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It was too strong with the -NAO and too weak with the Northern Stream of the Pacific Jet into the Pacific NW. So this lowered heights more out West which allowed the ridge axis to get pushed further to the east. The big question for mid to late January is exactly where the ridge and trough axis sets up? New run Old run

The last time we were able to pull off that feat was back in 2009. Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Month of Jan Lowest Maximum Temperature Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1875 37 0 - 1857 37 1 2 1867 39 0 3 1881 40 0 - 1856 40 0 4 1873 42 0 5 1884 43 0 - 1877 43 0 - 1868 43 0 - 1861 43 0 6 1948 44 0 - 1865 44 1 7 1977 45 0 - 1883 45 0 - 1866 45 0 8 1971 46 0 9 1956 47 0 - 1896 47 0 - 1879 47 0 10 2009 48 0 - 1970 48 0 - 1969 48 0 - 1941 48 0 - 1882 48 0 - 1878 48 0 - 1872 48 0 11 1922 49 1 - 1871 49 0

This was the most impressive snowfall record in the Northeast for December.

Happy New Year to everyone. Another snow squall coming through after the activity later last evening. Getting a fresh coating here with the wind shift and temperature drop. Jan 1, 6:53 am 34 28 79 22 WNW 22G36 1.50 Lt snow SCT016 BKN025 OVC050 999.70 29.51 29.52 T T 39 34 Jan 1, 6:50 am 34 28 80 25 W 13G25 0.75 Lt snow SCT016 BKN027 OVC055 29.51 29.52 Jan 1, 6:46 am 37 29 72 27 W 20G36 1.50 Lt snow SCT020 BKN027 OVC055 29.51 29.52 T Jan 1, 6:45 am 37 28 70 28 W 17G32 2.50 Lt snow SCT024 BKN030 OVC055 29.51 29.52 Jan 1, 6:40 am 39 28 65 31 W 14G21 8.00 SCT028 BKN044 OVC055 29.50 29.51 Jan 1, 6:35 am 39 28 65 32 WSW 13 10.00 FEW037 SCT045 OVC060 29.49 29.50 Jan 1, 6:30 am 39 28 65 34 SW 8 10.00 FEW045 BKN060 OVC070 29.49 29.50 Jan 1, 6:25 am 39 28 65 33 SW 9 10.00 BKN060 OVC070

Great job. For some reason, this type of pattern has preceded or accompanied El Niño development. So it will be interesting to see how things go since this has been the most amplified version of the pattern we have seen in December. Less amplified versions of this December pattern 1996…..1997-1998 super El Nino 1981……1982-1983 super El Niño 1980….weak El Nino 1977…..weak El Niño 1958…..strong El Niño winter before 1957…..strong El Niño

Record low sea ice thickness this year near the North Pole due to how much warmer than normal it has been there. https://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php

The really big story this year has been the record breaking number of days by a wide margin with wind gusts exceeding 40 and 50 mph across the area. This is the result of an unusually active storm track through the Great Lakes and to the west of the I-95 corridor. Nearly all the days with these stronger gusts had a west to northwest flow. The lack of coastal systems this year really stood out as there was only a small number of days with 40 or 50 mph gusts from a southeast to northeast direction. So a continuation of the very dominant northern stream of the Pacific Jet pattern. At least December allowed our region to get two 4-8” clipper systems for the first time during the month. But since these were northern stream storm systems, we couldn’t get into a coastal KU benchmark track. Plus the Great Lakes cutter pattern remained active so we had two warm ups with rain and fog shortly after the two snowstorms. These clippers narrowly focused the snowfall to such an extent, that it’s the first time since the 1980s and 1950s in December that the heavier 10”+ snows focused around NYC Metro. Which didn’t allow Philly and or Boston to share in the heavier 10”+snows.

If anyone on here had a super amplified 500 mb composite version of December 1996, 1981, 1980, 1977, 1958, and 1957, it would have been an outstanding December forecast on your part. We nave never seen such an amplified -WPO and Southwest ridge pattern with a -PNA trough in Canada before. This is why the pattern this December was so unusual across the CONUS and North America.

One of the coolest sights I had living in Long Beach occurred on a day like this with WAA over a deep snowpack. It was a dense fog which only extended to around 5-10 feet above the snowpack. Had to be the shallowest fog bank I ever saw on the South Shore.

My friend lived in the West End of Long Beach for many years. It was a 2nd floor add on to an original one floor beach bungalow. The construction used lally columns which allowed the apartment to sway when wind gusts started getting over 30-40 mph. So you could visibly see the hanging light fixture from the ceiling swaying from side to side. The cat would stare at this a meow especially during nor’easters.

Subsidence and sea level rise are leading to the new Miami skyscrapers slowly sinking also.

Yeah, numerous issues related to the swaying in the stronger winds.

It’s got to be a real experience living in one of these supertalls. The Brooklyn Tower is having the same issues as 432 Park. Very loud noises and more sway than the residents were told about before they bought or rented. Plus this year set the record for days with wind gusts over 40 mph by a wide margin behind all these storms racing through the Great Lakes like what we are going to see a repeat of again the next few days. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DS0cuaxDEzD/?igsh=NDg2cDVkNTFmNWk0

Classic snowpack eater dense fog across the area this morning with only around 0.12 mile visibility at spots like JFK and ISP. Dec 29, 6:51 am 42 41 96 37 SSW 8 0.12 Lt drizzle, Fog