January 7, 2024

Outlooks:

Yesterdays snow to the right, today and tonight to the left…tomorrow stomp your foot…Tuesday morning to the right, Wednesday morning to the left….

Yesterday’s snowfall left in its wake a snowfall map that looks like

This one to the right..which is typical of the storm setup.

Now we watch the wrap around backside upslope today and tonight begin to fill on the west side of the Alleghenies. Favored upslope areas by 7am Monday 3-6″. As you progress towards the east side of the Alleghenies those amounts rapidly tail off

The 6z GFS for this current upslope event

and the 6z ECMWF below for this upslope event

overall temps today holding steady to slowly backsliding this afternoon and some gusty winds will accompany this snow blowing it around across the high ground

Then eyes will go to Tuesday with the next substantial system pushing in. This snow will be to the right, or east side similar to yesterday’s event in snow location. This is more of a quick snow thump(not extended as far east)and transition to sleet, freezing rain and eventually rain area wide as we go late Tuesday , Tuesday night.

the 6z GFS below

The initial thump of snow up the east side

6z GFS snowfall output

and the 6z ECMWF

the western zone of the best snowfall out, should feature a area of sleet and freezing rain.

The areas that miss out on the frozen aspect with this will also have to watch for some high water, as this system looks to have plenty of moisture.

As this system lifts away, to the left cha cha with the wrap around upslope that looks like this off the 6z GFS

Wouldn’t surprise me to see this end up a bit lower on the upslope with this, but far enough away to watch how it plays out.

Review of January 7, 2024

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 7(Sun)

Upslope snow, varying light to moderate

Bittinger 2nw Valley

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

Bald Knob pic by Dave Carroll as he repaired the Bald Knob weather station

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′