Jan 31.                  min.        max.          avg

Bitt 2NW valley  0.8         43.1        21.9

Garrett College   3.2         44.9        24.1

Can-Heights        1.5         40.2        20.9

CRN-Canaan       4.2         42.0        23.1

Cabin Mt             0.8         37.0        18.9

Cabin Mt north  2.1        39.0         20.5

Spruce Knob       0.9       34.2         17.6

Snowshoe/S.C      3.0       37.6         20.3

Can-Valley Floor -6.3      42.8        18.2

Cresaptown          11.0    39.6         25.3

Green Bank Obs   3.7      40.8       22.2

7Springs                6.9      45.2        26.1

Skies were clear and calm gor a lengthy period overnight, allowing temps to drop, some clouds were moving in just before dawn. Limiting the eclipse view. Cloudy during the morning with skies breaking in the afternoon.

Snowfall, from 6pm last night until 9pm, Bitt 2NW valley picked up .2 snowfall. Season Total at 66.7″

Temps at Bittinger 2nw Valley (only through 1pm, will add full day when I can) and temps from Cabin Mt 4350, aka Bald Knob. As well as temps nationally this afternoon

 

January at Bittinger 2nw Valley

January vs average across the nation

Temp graph put together by Dave Lesher from January 2018

Temps locally in Garrett ranged this afternoon from near freezing at Savage Mt to 40s wv/md line. I always think of this as the “Garrett County Equalizer” . What I mean by that: The western areas of the county, Keysers Ridge, Snaggy Mt, Cranesville area, do much better with upslope snows. Over the course of a winter, this area likely doubles what Savage Mt recieved despite nearly the same elevation, and not much in the way of downslope. There are instances with upslope at times this does not occur, but not often. As the west areas will outsnow this area of Savage Mt, The Savage Mt area will remain colder afterwards when the return SW flow kicks in. Today is a good example and these photos will help illustrate that

The 3km nam which does well at modeling this.

 

some snippets of actual numbers today.

Canaan, Valley Floor along Timberline Rd fell to -6.3° below 0 this morning

Below is a sunrise pic by Vernon Patterson along the Blackwater this morning

A social media pic by Canaanchaga, sunset at Canaan this evening

2 pics below by Eric Furr. The first is sunrise from Bartow this morning, the 2nd is a sunset pic from Jerusalem Hollow, Randolph County

 

Pic below by Steffi Hone, sunrise,  looking towards Judy Gap and North Fork Mt

Pics below by Mindy Armstrong, at Sinks of Gandy and one of Spruce Knob Lake

 

Pics below by Justin Harris at Canaan

 

Jan 30.              min.            max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley  6.2          28.0       17.1

Garrett College   5.3          27.5       16.4

Can-Heights        4.3          23.9       14.1

CRN-Canaan      5.7           24.2       15.0

Cabin Mt            1.0           21.0       11.0

Cabin Mt north 2.8           22.5       12.6

Spruce Knob      0.9          21.6       11.2

Snowshoe/S.C      3.2        21.6        12.3

Can-Valley Floor  4.4       26.0        15.2

Cresaptown          18.0     36.0         26.9

Green Bank Obs   7.7       29.1        18.4

7Springs                 10.7     28.6       19.5

Snow at varying intensities for most of the day. Very few idle times. Some heavier streamers. The areas that saw these more persistent recieved higher totals. Localized areas missed out on them, and snow tallies were 3-4″ vs 6- as much as 10″ in areas that consistently had them. The high ratio fluff added up fast. The wind kept totals in exposed areas knocked down with blowing and drifting. Temp maxes were all midnight and most of the day was in the teens expect single digits at the high wv ground, with below 0 windchills. -10 to -20 above 4000′.

Snowfall- Bittinger 2nw Valley, 7.4″ total(4.6″ through 7am, 1.7″ from 7am to 1pm, 1.1″ 1pm to 6pm) 66.5″ on the season

Canaan Heights 6.4″ (3.5″ by 7am and 2.9″ more through today) 77.9″ on the season  http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Temps today at Bittinger 2nw Valley, Cabin Mt 4350′ and temps nationally this afternoon as well as windchills. Alleghenies one of the coldest spots nationally

January to date, will fill in entire month tomorrow night

 

Social media pics from Thomas

Pic by Michael Maddox at Apine Lake, reporting 7″ of fluff at 2pm

 

 

Jan 29.                 min.           max.        avg

Bitt 2NW valley  19.2          37.2         28.2

Garrett College   22.4          39.2         30.8

Can-Heights        24.3          34.5         29.4

CRN-Canaan       24.4          36.6         30.5

Cabin Mt             21.2          30.7         26.0

Cabin Mt north  22.8          32.0         27.4

Spruce Knob      21.7          29.3          25.5

Snowshoe/S.C      21.6        33.6          27.6

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown         22.7         46.8        34.8

Green Bank Obs 28.2         41.4        34.8

7Springs               29.3         40.8        35.0

Conditions began the day with brief clear skies north, very bright white frosty areas. Cloud cover central Alleghenies and snow in the southern Alleghenies. Cloud cover moved in throughout,with occasional breaks.  Snow began after shortly nightfall in some areas.

