Nate's Weather World

Welcome to my Weather World.  Here you will find a bunch of weather data and observations, random pictures, and links to my other personal pages and other weather-related web sites.  I maintain two weather stations:  LaVale (between Cumberland and Frostburg) MD and Westmont (just west of Johnstown) PA.  I am an official observer for the Atlantic Coast Observer Network (ACON) and also the Community Collaberative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS).  Enjoy...

A funnel cloud over Haystack Mtn on June 2, 1998.  The funnel touched down twice in the county and later an F4 twister ravaged the nearby Frostburg area with estimated 210 mph winds.  Photo was taken from the front of Duncan Photo Studios in LaVale.

A whopping 28 inches of snow falls from the President's Day Blizzard (Feb 15-17) 2003.  This photo can also be found in the February 2003 ACON report (see below for ACON link).

Left:  Lightning struck this large spruce tree right in front of my parents' house in Johnstown, PA on Aug. 8, 2005.  Lightning from the same storm system struck four area motorcyclists and killed one.  They were seeking refuge under a tree. Below:  A sunrise in LaVale, MD (left) and sunset in Salt Lake City, UT (right)

An early spring shot of the house in Johnstown PA, looking northwest towards Laurel Ridge.

A winter shot of the house in LaVale MD, looking east towards Haystack Mountain.

LaVale, MD weather station, top right Rain gage bottom left

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NATE'S WEATHER DATA LAVALE, MARYLAND Station location:  LaVale, MD, in western Allegany County Latitude:  39d, 39m, 28 s (39.657780) N Longitude:  78d, 49m, 19 s (78.821871) W Elevation:  1,016 ft above sea level Click on a year or month below to view the data files, available in text or PDF format.  To view PDF files you will need the free Adobe Reader. TEXT FILES 1992 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 1993 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 1994 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 1995 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 1996 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 1997 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 1998 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 1999 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2000 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2001 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2002 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2003 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2004 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2005 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2006 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2008 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2009 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF FILES 1992 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 1993 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 1994 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 1995 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 1996 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 1997 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 1998 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 1999 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2000 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2001 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2002 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2003 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2004 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2005 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2006 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2008 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT 2009 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL: DATA REPORT WESTMONT, PENNSYLVANIA Station location:  Westmont 1.1W (PA-CM-1 on CoCoRAHS) PA, in southwestern Cambria County Latitude:  40d, 19m, 1s (40.316950) N Longitude:  78d, 58m, 20 s (78.972324) W Elevation:  1,980 ft above sea level TEXT FILES 2004 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2005 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2006 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2008 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL 2009 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF FILES 2004 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF REPORT 2005 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF REPORT 2006 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF REPORT 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF REPORT 2008 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF REPORT 2009 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL PDF REPORT OTHER FILES  (still under construction - for LaVale MD unless otherwise specified) NEW:  Radar animation of:  Salisbury Tornado (May 31, 1998), Frostburg Tornado (June 2, 1998) NEW: Radar animation of:  Sept. 11, 2000 Flash Flood over Cumberland and LaVale SUMMARY OF OUTSTANDING WEATHER EVENTS SEPTEMBER 1987 - DECEMBER 1991 CLIMATOLOGY (RECORDS AND EXTREMES) FOR LAVALE 1948-PRESENT LAVALE, MD 1948-2009 PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL STATS (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD DAILY PRECIPITATION EXTREMES/RECORDS 1948-2009 (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD 1948-2009 TEMPERATURE (MEANS AND EXTREMES) STATS (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD 1971-2000 CLIMATE NORMALS (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD 1992-2009 MONTHLY AND ANNUAL PRECIPITATION STATS (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD MONTHLY AND SEASONAL SNOWFALL STATS 1991-92 TO 2008-09: TEXT PDF LAVALE, MD TEMPERATURE DATA 1992-2009 (MONTHLY MEANS AND EXTREMES) TEXT PDF LAVALE, MD TOP WETTEST/DRIEST AND WARMEST/COOLEST MONTHS (PDF) ALLEGANY COUNTY - TOP 25 WEATHER EVENTS OF THE 90S AND 00S: PDF REPORT CLIMATE OF LAVALE, MD CLIMATE OF WESTMONT/JOHNSTOWN, PA Click HERE for a scanned sample of an original weekly weather data and observation sheet (August 16-22, 2002).  These data and observations are the basis for my monthly weather reports. Click HERE for a copy of my Master's Thesis (Case study of a jet contrail at the tropoause: properties, evolution and radiative effects) NEW - Original scanned B-91 forms of LaVale & Westmont weather data! Also check out the NEW annual summaries in PDF format! LAVALE, MD - B-91 STATION DATA FORMS (1992-2008) Yearly Data Summaries are in PDF format. Station location:  LaVale, MD, Allegany County Latitude:  39d, 39m, 28 s (39.657780) N Longitude:  78d, 49m, 19 s (78.821871) W Elevation:  1,016 ft above sea level 1992:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 1993:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 1994:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 1995:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 1996:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 1997:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 1998:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 1999:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2000:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2001:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2002:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2003:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2004:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2005:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2006:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2007:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2008:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2009:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV  DEC  YEAR 1992-2008 DAILY AND MONTHLY WEATHER RECORDS PRECIP/SNOW:  JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC TEMPERATURE:  JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC WESTMONT PA - B-91 STATION DATA FORMS (2004-2008) Yearly Data Summaries are in PDF format. Station location:  Westmont 1.1W (PA-CM-1 on CoCoRAHS) PA, Cambria County Latitude:  40d, 19m, 1s (40.316950) N Longitude:  78d, 58m, 20 s (78.972324) W Elevation:  1,980 ft above sea level 2004:  JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2005:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2006:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2007:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2008:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2009:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV  DEC  YEAR 2004-2008 DAILY AND MONTHLY WEATHER RECORDS PRECIP/SNOW:  JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC TEMPERATURE:  JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC COMING SOON - WEATHER PLOTS AND GRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF DATA FOR LAVALE, MD AND WESTMONT, PA

