January 31, 2023
Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21
Jan 31(Tues)
On and off light snow with pockets of freezing drizzle. Some areas of fog as well.
- automated tipping bucket stations will not have accurate precip amounts during periods of freezing weather- Bald Knob, Canaan Ski area, Western Sods, Spruce Knob, Mt.Davis, Top of Wisp, Davis 3SE Dyacon-coop is accurate
Bittinger 2nw Valley
- MRD-Max Recorded Depth. I tried to capture that at what time in the day it occurred.
- T, Trace without 100 feet of recording site. I-T, Isolated trace outside of 100 feet but within 1000 feet of recording site.
- The + symbol under precip. That symbolizes precip occurred after 5pm but precip did occur on the date. If it follows a tally it simply means more occurred beyond 5pm. It also was used at time when precip was occurring at 5pm and I needed to do a melt but waited until the system was finished. On rare occasions I was not there at 5pm to record and plugged it in the following day. All precip was recorded
- The down arrow by the max represents a midnight max temp. Which occurred frequently.
- Temp recording time is midnight to midnight
- Precip recording time 5pm to 5pm
- Snowfall- boards sweeps occur at 7am and 5pm. Max daily snowfall is still captured when it occurred and not only measured at 7am and 5pm
- Note- pond remained iced over for the entire month despite milder than normal weather
- Experimental spot for microclimate data for future use
- As expected, being a low laying sheltered area with hemlock, the maxes remain cooler. With a snow cover, a shaded, and limited wind location, cool air moves down the Valley and holds it ground the longest here. Snow cover greatly enhances that, but it still occurs otherwise. Min temps however are typically higher with the canopy cover except when mild air overnight is in play with a snow cover.
Garrett County Airport
monthly below
Top of Wisp
-rooftop station
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
snowfall season to date:
Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:
http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/
” Onset of light freezing drizzle overnight, changing to light snow before daybreak
It was a January a great deal unlike January in Canaan normally is. It tied with January 2006 as the warmest January in the last 25 years here. See Table 10 below. That extent of the warmth kept the month’s total snowfall to just 18.4 inches, also #2 least snowiest January on record here, only slightly more than the 18.0 inches recorded in January 2013. See Tables 3.1 and 3.2 below”~Dave Lesher
Climate Reference Network Canaan
the month below
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
the month below
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
the month below
Spruce Knob
the month below
Canaan Valley Refuge
the month below
Mt.Davis
the month below
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
the month below
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′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′
- Daily Comparison And The Month Comparison
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Canaan area temps
High Ground Comparison
(cold air slow to work south over the high ground on the 31st
Up High and Down Low
Up High, High Valley, Low Valley
The Valleys
WV High Ground Cold spots vs DCA
RTMA
monthly RTMA
Radar
Satellite
Flow
Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow
Webcams today-
west was best for light snow today
January 2023
January 2023 Temps
Prism Data
January 2023 Precip
observed:
departure:
-some area coops with 7am obs(Canaan Valley 2 9am)
in PA
MD
WV
long running station at Bayard
overall this is the 18th mildest January
Allegheny Mountains Weather 