August 13, 2024

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August 13, 2024

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Aug 13(Tues)

Chilly Valley start. Pleasant almost fall like day again. Clouds and sun.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Dyacon Data Below

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

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis

Canaan Area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Oakland

Cranesville

The Yough at Sang Run

August 12, 2024

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August 12, 2024

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Aug 12(Mon)

Chilly start in fact

and today was sort of fall like with clouds and sun and breezy

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Dyacon Data Below

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Sideling Hill Creek at Northcraft

Town Hill

Martin’s Mt

Cumberland

Finzel Swamp

Grantsville

Oakland

Cranesville

The Yough at Sang Run

August 11, 2024

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August 11, 2024

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Aug 11(Sun)

Clouds, sun, very pleasant

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Dyacon Data Below

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Station removed. Will be relocated by Virginia Tech prior to winter. The Data on the month and this summer compromised by a fan failure.

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Dave Carroll of Virginia Tech performed station maintenance with new sensor and shield

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis

Comment- prior to the rain. Mt. Davis station was located on a dry spot, brown grass, dry soil, and daily maxes running just a bit above Bittinger 2NW Valley located in a lush green valley location. With the rain and increase in moisture, a cooler sir mass and now days slowly becoming shorter, the station back in line with what you’d expect with a typical lapse rate

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

McConnellsburg

Dott

August 10, 2024

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August 10, 2024

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Aug 10(Sat)

Some clouds, lots of sun

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Dyacon Data Below

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

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

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

The August Start and a Debby Recap

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The August Start and a Debby Recap

8/10/24

The last several weeks I’ve done a weekly drought update. With the rains to start August and what’s occured after the last drought update Tuesday, there will be lots of changes to the next drought update. So, no sense in hashing over what it is now old data.

Instead, we’ll jump to what’s occured over what was. What was in terms of the last drought update with data through the 5th.

Now let’s look at the last couple of days.

First, let’s start with August 7th, pre-Debby impacts. A day that saw localized heavy areas of rain

That day saw over 1″ at Canaan Heights, over 2.3″ at Spruce Knob

That pop up storm, dropped 2.3″ in a hour as seen from the graph. A radar view of those storms below.

Those were the pop up, stationary dumpers that pound the sane location before meandering away and dying off. This occured in localized pockets Wednesday. Also, areas east near Bedford,Allegany, Washington, Fulton counties saw some heavy action with that.

Then in comes Debby on Thursday. Preluded by showers, drizzle, fog through the day as the onset of steady -moderate to areas of heavy rain overnight in to Friday a.m.

Radar views

A much more widespread event was the remnants of Debby. Modeling handled very well in both timing and amounts across the Alleghenies. Mesoscale modeling also hinted at heavier 4″+ amounts along and east of the Allegheny Front that did occur and some areas further saw in excess of 6-8″ amounts. Greater flooding impacts there obviously.

Debby Tallies

A few local final tallies

Bittinger 2NW Valley 2.62″

Grantsvilles 2 ESE 2.79″

these types of numbers pretty consistent

Lots of the Wv high ground in the 3″ range with areas east of the Allegheny front with pops of 4″ plus. Like Kile Knob reporting 4.82″

Some of the heavy rain from Debby overlapping the localized storms of Wednesday, giving those areas over 5″ on the week. Kile Knob at 5.18″, Spruce Knob at 5.38″

Giving a August start through today looking like this.

the drought monitor overlay is added on the map.

the departure from average for the first 3rd of August

Those D3 drought areas pretty much bullseyed. Anywhere in blue is beginning August with above average precip.

With the greatest anomaly above east of the Alleghenies.

Some tallies there this week

Speaking of Green Ridge, a few shots of 15 Mile Creek on Friday

and Sideling Hill Creek at Northcraft

much higher water levels in this areas as they were under the gun with the localized areas of heavy rain Wednesday, and heaviest impacts of Debby.

Across the Alleghenies where amounts weren’t as heavy, rates a bit lower, our overall dry soil was able to absorb quite a bit and limit excess runoff. That accompanied by very low stream levels, stream and river levels were not all that impressive.

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below is Cherry Creek on Mosser Rd in Garrett County on 8/6

on 8/9 below

In general, area waterways went above where you’d typically find them on August 9th thanks to Debby, the path very visible in the stream flow maps

These will subside to near normal in the coming days.

This was most beneficial for soil moisture

Really the first big step in a drought turn around.

August 9, 2024

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August 9, 2024

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Auf 9(Fri)

Remnants of Tropical Storm and former Hurricane Debby dropping rains overnight across the region. The heaviest was east, but much needed rains all across the area. Showers, drizzle, high ground fog this morning, and Showers diminishing in the p.m with some breaks in the sky cover.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

rainfall 2.52″

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 2NW Valley morning

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt Davis

Included EM rain data as this station is having issues

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Grantsville to Savage Mt

Lavale to Cumberland

15 Mile Creek

Town Hill

Sideling Hill Creek at Northcraft

August 8, 2024

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August 8, 2024

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Aug 8(Wed)

Cloudy, drizzle, showers, fog in places, easterly breeze.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

rainfall .10

Dyacon Data Below

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Wind, elevated rain gauge will under report

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

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

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Cranesville

Low level moisture had not reached this far west ..morning

August 7, 2024

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August 7, 2024

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Aug 7(Wed)

Lots of clouds to start, with fog in areas, some sun -clouds mix during the morning with building areas of showers and storms. Localized and slow moving dumpers.