March 22, 2025

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March 22, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 22(Sat)

Periods of precip. Some passing snow, rain showers and wind with periods of sun.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip

SF T

SD T

SF season to date 107.4

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

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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, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, 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

First Weekend Of Spring

March 22, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

First Weekend Of Spring

Saturday March 22, 2025 7:21am

●-The first weekend of spring has arrived and it will feature some unsettled periods, that may provide some light rain and high elevation snow showers today.

●- Temps starting off today in 30s and low 40s this morning for most with the exception of the deeper valleys off to the east that remained calm and clear most of the night fell off in to the 20s. Lets look…

●- Temps today not going anywhere and as colder air pushes across aloft, any periods of precip can chill the high ground off while it’s occuring

●- Off to our west some light precip is occuring and that will push east, also fighting some dry air as well

●- Some of this will reach the ground as light rain and or high ground light snow showers .

●- precip amounts are looking like around a tenth or less and only spotty snow would stick in areas where a brief moderate pocket would occur knocking temps back and then melts rapidly as it passes

●- Colder air pushing in aloft with accompanied dry air is what will give the opportunity for some light snow showers/ice pellets across the ridge tops to mix in. 5000′(850temps) off the HRRR. 0°C = 32°F, so when you see that Grey color push in, toss in a period of moderate precip you can chill the low levels pretty rapidly, especially those higher Wv tops. Minor deal, so just don’t be shocked to see some locations with a brief burst of winter

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●- Winds, surprise surprise..increase and gusty across the ridges today

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●- Sunday will offer some unsettled weather late and that’s mainly a cold showery event.

March 21, 2025

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March 21, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 21(Fri)

Some snow last night, early am flake and clearing through the morning.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip

SF .5

SD .5

SF season to date 107.4

Bittinger 2NW Valley midday

The Glades

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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, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, 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

Oakland

Swallow Falls

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Grantsville to Savage Mt

Frostburg

Lavale to Cumberland

Town Hill

Webcams

Winters Fading Touches

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

Winters Fading Touches

Friday, March 21, 2025 6:14am

Stepping out the door this morning, it doesn’t feel like the first full day of spring. Or look like it in spots with some areas with light snow accumulations and snow covered roads in spots. Temperatures are mainly in the 20s, with upper teens across the higher Wv tops. Windchills +/- 0° across the Wv tops. 10 to 15° elsewhere with those continued gusty winds.

■TEMPS BELOW:

■WINDCHILLS:

■ SKIES breaking today for sun, temps remaining “chilly”, and will feel chilly with the wind with most areas climbing in to the lower and middle 40s. The higher Wv tops may hold upper 30s.

●6z HRRR Temps

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■Slightly milder push today, and a slightly colder push Saturday and this is evident off the 850mbtemps(near 5000′).

●850Temps off the 6z HRRR

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■PRECIP:

With the lingering snow showers departing this morning and skies breaking we turn toa chance of rain and snow showers Saturday. The main reason of showing the 850mb graphics above. When you see that 0°C mark come over the high ground, that’s essentially going to be your high elevation surface temp when it’s precipitating. So, while most areas below 3500′ mainly see just showers with the exception of, if there’s a brief heavier burst you can see wet flakes, graupel make it to 2500-3000′ . Otherwise as you increase in elevation, you increase the chance of flakes and very little consequence as any accumulation appears unlikely.

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Late Sunday there is model undercertainty with timing of our next weather maker and if some of the northern zones and high ground can mix in some wet snow as that pushes in. More on that later.

March 20,2025

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March 20, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 20(Thur)

Clouding up, showers, steady to falling pm temps. Windy

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip

sf 0

SD I-T

SF season to date 106.9

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

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valleys

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Webcams

A Chilly Beginning To Spring

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 / alleghenymountainsweather / Leave a comment

A Chilly Beginning To Spring

March 20, 2025 6:32AM

With the astronomical spring season officially beginning this morning shortly after 5am

● Now we turn our eyes to chillier conditions vs warmer in the short term.

■ The cold front with associated showers sits just to our west this morning

●Rain showers pushing in today, those transition to snow showers activity late day/overnight with light accumulations.

● Timing that out off the 6z HRRR

■ Precip Type- showing the rain showers turning to pm snowshowers. First across the high Wv locations and working down to and below 3000′ near or just after nightfall

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■ Temps-A mild morning that will see increasing clouds, precipitation, wind as we progress through the day and that leads to temps on the decline . In to the 20s overnight, with perhaps some mid to upper teens on the Wv tops.

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■Windchills-with temps falling in the 20s and winds on the increase. Windchills by Friday morning running 5-15° for much of the Alleghenies with -5 to +5 Wv tops

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■ Wind Gust- 30-40mph gust with up to 50Mph gust over the higher exposed Wv tops.

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■Snowfall (Euro and GFS) A light event, but enough to cause some slick spots potentially.

Upslope zones (Lean low to mid range)

2000-2500′ Trace to .5″

2500-3500′ .5 to 1.5″

3500’+ 1.5 to 3.0

■ The chillier pattern looks to stick for awhile. That doesn’t mean straight cold, but the door will be open as we end March and start April for cold enough air to bring along a few snowfall “potentials” to the high ground at times. There will be mild days in the mix, just not looking as warm as we have seen recently.