February 28, 2020

Feb 28(Fri)

A moderate at times briefly heavy snow from 7-10 am. I picked up 1.8″ in that time. Late morning from Garrett County and north skies went partly sunny for several hours. This rapidly settled the snow depth. Also in direct sunny areas, with the sun angle higher, some melt occured. If you record snow, it’s highly critical that you took your measurement and from here out take your measurement as soon as possible as the snow ends. Snow and clouds hung on through the day in Wv and some returned north near nightfall.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[18.8]—MAX[27.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[23.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[22.4]

New snowfall 2.7″ through the 6am boardsweep. From 6am through 10:30 1.8″ new fell, with the most from 7-9am.

Snow depth increased to 8″ at 10:30am, then settled back to 5.8″ by late day after several hours of sun and win helping settle the fluff down.

Snowfall season to date 58.5″

Garrett College

MIN[19.1]—MAX[25.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[22.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[21.6]—PRECIP[F]

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[15.0]—MAX[25.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[20.0]—PRECIP[.15]7am

New snowfall 3.9″ through 7am, snow continuing

Snow depth at 7am 10″

Snowfall season to date 78.0″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Temperatures steady in mid teens overnight then creeping up a little toward daybreak; light snow continuing with diminishing winds. Light snow with slowly diminishing winds continued through the day and evening.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[17.2]—MAX[23.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[20.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[20.0]—PRECIP[.19]

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[13.5]—MAX[18.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[16.2]—PRECIP[F]

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[14.0]—MAX[21.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.3]—PRECIP[F]

Spruce Knob

MIN[12.0]—MAX[22.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[16.5]—PRECIP[F]

Snowshoe

MIN[13.1]—MAX[21.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[16.8]

Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[18.3]—MAX[24.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[21.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[21.3]

7Springs

MIN[14.7]—MAX[21.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.6]

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Keysers Ridge at 9:30 in the midst of the morning snowy period that left main roads snow covered

February 27, 2020

Feb 27(Thurs)

Windy, snowy, varying rates from light to moderate, reduced visibility. A very wintry day

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[17.3]—MAX[29.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[23.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[20.4]

New snowfall- through the 6am boardsweep 3.2″ of new snowfall. At 6pm 2.8″ of new snowfall. A 6pm depth of 5.4″ windy fluff. Snow continuing…

Snowfall season to date 54.0″

Garrett College

MIN[16.2]—MAX[28.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[22.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[19.9]

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[13.0]—MAX[25.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[19.0]—PRECIP[.88]

New snowfall at 7am- 8.3″, today’s snow will be included in tomorrows post

Snowfall season to date 74.1″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Windy with snow, blowing and drifting snow overnight, temperatures steadily down to mid teens then holding there all day with light snow continuing without letup to night fall.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[13.2]—MAX[25.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[19.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.2]—PRECIP[.22]

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[9.1]—MAX[23.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[13.3]—PRECIP[F]

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[10.6]—MAX[23.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[14.4]

Spruce Knob

MIN[9.5]—MAX[21.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[12.6]—PRECIP[F]

Snowshoe

MIN[10.8]—MAX[21.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[13.1]

Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[15.1]—MAX[27.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[21.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[18.7]

7Springs

MIN[12.8]—MAX[26.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[19.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.0]

Cumberland Airport

MIN[28.2]—MAX[39.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[33.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[31.1]

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 26, 2020

Feb 26(Wed)

A bit of a dreary start, but turning into a nice late morning, early afternoon, before clouds and rain pushed in, in the evening. Accompanied by some thunder/lightning, some pockets of hail, some heavy downpours, that went over to snow, first in the Wv high ground and then north.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[29.7]—MAX[53.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[42.7]

New snowfall occurring late, after 8pm will be tallied at the morning measurement tomorrow.

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

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Garrett College

MIN[28.8]—MAX[54.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[44.2]—PRECIP[.88]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[28.0]—MAX[54.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.0]—PRECIP[.02]7am

New snowfall- snow accumulated rapidly after the nightfall changeover. That will be tallied in the morning.

