March 6.                min.        max.       avg

Bitt 2NW valley   18.1         30.2        24.1

Garrett College    26.0         31.5        28.8

Can-Heights          23.0        35.0        29.0

CRN-Canaan        22.7         36.2        29.4

Cabin Mt              23.5         33.3        28.4

Cabin Mt north  21.4          35.6       28.5

Spruce Knob       21.6         42.8*     32.2

Snowshoe/S.C.     25.9         32.2      29.0

Can-Valley Floor

Cresaptown         23.0        41.7       32.3

Green Bank Obs  20.9       37.9       29.4

7Springs                26.9      32.8       29.8

Depending on location, everything from some sleet pellets, spotty freezing drizzle, few flakes eastern areas, little drizzle, fog. …all very light.

 

Only resort I saw making snow this morning was Silver Creek at Snowshoe Screenshot_20180306-063940.png

Nice Sunrise from WispScreenshot_20180306-064041

Daily Snippets- 3km nam oddly did well on Spruce Knob milder period in afternoon (although suspiciously too mild) .

 

         ON THE MODELS

“7 a.m update- Looking like a 2-5″ snow Wednesday a.m tbrough Thursday p.m for Garrett, Preston, Somerset, Fayette. 3-6″ across the high Wv ground in favored upslope areas. Thursday p.m through Friday p.m 4-6″ region wide with pops to 8″. Wednesday to Saturday totals 5-11″ north, 7-12″ Wv with pops in both areas over that amounts.

0z ECMWF loses weekend system. Likely typical error of the model struggling with the Rockies..0z and 6z GFS shifted back north from yesterdays 12z and 18z runs. System needs watched. ”

7pm update-  Watching a possible snow burst in the 5-9 am window that may affect morning in areas. Overall, status quo from the morning update. If any changes were made in regard to the snow Wednesday a.m through Friday p.m it would be to slightly up overall totals.  Thursday night into Friday lookd like really good upslope.

The weekend system.(Sun/Mon)  I dont expect models to get a handle on it until Friday. We have seen the possibilities. The Euro is struggling from systemic errors from this time period. The GFS had a formidable event. We need to clear the field of this first main event and inch closer to that time period. Overal the setup remains there for a storm. Many who follow the ECMWF will write this off.  Bigger pattern picture has this in play. I’ll spare all the graphics tonight.

8;40pm update- line of storms developing much better than modeled from Charleston to west of Morgantown. The HRRR is picking up on this somewhat. Needs watched as of this line or individual cells hold together, pockets of brief but very heavy snow can occur in the 10pm to 2am time window. Brief whiteouts, and poor travel would develop rapidly. Hrrr showing pockets of 1-2″ per snow amounts in which these pockets would not last but 30-45 minutes max. The line is better developed than modeled at 8:40pm.

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