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

Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon “Fridge Spot “

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

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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

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Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

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Spruce Knob

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Canaan Valley Refuge

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Mt.Davis

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Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

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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′