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Mostly cloudy and mild, warming to 53F by mid afternoon, then clouds rolling in with rain commencing shortly before nightfall along with several thunderclaps and a brief fall of pea hail. Rapidly falling temperatures changed the rain to snow by 7PM, continuing through the evening. Heavy snow lays down 4 inches by 10PM.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[25.7]—MAX[55.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[42.4]—PRECIP[.73]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[23.7]—MAX[50.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[38.8]—PRECIP[.03]*before frozen

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[24.3]—MAX[51.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[39.7]—PRECIP[.11]*

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Spruce Knob

MIN[22.1]—MAX[50.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.4]—PRECIP[.01]*

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Snowshoe

MIN[21.4]—MAX[49.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[35.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.4]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[28.0]—MAX[56.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.0]

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7Springs

MIN[26.5]—MAX[47.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.0]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[40.4]—MAX[59.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[49.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[49.5]

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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

NOAAs March outlook

February 25, 2020

Feb 25(Tues)

Shortly around/after midnight, some flakes and ice pellets occured before turning to showers. Some showers through the day. Nothing substantial.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[33.6]—MAX[48.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.0]

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

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Garrett College

MIN[37.9]—MAX[48.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[43.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.8]—PRECIP[.13]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[36.0]—MAX[49.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.5]—PRECIP[.23]7am

Snnowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[37.1]—MAX[47.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.0]—PRECIP[.39]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[34.7]—MAX[44.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.1]—PRECIP[.37]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[35.8]—MAX[46.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[42.0]—PRECIP[.22]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[32.5]—MAX[43.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[39.5]—PRECIP[.2]

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Snowshoe

MIN[34.3]—MAX[46.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.4]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[36.9]—MAX[51.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[44.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.6]

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7Springs

MIN[35.6]—MAX[44.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.1]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[41.1]—MAX[50.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[46.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[46.4]

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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

February 24, 2020

Feb 24(Mon)

Lots of clouds, few peaks of sun. Dry air mass still in place but moistening up. Near midnight and shortly after(25th) there was some flakes and ice pellets with the first wave of precip in spots. It occured at Bittinger 2nw Valley.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

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Garrett College

MIN[27.9]—MAX[52.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.5]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[33.0]—MAX[52.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.5]—PRECIP[0]7am

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[28.3]—MAX[51.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.2]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[31.6]—MAX[48.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.7]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[33.4]—MAX[48.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[38.9]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[30.7]—MAX[44.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[35.4]—PRECIP[0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[31.5]—MAX[41.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.9]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[14.2]—MAX[52.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[33.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.2]

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7Springs

MIN[37.8]—MAX[46.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.2]

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Cumberland Airport

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RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 23, 2020

Feb 23(Sun)

Clear start, cold valleys, blue sky morning with some more clouds around in the afternoon that cleared after dark. Very dry air mass remains in place.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[18.4]—MAX[48.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[33.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[33.3]

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

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Garrett College

MIN[26.4]—MAX[50.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[38.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[38.8]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[27.0]—MAX[47.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.0]—PRECIP[0]

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[27.7]—MAX[49.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[38.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.3]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[25.9]—MAX[46.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.3]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[26.8]—MAX[45.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.9]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[25.3]—MAX[44.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[34.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[33.0]—PRECIP[0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[27.5]—MAX[44.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[35.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.6]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[5.4]—MAX[50.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[27.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[29.4]

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7Springs

MIN[30.4]—MAX[45.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[38.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.1]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[18.6]—MAX[59.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.2]

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

Radar

Void of precip

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

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Video

February 22, 2020

Feb 22(Sat)

A beautiful day. Sunny start to finish. A very dry air mass in place. Dewpoints single digits above and below 0. A bit breezy.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[19.9]—MAX[40.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[30.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[29.0]

snowfall season to date 48.0

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Garrett College

MIN[21.7]—MAX[42.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[31.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[30.4]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[16.0]—MAX[40.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[28.0]—PRECIP[T]7am

