January 30, 2021

Jan 30(Sat)

Clear cold start. Coldest a.m of season to date. Building clouds late

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip T 7am

Year to date total precip 3.50

Snowfall T 7am

Snowfall season to date 62.3

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Station had connectivity issue. Need to calculate data. It was saved

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

January 29, 2021

Jan 29(Fri)

Flurries, clouds early to sunnier during the day..

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .03 7am

Year to date total precip 3.50

Snowfall .06 7am

snowfall season to date 62.3

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Windy and very cold with a few light snowshowers continuing overnight

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=2021&month=1&day=29&hour=11&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=60&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Near Oakland

Snaggy Mt, Cranesville area

January 28, 2021

Jan 28(Thurs)

Snow, fluff at varying rates from very light to moderate. Windy. Cold.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .06 7am

Year to date total precip 3.47

New snow .8

Season to date total snowfall 61.7

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Becoming windy with periods of light snow overnight with temperatures continuing slowly falling to 11F at daybreak, then periods light snow continuing through afternoon, windy with blowing snow, high temperature 15F.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt. Davis

Comvinced solar radiation impacting temps

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=2021&month=1&day=28&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=95&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Snaggy Mt and Cranesville area

Hammel Glade

Snowshoe

January 27, 2021

Jan 27(Wed)

Cloudy, light snow predawn, otherwise flurries. Breezy , colder

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .08 7am

Year to date total precip 3.41

New snowfall .3

Season to date total snowfall 60.9

Comments and data by Dave Lesher:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

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′, 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=2021&month=1&day=27&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

Lavale

Sideling Hill

January 26, 2021

Jan 26(Tues)

Cloudy, fog, pockets of freezing rain, little sleet early,,then some clearing, milder,breezy midday and temps chilling off later. East side of mts stayed socked in the fog, and cold temps. Milder temps for a longer duration across Wv high ground. Refer to station graphs and RTMA

Bittinger 2nw Valley

About .1 freezing rain and .1 sleet occured. Models greatly overdone qpf

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .46 7am

Year to date total precip 3.33

New snow 0

Snowfall season to date 60.6

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Periods of light rain overnight as temperatures crept above freezing again, then gradually becoming partly sunny, windy and warmer in the afternoon, high 49F. Slowly falling temperatures late afternoon

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′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961′ , KCBE-Cumberland Airport

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=2021&month=1&day=26&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

The Valleys east socked in visible on Satellite. A fantastic video by Erick Kirchner of weatherfix.net

From Dans Rock overlooking the valleys east

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

New Germany State Park

January 25, 2021

Jan 25(Mon)

Light freezing drizzle early, then mainly cloudy, cold for good portion of the day with light sleet, freezing rain mix at 4:30.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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=2021&month=1&day=25&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=110&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Savage Mt morning

23° freezing drizzle, car skidded off at Finzel area exit 68. I made 911 call

Grantsville

January 24, 2021

Jan 24(Sun)

Clear, cold start, clouds rapidly pushing in, snow mid to late afternoon

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip

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=2021&month=1&day=24&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=85&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

January 23, 2021

Jan 23(Sat)

Snow showers morning, very cold, winds still blowing. After snow showers passed, blue skies ruled the day with cold conditions

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip T 7am

Year to date total precip 2.70

Snow T

Snowfall season to date 59.1

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

First below 0 at site season

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=2021&month=1&day=23&hour=11&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=75&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Grantsville

Savage Mt

Lavale

Cumberland

January 22,2021

Jan 22(Fri)

Continued windy, cold, turning cloudy, some flurries

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip T 7am

Year to date total precip 2.70

Snowfall T

Snowfall season to date 59.1

comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

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=2021&month=2&day=22&hour=23&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

Oakland

Coop reports 0

Sand Flat Rd

Snaggy Mt to Cranesville

January 21, 2021

Jan 21(Thurs)

Windy, sun Garrett north, more clouds and some sun south of Garrett. Lots of wind everywhere

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip T 7am

Year to date total precip 2.70

Snowfall T

Snowfall season to date 59.1

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

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Snaggy Mt near Cranesville

Near Oakland