September 30, 2023

September 30, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Sept 30(Sat)

Clouds, sun, pleasant

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning

The Glades

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

7am to 7am data MMTS BP
Midnight to midnight Dyacon DL

Canaan Mt Bog

Climate Reference Network Station

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

data backfield to completion by observers

  • SITE COMPARISON

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Both Elkins and Petersburg with reporting issues this month at various times

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

daily

monthly

Radar

daily void

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Cheat Mt by Eric Furr

SEPTEMBER 2023

Temps

Max anomaly
Min Anomaly
Overall anomaly

Precip

Observed
Anomaly
Observed
Anomaly

other sites

Coldest Temps In The East For September 2023

Canaan Valley Refuge 23

Canaan Mt Bog 26

The Glades 28

Mt.Washington 30

Saranac Lake 30

September 29, 2023

September 29, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Sept 29(Fri)

Clouds, sun, areas of showers

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon
West of Bittinger afternoon
West of Bittinger afternoon
West of Bittinger afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Towards Bowman Hill afternoon

The Glades

By The Glades morning, Sandhill Cranes

Garrett County Airport

Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Deep Creek Lake morning
Deep Creek Lake morning
Glendale progress-opened today

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Midnight to midnight Dyacon DL

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt. Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

not reporting

Elkins Airport

  • SITE COMPARISON

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

Current surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Cranesville

Grantsville to Savage Mt

West side Meadow Mt Rt 40

Cumberland

DOLLY SODS EXTENDED EDITION SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Dolly Sods Extended Edition September 28, 2023

THE FOG ZONE ON THE EAST SIDE TO SUN ZONE ON THE WEST SIDE. MOISTURE AND LOW CLOUD DECK PUSHING UP THE ALLEGHENY FRONT ON A SOUTHEAST FLOW AND HANGING ACROSS THE HIGH PLATEAU AND DRYING OUT AS IT DOWNSLOPES ON THE WEST SIDE. THE SUN WAS OUT IN CANAAN, WHILE FOG SOCKED IN BEAR ROCKS. MODELING ILLUSTRATED THIS EXTREMELY WELL. THE HRRR WAS NEARLY SPOT ON. QUITE REMARKABLE. THOSE IMAGES BELOW…

images of the HRRR off Ventusky

  • illustration of the east flow off the Hrrr via Ventusky
  • Goes16 Satellite

  • Afternoon view from the south end of Cabin Mt looking north in the image below

Now back to Bear Rocks and the east side that was socked in with fog, cool temps while areas west were enjoying pleasant conditions and temps 10 to 15° warmer

leaving the Sods and sun returns

  • FOR THE REMAINDER OF DATA, PICS PER LOCATION FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 CLICK THE LINK BELOW

September 28, 2023

September 28, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Sept 28(Thurs)

Cloudy am to sun in spots. Wv High ground, Allegheny Front held fog, clouds for a lengthy time..more on that in the following post

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Rock Lodge Rd by Beachy Rd afternoon
West of Bittinger afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley evening
Bittinger 2nw Valley evening
West of Bittinger evening
West of Bittinger evening

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

7am to 7am data mmts BP
Midnight to midnight Dyacon DL

Climate Reference Network Station

Station located in State Park over in that area

Atop Canaan Ski area

This while Bear Rocks was socked in with fog

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

click link below for extended Sods Edition

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

not reporting

Elkins Airport

  • SITE COMPARISON

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

Canaan Valley

Davis

Backbone Mt

Cranesville

Canaan Mt Bog Edition September 27, 2023

Canaan Mt Bog Edition September 27, 2023

Colors right around the bog coming in very well. Main color coming from maples. Which are nearing peak. Some green still exist on some, but as those change, the current best colors will begin to drop. Ground cover-heath,ferns,cotton grass are pretty much at their fall glory. 
To the bog
Cranberries starting to ripen
Soil and water quality researchers. I’ll attach link to their data here

September 27, 2023

September 27, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Sept 27(Wed)

A tale of location on the days conditions. Some areas held cloud cover and fog, while others(mainly west and north) went to sunnier conditions earlier.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Conditions remained cloudy here, as just west and north saw a fair amount of sun


Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Near Bittinger 2nw morning
West of Bittinger morning
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley evening
west of Bittinger evening
West of Bittinger evening
West of Bittinger evening

Garrett County Airport

Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Deep Creek Lake morning

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

7am to 7am data mmts BP
Canaan Heights afternoon
32 towards Davis from Canaan Heights
32 towards Davis from Canaan Heights afternoon

Canaan Mt Bog

For more from today at Canaan Mt Bog click the link below

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Striped maple
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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

seeing the sun shining here but not a short distance away at Bittinger was surprising 


Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

not reporting

Elkins Airport

  • SITE COMPARISON

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

Davis to Backbone Mt

Morning 219
Afternoon Davis
Cloud deck evident. North of Redhouse back in to the cloud cover

Canaan Valley

Visitor center

Little Canaan/Camp 70

September 26, 2023

September 26, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Sept 26(Tues)

Cloudy, drizzle, fog, chilly

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Near Bittinger 2nw morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley evening
Bittinger 2nw Valley evening
West of Bittinger evening

Garrett County Airport

Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Deep Creek Lake morning
Glendale progress morning

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

7am to 7am mmts BP
Midnight to midnight data Dyacon DL

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

View towards

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

No reporting

Elkins Airport

  • SITE COMPARISON

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′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′

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?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=2023&month=9&day=26&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=90&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=DESC&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

ground clutter around radar sites and actual light low level moisture flying under radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

September 25, 2023

September 25, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Sept 25(Mon)

Cloudy, some fog, drizzle and light rain at times. Dreary overall

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon

Garrett County Airport

Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Rock Lodge Rd morning
Deep Creek Lake morning
Glendale Progress
accident on 219
accident on 219
accident on 219

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

7am to 7am data mmts BP
Midnight to midnight Dyacon DL

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

  • SITE COMPARISON

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′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′

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

Town Hill

Cumberland

In to Lavale

Frostburg

Savage Mt to Grantsville

Deer Park

Cranesville

The Yough at Sang Run

September 24, 2023

September 24, 2023

Forest Service Cam 6/24/21

Sept 24(Sun)

Cloudy, rainy, drizzly, foggy

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon

Deep Creek area

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Midnight to midnight data Dyacon

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

  • SITE COMPARISON

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′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′

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

September 23, 2023

September 23, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Sept 23(Sat)

Moisture, wind stretching in from Tropical Storm Ophelia

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

7am to 7am mmts BP
Midnight to midnight Dyacon DL

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

The first daily max this season that failed to reach 50°. Coincidentally, the same date of this occurrence in 2021, and 2022 as well.  

Kile Knob

Kile Knob at 4500′ failed to reach 50 as well

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

  • SITE COMPARISON

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′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′

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

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

32 East if Harman at the divide

Hancock to Berkeley Springs area

522 south
Prospect Overlook
Berkeley Springs Castle https://www.berkeleyspringscastle.com/
Potomac at Hancock