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Thank you. It seems that the formula dropped "T" rather than counting it as 0 on the spreadsheet. Mean: 3.5"; median: 2.0"
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For reference, New York City area locations where daily records could be challenged or broken on December 5th:
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2025-2026 ENSO
donsutherland1 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
IMO, this oversimplifies the PNA. A PNA- is not only possible, but is likely to be the predominant state this month based on broad consensus of the guidance. There's a lot more that contributes to the PNA. So far, December has seen PNA values of +0.022 on December 1st and -0.149 on December 2nd. Yesterday's GEFS forecast: Here's the EPS 46-Day forecast: Last winter provides a good example of how one can reach incorrect conclusions from oversimplifying things. Despite the La Niña, the PNA was positive on almost 96% of days. It was also +1.000 or above on 34% of days. ENSO-PNA mismatches can occur. These mismatches are a product of a more complex ocean-atmosphere system than would be suggested by simpler rules. In short, even as there is a tendency for the PNA to be negative during La Niña/positive during El Niño (same direct relationship with regard to the PDO), that tendency is far from iron-clad. All said, I see little at this time to suggest that the base scenario of a PNA- December has grown less likely. The continued persistence of the guidance has, if anything, reinforced the base scenario of a predominant PNA- overall. -
103 NOUS41 KPHI 022025 PNSPHI DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-070- 071-101>106-030825- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 325 PM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...SNOWFALL AND FREEZING RAIN REPORTS AS OF 3:15 PM 12/2/25... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...New Jersey... ...Mercer County... Trenton Mercer Airport T in 0700 AM 12/02 ASOS ...Morris County... 1 SW Netcong 1.6 in 1115 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Green Pond 1.0 in 1050 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Lake Hopatcong 1.0 in 1045 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Milton 1.0 in 1150 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 S Butler 0.9 in 1200 PM 12/02 Public 2 SSW Randolph 0.2 in 0200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Sussex County... Kittatinny Lake 3.6 in 0100 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Wantage Twp 3.1 in 0200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Sussex 2.5 in 0125 PM 12/02 Public 4 WSW Wantage Twp 2.3 in 0100 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Sparta 2.0 in 1200 PM 12/02 Emergency Mngr Ogdensburg 1.8 in 0145 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 2 NW Vernon 1.4 in 1250 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Warren County... 1 WSW Blairstown Twp 2.2 in 1145 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Hackettstown 0.5 in 1115 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Stewartsville 0.5 in 0930 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Pennsylvania... ...Berks County... Leesport 1.7 in 1037 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Reading Regional Airport 0.7 in 0100 PM 12/02 ASOS Huffs Church 0.6 in 0930 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Morgantown 0.3 in 0852 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Carbon County... 1 ENE Palmerton 3.7 in 1240 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Jim Thorpe 3.4 in 1155 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Chester County... 1 N East Nantmeal Twp 0.3 in 0830 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Lehigh County... Washington Twp 4.0 in 1130 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 SE North Whitehall Twp 2.0 in 1140 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 NW Schnecksville 2.0 in 1230 PM 12/02 Cocorahs Wescosville 1.4 in 0130 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Lehigh Valley International 0.8 in 0100 PM 12/02 ASOS Salisbury Twp 0.8 in 0915 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Monroe County... Coolbaugh Twp 5.3 in 0230 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Mount Pocono 5.3 in 0100 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Saylorsburg 4.3 in 1200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 2 SSE Lake Monroe 3.5 in 1230 PM 12/02 Public 1 SSW Paradise Valley 3.5 in 1120 AM 12/02 Public Pocono Summit 3.5 in 1100 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 E Scotrun 3.2 in 1227 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 N Arlington Heights 2.5 in 1200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Northampton County... 1 SSE Bushkill Twp 3.1 in 1140 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Bangor 3.0 in 1200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Danielsville 3.0 in 0222 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 E Pen Argyl 2.5 in 1200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 3 E Moore Twp 2.2 in 1125 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Nazareth 2.2 in 1105 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Martins Creek 1.6 in 1045 AM 12/02 CO-OP Observer ...Philadelphia County... Philadelphia International T in 0700 AM 12/02 ASOS ...FREEZING RAIN REPORTS... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Delaware... ...New Castle County... Wilmington T in 0919 AM 12/02 ASOS ...New Jersey... ...Somerset County... Somerville 0.06 in 0127 PM 12/02 ASOS ...Sussex County... Sussex T in 0134 PM 12/02 ASOS ...Pennsylvania... ...Berks County... Reading 0.05 in 1154 AM 12/02 ASOS ...Bucks County... Doylestown 0.05 in 0914 AM 12/02 ASOS ...Lehigh County... Lehigh Valley Intl Airport 0.01 in 1251 PM 12/02 ASOS ...Monroe County... Mt. Pocono 0.01 in 0133 PM 12/02 ASOS ...Montgomery County... Pottstown 0.08 in 1054 AM 12/02 ASOS &&
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063 NOUS41 KBGM 022104 PNSBGM NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047- 048-072-030904- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Binghamton NY 404 PM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM PAST 6 HOURS... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...New York... ...Broome County... 1 SSE Whitney Point 6.2 in 0315 PM 12/02 NWS Employee Whitney Point 6.0 in 1130 AM 12/02 Public NWS Binghamton 5.9 in 0100 PM 12/02 Official NWS Obs 2 SW Lisle 5.8 in 0100 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Vestal Center 3.9 in 1237 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 N Johnson City 3.6 in 1245 PM 12/02 Broadcast Media Vestal 3.2 E 2.9 in 0140 PM 12/02 COCORAHS Kirkwood 2.7 in 1010 AM 12/02 Public ...Cayuga County... 1 ESE Locke 5.6 in 1245 PM 12/02 NWS Employee ...Chemung County... Horseheads 4.5 in 1227 PM 12/02 Public 1 ESE Horseheads North 4.1 in 1150 AM 12/02 Broadcast Media 1 S Elmira 4.0 in 1155 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Chenango County... Sherburne 6.5 in 0300 PM 12/02 Public Greene 6.0 in 0200 PM 12/02 Public ...Cortland County... Solon 7.0 in 0150 PM 12/02 Public Marathon 6.5 in 0100 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 NE Cortland 5.2 in 1205 PM 12/02 Public ...Delaware County... 1 NE Beerston 8.5 in 0230 PM 12/02 Public Franklin 7.0 in 0145 PM 12/02 Law Enforcement Margaretville 7.0 in 0240 PM 12/02 Public 2 NW Peabrook 5.9 in 0325 PM 12/02 Emergency Mngr Delhi 4.0 in 1045 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Fishs Eddy 4.0 in 1245 PM 12/02 Public East Meredith 4.0 in 0225 PM 12/02 Public Stamford 4.0 in 0240 PM 12/02 Public Bovina Center 2.0 in 1206 PM 12/02 ...Madison County... Chittenango 6.0 in 1245 PM 12/02 Public 2 SE Chittenango 4.7 in 0227 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Oneida County... Sauquoit 7.0 in 0315 PM 12/02 Public Hinckley 7.0 in 0315 PM 12/02 Public Forestport 6.0 in 1130 AM 12/02 Public Marcy 5.5 in 0100 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 SE Waterville 5.5 in 0315 PM 12/02 Public Whitesboro 5.2 in 0300 PM 12/02 Public Knoxboro 4.0 in 0125 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Paris 4.0 in 0133 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Waterville 4.0 in 0315 PM 12/02 Public 3 NE Deerfield 2.6 in 1030 AM 12/02 Broadcast Media ...Onondaga County... Jamesville 5.2 in 1200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Tully 0.3 NNW 5.0 in 0300 PM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Otsego County... Hartwick 6.0 in 0350 PM 12/02 Public New Lisbon 5.0 in 1200 PM 12/02 Public 1 NNW Mt Vision 5.0 in 1259 PM 12/02 Public Emmons 4.9 in 0327 PM 12/02 Public ...Schuyler County... Beaver Dams 4.0 in 1055 AM 12/02 Public Tyrone 4.0 in 0150 PM 12/02 Public Montour Falls 4.0 in 0353 PM 12/02 Public 1 NW Hector 3.2 in 1141 AM 12/02 ...Seneca County... 1 WNW Townsendville 3.0 in 1130 AM 12/02 Public ...Steuben County... Cameron Mills 5.0 in 0351 PM 12/02 Public Painted Post 0.7 SSE 4.5 in 0100 PM 12/02 COCORAHS Corning 3.8 in 1200 PM 12/02 Public Jasper 3.0 in 1120 AM 12/02 Public ...Sullivan County... Narrowsburg 8.0 in 0225 PM 12/02 Public Jeffersonville 8.0 in 0330 PM 12/02 Public 4 E Grahamsville 6.5 in 0230 PM 12/02 Public Liberty 6.0 in 0240 PM 12/02 Public 1 E Callicoon Center 5.0 in 1046 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Wurtsboro 5.0 in 0330 PM 12/02 Public Woodbourne 3.5 in 1056 AM 12/02 Public Jeffersonville 2.5 in 1005 AM 12/02 Public ...Tioga County... 1 SSW Newark Valley 7.0 in 0240 PM 12/02 NWS Employee 2 WSW Nanticoke 6.0 in 1119 AM 12/02 Berkshire 6.0 in 0136 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Richford 6.0 in 0245 PM 12/02 Public Tioga Terrace 2.3 in 1222 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...Tompkins County... Freeville 6.5 in 0345 PM 12/02 Public West Danby 5.5 in 1200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Newfield 5.0 in 1150 AM 12/02 Public Newfield 5.0 in 0353 PM 12/02 Public Trumansburg 4.3 in 0140 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 SW Forest Home 4.3 in 0320 PM 12/02 Public Enfield 4.0 in 0200 PM 12/02 Public ...Pennsylvania... ...Bradford County... Sayre 3.8 in 1200 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Athens 1.2 N 3.3 in 0100 PM 12/02 COCORAHS 1 S Sayre 3.3 in 0105 PM 12/02 ...Lackawanna County... 2 WNW Springbrook Corner 7.0 in 0100 PM 12/02 Public 1 NW Jessup 5.4 in 0234 PM 12/02 Taylor 4.2 in 0215 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 2 NNE Moosic 4.2 in 0220 PM 12/02 Official NWS Obs Wallsville 4.0 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Waverly 4.0 in 1240 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 SSW Oakhill 4.0 in 0100 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Clarks Summit 3.5 in 1100 AM 12/02 Public ...Luzerne County... Edwardsville 5.3 in 1249 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Sugar Notch 5.0 in 1220 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Dallas 5.0 in 1225 PM 12/02 Public 1 SE Albert 4.6 in 0104 PM 12/02 Pittston 4.0 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio ...Pike County... 1 ENE Twin Lakes 6.5 in 0320 PM 12/02 Public Rowland 6.0 in 1230 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio 4 ENE Milford 4.0 in 1246 PM 12/02 Public ...Susquehanna County... Brackney 5.0 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Forest City 4.8 in 0200 PM 12/02 Public Susquehanna 4.5 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Uniondale 4.5 in 0310 PM 12/02 Public ...Wayne County... 2 W Damascus 8.0 in 0345 PM 12/02 Public Lakewood 5.0 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Equinunk 5.0 in 1230 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Lake Como 5.0 in 0345 PM 12/02 Emergency Mngr Honesdale 4.5 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Newfoundland 4.0 in 1230 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Greentown 3.5 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio Orson 2.8 in 1200 PM 12/02 Amateur Radio ...Wyoming County... Falls 5.0 in 0300 PM 12/02 Public 1 ESE Mill City 4.5 in 0220 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter &&
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612 NOUS41 KOKX 022136 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-030936- Public Information Statement National Weather Service New York NY 436 PM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...SNOWFALL REPORTS... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Connecticut... ...Fairfield County... 4 NNW New Fairfield 2.5 in 0404 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter ...New York... ...Orange County... 2 SW Middletown 3.9 in 0330 PM 12/02 Fire Dept/Rescue 2 S Montgomery Airport 3.1 in 0301 PM 12/02 Public 1 WNW Monroe 2.5 in 1245 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Chester 2.3 in 0112 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter Pine Bush 2.2 in 1220 PM 12/02 Public 1 WSW Balmville 2.2 in 0130 PM 12/02 Public 2 E Highland Mills 2.2 in 0157 PM 12/02 Public 2 SSW Middletown 2.0 in 1209 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Chester 2.0 in 1230 PM 12/02 Trained Spotter 2 SSW Stewart Airport 2.0 in 0144 PM 12/02 Public 3 WNW Warwick 2.0 in 0340 PM 12/02 Public Chester 1.0 in 1056 AM 12/02 Cocorahs ...Westchester County... Peekskill 1.1 in 1200 PM 12/02 Public &&
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While New York City and its immediate suburbs experienced a cold rain, parts of the region saw some snow. Peekskill picked up 1.1" of snow. 2 SW of Middletown received 3.9". Binghamton saw 5.9". A colder than normal pattern is in place. A prolonged stretch of below normal temperatures will likely continue into or through the second week of December. December 1-10 will be a solidly colder than normal period. The potential exists for the coldest first 10 days of December since at least 2007 (33.4°, 5th coldest December 1-10 since 2000). The five coldest December 1-10 periods since 2000 were: 1. 30.6°, 2002 2. 32.2°, 2003 3. 32.4°, 2000 4. 33.1°, 2005 5. 33.4°, 2007 All 5 of these cases had measurable snowfall in Central Park. Rain will end tonight. Tomorrow will be blustery and cool with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s. The coldest air mass so far this season will overspread the region starting Thursday or Thursday night. The temperature will tumble into the 20s Thursday night before bottoming out in the lower 20s Friday morning. It now appears that the weekend will be cool but dry. The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -0.1°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.6°C for the week centered around November 26. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.18°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.67°C. La Niña conditions will likely continue through at least mid-winter. The SOI was -11.42 today. The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.016 today.
