March 20, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 20(Thur)

Clouding up, showers, steady to falling pm temps. Windy

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip

sf 0

SD I-T

SF season to date 106.9

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valleys

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Webcams

A Chilly Beginning To Spring

March 20, 2025 6:32AM

With the astronomical spring season officially beginning this morning shortly after 5am

● Now we turn our eyes to chillier conditions vs warmer in the short term.

■ The cold front with associated showers sits just to our west this morning

●Rain showers pushing in today, those transition to snow showers activity late day/overnight with light accumulations.

● Timing that out off the 6z HRRR

■ Precip Type- showing the rain showers turning to pm snowshowers. First across the high Wv locations and working down to and below 3000′ near or just after nightfall

■ Temps-A mild morning that will see increasing clouds, precipitation, wind as we progress through the day and that leads to temps on the decline . In to the 20s overnight, with perhaps some mid to upper teens on the Wv tops.

■Windchills-with temps falling in the 20s and winds on the increase. Windchills by Friday morning running 5-15° for much of the Alleghenies with -5 to +5 Wv tops

■ Wind Gust- 30-40mph gust with up to 50Mph gust over the higher exposed Wv tops.

■Snowfall (Euro and GFS) A light event, but enough to cause some slick spots potentially.

Upslope zones (Lean low to mid range)

2000-2500′ Trace to .5″

2500-3500′ .5 to 1.5″

3500’+ 1.5 to 3.0

■ The chillier pattern looks to stick for awhile. That doesn’t mean straight cold, but the door will be open as we end March and start April for cold enough air to bring along a few snowfall “potentials” to the high ground at times. There will be mild days in the mix, just not looking as warm as we have seen recently.

March 19, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 19(Tues)

Sun,clouds, for most the warmest day of the year to date.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip 0

sf 0

SD I-T

SF season to date 106.9

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Webcam

March 18, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 18(Tues)

Lots O’ Sun

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip 0

SF 0

SD T

SF season to date 106.9

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valleys

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Cranesville

Sang Run

Oakland

Blue Knob

Webcam

March 17, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 17(Mon)

Cloudy colder, pockets of light snow. Late ok skies breaking

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip .05

Sf .2

SD .2

SF season to date 106.9

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valleys

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Sideling Hill

Polish Mt

Martin’s Mt

Cumberland to Lavale

Savage Mt to Grantsville

Webcams

• Beech Mountain

March 16, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 16(Sun)

Storms today. Some tornado warned.

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip .46

sf 0

SD T

SF season to date 106.7

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Blue Knob

Lightning

March 15, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 15(Sat)

Clouds, sun some areas of a.m fog and some areas, mainly west with some showers and storms

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip T

SF 0

SD T

SF season to date 106.7

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

March 14, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 14(Fri)

Clouds and sun

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip 0

sf 0

SD T

SF season to date 106.7

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Cabin Mt

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valley vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

void

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Grantsville to Savage Mt

Frostburg

Lavale to Cumberland

New Pendleton County Cam

March 13, 2025

A warm Mid March day to Bald and Weiss Knob to check out the remaining snow on the protected areas and north facing zones across the top….

……At the bottom of the trail, plenty of tree blow downs, assuming from the late February wind event

…..heading up with the slope view

…..up up up

…..to the top

…..headed to north slopes of Weiss

……towards the ski area, more blow downs

…..to the paragliding launch….the view

…..down the slopes

March 13, 2025

Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21

Mar 13(Thurs)

Lots of sun, few clouds

Bittinger 2NW Valley

precip 0

sf 0

SD T

SF season to date 106.7

Dyacon Data Below

Bittinger 4H

Garrett County Airport

Top of Wisp

Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE

Climate Reference Network Canaan

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

For the Cabin Mt-Bald Knob/Weiss Knob edition click the link below

BALD KNOB AND WEISS KNOB EDITION

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods

Spruce Knob

Canaan Valley Refuge

Mt.Davis

Snowshoe

Petersburg Grant County Airport

Elkins Airport

• Site Comparison

The Valleys vs Cabin Mt

Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H,Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis

Canaan area temps

Sods Plateau

High Ground Comparison

Up High and Down Low

Up High, High Valley, Low Valley

The Valleys

Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA

RTMA

Radar

Satellite

Flow

Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow

Oakland

Thomas

Davis

Canaan Valley

Blackwater Falls State Park

Backbone Mt