August 31, 2024

Forest Service Cam offline 6/24/21

Aug 31(Sat)

A day that began with some valley fog and sun across the Alleghenies with fog, low clouds east. Storms building in the afternoon. A small brief tornado in Somerset County.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

rainfall .10

Dyacon Data Below

The Glades

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Rain gauge issues noticed early month. Discovery was a animal chewed through the cable. An attempted cable repair was made. Appeared to fix it, but issues returned. The cable may be too far damaged. The nearby Emergency Management station at the Mt.Davis towers precipitation amounts tallied in the chart.

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′