June 17, 2021

June 17, 2021

June 17(Thur)

Clear start, cold valleys, frost in areas, with freezes in the coldest locals.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

west of Bittinger morning 6/17/21
near Bittinger 2nw morning 6/17/21
Bittinger 2nw Valley mid morning experimental spot 6/17/21
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 6/17/21
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 6/17/21

The Glades near Bittinger

I do not recall seeing frozen ferns like this before. Some also seen at Canaan Mt bog
local next to the Glades who did lose some of her garden to the frost

Garrett College

Mosser Road at Cherry Creek “Painters” evening

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

midnight to midnight

precip 0 7am

year to date total precip 26.69 7am

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/


“Low temperature this morning 28F at CV National Wildlife Refuge in north Canaan Valley. Hard frost likely in places.”

on Canaan Mt at the bog

Canaan Mt bog morning
Canaan Mt bog morning
Canaan Mt bog morning
Canaan Mt bog morning
Canaan Mt bog morning
Canaan Mt bog morning

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

over on the east side

At Bear Rocks-

after midnight

  • 5am wind blowing consistently as it had all night long
Bear Rocks morning

Meanwhile a few miles away and a bit of a depression at Alder Bog, conditions were dead calm…

beaver dam

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

data above from Northern valley, pics southern

-southern end of the valley at Freeland

along the boardwalk
frosty boardwalk was slick

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western 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

void

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb Height anomalies and flow

Sods to Canaan

Backbone Mt

Cranesville afternoon

cabin above

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