Windy, more clouds than sun. Milder than modeling of forecast indicated
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip 0
sf 0, sd 6 8am , sf season 25.8
–Dung Hill Rd morning Dung Hill Rd morningBittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon. Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Bittinger 2NW Valley eveningBittinger 2NW Valley evening
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Estimated using coop+high elevation sites when station runs offline
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
void
Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning By Glade Church morningFoxtown Rd morning Foxtown Rd morning –West of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morningUp from Bittinger 2NW morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Towards Bowman Hill morningSouth End Amish Rd morning
Bittinger 4H
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
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
Few a.m flakes, more clouds than sun. But some sunnier periods.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip. 02
sf .2, sd 10.5, sf season 25.8
,Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning West of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morningFoxtown Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley evening
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Rock Lodge Rd morning Deep Creek Lake morningDeep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning Mchenry eveningMchenry evening–––––Mchenry evening-ice fishing
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins
-site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
void
Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Pockets of heavy snow after a consistent steady Snow overnight from the clipper. Much colder. Windy.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip . 72
sf 11.7 sd 13.5 sf season 25.6
–Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning By Glade Church morningFoxtown Rd morningFoxtown Rd morningWest of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morningUp from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morningBittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning 7:30amBittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Old Cherry Glade Church morningOld Cherry Glade Church morningOld Cherry Glade Church morningOld Cherry Glade Church morningUp from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Foxtown Rd eveningThe area today
Clouds, fog, fine snow, some rime. That lifted and clippers pushing in late day. (2-3pm)
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip .07
sf .7, sd 3.5, sf season 14.2
–Towards Bowman Hill afternoon Bittinger 2NW afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW afternoon Bittinger 2NW afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley eveningBittinger 2NW Valley evening Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Bittinger 2NW Valley eveningUp from Bittinger 2NW valley eveningWest of Bittinger eveningWest of Bittinger evening West of Bittinger eveningFoxtown Rd eveningRock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Mchenry eveningMchenry eveningMchenry evening
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley
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
A chilly start to the weekend, but typical to what you would expect for early December with widespread 20s. Temps modifying through the night after some valleys early last night dropped in to the single digits and below 0. The High Elevation Bog on the Sods at Dobbins dipping below 0 briefly. Then as winds came in enough to disturb the radiational cooling and the cold air that developed at the surface, the rubber band snap back to the actual air mass temps in place.
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Other valleys:
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Cloud cover rolling in out ahead of the next weather maker thats set to come in later today. A quick moving potent clipper system thats has warranted Winter Storm Warnings across the area and in fact a large area through today in to tonight
Some overlapping Cold Weather Warnings in Pocahontas/Randolph as well. Those too will expand as well as we head in to tomorrow.
Snow pushing in today
Off the 6z Euro
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Snowfall off the 6z Euro
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NWS forecast
A general widespread 4-8″ Alleghenies and west, those amount tail off rapidly as you work east. A narrow Jet Streak may enhance totals further east towards the DC,Baltimore area.
The main period of snow is late today in to tonight. Sunday will be a day of day of residual snow falling, and any moisture in the air tomorrow will be coming down as pixie dust with the very cold air in place. Sunday temps in to the single digits. Winds gusty and this can create white out and “blizzard like” key word “like” conditions at times.
Sunday afternoon temps: some Wv tops at and below 0
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Windchills: Widespread -5 to -15° windchills with -15 to -30° Wv tops.
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Lets jump back a few days:
forecast were for 4 to 7″ to occur with higher amounts Wv of 5 to 10″, 2-5″ eastern Garrett.
modeling at that time, that was posted.
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snowfall wise overperformed in areas, under performed a bit in others. Below 3000′, initial onset was 1-2° too warm to get stickage occurring and limited blowing as snow picked up in to the night.
Clouds, flakes early,,light snow south. Skies breaking north through the day
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip .02
sf .3, sd 4.0, sf season 13.5
–Foxtown Rd morningWest of Bittinger morningUp from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
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Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Foxtown Rd morningFoxtown Rd morning West of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morning Old Cherry Glade Church morningUp from Bittinger 2NW Valley morningUp from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Foxtown Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Bittinger 2NW Valley eveningBittinger 2NW Valley eveningFoxtown Rd evening
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Deep Creek Lake morning Mosser Rd morningMchenry morningMchenry morningDeep Creek Lake morning Glendale Rd afternoon State Rd afternoon Deep Creek Lake afternoon State Park Rd afternoon Rock Lodge Rd afternoon
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BPCanaan Loop
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Canaan area temps
Sods Plateau
High Ground Comparison
Up High and Down Low
Up High, High Valleys, Low Valleys
The Valleys
Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA
RTMA
Radar
Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Event 1 of 3 finishing up this afternoon and focus goes to a weak Event 2 and a more potent Event 3.
Near Bittinger 12/11/25
Event 1
General amounts of 2-5″ north(Garrett ,Preston in to Pa) Elevations of 2500-2700′ and under struggled through yesterday afternoon in to the evening to accumulate snow due to very slightly milder temps than expected. Literally talking 1-2° and snow rates at 2500-2600′ weren’t quite heavy enough in most of the region to overcome the 34°+/- surface temps. In some instances west, it was heavy enough to do so at times. Areas below 2500′ fought liquid awhile through the afternoon. I had .2 moisture that was primarily all snow falling, but that couldn’t quite get to accumulating due to temps. This impacted totals by 2″+/-. The 4-7″ call in reality came in a bit high due to that, but some areas still managed to clip the low end of expectations.
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As you went higher up, Elevation aided in just slightly colder in Wv above 3400-3500′. The 5-10″ call wasn’t bad here.
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Moving Forward
●Friday am through Friday Pm
GFS
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Euro
This event looks like it will dive further south. The GFS a bit further north vs the Euro.
1-3″ Snowshoe, coating to 2″ Canaan, inch or less Garrett. Not a big event of note. Storm track loves this route the last few weeks.
●The more potent event comes in Saturday PM through Sunday a.m
Gfs
Euro
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This event likely will warrant some Winter Weather Advisories or Winter Storm Warnings.
A Widespread 4-8″ looks likely and that comes without fighting any marginal temperatures to hinder progress. Speaking of temps. It turns very cold Sunday night. Single digits with sone Wv tops squeaking below 0 with colder windchills. Windchills of -5 to -15 across most of the Alleghenies with -15 to -30 across the higher exposed Wv tops Sunday night.
A moderating trend midweek next week. How much, how do we will towards Christmas…well strong indications of milder weather, with some cold fighting back at times. Lots of mild air to the south, cold shunted north that can be driven back in with high pressures passing north. Exactly how things will play out has lots of question marks.
Cloudy, windy morning. Then some snow, areas of light rain midday on. Some areas it snowed during the afternoon at 34-35° with no accumulation. Some areas mainly below 2500′ saw light rain. After nightfall and the passing of the cold front, accumulations began to lower in elevation.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip .21
sf .1 , sd 2.0 7am, sf season 9.4
–Foxtown Rd afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon. Snowed like this most of the afternoon. Temps just not allowing for accumulationRock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
––Deep Creek Lake middayMchenry afternoon Mchenry afternoon By Garrett College afternoon Mosser Rd eveningMchenry eveningMosser Rd 9pm
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rock-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
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