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April Discobs 2023


George BM
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Good write up by LWX on the snow threat for the highest elevations.  When we were at Deep Creek last weekend, people were putting their boats / docks in the lake.  Cold start to May on tap.

There is the potential for a significant heavy/wet snow event
at the highest elevations (above 3000FT) in the Alleghenies -
particularly in western Grant, western Pendleton, and northwest
Highland Counties. The 00Z model guidance and ensemble suites
trended higher with QPF and snow totals, with some of the
deterministic guidance producing significant snow totals. Even
though temperatures are forecast to be right around or just
above freezing, snow accumulations are possible at 2000-2500FT,
and likely above 3000FT. The combination of wet snow, "greened-
up" vegetation due to record warmth to start the year, and
strong WSW/W winds has the potential to result in significant
tree and power line damage. This is going to be a prolonged
event from Monday afternoon through Wednesday night, with the
heaviest snow most likely Monday night into Tuesday. The current
forecast calls for storm total snow amounts of 4" or more at
those highest elevations, and maybe 1-2" down to 2500FT. It will
be hard to get accumulations during the day, but certainly
expected at night. Decisions for any winter headlines will be
made this afternoon once the 12z model suite arrives this
morning and midday. Uncertainty remains, so stay tuned to the
forecast for additional updates over the next couple of days.
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My numbers for the month of April, 2023

Total precip was 3.79 inches vs a normal of 3.64 inches, a +0.15 above average. The wettest day was the 28th with 1.41 inches falling. There were 11 days with measurable, one day with a 'T' and 18 dry days. Zero snowfall for the month vs a normal of 0.3 inches, a -0.3 inches below normal and ties several years with no snowfall for the month. The averaged high temp was 68.7 degrees vs a normal of 66.2 degrees, a +2.5 degrees above normal. The warmest day was the 21st with a 84.6 degree reading. The averaged low temp was 39.6 degrees vs a normal of 38.9 degrees, a +0.7 degrees above normal. The coldest temp recorded for the month was 27.2 degrees on the 9th. The overall averaged temp was 54.1 degrees vs a normal of 52.5 degrees, a +1.6 degrees above normal. The highest wind recorded was 46 mph on the 2nd. Only record for month is the tied no snowfall. Records go back to Oct 1979. 

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Looks like the local stations didn't report anything for yesterday, but based on that dumping yesterday morning and the light rain through much of the day, as well as a few relatively close reports, I'd say we were just a little shy of 1" on the day. Add that to nearly 2" on Friday and you have yourself a pretty squishy Monday.

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 Huge swirl last night and pretty slow moving today.  Could not get near this last winter but two cold months in a row shows up most years. It’s just gotta cycle in right snd that’s kinda  2 out of 12 or 1/6th, And, generally, we get something big here every 5/6 years averaged since 1975 to present 

 

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