fine light snow with minimal accumulation through 5pm
Dyacon data below
Dung Hill Rd morning Dung Hill Rd 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 Near Old Cherry Glade Church morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Foxtown Rd morning Foxtown Rd morning 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 “Experimental Fridge Spot”Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley evening Bittinger 2nw Valley evening Foxtown Rd evening
Garrett County Airport
-Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning
Top of Wisp
Afternoon Morning webcam
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts BP
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
Snow early with a heavy squall with the artic boundary. Continued windy with blowing and drifting and skies broke through the late morning and afternoon.
Bittinger 2nw Valley
1.7 overnight through 7am with another rapid inch with the squall. 2.7″ before things tapered for the day Snow depths of 16″ with a very solid base. 54.2″ on the season
dyacon data below
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Garrett County Airport
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts BP
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
Turning colder, through the day. Early a.m scattered snow showers turning in to a more general widespread upslope snow with strong gusting winds creating whiteout conditions.
Bittinger 2nw Valley
.9 snow/sleet since 5pm last night through 7am today. 2.0 occurred 7am through 5pm.
Dyacon data below-
West of Bittinger morning- before the upslopeWest of Bittinger morning Near Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning “Experimental Fridge Spot”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 South end Amish Rd morning
Garrett County Airport
Top of Wisp
Rooftop site
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts BP
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt. Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
Big story will be wind, Southeast winds, the easterly component is big in keeping the high ground in the chill and parts of the central and Eastern Allegheny high ground in play for a bit of wintry precip to start this evening.
First the winds-
High Wind Warnings out
Initially the strong southeast winds today, a lull in the winds early overnight just ahead of the cold front and the southwest winds kicks in after midnight ramping up through Saturday morning. Essentially the same type of wind setup as a couple days ago.
The HRRR wind gust, direction. Often a bit overdone on gust mph, but a good illustration how the winds and direction plays out ahead and behind the front.
The current surface map shows the cause of the wind direction. Clockwise around the High, Counter clockwise around the low
The does allow for some drier air on place initially on the east side as that low shoots towards the lakes. As our temps creep in to the mid to upper 30s
That is accompanied by lower dewpoints in the mid and lower levels
When you have the temp/dewpoint spread, as you work moisture in you do get some evaporative cooling so numbers creep back down initially as moisture works in and begins to saturate the air mass.
The HRRR illustrates this
As moisture moves in, it allows for some wet snow a wintry mix across parts of the high ground initially
The as the system pull ls closer and north, we lose the SE wind component, the air mass is saturated and we briefly pull in some slightly milder moist air and some plain rain resumes in all areas, including those that had the initial snow or mix
The HRRR snow zone potential
Again it’s erratic at times and overdone on amounts, but the other day it sure hit on location of the highest totals much better than other modeling. Again the initial wintry side looks to only be a several hour potential.
As we work through the night some upslope snows try to kick in, in a less favorable SW wind direction and may add up to a few inches through Saturday. Amounts look unimpressive, but whatever does fall will be blowing clean off the hardpack snow surface. Just a inch or 2 will reduce visibility as it blows Saturday on the strong westerly winds
Temps fall through Saturday morning and the threat of snow showers continue but looks much more scattered than it did a few days ago. Eyes then go to next week with the potential of some high ratio fluff Tuesday. Models vary greatly on this. The extreme cold is on the table but a touch less extreme than it was shown the other day. Tuesday in to Wednesday now appears the coldest. Whether it’s -5 or +5, still plenty cold and preps needed.
Review of January 12, 2024
Review of January 12, 2024
Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21
Jan 12(Fri)
Red sky sunrise, clouds with some dim sun, thickening through the day. Late day/evening snow/sleet/rain
Bittinger 2nw Valley
Dyacon data below-
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 West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Foxtown Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon.SE wind drifting despite mid 30s and very little loose snow to blowRock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Foxtown Rd afternoon Foxtown Rd 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 afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley evening West or Bittinger evening West of Bittinger evening West of Bittinger evening Foxtown Rd evening Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening Foxtown Rd evening Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon darkUp from Bittinger 2nw Valley 7pmRock Lodge Rd near The Glades 7:30pm
Garrett County Airport
Rock Lodge Rd morning Deep Creek Lake morning
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts BP
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
Foxtown Rd morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Near 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 Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Towards Bowman Hill morning South end of Amish Rd morning
Garrett County Airport
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Bittinger 2nw Valley vs Mt.Davis
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
Periods of light snow, some fine snow extremely windy. Power outages
Bittinger 2nw Valley
Dyacon data below
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 Up from Bittinger 2nw Valley morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Foxtown Rd morning Foxtown Rd morning By Glade Church 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 Near Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon To 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 afternoon “Experimental Fridge Spot”Up from Bittinger 2nw Valley eveningWest of Bittinger evening West of Bittinger evening Foxtown Rd evening Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening
Garrett County Airport
Carmel Cove Deep Creek Lake Carmel Cove morning Deep Creek Lake morning By Garrett College morning
Top of Wisp
Evening
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts BP
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
71MPH GUST
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
Heavy snow from hours before daylight to late morning midday
areas of sleet
freezing rain
rain
wind
Bittinger 2nw Valley
Dyacon data below-
Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Old Cherry Glade Church morning Foxtown Rd morning Near Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Near 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 Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning “depth on bridge “Bittinger 2nw Valley middayWest of Bittinger middayWest of Bittinger middayFoxtown Rd midday-freezing rainBittinger 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
Garrett County Airport
Mosser Rd as it began By Garrett College morning Rock Lodge Rd afternoon Mchenry afternoon Mchenry afternoon Mosser Rd evening
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
The incoming “slop” system, that will begin wintry for some had raised some winter weather advisories I’m these area highlighted below
The NWS Snowfall outlooks for Tuesday morning
From Sterling:
From Pittsburgh
From State College
From Charleston
The snow aspect of the event is not long lived. Quick initial thump and the vertical temp profile gradually warms aloft and to the surface.
Right along the west edge of those expected better early snow accumulations should be a sleet zone, and some areas of freezing rain before the Tuesday pm features plain rain. The Blue Knob and those higher eastern Allegheny PA areas should hold on to the wintry aspect the longest. As the midday model runs illustrate
A quick look at the 12z ECMWF
The next story looks to be the strong southeast winds. Those come over the Alleghenies and downslope west has a good potential to cause some power outages.
Wind gust in excess of 50+mph possible. Wind Advisories and High Wind Warnings in play.
A look on the models at the winds, and wind direction. Winds from the southeast Tuesday then often right ahead of the wind direction flip there is some lull, but don’t let your guard down as Wednesday a.m will feature strong SW winds and in this case those are ushering back the colder air
A look at the 12z HRRR winds from the Ventusky website. Advancing every several hours.
Temps tomorrow on those SE winds hold cold through the a.m hours in those typical wedge areas in the over running events. Eventually enough moist, and just mild enough air works in to flip things to plain rain area wide.
Temps off the 12z HRRR, graphics off the Weatherbell website
All told this system has plenty of moisture. 1-2″ of total liquid and in some areas upwards .75 to a inch could be in the frozen form. Then plenty of moisture remains to fall on that. Areas that are primarily all rain stand a chance at some localized creek flooding, and high water likely across the entire region once everyone changes over
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Those amounts include what is a portion of frozen precipitation.
As we progress Tuesday night in to Wednesday we end as some upslope snow to end the event and that looks to progress through very rapidly and amounts should be rather light on the order of 1-2″ that will be blown about as things refreeze back over.
Review of January 8, 2024
Review of January 8, 2024
Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21
Jan 8(Mon)
Cloudy a.m, a few breaks in the pm
Bittinger 2nw Valley
Dyacon data below
South end of Amish Rd morning Towards Bowman Hill morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Up from Bittinger 2nw Valley morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Foxtown Rd morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning 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 afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon “Experimental Fridge Spot”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 eveningBittinger 2nw Valley eveningBittinger 2nw Valley evening Bittinger 2nw Valley evening
Garrett County Airport
Deep Creek Lake morning
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data MMTS BP
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
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Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Bittinger 2nw Valley vs Mt.Davis
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
void
Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Yesterdays snow to the right, today and tonight to the left…tomorrow stomp your foot…Tuesday morning to the right, Wednesday morning to the left….
