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I dont get why the wind didn't hit here since we're all east of the storm track....but tornado warnings were really close.

Got any reports out of SW Nassau, Chris? I heard 58 mph at JFK/Inwood?

More than yearly...we just had an event like this a couple of weeks ago lol

Yes, that was my marker for power outages and tree damage, but it's not as bad anymore (of course we dont have leaves on the trees anymore either). Isaias caused a lot of damage though, but that was 70+....winds that strong will still cause a lot of damage

There were several reports of tornadoes where I am right now in Eastern PA, the sky was a nasty green color.

Yes I have high hopes for future generations as it seems like they have a sense of urgency the rest are lacking. And by future I mean like within the next 5-10 years lol

Thanks Walt! Do you think the impact and winds will be similar to what we went through last week and will it also be similar in NE PA?

Chris what was number 1? I know number 2 was 2007. Also do you think we'll have the top warmest November?

I can hear the wind whistling through the trees!

it also sounds a lot like 2005-06

He is the shining light here, he recognizes that the Paris Treaty is now out of date and we need much faster action now and stronger penalties for those nations who dont. This is a sad commentary, but the rising number of climate catastrophes and their multibillion dollar costs is actually a good thing as it is going to motivate conservatives and so-called moderates in states like Louisiana and Florida to faster action. The more disasters we have and the faster they occur the better for the changes we need. Ditto for pandemics and getting universal healthcare. Sad commentary on the state of this country but this is where we are.

wow a bit more tepid than Jan 2015....but Mar 01 is considered the bigger bust?

We hope they will, but it's going to be a wait and see attitude because some of the people on their transition team have connections to the fossil fuel cartel. Cedric Richmond and Moniz in particular. It's been talked about before. Richmond was one of a few Democrats who voted to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline.[18] He is the fifth-biggest recipient of money from fossil fuel donors among House Democrats. The League of Conservation Voters gave him one of the lowest ratings for any Democrat in Congress.[19] https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-appoints-fossil-fuel-ally-cedric-richmond-as-his-climate-movement-liason

I'm waiting for some AFD's from the March 2001 fiasco.

did you hear about this big event that will occur in the latter part of December? Wow this link says they will be close enough to seem like a single point of light https://www.sciencealert.com/the-planets-will-align-in-christmas-week-for-a-rare-spectacle-not-seen-in-800-years?fbclid=IwAR1R1rtsaSHcIAh8yKaFgAM99SLeBDPlhoPnTEKWg-mvd-V98VNK-34h7bw In that image you can see their moons clustered around them as if they were all about to collide..... "You'd have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky." To get the best viewing experience for this spectacular show, you're going to need to be somewhere near the equator – but if the skies are clear then the alignment should still be visible from just about anywhere on Earth. The pair of planets will show up in the night sky for about an hour after sunset each evening, according to astronomers. If you're hoping to catch a glimpse yourself, you'll need to point your telescope towards the western sky. "On the evening of closest approach on Dec 21 they will look like a double planet, separated by only 1/5th the diameter of the full moon," says Hartigan. "For most telescope viewers, each planet and several of their largest moons will be visible in the same field of view that evening." "The further north a viewer is, the less time they'll have to catch a glimpse of the conjunction before the planets sink below the horizon." The planets will be bright enough in the sky to be visible in twilight, which might be the best time to try and take a look at them if you're in the US. Websites such as Stellarium should help you work out where you should be looking from your vantage point. While this kind of alignment hasn't occurred since the Middle Ages, it will happen again fairly soon, in March 2080. After that though, Jupiter and Saturn won't get as close in our night sky until 2400.

the issue was that we waited for it to snow all day and the heavy snow occurred in the middle of the night when most us were asleep. I HATE THAT

didn't realize 2009 was on this list, that was a classic snowy winter that comes after a mild November.

Don didn't Jan 2000 have a crazy weird freak snowstorm? But it snowed in the south and rained in the north?

are we going to have to recalibrate what we consider el nino or la nina?

the big difference is that la ninas that come after moderate or strong el ninos are some of our snowiest winters.

Do you remember that crazy storm on Christmas Eve in Dec 1994? Was that actually a tropical storm making landfall at JFK after getting Fujiwhara-ed?

1999 is catching up quick....I see a lot of records both in the east and west that were previously set in 1999. I just have caution with it because of the 11 yr cycle. By the way, this is far out there, but what do you see for next summer? 2021 is part of the 11 yr cycle of hot summers but if we have a developing el nino next year it might be like some of the 11 year cycle summers that had a developing el nino which have a week or two of heat but mild besides that (then again there's 2002 which was pretty hot throughout; it's not part of the 11 yr cycle of extremely hot summers but shows that you can have a hot eastern summer even during a developing el nino.) I've also seen 1975-76 being tossed out there....what do you think of that comparison? The funny thing about 2005-06 was that the second half of winter should have been more wintry.....March was pretty cold but we didn't get much snow. Most of the snow we got that winter was concentrated in two storms, the one in December and the other one in February. As you mentioned previously, in la ninas, December tends to be an indicator for how the winter will go. It doesn't even have to be the beginning of December, but if you have a decent snow event sometime during the month it usually means good things for the rest of winter.

if we get a moderate or strong el nino next year it may eat into what was set to be another baking hot summer following in the 11 yr cycle. The summers in the 11 yr cycle that haven't been extremely hot (but still had periods of extreme heat) were all developing el ninos. Then again so was 2002.....

1999 appears to be a strong analog for both the east and west coast

Reminds me of 2010 here!