December 29, 2023

OUTLOOK:

Colder air continued to filter in through the overnight hours, dropping temps in to the 20s above 2800-3000′ and below freezing to around 2000-2500’ A bit of lingering areas of precip allowed for a few skiffs of snow on the ridgetops in spots and a touch if rime across the high Wv elevations.

9am temps

Temps hold cold though the period with the exception of a brief notch upward Sunday and early Sunday night ahead of the next disturbance. You always get that bit of SW flow ahead of those

Now the focus turns to a snow event as we go overnight tonight through Saturday. With the primary focus midnight to midday tomorrow

Current surface map showing disturbance 1 just to our west that will push through.

Models have held steady to a slight increase in amounts. There does appear to be some modeled dry air in the DGZ that could play a factor in lower amounts. We shall see. For the most it appears to be a 1-3″ event through 7am Sunday with again, the primary focus being midnight to midday/early afternoon Saturday. Some areas of 3-5″ may occur in the more persistent activity.

The 6z Gfs showing this roll through and then another disturbance Sunday PM in to Monday

Modeled amounts through 7am Sunday

6zGFS below

6z ECMWF below

0z Canadian below

12z HRRR below

The National Weather Service Offices snowfall forecast below

Sterling

Pittsburgh

Charleston

State College

Stay tuned to your latest NWS updates and snowfall graphics. The link for those are attached here on the page in the drop-down menu under snowfall info.

Additional snowfall looks to occur Sunday night in to Monday (that will be posted on once beyond this upcoming event)a few systems out beyond mid next week that are entirely too far out to say if they will or won’t amount to anything

Review of December 29, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Dec 29(Fri)

Some pre-dawn fine snow showers, clouds, sun today and pm flakes

Bittinger 2nw Valley

(T=trace within 100 feet of recording site, L=late after 5pm recording but fell before midnight, I-T =Isolated trace but outside of hundred feet but generally within 500 feet, D-O= drift only within the general 1-2 mile areas where drifting occurs. Simply for reference only)

Dyacon data below

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Station

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

☆ sensor issues. After this dare the final 2 dates of the year will be estimated based off the avg departure from northern Cabin station and the Canaan ski area station. It will have no bearing at all on the month averages or yearly averages

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′, 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′