August 4, 2020

August 4, 2020

Aug 4(Tues)

Cloudy, dreary start…some light rain early central Garrett and that greatly increased as you went esstward. Otherwise scattered midday, afternoon showers, mixed with sun.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

near Bittinger 2nw early morning 8/4/20
west of Bittinger afternoon 8/4/20
near Bittinger 2nw afternoon 8/4/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 8/4/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 8/4/20

Garrett College

Garrett College morning 8/4/20
Garrett College afternoon 8/4/20
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon 8/4/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip T 7am

Year to date total precip 42.79″

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

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Dy007 CVR, DY003 WESTERN SODS, DY002 BALD KNOB, DY004 SPRUCE KNOB, CVWSP – CANAAN CRN, KW99 PETERSBURG GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT

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Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020

Aug 3(Mon)

Lots of clouds, brief period of sun…showers southern Alleghenies, some high elevation fog later..

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 8/3/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 8/3/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 8/3/20
near Bittinger 2nw morning 8/3/20
west of Bittinger afternoon 8/3/20
west of Bittinger afternoon 8/3/20
Near Bittinger 2nw 8/3/20
near Bittinger 2nw afternoon 8/3/20

Garrett College

By Garrett College 8/3/20(Double G Campground)
by Garrett College 8/3/20
Deep Creek Lake 8/3/20
along Rock Lodge Rd near the Glades afternoon 8/3/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 0 7am

Year to date total precip 42.79

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

will fill in asap

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

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Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cumberland area

Cumberland morning 8/3/20
Lavale morning 8/3/20
Cumberland evening 8/3/20

Grantsville area

Cassleman Valley from Miller Hill morning 8/3/20
west of Grantsville afternoon 8/3/20

33 east of Harman at the divide

August 2, 2020

August 2, 2020

Aug 2(Sun)

Times of clouds and sun, windy…..

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger midday 8/2/20
near Bittinger 2nw midday 8/2/20
near Bittinger 2nw midday 8/2/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley midday 8/2/20

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .26 7am

Year to date total precip 42.79″

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

photo by @travelinghobbits on Instagram

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cunningham Swamp area

33 east of Harman at the divide

August 1, 2020

August 1, 2020

Aug 1(Sat)

Cloudy, some fog, areas of showers, storms

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley late morning 8/1/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley late morning 8/1/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley late morning 8/1/20

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .63 7am

Year to date total precip 42.53″

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

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cumberland area

near Lavale morning 8/1/20
Lavale morning 8/1/20

Savage Mt

Savage Mt midday 8/1/20

33 east of Harman at the divide

July 31, 2020

July 31, 2020

July 31(Fri)

Rain overnight into today, becoming scattered by midday and breaking late day..

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Month Max 85.3 on the 6th, Month Min 47.6 on the 15th. Lowest Max 72.5 on the 11th, Warmest Min 65.3 on the 20th.

west of Bittinger 3pm 7/31/20
near Bittinger 2nw 3pm 7/31/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/31/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/31/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/31/20
24 hour rainfall from 4pm 7/30-4pm 7/31

Garrett College

Garrett College afternoon 7/31/20
Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd afternoon 7/31/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 1.09″ 7am rain beyond 7am goes down on 8/1

Month total 5.02″

Year to date total precip 41.90″

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

photo by Dave Lesher

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

  • Only Mt. Washington had a colder avg min in the east at 48.7

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

Run for da hills….

Canaan Valley Refuge vs Allegheny County Airport-Pittsburgh
Canaan Valley Refuge vs Reagan National D.C
Spruce Knob vs Allegheny County Airport-Pittsburgh
Spruce Knob vs Reagan National D.C
Garrett County Airport vs Allegheny County Airport-Pittsburgh
Garrett County Airport vs Reagan National D.C

RTMA

Radar

monthly radar timelapse

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cranesville to Sang Run

moning
afternoon
afternoon
afternoon
The Yough at Sang Run afternoon 7/31/20

Oakland

Grantsville

afternoon

Cumberland

early changing Haystack Mt maple

JULY 2020

Temps

Max anomaly
Min anomaly
overall month anomaly

Precip

Nationwide departure from average
Regional observed precip
Regional departure from average precip

