January 16, 2021

Jan 16(Sat)

clouds, with some sun briefly in the morning, then light snow in the afternoon on and off. Pockets of moderate. Some areas did not see that period of am sun.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .27 7am

Year to date total precip 1.75

New snowfall 3.3

Snowfall season to date 46.9

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

No additional snow overnight; much colder with a law of 13F before sharply rising to the low 20s at daybreak. A few periods of light snow through the morning and early afternoon, becoming steady later in the day. Temperatures holding in the 20s.

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=16&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=105&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

South of Grantsville

Amish Rd

Durst Rd

Grantsville

Savage Mt

Lavale

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