December 2013 Observations & Discussions

Gradual warmup this week, possibly reaching the low 50's, then rain end of this week. Watching winter storm potential between 9th-11th of December. Hopefully we can get a white Christmas!!!

I should not be so quick into saying rain for this weekend. GFS showing potential ice for areas north and west



If this trends colder, could be a nice little snow event. Gotta keep an eye on it

According to the widget in the top left of this forum, temp. in NYC is 49 degrees. It does feel nice outside right now

They key to the possible storm this weekend and early next week is the alignment of the arctic front and the High Pressure to its northwest. Could be a wild weekend of snow, ice, rain...stay tuned

48.6* here and mostly cloudy...great day to put my lights up outside!

Frank_Wx wrote:Gradual warmup this week, possibly reaching the low 50's, then rain end of this week. Watching winter storm potential between 9th-11th of December. Hopefully we can get a white Christmas!!!

Definitely going to be interesting. Going to be pretty warm mid-week. Looks like its going to cool down by next Tuesday maybe.

Might not have to wait till Tuesday, maybe by the weekend.

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:Might not have to wait till Tuesday, maybe by the weekend.

I've heard rumblings of possible icing Fri/Sat with that system...hoping it stays rain and ends by afternoon...we have our big town holiday parade at 6 on Sat.

Like I was telling sroc, we had some serious 'pea soup' fog out here last night, down to almost zero visibility in certain spots.

Lots of frost on the car this morning.

I was down to 30*(29.7*) this morning with a lot of frost on the ground etc. - it looked like snow on the fields up here in Allendale - maybe a preview of things to come........................ 

60 degrees is possible as a high on Thursday

55 degrees

winner winner

Frank_Wx wrote:55 degrees

winner winner

47 here. Probably won't crack 50 till Thursday

Dense Fog Advisory

Expires 12:00 PM EST on December 05, 2013
Statement as of 8:35 am EST on December 5, 2013

... Dense fog advisory in effect until noon EST today...

The National Weather Service in New York has issued a dense fog
advisory... which is in effect until noon EST today.

* Locations... northeast New Jersey... the lower Hudson Valley... New
York City... southern Connecticut and Long Island.

* Hazards... dense fog.

* Visibilities... 1/4 or less.

* Timing... through noon. The dense fog may continue into this
afternoon and evening... especially across coastal locations.

* Impacts... dense fog will reduce visibilities and create hazardous
travel for the morning commute.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A dense fog advisory means visibilities will frequently be
reduced to one quarter mile or less. If driving... slow down... use
your low beam headlights... and leave plenty of distance ahead of
you in case a sudden stop is needed.

Fog is as thick as pea soup here in Westwood..getting worse as the day goes on! Currently 51*

Can cut the fog with a knife in Short Hills

Still some fog over here in Mahwah.No wind at all.Feel like I'm in London,LOL!

Dense fog advisories posted again for the area. Tomorrow morning may mimic this morning

It's cold. Sunny and in the 30's

I was watching a local weather show that's broadcasted from Penn State. It's two professor's that teach meteorology at their main campus in State College. They do a 15 minute show each night on the weather for PA. On Fridays they do a 7 and 12 day extended forecast. In their 12 day forecast they talked about a storm between the 15-17 that could possibly give the East coast a good dumping of snow. Does anyone have any thought's or information on this possibility? Thanks. We only had a trace of snow last night.

the cold temps in nov and now should lower the ocean temps. so that by January we should not have to worry about warm ocean air affecting our storms. last year between dec 11 and 15th the air temps in ny were 47,59,44,47. these cold snaps should help down the road.  

algae888 wrote:the cold temps in nov and now should lower the ocean temps. so that by January we should not have to worry about warm ocean air affecting our storms. last year between dec 11 and 15th the air temps in ny were 47,59,44,47. these cold snaps should help down the road.  

Agreed

sroc4 wrote:

algae888 wrote:the cold temps in nov and now should lower the ocean temps. so that by January we should not have to worry about warm ocean air affecting our storms. last year between dec 11 and 15th the air temps in ny were 47,59,44,47. these cold snaps should help down the road.  

Agreed

Temps are getting close to under 45 degrees in the ocean. North of Island Beach State Park Region....Pretty good for this time a year.

It's cold outside, just in case no one noticed.