Getting accurate weather information
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My favorite Doppler radar site,
http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/Loa...mp;prodnav=none
has been showing a tongue of snow in a sea of green (rain) all day. It is located to the east of Canaan Valley along the VA/WV border, which means it is east of the highest range of mtns. I don't understand this; why would it be colder over a lower range that is closer to the ocean? Also, this NWS forecast,
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Davis&state=WV&site=PBZ
has been showing the temp. at Elkins hanging at 37-38 deg. all day, in fact it was 40 at 11 PM last night.
Were it not for Chip's report,
http://www.whitegrass.com/report.html
and the Sods webcam on Canaan Heights,
http://www.fsvisimages.com/images/photos-large/doso1large.jpg
I would be very distressed.
I don't know of any better sources. Accuweather, in my experience, overpredicts cold and snow.
http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/Loa...mp;prodnav=none
has been showing a tongue of snow in a sea of green (rain) all day. It is located to the east of Canaan Valley along the VA/WV border, which means it is east of the highest range of mtns. I don't understand this; why would it be colder over a lower range that is closer to the ocean? Also, this NWS forecast,
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Davis&state=WV&site=PBZ
has been showing the temp. at Elkins hanging at 37-38 deg. all day, in fact it was 40 at 11 PM last night.
Were it not for Chip's report,
http://www.whitegrass.com/report.html
and the Sods webcam on Canaan Heights,
http://www.fsvisimages.com/images/photos-large/doso1large.jpg
I would be very distressed.
I don't know of any better sources. Accuweather, in my experience, overpredicts cold and snow.
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My favorite Doppler radar site,
http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/Loa...mp;prodnav=none
has been showing a tongue of snow in a sea of green (rain) all day. It is located to the east of Canaan Valley along the VA/WV border, which means it is east of the highest range of mtns. I don't understand this; why would it be colder over a lower range that is closer to the ocean? Also, this NWS forecast,
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Davis&state=WV&site=PBZ
has been showing the temp. at Elkins hanging at 37-38 deg. all day, in fact it was 40 at 11 PM last night.
Were it not for Chip's report,
http://www.whitegrass.com/report.html
and the Sods webcam on Canaan Heights,
http://www.fsvisimages.com/images/photos-large/doso1large.jpg
I would be very distressed.
I don't know of any better sources. Accuweather, in my experience, overpredicts cold and snow.
I have a weather blog that covers Wisp and DCL...I try to update it as much as I am able.
www.DCLakeBlog.com
Denis from the look of tline and wg webcams it is time for me to leave. See u Saturday!
well, dont forget canaan valley area is a weather anomaly. just assume its snowing if there is a chance 
heck, afterall, the # to tline is: 1-800-SNOWING for a reason 
heck, afterall, the # to tline is: 1-800-SNOWING for a reason Denis, if you have a Mac with OS X, I can let you try some weather software I wrote. It allows a bit more customization of weather info than commercial/gov websites, and can do point forecasts based on lat/lon (it's aware of elevation). It works well for planning skiing.
Craig
Craig
