March 2, 2020

Mar 2(Mon)

Some early sun, breezy. The morning sun allowed temps to spike, especially Garrett on north. Further south, Snowshoe had some flakes in the air, and down in the NC mts, some accumulating snow across the tops. Showers pushed north by midday. Relatively light.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

No new snowfall

Snow depth at 7am at 3.5″

Snowfall season to date 60.0″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[27.0]—MAX[53.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.0]—PRECIP[0]7am

7am Snow depth 7″

Snowfall season to date 83.2″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Mostly clear and not as cold overnight with temperatures holding in the 30s, then increasing clouds and warmer with light rain commencing late afternoon.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

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March 1, 2020

Mar 1(Sun)

Mostly sunny morning, with some high clouds through the afternoon. A touch milder

Bittinger 2nw Valley

No new snowfall

Snow depth at 7am 6.1″

Snowfall season to date 60.0″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[12.0]—MAX[42.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[27.0]—PRECIP[.02]

New snowfall .5″ (from yesterday) 7am

Snow depth 9″

Snowfall season to date 83.2″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Very cold with a few more snowflakes overnight, then a beautiful, bright, sunny day and sharply warmer, high 40F. Total winter snowfall so far through today is 83.2 inches, far below the long term average of 130 inches for this date.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

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RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 29, 2020

Feb 29(Sat) Leap Day

Fluffy moderate snow occured dawn through late morning, before dwindling to flurries and ending with breaks of sun in the mix for the afternoon. Remaining cold.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[12.6]—MAX[23.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.9]

New snowfall through 7am of .4″

From 7am through 11am as the steady consistent fluff dwindled to flurries a new 1.1″ fell. That’s the time you want to do your snowfall recording.

Snowdepth 6.8″ and that varies 6.5-7.5 outside of windblown locations.

Snowfall season to date pushed to 60.0″ with the morning snowfall.

Garrett College

MIN[12.8]—MAX[24.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[18.0]—PRECIP[F]

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[7.0]—MAX[22.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[14.5]—PRECIP[.19]7am

New snowfall 4.7″ through 7am with some continuing

Snow depth 11″

Snowfall season to date 82.7″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

One more period of steady light snow overnight then off-and-on of light snow finally ending by mid afternon. February’s snowfall total to 33.9 inches is still about 8 inches less than the long-term February average snowfall of 42 inches.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[9.3]—MAX[18.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[13.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[14.9]—PRECIP[.05]

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[5.0]—MAX[13.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[9.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[10 2]—PRECIP[F]

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[5.7]—MAX[16.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[10.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[11.6]—PRECIP[F]

Winds in excess of 40mph producing windchills well below 0 at times

Spruce Knob

MIN[3.4]—MAX[13.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[8.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[9.8]—PRECIP[F]

Snowshoe

MIN[4.1]—MAX[14.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[9.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[10.4]

Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[9.9]—MAX[20.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[15.9]

7Springs

MIN[10.1]—MAX[21.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[15.1]

Cumberland Airport

MIN[22.6]—MAX[35.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[28.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[28.2]

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow