October 22, 2024

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Oct 22(Tues)

Colder a.m valleys, mild ridges, a very mild fall day. Lots of sun.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

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

data down

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 Garrett County Airport

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

Oakland

• This morning mins once again well off of forecast

Forecast min Davis 49

• Reality 12-13° off. That’s in town. Where people live.

• My site and area wide

• Reality 37.6, The Glades 31.4 , so the valleys colder 30s. Ridge tops warmer. The forecast number occured for minimal locations. So 10-18° colder valleys or 10-15° warmer ridgetops. Forecast ranges of 5° on calm clear nights is nothing short of absurd

• Elkins, this number not as bad

• The northern valley microclimate which is rarely accurate.. forecast min 48°

• Reality 26.6. Only 21-22° off.

AND modeling parameters not using the 2m output model this very very well.