WEATHER AND CLIMATE LINKS Dr. Greg Latta's Frostburg, MD Weather Information Page Weatherwise Home Page (Cumberland, MD) Weather and Climate Data - Hagerstown, MD Maryland Climatological Reports Pennsylvania Climatalogical Reports Utah Climatological Reports West Virginia Climatological Reports National Climatic Data Center NWS Sterling Weather Forecast Office Penn State Weather Station Home Page Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center The Weather Channel Homepage Intellicast - Weather for Active Lives CHART on the Web (Maryland Highway Webcams) University of Utah - Department of Meteorology Atlantic Coast Observer Network (ACON) MesoWest Precipitation Monitor Frostburg State University Weather Center Student AMS - University of Utah Chapter Real Time Radar Images Davis, WV weather data - Dave Lesher Smithsburg Weather - Max Hutto Smithsburg Weather - "Jim the Weather Guy" Weatherbug Stations Dolly Sods area webcam Deep Creek Lake, MD area weather and webcams Newot Ridge, CO Long-Term Ecological Research Site Pennsylvania automated rain gauge data NWS State College, PA NWS Pittsburgh, PA NWS Salt Lake City, UT National Drought Mitigation Center Richmond, VA area precipitation estimate (Intellicast) Intellicast National Radar Loop Frostburg Tornado Report Vortex Times El Nino Impacts Prefferred thunderstorms patters over DC/Baltimore area (PDF) Virginia Lightning, lightning facts and safety tips Maryland State Climatologist Cloudman Mt. Washington Observatory Portsmouth, VA weather Monroe Falls, OH weather and climate data (Larry Huff) Weather Photography West Virginia Lightning - Severe storms and storm chasing The Sterling Reporter - quarterly report on DC/Baltimore area weather Community Collaberative Rain, Hail & Snow (CoCoRaHS) Homepage Mesowest Home Page Rob Peterson's LaVale, MD weather station NCDC Coop Data - Original PDF forms submitted by the observer Johnstown Weather Station - located about 4 miles SE of my Westmont station NESIS - NorthEast Snowfall Impact Scale (NCDC) GOSIC - Global Observing Systems Information Center (NCDC) Precipitation Analysis - Radar and Rain Gauge Estimates of Precip in the US

PERSONAL LINKS Nate's Photo page Pictures of hiking, skiing, travel, nature, weather (of course), golf courses, parties, friends, family, etc. etc. etc. Nate's Meteorology home page (U of U) My "professional" web page detailing some of my graduate research. Nate's Music page Describes the album of songs I am writing and recording.  Includes sound clips. Nate's Golf page Details on Links golf courses I am designing.  Includes screen shots. Nate's MySpace Page Enter at your own risk. Nate's Facebook Page Again, enter at your own risk. Thank you for visiting my web site!  Please come back again soon!