March 3, 2020

Mar 3(Tues)

A awesome sunrise, quickly giving way to some showers. Those subsided in the afternoon for a period, before more pushed through mid afternoon. Creating plenty of social media rainbow pics. Later on, some thunderstorms pushed through that contained first soft hail, then also snow around 9:30-10pm, didn’t stick.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

No new snowfall, although snow was in the air around 9:30-10pm. About the time of the rapid drop on the daily temp graph.

Snow depth- traces

Season to date total snowfall 60.0″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[33.0]—MAX[51.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.0]—PRECIP[.37]7am

No new snow

Snowfall season to date 83.2″

Comments by Dave Lesher at :

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Periods of rain and mild; a brief thunderstorm with pea hail in late afternoon. Turning colder late in the day.

The average temperature of 31.7F for the 3-month period of Dec to Feb just ended (aka “meteorological winter”) is the warmest it’s been since the winter of 1998-99. See Table 12.3 below.

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

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

March 2, 2020

Mar 2(Mon)

Some early sun, breezy. The morning sun allowed temps to spike, especially Garrett on north. Further south, Snowshoe had some flakes in the air, and down in the NC mts, some accumulating snow across the tops. Showers pushed north by midday. Relatively light.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

No new snowfall

Snow depth at 7am at 3.5″

Snowfall season to date 60.0″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[27.0]—MAX[53.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.0]—PRECIP[0]7am

7am Snow depth 7″

Snowfall season to date 83.2″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Mostly clear and not as cold overnight with temperatures holding in the 30s, then increasing clouds and warmer with light rain commencing late afternoon.

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

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

March 1, 2020

Mar 1(Sun)

Mostly sunny morning, with some high clouds through the afternoon. A touch milder

Bittinger 2nw Valley

No new snowfall

Snow depth at 7am 6.1″

Snowfall season to date 60.0″

Garrett College

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[12.0]—MAX[42.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[27.0]—PRECIP[.02]

New snowfall .5″ (from yesterday) 7am

Snow depth 9″

Snowfall season to date 83.2″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Very cold with a few more snowflakes overnight, then a beautiful, bright, sunny day and sharply warmer, high 40F. Total winter snowfall so far through today is 83.2 inches, far below the long term average of 130 inches for this date.

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

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 29, 2020

Feb 29(Sat) Leap Day

Fluffy moderate snow occured dawn through late morning, before dwindling to flurries and ending with breaks of sun in the mix for the afternoon. Remaining cold.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[12.6]—MAX[23.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.9]

New snowfall through 7am of .4″

From 7am through 11am as the steady consistent fluff dwindled to flurries a new 1.1″ fell. That’s the time you want to do your snowfall recording.

Snowdepth 6.8″ and that varies 6.5-7.5 outside of windblown locations.

Snowfall season to date pushed to 60.0″ with the morning snowfall.

Garrett College

MIN[12.8]—MAX[24.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[18.0]—PRECIP[F]

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[7.0]—MAX[22.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[14.5]—PRECIP[.19]7am

New snowfall 4.7″ through 7am with some continuing

Snow depth 11″

Snowfall season to date 82.7″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

One more period of steady light snow overnight then off-and-on of light snow finally ending by mid afternon. February’s snowfall total to 33.9 inches is still about 8 inches less than the long-term February average snowfall of 42 inches.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[9.3]—MAX[18.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[13.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[14.9]—PRECIP[.05]

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[5.0]—MAX[13.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[9.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[10 2]—PRECIP[F]

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[5.7]—MAX[16.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[10.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[11.6]—PRECIP[F]

Winds in excess of 40mph producing windchills well below 0 at times

Spruce Knob

MIN[3.4]—MAX[13.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[8.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[9.8]—PRECIP[F]

Snowshoe

MIN[4.1]—MAX[14.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[9.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[10.4]

Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[9.9]—MAX[20.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[15.9]

7Springs

MIN[10.1]—MAX[21.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[15.1]

Cumberland Airport

MIN[22.6]—MAX[35.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[28.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[28.2]

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 28, 2020

Feb 28(Fri)

A moderate at times briefly heavy snow from 7-10 am. I picked up 1.8″ in that time. Late morning from Garrett County and north skies went partly sunny for several hours. This rapidly settled the snow depth. Also in direct sunny areas, with the sun angle higher, some melt occured. If you record snow, it’s highly critical that you took your measurement and from here out take your measurement as soon as possible as the snow ends. Snow and clouds hung on through the day in Wv and some returned north near nightfall.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[18.8]—MAX[27.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[23.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[22.4]

New snowfall 2.7″ through the 6am boardsweep. From 6am through 10:30 1.8″ new fell, with the most from 7-9am.

