Light fine pixie dust snow. Minimal accumulation in spite of some bogus reports .
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip .04
sf .9 , sd 14.0 sf season 74.1″
West of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morningBittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Foxtown Rd morningRock Lodge Rd near Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Foxtown Rd afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
–Mchenry morningMosser Rd morningMchenry morningMchenry morningMchenry morning Mchenry morningDeep Creek Lake morningDeep Creek Lake afternoon
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Canaan area temps
Sods Plateau
High Ground Plateau
Up High and Down Low
Up High, High Valley, Low Valley
The Valleys
Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA
RTMA
Radar
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Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning –––––Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morningFoxtown Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon – west of Bittinger Foxtown Rd afternoon- west of Bittinger West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon ––-.––Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Weat of Bittinger evebing –
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Rock Lodge Rd morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning Mchenry evening Mchenry evening
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
Cold start, a brief lull with light snow pushing back in later.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip .08
sf 1.4 , sd 14.5, sf season 70.8″
West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Foxtown Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley evening West of Bittinger eveningFoxtown Rd eveningFoxtown Rd evening Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening The day
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Rock Lodge Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd morning–Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morningSleet off roof on deck Deep Creek Deep Creek Lake afternoon Mchenry eveningMchenry eveningMosser Rd evening
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
Foxtown Rd morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley eveningWest of Bittinger eveningWest of Bittinger eveningFoxtown Rd eveningFoxtown Rd evening Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Rock Lodge Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake afternoon Mchenry morning Deep Creek afternoon Mchenry eveningMchenry eveningMchenry eveningMchenry evening––––––––
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Canaan area temps
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
A day for the record books. A very cold air mass established at the surface. Warmer aloft. This lead to freezing rain well down south, tremendous sleet in this region as well as snow , sleet and a hefty snow storm not far north of the Mason Dixon Line.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip 1.56
sf 9.7, sd 11.5, sf season 64.9
** The first 7″ of snow from this event before changover occured with nearly a 10 to 1 ratio. The sleet ran around a 2 to 1 ratio. Sleet mostly occured for the duration with temps between 4 to 12°. The coldest I have seen sleet, and the heaviest precip mass with those temperatures I’ve seen. While not all snow with whopping tallies, a very impressive event.
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning. At this point all snow being drifted by gusty east windsRock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Foxtown Rd morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley middayBy old Cherry Glade Church middayBittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoonBittinger 2NW Valley afternoonUp from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon
As we approach 5am this morning, the snow shield sits over most of the Alleghenies with some areas of sleet showing up further south in Wv. The million dollar question will be how rapidly and how extensive that mild air “aloft” layer pushes north.
■ Using the 0z Euro and looking at the vertical temp profile for north central Garrett County its a very borderline call. The vertical temp profile does vary model to model and obviously varies per location.
Let’s look at 7am off the Euro(again for north central Garrett County .
For this image (above) I highlighted the freezing line in blue. The 0°C (=32F) . At 7am the entire column is below freezing. = SNOW
At 10am at near 6000′, a shallow layer is near 32°. Not quite. On some modeling it is above. So, you can see how a small model error can impact whats occuring at the surface. At this point, this location is still snow. While its near 32° at 6000′, the surface temp is still 8°!(the bottom of the red line is surface) Precip type is still: SNOW
At noon (image above) the surface remains near 10°, at 6000′, remains slightly below freezing. Its very close. Precip type for this location based off the Euro should still be SNOW. Very easily if the model is just a little off, you’re pinging in sleet. That vertical profile is warmer just west. So keep that in mind.
At 2pm(image above) The column relaxes a bit and remains below freezing. So its possible if we ping in sleet midday, we can alter back and forth snow/sleet/snow/sleet with the warm layer so borderline. However here its below freezing. Precip type=SNOW
4pm(image above) Now the column is near 32° at 5000′ and just above at 6000′. The surface temp remains mid teens. At the grid point of the model here at 2500′, whatever melts aloft in that warm layer , refreezes as it falls 3000′ through below freezing air to the surface. Precip type =SLEET. Now, again, using the EURO, this varies model to model. At this time the Wv high ground has surface temps 20s, the high ground is not far below the 850mb layer, so the cold is very shallow, and its not as cold. This could be freezing rain in spots there.
7pm (image above) that warm later sitting around 5000′, with a drastically colder lower level holding. Temps in the upper teens at 2500′. Precip type =SLEET, but some freezing rain could be mix in.
10pm (image above) The warm layer is beginning to cool back, surface temps are in the mid 20s. Precip type as the system pulls away and begins to dry out aloft, is back to LIGHT SNOW.
■ Modeled snow amounts
0z Euro Below
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0z GFS below
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-0z Canadian below
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-6zHRRR below
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Blended Model Below(a blend of what?)
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Just below the snowier zones modeling puts out some impressive sleet totals. (Those are included in snowfall) How accurate those will be, yet to be determined. Id suspect areas along the eastern Alleghenies and south could see 2-3″ of sleet potentially.
As this pulls out overnight, Monday is left with Snowshowers and light additional accumulations. That too is included in the maps above. Temps plummet again after the brief rise this evening.
By midday Monday, single digits to near 10
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By Tuesday morning , widespread below 0
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That is accompanied by wind, making it feel like -15 to -30°!
Towards Bowman Hill morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley morning 🌄 Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoonBittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon
The Glades
afternoon
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Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Deep Creek Lake afternoon Deep Creek Lake afternoon Deep Creek Lake afternoon Deep Creek Lake afternoon Mchenry evening Mchenry evening
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning West of Bittinger morningWest of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Foxtown Rd morning
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Mchenry morning Deep Creek Lake morning
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
A clear cold valley start, partly sunny a.m, rapidly clouding up and snow in parts of Preston, Garrett,Somerset, Fayette, Westmoreland, Cambria.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
precip .21
sf 2.1 sd 6.0 sf season
West of Bittinger morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon West of Bittinger afternoon Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon –Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon –––––––Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Old Cherry Glade Church afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley evening West of Bittinger eveningRock Lodge Rd near The Glades eveningUp from Bittinger 2NW Valley 9pm as the snow was winding down. This is when you needed to take snow measurements as it did compress from here through 3am.
Bittinger 4H
Top of Wisp
Deep Creek morning Deep Creek Lake morningMosser Rd afternoon Mchenry eveningMchenry evening
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Bear Rocks-Dolly Sods
Canaan Valley Refuge
Dobbins High Bog Sods
Spruce Knob
Snowshoe
Mt.Davis
Flight 93
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Bittinger 2NW Valley, Bittinger 4H, Garrett County Airport, Mt.Davis
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
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
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