December 30, 2019

Dec 30(Mon)

Dreary early, leftover light precip. A few rainbows early as well. This gave way to a much drier push of air, lowering dewpoints and eventually temps.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[31.2]—MAX[53.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[45.0]—PRECIP[.27]7am

Snowfall season to date 20.8″

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Garrett College

MIN[36.0]—MAX[53.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[44.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[47.5]—PRECIP[.07]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[31.0]—MAX[58.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[44.5]—PRECIP[.31]7am

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[32.8]—MAX[59.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[46.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[48.9]—PRECIP[.10]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[28.4]—MAX[55.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[44.6]—PRECIP[.12]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[29.4]—MAX[57.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[43.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[45.7]—PRECIP[.08]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[28.7]—MAX[52.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[42.6]—PRECIP[.21]

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Snowshoe

MIN[28.0]—MAX[52.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.4]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[25.0]—MAX[60.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[47.8]

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7Springs

MIN[33.3]—MAX[52.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[44.9]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[41.9]—MAX[63.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[52.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[49.3]

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

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Pics today-

Few lingering pockets of snow in the sheltered protected low areas.

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1937 had a brother to help show his milder side….

Jan 1937

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Jan 1950

That northern Pacific warm pool was a touch further off the coast, and supported a western trough more so than 37 or this January. Very warm anomalies up the eastern seaboard into the Gulf. 1950 had the very warm anomalies off the west coast of Australia. Supportive of convection there for unfavorable MJO phases for winter here.

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Present day, the northeast Pacific warm pool is further east, but with a tongue of cooler water aimed towards California. Warmth in the Gulf up the eastern seaboard.

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That 1937 setup gave a look like this

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January 1950

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Current modeling by late week 2 January

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November 1936

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November 1949

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November 2019

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December 1936

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December 1949

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This year

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January 1937

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January 1950

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January 1950 at the sites

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February 1937

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February 1950

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Feb 1950 at the sites

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March 1937

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March 1950

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At the sites in March 1950

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April 1937

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April 1950

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April 1950 at the sites

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Season amounts 1949/50

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Tomorrow their cousin 1956 will be introduced..hopefully the adoption papers are found quickly and will show these examples aren’t any true relation to what this January holds.

These are just examples of like setups. There are even worse setups that produced entire poor winters… 31-32, 48-49 are a few off the top of the head examples.