January 7, 2023

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January 7, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 7(Sat)

Mostly cloudy, stray a.m flake

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, 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′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

Grantsville

Cumberland

January 6, 2023

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January 6, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 6(Fri)

Cloudy, light snow…first day of some winter this month

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights /Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

“Clouding over during the night with light snow commencing around 4AM and continuing through daybreak.

10AM: 26F and very light snow. Snow has been varying from light to very light. New snow since 7AM 0.2 inch. Looks like this event is nearly ended.
1PM: Snow continued after all. Currently very light snow and 26F. New snow since 7AM 0.6 in. Event total 1.5 in.
7PM: Very light snow and 25F. Off and on very light snow all afternoon. No new accumulation” ~ Dave Lesher

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

Radar

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/apps/rview/warnings.phtml?autopilot=0&osite=RLX&tzoff=0&layers%5B%5D=nexrad&layers%5B%5D=warnings&layers%5B%5D=cwas&layers%5B%5D=uscounties&layers%5B%5D=watches&layers%5B%5D=blank&site=RLX&tz=EST&archive=yes&year=2023&month=1&day=6&hour=21&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=90&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

Oakland to Cranesville

Snowshoe

33 east of Harman at the Divide

Corridor H and Centennial Park

January 5, 2023

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January 5, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 5(Thurs)

Clouds, sun, cooler but still mild for January

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at;

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

Radar

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/apps/rview/warnings.phtml?autopilot=0&osite=RLX&tzoff=0&layers%5B%5D=nexrad&layers%5B%5D=warnings&layers%5B%5D=cwas&layers%5B%5D=uscounties&layers%5B%5D=watches&layers%5B%5D=blank&site=RLX&tz=EST&archive=yes&year=2023&month=1&day=5&hour=20&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=90&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

Polish Mt

Martin’s Mt

Cumberland

Near Grantsville

January 4, 2023

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January 4, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 4(Wed)

Cloudy, few sprinkles, mild

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at;

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

Radar

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/apps/rview/warnings.phtml?autopilot=0&osite=RLX&tzoff=0&layers%5B%5D=nexrad&layers%5B%5D=warnings&layers%5B%5D=cwas&layers%5B%5D=uscounties&layers%5B%5D=watches&layers%5B%5D=blank&site=RLX&tz=EST&archive=yes&year=2023&month=1&day=4&hour=20&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=90&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

Fairview Rd -New Germany

Cranesville

Cumberland

January 3, 2023

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January 3, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 3(Tues)

Cloudy, rainy, blahhhh for a winter day

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Rock Lodge Rd down by Cherry Creek morning

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

the RTMA from now on, unless it’s of some unique occurrence will just be posted at months end vs daily

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

SST Anomlies

January 2, 2023

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January 2, 2023

Forest Service cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 2(Mon)

Cloudy, few sprinkles

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning experimental spot

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

Polish Mt

Cumberland

Savage Mt

Green Lantern

January 1, 2023

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January 1, 2023

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Jan 1(Sun)

Sun, sun/clouds

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at;

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

SNOWSHOE

Looking Back On 2022

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Looking back on 2022 in the rear view

Bittinger 2nw Valley

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

2022 Avg Min 34.9 Avg Max 55.5 Mean 45.2 Avg 44.9

precip 52.96

snowfall calender year (Jan-Dec) 100.7″

Data recorded with https://www.onsetcomp.com/products/data-loggers/mx2304
in a NWS MMTS shelter with the mx2304 logger at a 2m Height
Precip recording times were generally 5-6pm. Where you see a + symbol. That simply means that rainfall continued beyond recording time for the date. If no data is filled in and only a + sign filled in, I was not available at recording time and recorded the multi day tally at the date filled in.
snowfall- a 7am recording and boardsweep and a 5pm boardsweep is typical unless detailed otherwise. If snowfall ceased at 1pm and temps were warming, etc, a recording was always done in a detailed attempt to capture the instantaneous max snowfall for the date.
the station sees a good amount of morning sun and filtered afternoon sun. It’s not heavily impacted on peak summer days with direct mid to late afternoon solar radiation feedback issues. As it is a semi protected area, naturally aspirated, some heated surface temps radiating back would otherwise impact the reading. That’s not the case. That helps give a more accurate actual ambient temp reading.

Located in a sheltered valley 2m NW of Bittinger

December 31, 2022

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December 31, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Dec 31(Sat)

Cloudy, some showers later

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at;

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com/

“Becoming cloudy overnight; very mild with temperatures holding steady in the high 40s.

December’s total snowfall of 10.5 inches was far below the long-term average here of 25.6 in., continuing a pattern of generally sub-normal winter snowfall that began nine years ago. See Table 3.2 below. “~ Dave Lesher

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Atop Canaan Ski area

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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

Surface Features and 500mb Height anomalies and Flow

Grantsville

Lavale

Sideling Hill

December 2022

Temps

December 30, 2022

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December 30, 2022

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Dec 30(Fri)

Good amount of sun, few intervals of clouds. Calm conditions and very mild. With the snow cover and calm conditions the sheltered Valleys remained much cooler vs surrounding areas.