December 5, 2020

Dec 5(Sat)

Cloudy, colder, windy, some high ground fog, light snow shower, some accumulation wv high ground

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .68 7am

Year to date total precip 59.70

Snowfall 0 7am

Snowfall season to date 16.6″

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

“Slowly falling temperatures into the low 30s by late night, changing light rain to freezing rain before daybreak. Temperatures holding in the 20s all day with a few snowflakes now and then”

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt. Davis

Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt/Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3479′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/apps/rview/warnings.phtml?autopilot=0&osite=RLX&tzoff=0&layers%5B%5D=nexrad&layers%5B%5D=warnings&layers%5B%5D=cwas&layers%5B%5D=uscounties&layers%5B%5D=watches&layers%5B%5D=blank&site=RLX&tz=EST&archive=yes&year=2020&month=12&day=5&hour=21&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=90&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Snowshoe