August 21, 2024

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August 21, 2024

** WILL FILL IN PICS AND DATA BY 8/23…IN POOR SIGNAL MICROCLIMATE MONITORING

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Aug 21(Wed)

Clear cold start with areas of Valley frost. High bog freezes. Lots of sun with some pop up clouds in the afternoon that dissipated at sunset.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

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Glade Church morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
West of Bittinger morning
Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning
Bittinger 2NW Valley morning
Bittinger 2NW Valley evening
Bittinger 2NW Valley evening
West of Bittinger evening

The Glades

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by the Glades

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The Glades

Garrett County Airport

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Rock Lodge Rd morning
Deep Creek Lake morning
Deep Creek Lake evening
Deep Creek Lake evening
Glendale evening

Top of Wisp

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Canaan Mt Bog

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Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

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′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

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Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

little pocket of clouds near midnight across Tucker put a brief halt on temp drop

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Cranesville

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-ironweed

Oakland

219 near Wv/Md line

Thomas

Davis

High Bogs at Dolly Sods

pics and data by Dave Carroll-Virginia Tech

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