Aug 11.                    min.      max.       avg

Bitt 2nw valley      58.2       73.4      65.8

Garrett College     61.9        75.1     68.5

Can-Heights          59.7        74.0     66.8

CRN-Canaan         58.6        74.0     66.3

Cabin Mt.              59.0         72.1    65.5

Cabin Mt north   60.6         72.7    66.6

Spruce Knob        57.2        71.6    64.4

Snowshoe             60.1        70.5    65.3

Can-Valley Floor  55.2       75.7    65.4

7Springs                61.2       71.9    66.6

Times of mostly cloudy, some periods with a mix of clouds and sun and some showers primarily Wv mts.

Temp profile this afternoon

Radar with estimates(28 hour total at Bittinger 2nw Valley .3, with all prior to dawn today)

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

 

https://www.space.com/41421-perseid-meteor-shower-2018-skywatching-tips.html perseid meteor shower viewing tonight is looking limited, but carries the shot of a few breaks in the predawn hours.

18z 3km Nam

Cloud cover %. Starting off with this in relation to the meteor shower tonight.

2m Temperatures

Simulated Radar

2m Dew Points, some slightly more comfortable air, despite shower threat looks to push in early week. A tad more comfortable feel vs the high dew points of late

12z ECMWF meteogram for Garrett County next 10 days

18z GFS meteogram for Garrett County next 10 days

(meteograms show temps and precip modeled every 6 hours, every step across left to right is in 6 hour intervals)

Aug 10.                      min.       max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley         55.6       76.7       66.1

Garrett College         60.7       77.9       69.3

Can-Heights              57.5       75.0       66.2

CRN-Canaan             57.5       74.4       65.9

Cabin Mt                   57.6       73.2       65.4

Cabin Mt north        58.8       74.7      66.7

Spruce Knob            56.7       73.8      65.2

Snowshoe                 58.6       72.3      65.4

Can-Valley Floor     47.7       76.5      62.1

7Springs                   62.7       73.4      68.1

Nice start, patchy valley fog, mostly clear, light winds. Mix of clouds and sun through the day with some rain late evening.

Temp profile this afternoon

Radar with estimates(through 9pm)

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Aug 9.                      min.       max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley       61.0       75.4       68.2

Garrett College       64.9        78.4      71.6

Can-Heights             60.9        73.8     67.4

CRN-Canaan             59.6       73.8     66.7

Cabin Mt                   59.2        72.1     65.6

Cabin Mt north        60.1        72.9     66.5

Spruce Knob             57.7       70.9     64.3

Snowshoe                  59.7       68.2     63.9

Can-Valley Floor      52.2        76.1    64.1

7Springs                    62.1         73.6   67.8

Cloudy start, some fog. Few showers early, heavy burst Mchenry at 7:30am….skies broke late morning through the afternoon.

Temp profile this afternoon

Radar with estimates(7pm 24 hr estimates, a little overlap of last nights estimate) This morning’s rain isolated. Only trace at Bittinger 2nw Valley, .2 Mchenry

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

18z 3km Nam

Simulated Radar

12Z ECMWF operational output

Temps for Garrett

Precip

Aug 8.                       min.      max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley       62.4        75.8      69.1

Garrett College       64.2        77.8      71.0

Can-Heights.           62.5         75.6     69.1

CRN-Canaan           63.0          75.7     69.3

Cabin Mt                 60.1          73.8     66.9

Cabin Mt north     60.8          75.4     68.1

Spruce Knob          59.7         71.8     65.7

Snowshoe              60.4          70.7     65.6

Can-Valley Floor   57.6          78.6    68.1

7Springs                 63.4          73.9    68.7

Mainly cloudy, some afternoon sunny breaks, followed by a line of rain pushing through in the evening.

Temp profile this afternoon

Radar with estimates (.2 Bittinger 2nw Valley, .7 Garrett College, .1 CRN-Canaan, .1 Spruce Knob, .6 7Springs)

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Aug 7.                         min.      max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley        57.8       81.0      69.4

Garrett College        61.6       80.6      71.1

Can-Heights             60.7       76.5      68.6

CRN-Canaan            59.5        75.4     67.5

Cabin Mt                  61.3        73.4     67.3

Cabin Mt north       62.1        77.2    69.6

Spruce Knob           61.5        74.7    68.1

Snowshoe                62.2        72.5    67.3

Can-Valley Floor     51.3        78.3    64.8

7Springs                     64.9       76.5   70.7

More clouds than sun with early morning showers in spots and more widespread line into the afternon.