Snow depth increased to 8″ at 10:30am, then settled back to 5.8″ by late day after several hours of sun and win helping settle the fluff down.

Snowfall season to date 58.5″

Garrett College

MIN[19.1]—MAX[25.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[22.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[21.6]—PRECIP[F]

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[15.0]—MAX[25.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[20.0]—PRECIP[.15]7am

New snowfall 3.9″ through 7am, snow continuing

Snow depth at 7am 10″

Snowfall season to date 78.0″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Temperatures steady in mid teens overnight then creeping up a little toward daybreak; light snow continuing with diminishing winds. Light snow with slowly diminishing winds continued through the day and evening.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[17.2]—MAX[23.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[20.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[20.0]—PRECIP[.19]

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[13.5]—MAX[18.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[16.2]—PRECIP[F]

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[14.0]—MAX[21.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.3]—PRECIP[F]

Spruce Knob

MIN[12.0]—MAX[22.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[16.5]—PRECIP[F]

Snowshoe

MIN[13.1]—MAX[21.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[16.8]

Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[18.3]—MAX[24.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[21.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[21.3]

7Springs

MIN[14.7]—MAX[21.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[18.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.6]

Cumberland Airport

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

Keysers Ridge at 9:30 in the midst of the morning snowy period that left main roads snow covered

February 27, 2020

Feb 27(Thurs)

Windy, snowy, varying rates from light to moderate, reduced visibility. A very wintry day

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[17.3]—MAX[29.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[23.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[20.4]

New snowfall- through the 6am boardsweep 3.2″ of new snowfall. At 6pm 2.8″ of new snowfall. A 6pm depth of 5.4″ windy fluff. Snow continuing…

Snowfall season to date 54.0″

Garrett College

MIN[16.2]—MAX[28.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[22.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[19.9]

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[13.0]—MAX[25.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[19.0]—PRECIP[.88]

New snowfall at 7am- 8.3″, today’s snow will be included in tomorrows post

Snowfall season to date 74.1″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Windy with snow, blowing and drifting snow overnight, temperatures steadily down to mid teens then holding there all day with light snow continuing without letup to night fall.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[13.2]—MAX[25.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[19.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.2]—PRECIP[.22]

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[9.1]—MAX[23.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[13.3]—PRECIP[F]

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[10.6]—MAX[23.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[17.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[14.4]

Spruce Knob

MIN[9.5]—MAX[21.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[15.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[12.6]—PRECIP[F]

Snowshoe

MIN[10.8]—MAX[21.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[16.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[13.1]

Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[15.1]—MAX[27.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[21.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[18.7]

7Springs

MIN[12.8]—MAX[26.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[19.6]—TRUE AVERAGE[17.0]

Cumberland Airport

MIN[28.2]—MAX[39.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[33.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[31.1]

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Canaan area temps

Comparison view

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 26, 2020

Feb 26(Wed)

A bit of a dreary start, but turning into a nice late morning, early afternoon, before clouds and rain pushed in, in the evening. Accompanied by some thunder/lightning, some pockets of hail, some heavy downpours, that went over to snow, first in the Wv high ground and then north.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[29.7]—MAX[53.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[42.7]

New snowfall occurring late, after 8pm will be tallied at the morning measurement tomorrow.

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

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Garrett College

MIN[28.8]—MAX[54.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[44.2]—PRECIP[.88]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[28.0]—MAX[54.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.0]—PRECIP[.02]7am

New snowfall- snow accumulated rapidly after the nightfall changeover. That will be tallied in the morning.

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Mostly cloudy and mild, warming to 53F by mid afternoon, then clouds rolling in with rain commencing shortly before nightfall along with several thunderclaps and a brief fall of pea hail. Rapidly falling temperatures changed the rain to snow by 7PM, continuing through the evening. Heavy snow lays down 4 inches by 10PM.

