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.

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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.

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Euro did well on area of coldest temps this a.m. It seems to do really well after a fresh snowpack with incoming cold.Screenshot_20171228-205438

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. Screenshot_20171228-065112

Mt. Washingtn N.H on the extreme level this morning.2017-12-28-16-09-45

Bittinger 2nw Valley on the month to date.20171228_180156

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

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