Temp profile this afternoon(Bitt 2nw valley temp drop 81 to 64.7 with afternoon rain)

Radar with estimates (.1 Bittinger 2nw Valley)

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

 

Aug 6.                        min.      max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley        57.7       80.7       69.2

Garrett College        62.2      83.0       72.6

Can-Heights             59.8      80.5      70.2

CRN-Canaan            57.0      79.3       68.1

Cabin Mt.                 60.4      78.8       69.6

Cabin Mt north      63.1       80.1      71.6

Spruce Knob           59.2       77.5      68.3

Snowshoe                63.1       75.7      69.4

Can-Valley Floor    52.7       82.8      67.7

7Springs                  68.1        80.3      74.2

Mix of clouds and sun with some heavy downpours on east side of the Alleghenies in spots. (Refer to radar, estimated precip totals)

Temp profile this afternoon

 

Radar with estimates

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

 

 

12Z ECMWF

6 hourly precip

2m Temperatures every 6 hours

Aug 5.                          min.      max.     avg

Bitt 2nw valley         56.0       77.6      66.8

Garrett College          61.3       80.9     71.1

Can-Heights.              58.7       76.3      67.5

CRN-Canaan              56.9        76.6     66.7

Cabin Mt                    60.1        75.0      67.5

Cabin Mt north         62.1        76.5      69.3

Spruce Knob             59.9        74.1       67.0

Snowshoe                  62.4        73.4       67.8

Can-Valley Floor       52.3        77.9      65.1

7Springs                     67.1        78.0      72.6

Times of clouds and sun throughout the day… pop up showers seemed to focus on lower elevations late day

Temp profile this afternoon

 

Radar estimated precip 24 hr

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

 

 

 

Aug 4.                      min.       max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley     58.2        77.3       67.7

Garrett College     61.3        79.6       70.4

Can-Heights          56.8         75.9      66.3

CRN-Canaan        58.0          75.4      66.7

Cabin Mt               57.0          73.9     65.4

Cabin Mt north   58.5           75.0     66.7

Spruce Knob       56.7          72.3      64.5

Snowshoe

Can-Valley Floor  50.7        77.4      64.0

7Springs                62.3        76.5      69.4

Dreary looking start, cloudy, late morning skies broke for a nice overall day

Temp profile this afternoon

Radar estimate past 24

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies

 

Aug 3.                     min.       max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley     59.8         72.3      66.0

Garrett College     64.0         75.0      69.5

Can-Heights           57.2         68.6     62.9

CRN-Canaan          57.9         68.0     63.0

Cabin Mt                56.8         65.5     61.1

Cabin Mt north     59.2         67.6     63.4

Spruce Knob          55.8        63.0     59.4

Snowshoe               59.0        64.8      61.9

Can-Valley Floor   56.1        71.2       63.6

7Springs                  63.5        72.3       67.9

Rainy morning, midday break, rainy evening, with breaking skies at sunset.

Temp profile this afternoon

 

Radar with estimates… Picked up .7 from 6pm to 6pm at Bittinger 2nw Valley

Satellite this afternoon

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

 

 

Aug 2.                       min.       max.      avg

Bitt 2nw valley      61.4          71.2      66.3

Garrett College      63.6          74.8      69.2

Can-Heights           60.8          71.8      66.3

CRN-Canaan          60.7           72.6     66.6

Cabin Mt                58.5           69.4     63.9

Cabin Mt north     59.5          69.6     64.5

Spruce Knob         57.9          68.5     63.2

Snowshoe              59.0          68.2     63.6

Can-Valley Floor  59.5           75.9    67.7

7Springs                 62.2          70.6    66.4

Rainy start, some patchy fog, to drying but mostly cloudy midday, afternoon..few peaks of sun….mid afternoon showers. Bittinger 2nw Valley 4pm downpour. To another dry period with period of rain nightfall, thereafter.

Temp profile this afternoon

Radar with 24hr estimates…Estimates seem high in spots vs obs…. I picked up .3 at Bittinger 2nw Valley through 6pm, Spruce Knob was over 1″ daily, Cabin at Bald Knob .86 daily.. so estimates look off

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow