November 2025 OBS Discussion

[Dark Star]

Jeff Beradelli has stated that sudden stratospheric warming will begin today, dropping a polar vortex into the northeast by early next month.  

[psv88]

1 hour ago, Dark Star said:

Jeff Beradelli has stated that sudden stratospheric warming will begin today, dropping a polar vortex into the northeast by early next month.  

Who?

[BxEngine]

2 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Who?

 

[mgerb]

Just now, psv88 said:

Who?

Jeff Berardelli is who he meant. E.g., https://www.facebook.com/JeffBerardelli/

[psv88]

2 minutes ago, mgerb said:

Jeff Berardelli is who he meant. E.g., https://www.facebook.com/JeffBerardelli/

Just looked. I guess he missed his post yesterday about the mini heat wave about to hit the southern portion of the country. 

[IrishRob17]

19 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Who?

I forget when Jeff moved to Florida but when he was still on WCBS here he would occasionally post on here, or maybe it was on Eastern before this one.

[WxWatcher007]

On 11/17/2025 at 9:51 AM, eduggs said:

I'm not one to argue that climate change isn't having an impact. On the contrary, I believe the regional climate has warmed so significantly that its effects have clearly bled into observable weather statistics.

But just to play devil's advocate regarding Saranac Lake this year... anecdotally it has been a windy, cloudy November up there. The coldest airmasses have not been accompanied by calm, dry conditions. I suspect that somewhat unfavorable conditions for radiational cooling in the Adirondacks thus far this fall are superimposed on a relatively warm background.

I don’t post here often, but happened to stumble upon this just now. Agree with what you said—it has been cloudy and windy (and snowy) with the coldest air masses—not great for rad cooling. I also agree with Bluewave on how warm Canada has been generally in recent years. If you look at most recent Decembers, with the exception of last year they have been headed in a warmer direction. 

The locals here talk about how fast a start it has been with snow, but we haven’t had any truly cold nights relative to what the area can get (not that I’m a local, I’m new to the area).

It’s been a cold month overall however. The airport is -3.3° as of 11/17. Normal hi/lo for today is 41/21. In the village we had a low today of 24…but we’re currently at 27° and will struggle to hit freezing again.