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