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[25.7]—MAX[55.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[42.4]—PRECIP[.73]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[23.7]—MAX[50.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[38.8]—PRECIP[.03]*before frozen

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[24.3]—MAX[51.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[39.7]—PRECIP[.11]*

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Spruce Knob

MIN[22.1]—MAX[50.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.4]—PRECIP[.01]*

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Snowshoe

MIN[21.4]—MAX[49.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[35.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.4]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[28.0]—MAX[56.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.0]

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7Springs

MIN[26.5]—MAX[47.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.0]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[40.4]—MAX[59.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[49.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[49.5]

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

NOAAs March outlook

February 25, 2020

Feb 25(Tues)

Shortly around/after midnight, some flakes and ice pellets occured before turning to showers. Some showers through the day. Nothing substantial.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[33.6]—MAX[48.8]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.0]

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

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Garrett College

MIN[37.9]—MAX[48.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[43.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.8]—PRECIP[.13]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[36.0]—MAX[49.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.5]—PRECIP[.23]7am

Snnowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[37.1]—MAX[47.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.0]—PRECIP[.39]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[34.7]—MAX[44.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.1]—PRECIP[.37]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[35.8]—MAX[46.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[42.0]—PRECIP[.22]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[32.5]—MAX[43.3]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[39.5]—PRECIP[.2]

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Snowshoe

MIN[34.3]—MAX[46.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.4]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[36.9]—MAX[51.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[44.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[43.6]

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7Springs

MIN[35.6]—MAX[44.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.1]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[41.1]—MAX[50.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[46.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[46.4]

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

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Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 24, 2020

Feb 24(Mon)

Lots of clouds, few peaks of sun. Dry air mass still in place but moistening up. Near midnight and shortly after(25th) there was some flakes and ice pellets with the first wave of precip in spots. It occured at Bittinger 2nw Valley.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

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Garrett College

MIN[27.9]—MAX[52.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[40.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.5]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[33.0]—MAX[52.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[42.5]—PRECIP[0]7am

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[28.3]—MAX[51.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.7]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.2]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[31.6]—MAX[48.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.7]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[33.4]—MAX[48.6]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[38.9]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[30.7]—MAX[44.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[35.4]—PRECIP[0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[31.5]—MAX[41.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.4]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.9]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[14.2]—MAX[52.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[33.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.2]

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7Springs

MIN[37.8]—MAX[46.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[41.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[41.2]

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Cumberland Airport

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RTMA

Radar

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Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

February 23, 2020

Feb 23(Sun)

Clear start, cold valleys, blue sky morning with some more clouds around in the afternoon that cleared after dark. Very dry air mass remains in place.

Bittinger 2nw Valley

MIN[18.4]—MAX[48.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[33.5]—TRUE AVERAGE[33.3]

Snowfall season to date 48.0″

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Garrett College

MIN[26.4]—MAX[50.1]—AVERAGE MEAN[38.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[38.8]—PRECIP[0]

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Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

MIN[27.0]—MAX[47.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[37.0]—PRECIP[0]

Snowfall season to date 65.8″

Comments by Dave Lesher at:

http://data.canaanmtnsnow.com

Climate Reference Network Canaan

MIN[27.7]—MAX[49.0]—AVERAGE MEAN[38.3]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.3]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

MIN[25.9]—MAX[46.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.0]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.3]—PRECIP[0]

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Cabin Mt-Western Sods

MIN[26.8]—MAX[45.7]—AVERAGE MEAN[36.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.9]—PRECIP[0]

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Spruce Knob

MIN[25.3]—MAX[44.4]—AVERAGE MEAN[34.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[33.0]—PRECIP[0]

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Snowshoe

MIN[27.5]—MAX[44.2]—AVERAGE MEAN[35.8]—TRUE AVERAGE[34.6]

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Canaan Valley Refuge

MIN[5.4]—MAX[50.5]—AVERAGE MEAN[27.9]—TRUE AVERAGE[29.4]

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7Springs

MIN[30.4]—MAX[45.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[38.1]—TRUE AVERAGE[37.1]

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Cumberland Airport

MIN[18.6]—MAX[59.9]—AVERAGE MEAN[39.2]—TRUE AVERAGE[40.2]

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The Valley vs Cabin Mt

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Canaan area temps

Comparison view

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RTMA

Radar

Void of precip

Satellite

Flow

Surface features and 500mb height anomalies and flow

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