October 13, 2019

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Bitt 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Can-Heights

CRN-Canaan

Cabin Mt

Cabin Mt N

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Can-Valley Floor N

7Springs

Cumberland AP

Clear overnight, with some cloud cover at daybreak. The coldest night of the season…teens in Canaans cold pockets, lots of 20s, high ground 30s

Temps today

Radar void

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Pics today

Canaan Valley, the northern end….

On a cold 18.5° overnight, that was clear, calm and allowing hoar frost to develop on pretty well everything, creating a breathtaking landscape. Clouds rolled in at daybreak. Interestingly as well, the evening and night of the 13th into the 14th featured an even wider range of temps from the Valley to the top of Cabin Mt, a 29° spread at midnight. 21° to 50°.

Lower 2/3rds of Cabin Mt peaking on color, locations on the top 1/3 and top are well past peak as well as some of the Valley locations that have had numerous frost and freezes to date.

Worth noting again, the night of the 13th onto the 14th….

Blackwater Falls and the canyon

Blackwater River at the Davis gauge running 14.5cfs

Foliage in the canyon,(pics from Pendleton overlook) especially those yellow birches are coming on strong. The appearance of them is greatly impacted by the sun angle. Yesterday afternoon, areas that looked dull were bright with with morning sun and vice versa today. Midweek rain, cloudy skies should present peak saturation of those yellows and allow for great photos(fog may impact at times)

Heading north to Garrett

A large variation on foliage here. Some areas largely green or dull. That in general entails tree type, in which lots of red oak, white oak present, along with locust, and dull cherry. Some maples are bright and in areas lots of maples are on the ground and those areas are wayyyy past peak. For some reason, folks must think these leaves will jump back up and reattach themselves and become brighter… (Few pics of what in large is green with spotty color around Deep Creek tomorrow)