May 12, 2020

May 12, 2020

May 12(Tues)

Snow showers overnight, few pockets of brief fine heavy snow. Cloudy, cold start. Clouds hung in the morning, sun in the afternoon. Chilly

Bittinger 2nw Valley

new snowfall .1″. This was a sharp cutoff of a narrow little band. This site sat right at the northern edge. Things were much whiter a half mile south

Snowfall season to date 73.1″ (perhaps the final tally on a dismal season but one that performed late.

That was the result of this –

That little narrow band came across and didnt cover a wide area, it did put down coatings on the fringes to what appeared to be a half inch. Near and south of Cranesville

Garrett College

Station remains offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .26 7am

snowfall 1.1″ 7am

Depth 1″

Snowfall season to date 101.9″

Comments by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

“A few more light snowshowers overnight, ending before daybreak.”

Picture by Dave Lesher

Old Lookout tower site

what the site looked like in 1933 after the timber boom…and how its grown back up presently

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob


many more pics to add. I hope to fill in this date soon

Neighboring backside of Weiss Knob and Plains, Porte Crayon, Dryfork, Laneville area

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

LOTS more pics and video to fill in here..coming soon

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

RTMA

Radar

Few fine flakes early not showing up. Radar void day.

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

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