December 23, 2021

Forest Service Cam offline since 12/23/21

Dec 23(Fri)

Sunny, cold start with a magnificent sundog..Clouds and sun today

Bittinger 2nw Valley

SUNDOG this morning

by far the most colorful vivid display I’ve seen

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/23/ice-halo-sun-pillar-maryland/

1 mile south towards Mosser Rd. This either vanished or the angle, conditions didn’t allow for it.

Garrett County Airport

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

(7am to 7am data MMTS COOP, midnight to midnight data Dyacon)

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins 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 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961′, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

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=12&day=23&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

Cranesville