Nate's Weather World

Welcome to my Weather World.  Here you will find many data and observations, photos and links to my personal pages and other weather-related web sites.  I run and maintain data for two weather stations:  LaVale (between Cumberland and Frostburg) MD and Westmont 1W (just west of Johnstown) PA.  I am an official observer for the Atlantic Coast Observer Network (ACON) for LaVale and also the Community Collaberative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) for Westmont 1W.  I am the county coordinator for Somerset and Cambria Cos, PA.  I am officially Skywarn Certified and am a active member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Physics honor society.  Scroll down for data, observations, reports and links.  Enjoy your visit!

VIEW THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AT WESTMONT 1W, PA (via my Davis Vantage Vue weather station)

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.

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)

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

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

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

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LaVale (1W), Allegany County MD

Westmont (1.1W), Cambria County, PA

NATE'S WEATHER DATA LAVALE, MARYLAND Station location:  LaVale, MD, in western Allegany County Latitude:  39d, 39m, 28 s (39.66) N Longitude:  78d, 49m, 19 s (78.82) 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 Acrobat Reader. Observers for the LaVale station from January 1992 to July 2004 are Nate, Steve and Sara Mullins.  From August 2004 to August 2007, former neighbors Charles Orlick and David Drewery took the data and observations.  From September 2007 to present, Scott Lohr, who lives next to the previous observers, has been taking the data and observations.  Since July 2004, the former neighbors should be credited for the observations and data.  I am still responsible for compiling the data and reports. MONTHLY TEXT SUMMARY FILES (YEARLY SUMMARIES IN PDF FORMAT) 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 2010 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2011 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2012 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2013 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY LAVALE, MD - B-91 STATION DATA FORMS (1992-2011) Monthly forms are in JPEG format.  Yearly Data Summaries are in PDF format. 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 2010:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2011:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR WESTMONT, PENNSYLVANIA Station location:  Westmont 1.1W (PA-CM-1 on CoCoRAHS) PA, in southwestern Cambria County Latitude:  40d, 19m, 1s (40.32) N Longitude:  78d, 58m, 20 s (78.97) W Elevation:  1,909 ft above sea level TEXT FILES 2004 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2005 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2006 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2008 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2009 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2010 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2011 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2012 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2013 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC PDF FILES 2004 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2005 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2006 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2008 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2009 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2010 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2011 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2012 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY 2013 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR SUMMARY WESTMONT PA - B-91 STATION DATA FORMS (2004-2011) Yearly Data Summaries are in PDF format. 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 2010:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR 2011:  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR OTHER INTERESTING WEATHER FILES Radar animation of:  Salisbury Tornado (May 31, 1998), Frostburg Tornado (June 2, 1998) Radar animation of:  Sept. 11, 2000 Flash Flood over Cumberland and LaVale STORMS OF THE CENTURY - TEXT FILE SUMMARY ALLEGANY COUNTY - TOP 25 WEATHER EVENTS OF THE 90S AND 00S: PDF REPORT CLIMATOLOGY (RECORDS AND EXTREMES) FOR LAVALE 1948-PRESENT (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD 1948-PRESENT PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL STATS (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD 1948-PRESENT TEMPERATURE (MEANS AND EXTREMES) STATS (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD DAILY AND MONTHLY TEMP, PRECIP & SNOW RECORDS (PDF FILE) SUMMARY OF OUTSTANDING WEATHER EVENTS SEPTEMBER 1987 - DECEMBER 1991 (TEXT) LAVALE, MD 1971-2000 CLIMATE NORMALS (TEXT FILE) LAVALE, MD WEATHER STATS 1992-2011 (TEMPS, PRECIP, SNOW, SPECIAL OBS - PDF FILE) 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 - PDF format) Check out progress on my Wikipedia Article on the June 2, 1998 Eastern Tornado Outbreak! Note:  This section is under constant revision as weather data is continuously updated.

GREAT 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 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 Automated Flood Warning Systems (AFWS) 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 1998 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 NCDC Coop Data - Original PDF forms submitted by the observer 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 Weather Underground (see KPAJOHNS9 for my weather station) El Nino / ENSO Index page & information

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 grad school web page detailing some of my Master's research. Nate's Golf design page Details on Links golf courses I am designing.  Includes screen shots. Nate's Music page Describes the album of songs I am writing and recording.  Includes sound clips. New - Listen to "Part of the Show" New - Listen to "I'm Bored" featuring Tom Church New - Listen to "Don't Tell me Lies" New - Listen to "Invasion" New - Listen to "Out of Control" Nate's Myspace Music/Band Page See and Hear some of my best songs on Myspace. Thank you for visiting my web site!  Please come back again soon!