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[17.1]—MAX[40.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[28.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[28.3]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[13.5]—MAX[38.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[26.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[25.1]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[14.7]—MAX[38.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[26.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[25.6]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[13.8]—MAX[38.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[25.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[25.0]—PRECIP[0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[16.7]—MAX[38.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[27.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[26.1]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[12.7]—MAX[42.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[27.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[25.8]

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7Springs

MIN[19.3]—MAX[37.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[28.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[27.4]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[20.1]—MAX[52.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[36.2]

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

Radar

Void of precip

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 21, 2020

Feb 21(Fri)

Very cold start, some fine snow crystals falling at dawn out of a few scattered clouds. Cold, windy , and sunny sums up the day. A very odd stat, especually considering the ground is bare. Since Friday 2 weeks ago, I’ll need to go back and double check this, but I believe flakes have fell at some point each day 12 or 13 out of the last 15. A few of those were flakes prior to midnight and just after. But that a odd thing in a mild February.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[8.1]—MAX[27.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.8]

Snowfall-trace

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

Few isolated spots with patches of snow

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Garrett College

MIN[8.0]—MAX[29.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[18.7]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[5.0]—MAX[27.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.0—PRECIP[T]

Snowfall-trace

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

“A brief period of light snow overnight and shortly after daybreak, then sunny and cold, high 27F.”

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[4.9]—MAX[27.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[16.2]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[1.8]—MAX[26.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[13.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[12.7]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[3.0]—MAX[24.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[13.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[13.3]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[1.9]—MAX[24.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[13.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[12.4]—PRECIP[0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[3.0]—MAX[25.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[14.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[13.8]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[6.6]—MAX[29.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.1]

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7Springs

MIN[6.8]—MAX[23.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[15.1]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[15.9]—MAX[38.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[27.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[27.6]

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

Radar

Void of precip, early morning snow crystals in mo way would be detected

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 20, 2020

Feb 20(Thurs)

A cold day, overcast with dimmed sun. A few flurries and briefly lightly snow late…

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[13.8]—MAX[29.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[21.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[22.4]

New snowfall- flurries late

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

Few random pockets of snow remain

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Garrett College

MIN[14.8]—MAX[29.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[22.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[Incomplete]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[13.0]—MAX[29.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[21.0]—PRECIP[0]

Snow depth-T

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

“Increasing clouds overnight ahead of a storm crossing the SE U.S. Cloudy and cold through the day, high 30F.

Total snowfall for the winter so far is only 66 inches, far less than the long term average of 123 inches for this date. See Table 4 below.”

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[14.1]—MAX[29.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[21.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[23.3]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[9.7]—MAX[27.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[19.7]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[10.6]—MAX[27.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[20.2]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[9.3]—MAX[24.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[19.1]—PRECIP[0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[11.8]—MAX[23.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[20.2]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[13.6]—MAX[31.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[22.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[21.9]

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7Springs

MIN[10.0]—MAX[22.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.7]

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Cumberland Airport

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

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Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Few videos

February 19, 2020

Feb 19(Wed)

Some flakes after midnight ending before daybreak. Just a quiet day, chilly.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIM[24.2]—MAX[35.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[29.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[29.8]

New snow 0, despite predawn flakes

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

Few random isolated areas with a touch of lingering snowcover

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Garrett College

MIN[24.9]—MAX[36.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[30.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[30.5]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[22.0]—MAX[34.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[28.0]—PRECIP[.41]7am

New snowfall-Trace

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[24.1]—MAX[35.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[29.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[28.9]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[18.5]—MAX[31.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[25.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[24.6]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[20.3]—MAX[31.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[25.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[25.6]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[18.1]—MAX[31.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[24.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[23.0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[18.5]—MAX[31.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[25.0]—TRUE AVERAGE [23.7]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[15.1]—MAX[37.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[26.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[28.6]

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7Springs

MIN[21.1]—MAX[31.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[26.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[25.8]

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Cumberland Airport

Site remains down

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

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Void

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow