December 2025 OBS and Discussion

[wthrmn654]

Up to 50 mph,  I'm plowing comes, and dot barrels off road,  never seen barrels with weights blowing across road before

[NEG NAO]

You can clearly see where the cold front is on radar racing east from east of Williamsport PA down through Baltimore MD

[wthrmn654]

15 mintues ago they're was about 4,800 people workout power on the island, now it's 9,800 people without power staggering 346 individuals outages 

[Brian5671]

Big winds here-delayed not denied

[wthrmn654]

And if course the tide gauges are now responding to the big up tick in winds and there rising again

[wthrmn654]

The waves here at the state park have to be 8 feet tall right now

[wthrmn654]

55 mph now

[weathermedic]

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
1028 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-
191900-
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-
Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic-
Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-
Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-
Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester-
New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-
Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwest Suffolk-Northeast Suffolk-
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Northern Queens-
Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
1028 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

A line of showers with gusty winds will be moving across the area
late this morning into early afternoon. This will likely be the
time when the strongest gusts of the day occur. Gusts will be
mostly 40-55 mph, but some areas will see gusts around 60 mph.
Gusts up to 70 mph will be possible across Long Island and coastal
Connecticut.

[psv88]

Think the worst has already passed us. 

[wthrmn654]

11,600 outages now this is insane

[guinness77]

4 minutes ago, weathermedic said:

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
1028 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-
191900-
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-
Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic-
Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-
Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-
Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester-
New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-
Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwest Suffolk-Northeast Suffolk-
Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-Northern Queens-
Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
1028 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

A line of showers with gusty winds will be moving across the area
late this morning into early afternoon. This will likely be the
time when the strongest gusts of the day occur. Gusts will be
mostly 40-55 mph, but some areas will see gusts around 60 mph.
Gusts up to 70 mph will be possible across Long Island and coastal
Connecticut.

That line they’re talking about must be the one from Long Branch to Toms River. It doesn’t look as bad as what’s passed but that has to be it. 

[Dark Star]

6 minutes ago, guinness77 said:

That line they’re talking about must be the one from Long Branch to Toms River. It doesn’t look as bad as what’s passed but that has to be it. 

The line fell apart and was nothing more than a drizzle here in Central Union county, NJ.  Winds are relatively light, though were stronger around 6:45 AM.  

[wthrmn654]

This could come close to over 20,000 without power when all said and done for pseg long island wow

Winds deft mixed down yet again

[psv88]

1 minute ago, wthrmn654 said:

This could come close to over 20,000 without power when all said and done for pseg long island wow

Winds deft mixed down yet again

Worst is over. Lost a few holiday decorations otherwise this area handles 60 mph winds with no problems 

[mob1]

As is very often the case with these events, I think the stronger and longer duration winds will be on the backside (CAA) of the storm. Maybe isolated gusts will be higher with any line moving through now, but areawide we should perform better with the cold air advection as it can mix down winds very efficiently. 

[psv88]

2 minutes ago, mob1 said:

As is very often the case with these events, I think the stronger and longer duration winds will be on the backside (CAA) of the storm. Maybe isolated gusts will be higher with any line moving through now, but areawide we should perform better with the cold air advection as it can mix down winds very efficiently. 

I don’t think so for Long Island. Gusts 60-70 which have already been recorded won’t be beat out here 

[wthrmn654]

5 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Worst is over. Lost a few holiday decorations otherwise this area handles 60 mph winds with no problems 

Well over 15,500 outages so far

[weathermedic]

Montauk Point Lighthouse Davis weather station network reported an 85mph gust. Don't know how high off the ground the sensor is mounted but still impressive.

[NorthShoreWx]

3 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

underwhelming so far but an inversion was mentioned in the AFD

I think they were right about that; you can see the squall line damping out as it reaches the coast. 

On the other hand it has been very windy here.  Peak gust from my poorly sited backyard station at 2 meters is 22mph, which breaks the old record by over 2mph...this goes back a little over a year.  Rules of thumb don't really work for that kind of inaccuracy, but I'm thinking we've gusted over 50.  It is roaring out there.

Somehow, we still have power which is a nice surprise.  This section of Smithtown is basically a 3rd world country.  Wooded with an above ground grid.

[jm1220]

13 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Worst is over. Lost a few holiday decorations otherwise this area handles 60 mph winds with no problems 

Lots of smaller branches down here and decorations/garbage pails blowing all over the place. 

[NorthShoreWx]

12 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Worst is over. Lost a few holiday decorations otherwise this area handles 60 mph winds with no problems 

Lucky you.  Someone farts here and we lose power.  Usually.  So far so good today.

[psv88]

1 minute ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Lucky you.  Someone farts here and we lose power.  Usually.  So far so good today.

I also live in a wooded area with above ground lines. It’ll happen at some point 

[wthrmn654]

64 mphs now.  

[uofmiami]

40 mph at my Syosset station and 35 mph at my Muttontown station so far for highest gusts.  Lots of trees down on northern blvd & power pole partially snapped around street corner from my house. 

[wthrmn654]

Gnarly squall like growing in the ocean south and east of montauk. 

[wthrmn654]

And that line that fell apart in jersey maybe rebuilding over long island looking at radar

[psv88]

3 minutes ago, wthrmn654 said:

64 mphs now.  

On your station?

[Brian5671]

4 minutes ago, psv88 said:

I also live in a wooded area with above ground lines. It’ll happen at some point 

Alot of woods here with above ground lines but our town has been aggressive in recent years in removing trees near the lines-has made a difference.

[jm1220]

Just now, Brian5671 said:

Alot of woods here with above ground lines but our town has been aggressive in recent years in removing trees near the lines-has made a difference.

A few years ago after a nasty T-storm knocked trees down my town trimmed most of the trees around any power line so it’s been better since then, but it’s a higher end wind event here for sure. Probably some 55+ gusts. 

[donsutherland1]

Numerous records have been tied or broken through 11 am: