July 31, 2024

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

July 31(Wed)

A mostly cloudy morning, few isolated showers. Skies breaking midday on.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Dyacon Data Below

Rock Lodge Rd near North branch of the Cassleman morning

Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon “on the prowl”

The Glades

Garrett County Airport

Meadow Mt at Deep Creek State Park morning

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Canaan Mt Bog

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

** TEMP SENSOR ISSUES PLAGUED THE STATION ON AND OFF ALL MONTH**

Spruce Knob

Pic by Dave Carroll of Virginia Tech. Station upgrade and maintenance.

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

** Sometime during the month a animal chewed the rain gsuge wire off. This caused for missed precipitation amounts that did occur while it was non operational. Refer to the July 23rd post for images** https://alleghenymountainsweather.com/2024/07/23/july-23-2024/

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′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Comparing to Cabin Mt at Bald Knob, with Northern Cabin Mt/Western Sods stations having temp sensor issues

The month

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis

On the month

Canaan area temps

Subbing in Bearden Knob ( BDKW2)with Northern Cabin station sensor issue. The Bearden Knob Forest Service station is a bit of a south facing station that will lead to warmer number. Keep that in mind