The high-elevation valley is a magnet for snow and cold, and also easily within reach from the metro area
The valley’s geography helps shape its uniquely cold and snowy Mid-Atlantic climate.
The oblong, bowl-shaped indentation sits punctured into the West Virginia high country. Stretching from southwest to northeast, nearby small towns — former coal and lumber hubs — include Davis and Thomas. Only several hundred people live in the valley itself, although the number of visitors swells during winter and summer with people seeking outdoor fun. Several ski areas line the valley’s hilly edges.
Dave Lesher, a cooperative Weather Service observer. That was 4.5 times more snow than Washington recorded that winter, its snowiest on record.Leffler, who avidly tracks and forecasts the area’s weather, says the valley’s flatness and high elevation make it a “textbook cold sink.” Dave Carroll, a professor at Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, is working to better understand the climate of the valley and its extremes.
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