January 8, 2025

January 8, 2025January 9, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

January 8, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 8(Wed)

Upslope snows of varying rates continues…few brief sunny glimpses..

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip .07

SF 3.2

SD 13.0 17:00

Snowfall season to date 55.7

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly 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 Garrett County Airport and Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

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

Snow all flying under radar as the radar beam over shoots the cloud tops.

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Cranesville

To Oakland

Sand Flat Rd

Premier

“on the county roads “

January 7, 2025

January 7, 2025January 8, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

January 7, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 7(Tues)

Cloudy, varying rates of fluff snow today, blowing and drifting

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip .15

SF 5.5

SD 12.0 17:00

season to date total snowfall 52.5

Dyacon Data Below

* Due to low solar charge, I manually charged battery a few hours this afternoon

● Day by Day

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Sods Plateau

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 Garrett County Airport and Mt Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

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

To Oakland

January 6, 2025

January 6, 2025January 8, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

January 6, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 6(Mon)

Snow last night, lighter through the day with a slight increase later day. Keysers Ridge continues to exaggerate snow totals. Even with 2 hour boardsweeps that automatically inflated totals, it went to a new level today.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Precip .51

SF 5.3

SD 9.0 17:00

Snowfall season to date 47.0″

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 2NW Valley evening

Garrett County Airport

Mosser Rd evening

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly 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 Garrett County Airport and Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

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

Webcams

January 5, 2025

January 5, 2025January 6, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

January 5, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 15(Sun)

A.m crystallized fluff, windy morning that gradually saw winds dying. Sun breaking out early and then began filtering away with incoming clouds from the next system.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Precip .08

SF .8

SD 6 to 6.5

Snowfall season to date 41.7″

Dyacon Data Below

Garrett County Airport

Mosser Rd morning

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 Garrett County Airport and Mt Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

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

Blue Knob

ROUND 3 Starts Tonight

January 5, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

Round 3 Starts Tonight

January 5, 2025 6:42am

■Round 3 on the surface map this morning off to our west.

■ Plenty of cold air in place out ahead of the system.

Temps single digits for many this morning

Windchills across the high exposed WV tops running -20 to -25 this morning

■🌬 The winds will begin to slack off as we go through the afternoon and evening today.

■ Round 3 pushing in tonight has a large area under winter storm warnings.

■ NWS SNOWFALL EXPECTATIONS

Expected Snowfall

High end potential

Low end potential

*Those maps run through Tuesday. After the main event passes by overnight in to Monday, snows will linger through Monday night in to Tuesday and really with the large upslope snow, snow activity goes through the week. Primary focus for the biggest impact is overnight and Monday

■ Model Outlook

6z EURO. There is the slightest risk as precip lightens a very brief opportunity for some sleet pellets to mix in, in areas can occur. A limited feature of the event, but potentially an aspect to watch. Especially areas south and west. Areas west of the Alleghenies may even mix in a touch of freezing rain. The main brunt though should remain snow for most.

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6z Euro Snowfall

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6z GFS(often overdone on mix)

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6z GFS Snowfall

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Updates posted as needed today, tonight. Stay prepared for a long cold winter week(s) ahead.

January 4, 2025

January 4, 2025January 6, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

January 4, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 4(Sat)

A cold, windy, occasional fluff snow of varying rates. Mostly light, occasionally moderate and at times nothing. Areas south saw times of sun as well as east of the Allegheny Front.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

Precip +

SF 3.2″

SD 7-7.5

Snowfall season to date 40.9

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

A little communication issue station to Dyacon. Synoptic had it fine

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Garrett County Airport and Mt Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

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

Webcams

January 3, 2025

January 3, 2025January 4, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

January 3, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 3(Fri)

Fine light snow beginning hours before dawn. That gradually transitioned to high ratio flakes and increasing snow rates. Causing poor travel. Heavy afternoon in to the overnight squalls.