November 30, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 30(Wed)

Cloudy, showers start, then cold front pushed through midday with a push of strong winds, showers….some ice balls reported as temps fell….and skies broke

• All stations with the exceptions of Bittinger 2nw Valley, Canaan. Heights/Davis 3SE COOP, Climate Reference Network, Elkins Airport are tipping buckets. Tipping buckets will not be accurate during periods of freezing weather.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

station issues on the date of the 30th- monthly below

Top of Wisp

https://owc.enterprise.earthnetworks.com/OnlineWeatherCenter.aspx?aid=8055

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

” [1]Mild overnight with a few showers around daybreak, then a strong cold frontal passage at mid day produced a brief heavy shower with small hail, then very windy with quickly falling temperatures into the 30s. “~Dave Lesher

“[2]Mild overnight with a few showers around daybreak, then a strong cold frontal passage at mid day produced a brief heavy shower with small hail, then very windy with quickly falling temperatures into the 30s, then into the 20s after nightfall”~Dave Lesher

Climate Reference Network Canaan

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/crn/month-summary?station_id=1024&date=2022-11

Atop Canaan Ski area

https://dyacon.net/station.php?pid=eb6bdf2a6e68844f7e75083b8caf5084

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

https://dyacon.net/station.php?pid=a65b058e328e6d5703d0de1154279482

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

https://dyacon.net/station.php?pid=617a3019687d22756d19c7aa8b3e5504

Spruce Knob

https://dyacon.net/station.php?pid=bfe5310591711de8766ae46964331b98

Canaan Valley Refuge

https://dyacon.net/station.php?pid=51c9418cd4fcb93cef24fdd94472ff36

Mt.Davis

https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=PMN16

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

https://scacis.rcc-acis.org/

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

-daily comparison and monthly

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

Garrett County Airport vs Mt.Davis

10min intervals vs 1min interval at Mt.Davis. 2933′ vs 3038′ so you’d expect nearly equal conditions with variances at times. That’s pretty much what occured. They overlay near perfect. Garrett Airport did have a few sporadic data outages

Monthly Comparisons across the high ground.

Outside The High Ground

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=2022&month=11&day=30&hour=17&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

Snowshoe

November 2022

https://prism.oregonstate.edu/

Temps

Precip

https://water.weather.gov/precip/

-observed

-departure

• Station Sites
• Pa to Wv

Virginia Tech Stations listed above – Dy002 Bald Knob, Dy003 Cabin Mt-Western Sods, Dy004- Spruce Knob, Dy007 Canaan Valley Refuge

Penn State- PMN16 Mt.Davis

November 29, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 29(Tues)

Cloudy start, then clouds, sun..

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and flow

Snowshoe

November 28, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 28(Mon)

Cloudy, drizzle, fog, some rime fine snow pellets Wv high ground

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

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=2022&month=11&day=28&hour=21&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

Polish Mt

Cumberland

Savage Mt to Grantsville

November 27, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 27(Sun)

Cloudy, showers, afternoon sun shower interval. Mild

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

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=2022&month=11&day=27&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

Snowshoe

Polish Mt

Cumberland area

Savage Mt to Grantsville area

November 26, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 26(Sat)

Cold start, mild afternoon, lots of sun with some high clouds

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and flow

Polish Mt

Cumberland area

Frostburg

Savage Mt to Grantsville area

Snowshoe

7Springs

November 25, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 25(Fri)

Cloudy start, a.m rain, some fog, gradual late day clearing..

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

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=2022&month=11&day=25&hour=17&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

Keysers Ridge

Grantsville area

November 24, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

🦃THANKSGIVING DAY🦃

Nov 24(Thurs)

Sunny, cold start especially in the valleys to a mild day.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

The Glades

after a 13° Morning

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb Height anomalies and flow

Grantsville area

to Frostburg

to Lavale

Cumberland area

Martins Mt

Snowshoe

And the trash Euro weeklies and control

Tuesday run

next 32 days

new run today

old run 7 day period leading up to Dec 21

New Run today

old run Euro Weekly control snowfall leading up to Christmas

New run

Trash products of absolute 0 value. They are not tools of value

November 23, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 23(Wed)

Lots of sun, Low dewpoints, light winds. Shady areas remained with some powder and hardpack snow despite temps 40s.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j15tlu0fvnwwmwk/20221123_151118.mp4?dl=0 Bittinger 2nw Valley 3pm

Garrett County Airport

https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=34088840-6b32-11ed-b5bd-6595d9b17862 comparison at cherry creek

Throwback to that same spot 11 years ago today

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

opening day Timberline

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High,High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and flow

Snowshoe

November 22, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 22(Tues)

Lots of sun, very low dewpoints. Despite temps snow in shady areas remained powder like

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb Height anomalies and flow

Snowshoe

passholder day

November 21, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Nov 21(Mon)

Lots if sun, cold start to a bit milder afternoon. Breezy with low dewpoints. Winds increasing later.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

afternoon

to the bottom

Webcam

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

https://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

” Clear overnight with temperatures holding in the low teens then slowly rising to 20F at daybreak ” ~ Dave Lesher

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

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′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and flow

Snowshoe

Polish Mt

Cumberland to Lavale

Savage Mt to Grantsville area