February 7, 2021

Feb 7(Sun)

Snow early, turning colder with sun

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station with issues

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .12 7am

Year to date total precip 5.66

Snowfall 3.1″ 7am

Season to date total snowfall 86.3″

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Light snow commenced again overnight, taping off and ending by mid day.

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 Airport 961″

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

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=2021&month=2&day=7&hour=11&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=75&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Appalachian Trail Washington Frederick County line

Hagerstown

Near Hancock

February 6, 2021

Feb 6(Sat)

Snowshowers early, then some breaks,,breezy

Bittinger 2nw Valley

February 5, 2021

will fill in asap

February 4, 2021

Feb 4(Thur)

Clear start, cold valleys, very dry air mass , coldest valleys in Wv below 0, clouds increasing mid afternoon, snow by 9pm…

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

site issue

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt. Davis

solar radiation issues

Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy002 Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt/Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, 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

RTMA

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=2021&month=2&day=4&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=75&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cranesville area

Accident

February 3, 2021

Feb 3 (Wed)

Little left over a.m snow after moderate fluff overnight. The big story is the winds and drifting.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

February 2, 2021

Feb 2(Tues)

Phil say 6 more weeks of winter. Windy, light pockets of fine snow, little sun, and then after nightfall heavy batch pushing north to south with increasing winds. Significant blowing and drifting. Nastiest night of the winter…so far

Bittinger 2nw Valley

February 1, 2021

Feb 1(Mon)

Snow on at off, varying from none to moderate. Some sun through clouds.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

January 31, 2021

Jan 31(Sun)

Snowy day. Some areas picking up foot plus..parts of Preston appeared best.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

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 Airport 961′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

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=2021&month=1&day=31&hour=23&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=100&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

January 2021

Temps

January 30, 2021

Jan 30(Sat)

Clear cold start. Coldest a.m of season to date. Building clouds late

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip T 7am

Year to date total precip 3.50

Snowfall T 7am

Snowfall season to date 62.3

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Station had connectivity issue. Need to calculate data. It was saved

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 Airport 961′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

January 29, 2021

Jan 29(Fri)

Flurries, clouds early to sunnier during the day..

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Station offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .03 7am

Year to date total precip 3.50

Snowfall .06 7am

snowfall season to date 62.3

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Windy and very cold with a few light snowshowers continuing overnight

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 Airport 961′

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

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=2021&month=1&day=29&hour=11&minute=55&warngeo=both&zoom=250&imgsize=1280×1024&loop=1&frames=60&interval=15&filter=0&cu=0&sortcol=fcster&sortdir=0&lsrlook=%2B&lsrwindow=0

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Near Oakland

Snaggy Mt, Cranesville area