May 18, 2020

May 18(Mon)

Cloudy ,foggy start, fog lingered along eastern Alleghenies north. Things briefly broke for a few hours in the afternoon with some sun mixed in. Areas south turned drearier after a ok start. I had a little most towards dark returning pushing back over Meadow Mt.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall season to date 73.1″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 0 7am

Snowfall season to date 101.9″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Station having issues and incomplete data today…

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

Station remains down. Inquiry sent on issue.

Cumberland Coop reached a max of 67°

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

The old most east flow…

Savage Mt

fog lifted for a time in the afternoon before returning

Keysers Ridge

That led to temps like this between the 2 locations

a temp setup like

Tropical Storm Arthur

May 17, 2020

May 17(Sun)

Some early showers, then mainly cloudy with a few peaks o sun…

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .10 7am

Snowfall season to date 101.9″

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

Unfortunately the site remains down

afternoon max at the coop was 70°

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

RTMA

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Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

May 16, 2020

May 16(Sat)

Few showers overnight, lots of clouds today with a little sun.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall season to date 73.1″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .11 7am

Snowfall season to date 101.9″

Comments 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

Cumberland Airport

Station once again is down. 2 days in a row.

Cumberland coop reached a max of 82° yesterday

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

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High Ground Comparison

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Heavy rain eastern Pocahontas into Bath County Va

Heavy slow moving pockets of rain hugged the Wv/Va line and east. Jeremy Cutlip in Mt.Grove Va reported over 4″ of rain

May 15(Fri)

Partly cloudy, warm day.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall season to date 73.1″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .17 7am

Comments 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

Cumberland Airport

Airport station was down… no data put out. The Coop site in Cumberland recorded a max temp.of 88° today

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Western Maryland 4-H Center Pleasant Valley

Cranesville Swamp/area

Near Grantsville

South of Meyersdale

May 14, 2020

May 14(Thur)

Scattered showers, chilly morning, some sun milder afternoon.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall season to date 73.1″

comparison pics

Last year through May 14

Garrett College

Station is back online. No monthly chart will be kept with 2 weeks of data missing now.

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip T 7am

Snowfall season to date 101.9″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Last year on the 14th

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

May 13, 2020

May 13(Wed)

Chilly start, colder valleys vs high ground. Very pleasant day.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall season to date 73.1″

Likely the final seasonal tally with a winter summary coming soon.

Comparison to 2019 pics

Garrett College

Station should be back on tomorrow

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 0 7am

Snowfall season to date and again likely over for the season 101.9″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

A look back to last year

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Photos this afternoon by Nathaniel Peck

Snowshoe

A look back to last year

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

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Free and clear today

Satellite

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

May 12, 2020

May 12(Tues)

Snow showers overnight, few pockets of brief fine heavy snow. Cloudy, cold start. Clouds hung in the morning, sun in the afternoon. Chilly

Bittinger 2nw Valley

new snowfall .1″. This was a sharp cutoff of a narrow little band. This site sat right at the northern edge. Things were much whiter a half mile south

Snowfall season to date 73.1″ (perhaps the final tally on a dismal season but one that performed late.

That was the result of this –

That little narrow band came across and didnt cover a wide area, it did put down coatings on the fringes to what appeared to be a half inch. Near and south of Cranesville

Garrett College

Station remains offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .26 7am

snowfall 1.1″ 7am

Depth 1″

Snowfall season to date 101.9″

Comments by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

“A few more light snowshowers overnight, ending before daybreak.”

Old Lookout tower site

what the site looked like in 1933 after the timber boom…and how its grown back up presently

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

many more pics to add. I hope to fill in this date soon

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

LOTS more pics and video to fill in here..coming soon

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

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Few fine flakes early not showing up. Radar void day.

Satellite

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

May 11, 2020

May 11(Mon)

Snowshowers, big fluffy flakes, tiny flakes, ice pellets, snow pellets through the day. Some high ground Wv fog ring things up there. Snow stickage there as well.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall- multiple traces

Snowfall season to date 73.0″

Garrett College

Station remains down…

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip .39 7am

Snowfall today will be tallied tomorrow.

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

a few evening pics on Canaan Mt by Eric

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

High Ground Comparison

RTMA

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Satellite

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

May 10, 2020

May 10(Sun)

Breezy, mainly clear start. Still a touch cold. Snow remained in the shady woods early a.m, already melted in any sunny areas yesterday and all left today.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall season to date 73.0

Garrett College

Unfortunately technical issues have not been corrected and station remains down

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip -T 7am

24 hour 7am snowfall – T

Snow depth at 7am 1″, melted during the day

Snowfall season to date 100.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Mostly sunny and much warmer. Snowcover totally gone by afternoon.

Yesterday’s daily maximum temperature of 32F (31.9) is the lowest daily max recorded in May since temperature record-keeping commenced here in October 1998. The previous record low max in May was 36F on May 19, 2002.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

RTMA

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Void of precip locally

Satellite

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Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

May 9, 2020

May 9(Sat)

Very cold start, skies cleared for a time overnight, then clouded up early to mid morning with more snowshowers with a few heavier pockets.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

Snowfall 1.5″ total…. ( .8 has fell through 8pm last night, .3 more before ending 10pm. Another .4″ today midday with 2 separate moderate to briefly heavy burst. I made it back right at the tail end of the second burst to capture the daily max snowfall as a May sun does not give much opportunity to do so. Within a 15-20 minutes the snow board will be bare, even in indirect sun and cold temps. So, its key to capture it quick.

Snowfall season to date 73.0″

Garrett College

Station remains offline

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Precip 1.08 7am

Snowfall 2.8″

Snowfall season to date 100.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Much colder overnight with some clearing by daybreak and a few lingering snowflakes.
Two new May records for the 19 years of record-keeping here: Low temp of 19F bests the previous May record low of 24 on 9 May 2017. The 2.8 inches of snow exceeds the previous record of 2.3 inches on 7 May 2017

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Spruce Knob

lots of pics to fill in/also on the 7th as well ..check back

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/05/09/polar-vortex-record-may-cold-snow/

Snowshoe

Canaan Valley Refuge

7Springs

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

High Ground Comparison

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow