reported.

 

Photos by Eric Furr. Shavers Fork Cheat River. The next pic is near Gaudineers Knob. 12/24/17

Christmas Eve snow beginning after dark. Pics near Bittinger

 

 

December 23.        min.           max.      avg

Bitt 2NW valley    28.4          51.3         39.8

Garrett College     28.9          53.7        41.3

Can-Heights         27.4           53           40.2

CRN-Canaan       28.5            53.8       41.1

Cabin Mt             25.9            49.5       37.7

Cabin Mt north 25.9            51.3        38.6

Spruce Knob     26.8            48.2        37.5

Snowshoe/S.C    27.3           49.1        38.2

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown     38.9            50.7        44.8

Green Bank Obs 32.9        54.6        43.8

7Springs            29.6           52.4        41.0

Cloudy, rain, fog…breezy. Temps falling through the afternoon. Rain ending as snow at nightfall to midnight.

Rainfall amounts on average .5 to 1.25″ totals

 

December 22.       min.         max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley   26.4          51.2        38.8

Garrett College     30.5         51.7        41.1

Can-Heights          39.1         48.5        43.8

CRN-Canaan      37.1           49.5        43.3

Cabin Mt            37.4            46.4        41.9

Cabin Mt north 38.8           46.9         42.8

Spruce Knob      32.2          45.1        38.6

Snowshoe/S.C.  35.1           48.2        41.7

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown       28.4          48           38.2

Green Bank Obs 25.1        50.9        38

7Springs               34           52.6        43.3

Cloudy mild, breezy, day…fog up high wv ground late.