December 17, 2020

Dec 17(Thurs)

Cloudy, early snow showers pre dawn..a lull with fog, snizzle, freezing drizzle…changing back to a bit of snow at nightfall.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

New snow at 6am boardsweep 4.0″, with another .4″ at evening boardsweep for 4.4″

26.8 on the season

Garrett College

min 23.3 max 28.6 avg 25.9

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .71 7am

Year to date total precip 61.43

New snowfall 5.6″ 7am

Season to date total snowfall 29.6″

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

“Light snow continuing overnight and mainly ended by late morning. Today’s snowfall total of 5.6 inches pushes the total for calendar year 2020 so far past the 100-inch mark”

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

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=17&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=100&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cranesville