Temps today at Bittinger 2nw Valley and Cabin Mt 4350 as well as national temp profile this afternoon

 

This mornings snow at Snowshoe, and a few pics by Jeremy Cutlip on Allegheny Mt in Bath County Va.

This evenings snow after dark in Garrett County

7Springs 9pm

 

Jan 28.                  min.          max.         avg

Bitt 2NW valley  25.9          43.1          34.5

Garrett College   27.5          44.0          35.8

Can-Heights        31.7          42.7          37.2

CRN-Canaan       33.2          43.4          38.3

Cabin Mt              29.1         40.5          34.8

Cabin Mt north  29.8          41.2          35.5

Spruce Knob       29.7         39.4          34.6

Snowshoe/S.C       33.1       41.5          37.3

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown          32.0         50.9       41.5

Green Bank Obs  38.5          49.2       43.8

7Springs                33.8          46.4       40.0

Cloudy, and on and off fog, damp, chilly was the theme of the day until right before sunset, skies began to break and gave way to a spectacular sunset, in which pics do not do justice.  Only scattered small patches of falling snow remain in cold pockets, with drifts elsewhere.

Temps today at Bittinger 2nw Valley and Cabin Mt 4350. Temps still falling at the time of this posting and daily mins will be reflected above. Also a look at temps nationally this afternoon

 

 

 

Jan 27.                   min.          max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley    20.8          52.7      36.7

Garrett College     26.9          52.6      39.7

Can-Heights          35.2          49.3      42.2

CRN-Canaan         33.8          49.4      41.6

Cabin Mt               34.2          46.4      40.3

Cabin Mt north    33.8         48.6      41.2

Spruce Knob         29.5         44.6     37.0

Snowshoe/S.C        32.7        43.9     38.2

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown            20.7        48.6      34.7

Green Bank Obs    16.2         53.2     34.7

7Springs                   35.5        54.5     45.0

Partly cloudy to overcast for most of the day. Snow cover mostly gone by afternoon aside pockets.

Temps today at Bittinger 2nw Valley and Cabin Mt 4350….also national temp profile this afternoon

 

 

8pm radar

 

Pics by Daniel Marsh at Canaan Valley today

 

 

 

Pics today by Rosanna Springston at Tea Creek Trail area in Pocahontas County

 

 

Pic on social media by Rusty Glessner photography at OhioPyle State Park

Photo by Brian Peterman at Big Run Falls in Tucker County

Jan 26.               min.          max.        avg

Bitt 2NW valley 11.1          46.4         28.7

Garrett College  16.2          49.8         33.0

Can-Heights        17.3         46.1         31.7

CRN-Canaan        20.4        48.2         32.9

Cabin Mt              21.0        44.1         32.5

Cabin Mt north  20.5         45.5        33.0

Spruce Knob       20.5        44.4        32.5

Snowshoe/S.C     26.8        43.2         35.0

Can-Valley Floor -2.2         49.2       23.5

Cresaptown          17.6       49.1       33.3

Green Bank Obs   10.6      50.5       30.5

7Springs                 21.9      50.4       36.2

Mainly clear, calm this a.m. Few mid level clouds midday, and clearing back off in the afternoon with some clouds building at nightfall in southwest sky. Low dew point day.

Temps at Bittinger 2nw Valley today and Cabin Mt 4350(Aka Bald Knob) and temp profile nationally late this afternoon.

The morning temps saw a wide variety of temps through the region. Canaan had some 30° swings from the valley floor at 3225′ to Bald Knob at 4350′ shortly after 7a.m.. Also a great diffeence from the Valley Floor to the 3400′ CRN site at the Canaan State Park which failed to drop below 20°. The Canaan Valley Co-op bottomed out at 6°. At a later date I will add the minimum from a experimental site in the northern valley as it is currently being logged.

Some other numbers this a.m

 

Douglas Falls today

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1693112737442972&id=577901605630763

 

 

Jan 25.                  min.         max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley   11.7          24.9     18.3

Garrett College    18.8          24.3     21.5

Can-Heights          15.6         22.8     19.2

CRN-Canaan          18.6        23.0      20.8

Cabin Mt                 14.4       21.6      18.0

Cabin Mt north      15.3       20.5      18.0

Spruce Knob          12.9       21.4       17.1

Snowshoe/S.C        14.7       28.4        21.5

Can-Valley Floor   2.5         25.7        14.1

Cresaptown           21.2       38.0        29.6

Green Bank Obs   16.0       35.5        25.8

7Springs                 19.2       26.0        22.6

Flurries, clouds, highground wv fog through midday. Nice rime on the trees. Clearing late. South to North.

