Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350, Dy003-Cabin Mt/Sods 4035′,Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3479′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961′
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Canaan area temps
High Ground Comparison
Up High and Down Low
Up High, High Valley, Low Valley
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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow
Mostly cloudy and much colder overnight, winds diminishing; a brief snow flurry before mid morning then partly sunny and quite cold through the afternoon, high 27F.
Canaan Mt Bog morning 3/5/21
Canaan Mt bog 3/5/21
The bog- blows off, full sun,,bare 3/5/21
Canaan Mt morning 3/5/21
Canaan Mt morning 3/5/21
Canaan Mt morning 3/5/21
Canaan Mt morning 3/5/21
Canaan Mt morning 3/5/21
Canaan Mt morning 3/5/21
Canaan Mt morning 3/5/21
Canaan Heights morning 3/5/21
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
looking up towards Bald Knob morning 3/5/21
Looking up towards Bald Knob morning 3/5/21
up Bald Knob trail morning 3/5/21
up Bald Knob morning 3/5/21
up Bald Knob trail morning 3/5/21
Up Bald Knob trail morning 3/5/21
Bald Knob trail morning 3/5/21
Bald Knob trail morning 3/5/21
Bald Knob area overlooking ski slopes 3/5/21
Bald Knob morning 3/5/21
Bald Knob morning 3/5/21
Bald Knob morning 3/5/21
Bald Knob morning 3/5/21
Bald Knob view towards the Plains and Porte Crayon 3/5/21
snow depths greatly vary. From open protected areas, north facing slopes holding good coverage, sunny areas, with any sun facing slope seeing depletion of depth, windblow areas, south faces bare, under evergreen coverage moderate of listed dept .
Periods of rain continuing overnight but somewhat less than yesterday. Snow water equivalent of the snowpack this morning down to 4.1 in. Temperatures quickly dropped to the low 30s by late morning, changing the last of rain showers to snow and then ending. Partly sunny and windy with temperatures falling into the 20s in the afternoon then a few more snow flurries after nightfall.
Total snowfall so far this winter has reached 112 inches, still 18 inches behind the long term average for this date despite February’s abundant total of 46.5 inches. See Table 4 below.
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt/Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network 3479′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961′
Light rain resuming late night, temperatures holding in the 40s, then steady rain most of the day. Temperatures pushed into the low 50s through the afternoon and evening, sharply knocking down the snowcover and adding to the runoff.
The snow water equivalent of the snowpack this morning is 5.2 inches.
There were 23 days this month with 18 inches or more of snow on the ground, far more than average and equal to the infamous Feb 2010 when more than 100 inches of snow fell that month alone. See Table 7 below
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt. Davis
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt/Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3479′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County 961′
Allegheny Mountains Weather 