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

Foxtown Rd morning https://www.facebook.com/102059402420860/posts/pfbid0354QTAiJXoYr9wv77YT9gkQaTkP6wDjL9FqVBVgdqHiqxK5heUMFcN8dHFk8wDn8bl/?mibextid=Nif5oz

Garrett County Airport

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

State Park Rd afternoon- lines down courtesy of tree issues from strong wind with cold front

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

Timberline Cam https://timberlinemountain.com/snow-cams

Spruce Knob

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

Pendleton county cams- https://pencowv.com/traffic-webcams/

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