December 18, 2019
Dec 18(Wed)
After skies cleared for awhile overnight, snow moved back in early morning(8am), and continued in varied fashion through the day with some heavier squalls at times. A brief very heavy one around 7pm.
Bittinger 2nw Valley
MIN[11.6]—MAX[21.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.8]—PRECIP[.52]7am
Snowfall- .8″ yesterday afternoon through overnight till 6am , no boardsweep done. Through 5pm another 2.3″ from snowshowers and squalls today for an event total of 3.1″
Snowfall season to date 19.8″
Garrett College
MIN[12.4]—MAX[20.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[18.1]—PRECIP[F/S]
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
MIN[10.3]—MAX[18.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[14.3]—PRECIP[.23]
Snowfall .8″ through 7am
Snowfall season to date 27.1″
Comments by Dave Lesher
Climate Reference Network Canaan
MIN[12.2]—MAX[19.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[15.9]—PRECIP[.04]
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
MIN[7.7]—MAX[15.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[11.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[11.8]—PRECIP[F/S]
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
MIN[8.2]—MAX[16.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[12.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[12.8]— PRECIP[F/S]
Spruce Knob
MIN[6.6]—MAX[14.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[10.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[10.6]—PRECIP[F/S]
Snowshoe
MIN[7.5]—MAX[14.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[10.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[11.2]
Canaan Valley Refuge
MIN[12.7]—MAX[20.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.4]
7Springs
MIN[7.7]—MAX[18.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[12.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[14.9]
Cumberland Airport
MIN[21.7]—MAX[31.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[26.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[27.4]
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Canaan area temps
Comparison view
RTMA
Radar
This evening batch produced a snow squall warning (check out the Keysers Ridge video below)
Satellite
Flow
Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow
Pics today-
Bittinger area
Oakland/Deep Creek/McHenry area
KEYSERS RIDGE CAM
Poor Rudolph






























































































