October 26, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Oct 26(Thurs)

Frosty Valley start, mild tops, clouds, sun today and pleasant.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

The Glades

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

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

no precip locally

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Foliage Maps

If anyone had followed the page here or Facebook over the years. I’ve never been a fan of fall foliage maps. 1- There is no uniform change. From dominant tree type area to area variation. Often a major lag in maps as things change much more rapidly that indicated by maps. But the map of Garrett County “Near Peak” on October 26th, is quite a far far stretch. Oak areas that are dull, and even those have mainly lost what color they had, and understory beech, few dull hickory is the primary remaining colors and those are not dominant in many areas. It’s partly why I post so many daily images. So, we haven’t reached peak yet. By the time these maps indicate peak, things should be 90% bare.

Oakland

Sang Run area

Cranesville