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Some fun statistics. Whether things actually wind up like the often snowy winters associated with a very cold start to December remains to be seen.
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Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Area, and Volume
donsutherland1 replied to ORH_wxman's topic in Climate Change
Overall, Arctic sea ice extent is far below the prior record for December 1st. On December 1, Arctic sea ice extent was 9.342 million square kilometers. That was 419,000 square kilometers below the prior record that had been set in 2016. The 2010s average was 10.450 million square kilometers. The 1980s figure was 12.137 million square kilometers. 2024 and 2025 is the first case where two consecutive years saw less than 10 million square kilometers on December 1. Source: JAXA -
As per mPING, the precipitation has started as rain in New York City and southern Westchester County. North of White Plains, there was a rain/snow mixture.
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According to NWS data, the 8 am temperature in the Bronx was 36°. Even as there remains a chance that some snow/sleet could be seen at the onset of the precipitation, no accumulation is likely. As per mPING, the precipitation arrived as light rain in Union, NJ. We'll see whether it briefly flips to sleet/snow upon growing heavier. If not, that's not a good sign for the NYC area.
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Occasional Thoughts on Climate Change
donsutherland1 replied to donsutherland1's topic in Climate Change
We have both discussed it. It’s laughable to think that sea level rise in Miami has zero cost. By 2100, the sea will be 0.7-1.1 meters above its 2000 level (intermediate-low to intermediate scenarios) for the Southeast. By 2150, the numbers are 1.1-2.1 meters. There is no magical solution to avoid the ocean’s reclaiming land at such changes. Source: https://earth.gov/sealevel/us/internal_resources/756/noaa-nos-techrpt01-global-regional-SLR-scenarios-US.pdf -
A colder than normal pattern has now moved into place. A prolonged stretch of below normal temperatures will likely continue into or through the second week of December. December 1-10 will be a solidly colder than normal period. The potential exists for the coldest first days of December since at least 2007 (33.4°, 5th coldest December 1-10 since 2000). The five coldest December 1-10 periods since 2000 were: 1. 30.6°, 2002 2. 32.2°, 2003 3. 32.4°, 2000 4. 33.1°, 2005 5. 33.4°, 2007 All 5 of these cases had measurable snowfall in Central Park. A storm will affect the region on tomorrow into Wednesday, bringing 0.50"-1.50" precipitation to the region. Some wet snowflakes are possible in and around New York City early on, but no accumulation is likely. Interior sections have the highest probability of seeing accumulations of snow. Binghamton and portions of northwest New Jersey will likely see 3"-6" of snow with some locally higher amounts. Albany could see 4"-8" of snow. The coldest air mass so far this season could move into the region late in the week. The temperature will likely tumble into the 20s Thursday night into Friday in New York City. Another system could bring some light precipitation to the region during the weekend. The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -0.1°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.6°C for the week centered around November 26. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.18°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.67°C. La Niña conditions will likely continue through at least mid-winter. The SOI was -12.82 today. The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.520 today.
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Occasional Thoughts on Climate Change
donsutherland1 replied to donsutherland1's topic in Climate Change
Exactly. They dismiss the simple watt-for-watt comparability of energy sources because they still imagine a world where fossil fuels are the superior source of energy. They rage against any acknowledgment of implicit subsidies, because recognition of those costs reveal how the playing field has been tilted toward fossil fuels for generations. They pretend the economic, environmental, and social costs of engineering a hotter planet are $0, because only that fiction allows them to erase the mounting bill for continuing to choose to burn carbon at a massive scale. A $0 assumption also allows them to set aside the profound ethical choices involved in continuing to reject less expensive and cleaner alternatives for fossil fuels. Trapped in a worldview shaped by the sunk-cost fallacy, they insist that yesterday’s benefits justify tomorrow’s risks. They cling to the comforts of the past as if nostalgia could grant immunity from the consequences for their shortsighted choice. In doing so, they gamble the future on the belief that the benefits of yesterday’s energy can somehow cancel out the costs of the world it is relentlessly warming. -
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2025-2026 ENSO
donsutherland1 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
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Personally, I think that there should be a headline. Even if NYC, its nearby suburbs, and Long Island won't be getting much, if any, snowfall, parts of the forum will.
