December 28, 2023

Outlook:

After multiple days of mild, fog, showery, dreary weather things will gradually progress colder, and a touch of white as we end the week in to Saturday.

This mornings surface map

Low pressure with the mild murky air ahead of it, and driving down the colder air behind it. With that, temps this morning chillier in the deep south than locally and colder on Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama than Northern Michigan.

Cold air is filtering in to the high ground, Spruce Knob now down to 31 at 9am and 30s across the high ground locally and 20s across the NC high ground

-and further south

Upper 20s in the Grayson Highlands high ground

The reason behind the temp setup in motion

As that progresses over the coming few days, temps will run colder Friday, Saturday, a slight upward notch Sunday just ahead of another light disturbance early next week.

Temps off the 6z ECMWF below

With those temps is the light snow threat Friday in to Saturday. That’s looks like a 1-3″ setup.

Modeled amounts off the 6z ECMWF, and 6z GFS are non impressive

And below the 6z GFS

Review of December 28, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Dec 28(Thurs)

Cloudy, dreary early, then some sun to eventually mainly cloudy.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Dyacon Data Below

Experimental “Fridge Spot” below

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County County

Elkins Airport

SITE COMPARISON

Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, 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′