July 30, 2020

July 30(Thurs)

Sun, clouds to start, clouds building in during the afternoon with rain late afternoon, evening into the overnight.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

west of Bittinger morning 7/30/20
near Bittinger 2nw morning 7/30/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 7/30/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 7/30/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 7/30/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 7/30/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/30/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley evening 7/30/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley evening 7/30/20

Garrett College

by Garrett College morning 7/30/20
Mosser Rd morning 7/30/20
Mosser Rd morning 7/30/20
Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd morning 7/30/20
Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd morning 7/30/20
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning 7/30/20
Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd evening 7/30/20
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening 7/30/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 0 7am

Year to date total precip 40.81

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

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cranesville to Sang Run

Savage River Reservoir

coop

July 29, 2020

July 29, 2020

July 29(Wed)

A mainly sunny day, lower dewpoints and relatively pleasant.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 7/29/20
Near Bittinger 2nw morning 7/29/20
west of Bittinger afternoon 7/29/20
Near Bittinger 2nw afternoon 7/29/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/29/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/29/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/29/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/29/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/29/20
Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department Cam

Garrett College

Deep Creek Lake morning 7/29/20
Deep Creek Lake morning 7/29/20
Deep Creek Lake morning 7/29/20
Garrett College from Bumble Bee Rd 7/29/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .02 7am

Year to date total precip 40.81

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

*forgot to save data through the date of the 29th, so this includes incomplete data of the 30th

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

33 east of Harman at the divide

The foggy valleys north of Oakland

Friendsville morning

Lower New Germany at I68 morning

July 28, 2020

July 28, 2020

July 28(Tues)

Mainly cloudy, some fog, and then a period of rain towards midday, early afternoon before breaking skies and a pleasant evening

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Rock Lodge Rd south of Bittinger midday 7/28/20
Bittinger midday 7/28/20
west of Bittinger late afternoon 7/28/20
near Bittinger 2nw late afternoon 7/28/28
Bittinger 2nw Valley late afternoon 7/28/20
Near Bittinger 2nw evening 7/28/20
near Bittinger 2nw night 7/28/20

Garrett College

Deep Creek Lake morning 7/28/20
Deep Creek Lake midday 7/28/20
Garrett College early afternoon 7/28/20
McHenry evening 7/28/20
Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd evening 7/28/20
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening 7/28/20
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening 7/28/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .33 7am

Year to date total precip 40.79″

Comments and data by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

“Jul 27 was the 14th day this month with a daily max temperature of 80 or above, the most for any July since record-keeping commenced here in October 1998.”

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

33 east of Harman at the divide

July 27, 2020

July 27, 2020

July 27(Mon)

Mix of clouds and sun, some light rain late. Lots of lightning just to the west, northwest that died off as it entered the area after dark.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 7/27/20
West of Bittinger morning 7/27/20
West of Bittinger morning 7/27/20
near Bittinger 2nw morning 7/27/20
near Bittinger 2nw morning 7/27/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning 7/27/20 10° cooler across the bottom
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/27/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/27/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/27/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/27/20

Garrett College

Mchenry morning 7/27/20
Garrett College morning 7/27/20
Mosser Rd morning 7/27/20
Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd morning 7/27/20
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning 7/27/20
Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd evening 7/27/20
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening 7/27/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 0 7am

Year to date total precip 40.46″

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

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

This area was in the evening storms

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Month through this a.m

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

33 east of Harman at the divide

July 26, 2020

July 26, 2020

July 26(Sun)

Mainly clear start, chillier valleys, plenty of sun with some clouds through the day…

Bittinger 2nw Valley

near Bittinger 2nw afternoon 7/26/20
Near Bittinger 2nw afternoon 7/26/20
Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon 7/26/20
Foxtown Rd evening 7/26/20

Garrett College

Cherry Creek along Mosser Rd evening 7/26/20
Garrett College evening 7/26/20

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 0 7am

Year to date total precip 40.46″

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

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Petersburg Grant County Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Cumberland

afternoon 7/26/20
Haystack afternoon 7/26/20 “that early changing maple every year”
Near Lavale afternoon 7/26/20

Frostburg

Finzel Swamp

All afternoon 7/26/20

abundance blueberry crop
“Rhody with nice bloom”