Yesterday’s snowfall left in its wake a snowfall map that looks like
This one to the right..which is typical of the storm setup.
Now we watch the wrap around backside upslope today and tonight begin to fill on the west side of the Alleghenies. Favored upslope areas by 7am Monday 3-6″. As you progress towards the east side of the Alleghenies those amounts rapidly tail off
The 6z GFS for this current upslope event
and the 6z ECMWF below for this upslope event
overall temps today holding steady to slowly backsliding this afternoon and some gusty winds will accompany this snow blowing it around across the high ground
Then eyes will go to Tuesday with the next substantial system pushing in. This snow will be to the right, or east side similar to yesterday’s event in snow location. This is more of a quick snow thump(not extended as far east)and transition to sleet, freezing rain and eventually rain area wide as we go late Tuesday , Tuesday night.
the 6z GFS below
The initial thump of snow up the east side
6z GFS snowfall output
and the 6z ECMWF
the western zone of the best snowfall out, should feature a area of sleet and freezing rain.
The areas that miss out on the frozen aspect with this will also have to watch for some high water, as this system looks to have plenty of moisture.
As this system lifts away, to the left cha cha with the wrap around upslope that looks like this off the 6z GFS
Wouldn’t surprise me to see this end up a bit lower on the upslope with this, but far enough away to watch how it plays out.
Review of January 7, 2024
Review of January 7, 2024
Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21
Jan 7(Sun)
Upslope snow, varying light to moderate
Bittinger 2nw Valley
Dyacon data below-
Foxtown Rd morning West of Bittinger 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 Towards Bowman Hill morning
Garrett County Airport
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data MMTS BP
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Bald Knob pic today by Dave CarrollBald Knob pic by Dave Carroll as he repaired the Bald Knob weather station
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
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Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
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Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
3.8″ Bittinger 2nw Valley, a good portion of sleet beating back totals. 5-6″ amounts eastern Garrett, 5-8″ amounts in Allegany County. A map will be added here later, with reported tallies areas wide
Now part 2-
The lull between part 1 and part 2(The upslope part) will feature some freezing drizzle in the lull period this evening and overnight.
Part 2 kicks in later tonight through Sunday night. As of now the upslope trend has looked more impressive on the recent model runs. Favorable upslope zones of 3-6″ amounts and that rapidly dries out as you progress east in those areas that did well today and a bit less as you lose elevation west, but still some light amounts there. Let’s look at the
18z GFS below
and the 12z ECMWF below
This will be accompanied by 25-35mph winds Sunday, so blowing and drifting will occur. Temps 24-31 area wide across the high ground Sunday. So the areas west that were on the lower end of tallies today, do best tomorrow.
Eyes will then go to Tuesday. Once again the east side of the Alleghenies may get another quick thump of snow with that, not as widespread eastbound as today’s event was, and again that goes to a mix of sleet to freezing rain to rain with that and back to snow Wednesday. Location will play a big role Tuesday on the duration of the wintry side.
Review of January 6, 2024
Review of January 6, 2024
Forest Service Cam offline since 6/24/21
Jan 6(Sat)
Snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain and depending on location made the difference of how much of those you seen.
Bittinger 2nw Valley
Dyacon data below- you’ll notice a slight difference in max temps. That is based on the recording interval if the Dyacon is 10 minutes vs 6 minutes.
Towards Bowman Hill morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley morning Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon “Fridge Spot “Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Bittinger 2nw Valley afternoon Up from Bittinger 2nw Valley eveningWest of Bittinger evening West of Bittinger evening Foxtown Rd evening
Garrett County Airport
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data MMTS BP
Climate Reference Network Station
Atop Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Station repair tomorrow by Dave Carroll
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
SITE COMPARISON
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
Allegheny Mountains Weather 