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3"-6" seems realistic for Orange County (as for my sister in Milford, PA). This should be a nice event to get the winter season started.
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Occasional Thoughts on Climate Change
donsutherland1 replied to donsutherland1's topic in Climate Change
Implicit subsidies are based on imperfect estimates. But they recognize that there are real costs. Those costs are substantial even if they are estimates. One need not agree on the exact figure ($7.1 trillion) to recognize that they are very large. A framework that assumes that such costs don't exist is wholly unrealistic. Also, the IMF's working papers are not scientific in nature. They are estimates for policy makers. Finally, I recognize that there have been subsidies for renewable energy e.g., as one witnessed with the Inflation Reduction Act. An "infant industry" argument can be made. Energy has been a highly subsidized field. One finds a range of tax deductions, credits, and subsidies i.e., a deduction for intangible drilling costs, depletion allowances, accelerated depreciation for oil and gas infrastructure, etc. Unlike some of the renewable technologies, the fossil fuel industry is anything but an infant industry. -
Occasional Thoughts on Climate Change
donsutherland1 replied to donsutherland1's topic in Climate Change
Without doubt, fossil fuel interests and their allies reject the concept of implicit subsidies. Even as implicit subsidies are estimates, they are premised on the reality that that the burning of fossil fuels leads to an increase in particulate matter, dumps greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and drives changes in climate that have significant societal costs and even larger long-term costs associated with lost economic output, human health, climate change-enhanced disasters, etc. The question isn't whether such costs exist. They do. It isn't whether they are significant. They are. The only meaningful question concerns the exact magnitude of such costs. Estimating implicit subsidies is a far more realistic practice than relying exclusively on an explicit subsidies-only framework. An explicit subsidies-only framework rests on the fatally-flawed assumption that there are no costs from the burning of fossil fuels beyond those captured in explicit subsidies. Implicit subsidies provide a fuller and much more realistic picture. It's obviously a picture the fossil fuel interests seek to mask, much as the tobacco interests had done in the face of rising lung cancer cases and other smoking-related conditions decades earlier. It is also no less unethical than the deceptive practices deployed by the embattled tobacco industry at that time. Fossil fuel interests, who are largely responsible for the problem of anthropogenic climate change, want to dictate the rules by which society views energy in general and costs of energy in particular. They don't want society to accept that there are better, cleaner, less costly alternatives for a growing share of energy needs. The International Monetary Fund chooses to provide a fuller picture. It isn't perfect, but it is far more complete than one the fossil fuel interests seek to paint.The IMF's framework is far more accurate than any simplistic framework that treats the implicit subsidies associated with the burning of fossil fuels as $0. -
A cooler than normal November is concluding. New York City is finishing with a monthly mean temperature of 47.2°, which is 0.8° below normal (0.5° below the older 1981-2010 baseline). A cold front will bring showers tonight into early tomorrow. Afterward, a prolonged stretch of below normal temperatures will likely continue into or through the second week of December. December 1-10 will be a solidly colder than normal period. The potential exists for the coldest first days of December since at least 2010 (34.6°, 6th coldest December 1-10 since 2000). The five coldest December 1-10 periods since 2000 were: 1. 30.6°, 2002 2. 32.2°, 2003 3. 32.4°, 2000 4. 33.1°, 2005 5. 33.4°, 2007 All 5 of these cases had measurable snowfall in Central Park. A storm will affect the region on Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing 0.50"-1.50" precipitation to the region. There is a distinct possibility that New York City could see its first measurable snowfall of the season, even as the storm will be mainly a rain event. Interior sections have the highest probability of seeing accumulations of snow. The coldest air mass so far this season could move into the region late in the week. The temperature will likely tumble into the 20s Thursday night into Friday in New York City. Another system could bring some light precipitation to the region during the weekend. The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -0.7°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.7°C for the week centered around November 12. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.16°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.65°C. La Niña conditions will likely continue through at least mid-winter. The SOI was -2.04 today. The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -0.064 today.