Snowfall: Bittinger 2NW valley .4″ overnight.      59.1″ on the season

Canaan Heights 1.8″ overnight from the 7pm reading        71.5″ on the season

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Snowfall totals were greater as you went from Bittinger, to Mchenry (Wisp reports a bogus 1″ for 48 hour total- Ray Charles measures for them I believe) and maxed out along Snaggy Mt (Cranesville, Alpine Lake, Terra Alta) and down along Cheat Mt in Wv. 2-4″ falls with isolated higher amounts from late Wednesday.  48 hour totals put those areas in the 3-5″ range vs 1-3″ elsewhere. 

Temps today at Bittinger 2nw Valley and Cabin Mt 4350′ and the temp profile of the nation this afternoon

 

 

Pics from Snowshoe today off Social Media. Snowshoe reporting a 24hour total of 3″, 48 hour of 4″

Pics by Chip Chase at Whitegrass in Canaan today. If your in the area in the winter, stop in at Whitegrass..

http://www.whitegrass.com

Pics by Vernon Patterson on Bald Knob today

Pics by Angie Shockley at Backbone Mt

A social media pic by Tucker County on Instagram

A absolutely beautiful video by Daniel Marsh/Golden Anchor Cabins at Canaan Ski area

 

 

Jan 24.                    min.          max.        avg

Bitt 2NW valley   21.7          32.4        27.0

Garrett College    21.6           32.2        26.9

Can-Heights         18.7           27.2        23.0

CRN-Canaan         19.8          28.2        24.0

Cabin Mt                15.8         24.4        20.1

Cabin Mt north     17.1         25.5        21.3

Spruce Knob          14.5         23.4        18.9

Snowshoe/S.C         16.2         23.9        20.0

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown             31.8       43.5        37.7

Green Bank Obs     24.3       33.1        28.7

7Springs                   22.8       32.6       27.7

Snow showers overnight…. Lightening up in the morning..scattered light during the day. Picking back up towards evening.

Bittinger 2nw Valley .7″ through 1pm, .4 from 1pm through 6pm boardsweep.  1.1″ total through the day    58.7″ on the season

Canaan Heights 1.1″ through 7a.m, another .2″ through midday and .9″ more through 7pm.    2.2″ total through the day.   69.7″ on the season

data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Temps from Cabin Mt 4350′ and Bittinger 2nw Valley today. 3rd pic is temp profile nationally this afternoon

Snowshoe after dark

 

 

Jan 23.                    min.         max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley  32.4           43.5        37.9

Garrett College   32.2            54.1       43.2

Can-Heights         27.3           49.9       38.6

CRN-Canaan        28.3           51.5       39.9

Cabin Mt              24.3            47.7      36.0

Cabin Mt north  25.3             49.3      37.3

Spruce Knob       23.2             44.6     33.9

Snowshoe/S.C.      23.9           45.3     34.6

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown           41.4          55.8     48.5

Green Bank Obs    32.6         50.3      41.4

7Springs                  32.7         49.6     41.2

Cloudy, rain early, falling temps. Some graupel in the afternoon. Wv high ground below freezing midday on.

Photo below by Eric Furr in Bartow this morning

Temps at Bittinger 2NW valley

Was a bit surprised at the wide temp range last night from Bittinger 2nw Valley to Garrett College. Here is a closer look at that comparison. Also included is experimental spot at Bittinger 2nw Valley.

Temp profile today as the colder air filtered back in

Back to the storm 2 years ago…

last 2 (not labeled)from Bittinger 2nw Valley

 

Jan 22                  min.       max.         avg

Bitt 2NW valley 39.1       58.6         48.8

Garrett College  46.9        61.9         54.4

Can-Heights       45.3        57.6         51.4

CRN-Canaan      42.0        58.8        50.4

Cabin Mt            43.0        55.5        49.2

Cabin Mt north 43.9       56.3        50.1

Spruce Knob      39.4      52.3        45.8

Snowshoe/S.C      40.8     50.4       45.6

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown         42.8     65.3       54.0

Green Bank Obs  34.6     59.7      47.1

7Springs                45.1     60.1      52.6

Cloudy, very mild, few scattered light showers… pockets of cooler air in valleys in the morning.

Temps at, Bittinger 2nw Valley, Cabin Mt 4350 and the temp profile nationally this afternoon.

2 years ago today. A large east coast storm was just beginning across the Alleghenies

 

Will add pics from 1/23/16 on tomorrow’s post.