Dense fog developed and impacted the area during the busy holiday travel.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Dense fog developed and impacted the area during the busy holiday travel.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 22, 10:18 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1018 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BRIEFLY FOR TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY AND LIFT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE PASSING TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS CHRISTMAS EVE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASSES THROUGH ON CHRISTMAS DAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS MOVE ACROSS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE BASED ON LATEST OBS. AS FOR DENSE FOG...IT WAS ISOLATED IN NATURE WITH KMGJ IN ORANGE COUNTY NY DOWN AT 1/4 MILE. MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING AHEAD OF NEXT SHORT WAVE TROF OVER THE DEEP SOUTH MAY BE LIMITING FACTOR FOR WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. ON THE HEELS OF A WEAK COLD FRONTAL OR TROF PASSAGE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. UNUSUALLY HIGH DEW POINTS IN PLACE WITH LONG WINTER NIGHTS...SHOULD ALLOW FOR AREAS OF FOG TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. LOWS TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S...EXCEPT THE LOWER 50S NYC METRO. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AN AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH IN THE NORTH CENTRAL STATES AND DOWNSTREAM RIDGE ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL LEAD TO UNUSUALLY MILD AND HUMID CONDITIONS AS WE GO INTO LATE DAY WED INTO WED NIGHT. AS A SFC LOW MOVES NE FROM THE PLAINS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE UP THE COASTAL PLAIN ON WED...WITH OVERRUNNING RAINFALL SPREADING IN FROM MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE DAY INTO EARLY EVENING AS BOTH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE /PW 1.75 INCHES/ AND LIFT MAXIMIZE JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ELEVATED LAPSE RATES SHOULD BECOME AT LEAST MOIST ADIABATIC...PERHAPS STEEPER PER 12Z NAM WITH ITS FCST MUCAPE 500-1000 J/KG...AND THIS PLUS FORCED ASCENT SHOULD LEAD TO SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER FROM LATE AFTERNOON. IF FCST NAM MUCAPE VERIFIES SMALL HAIL ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. A STRONG LLJ WILL DRIVE THE WARM FRONT NORTHWARD WED EVENING...WITH STEADY RAIN TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE. TEMPS MAY NOT FALL AT ALL WED EVENING...AND SHOULD THEN SLOWLY RISE WED NIGHT...WITH MOST AREAS IN THE LOWER 60S BY DAYBREAK. MEANWHILE DEWPOINTS WILL BE RISING TO AROUND 60...AND WITH SST ONLY IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S...WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... LOW PRES WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE MIDWEST INTO CENTRAL CANADA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. INCREASING SW FLOW DEVELOPS AS THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND HIGH PRES OFFSHORE. THIS SW FLOW WILL USHER AN UNSEASONABLY MILD DAY WITH RECORD SETTING HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS EXPECTED TO BE MET AND EXCEEDED. A 50-60 KT LLJ WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SFC COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. SFC DEWPOINTS WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S...AND PW WILL RANGE FROM 1.5-1.75 INCHES...WHICH IS AROUND 350 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE. SHOWERS TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND COLD FRONT BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. DRY CONDS EXPECTED ON CHRISTMAS DAY AS HIGH PRES PASSES NORTH OF THE REGION WITH TEMPS STILL ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S. THE FRONT RETURNS NORTH ON SATURDAY...BUT ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS...AND TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER ON SATURDAY COMPARED TO FRIDAY. LOW PRES PASSES NORTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN TO THE REGION DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. THEREAFTER...A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION INTO THE START OF THE NEW WEEK. WILL THEREFORE CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPS MAY BE COLD ENOUGH ACROSS THE INTERIOR FOR SOME SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE NIGHT. && .AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... LOW PRES OVER THE GULF OF ME WILL TRACK INTO THE MARITIMES TNGT. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH ON WED AND PASS WED EVE. AREAS OF VFR ARE EXPECTED TO GO MAINLY MVFR OR LOWER OVERNIGHT AS FOG AND LOW CLOUDS EXPAND. POTENTIAL FOR VIS TO GO BLW 1/2SM AFT 6Z. SOME BRIEF IMPROVEMENT POSSIBLE AFT 12Z...THEN RAIN OVERSPREADS THE REGION FROM THE SW. WHEN THE RAIN ENDS WED EVE...IFR OR LOWER EXPECTED IN FOG. FLOW SOMEWHAT VRB TNGT...WITH PREVAILING SW FLOW EXPECTED TO TEND TOWARDS NE LATE. SE FLOW DEVELOPS WED THEN VEERS TO THE S THRU THE DAY. WINDS AT 2000 FT INCREASE TO AROUND 40KT WED AFTN...THEN AROUND 60KT WED EVE. LLWS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TAFS. .OUTLOOK FOR 00Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD FOG/STRATUS/DRIZZLE WITH IFR AND LOWER COND. .THURSDAY...IFR AND LOWER POSSIBLE IN WIDESPREAD FOG/STRATUS. -SHRA POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A LOW CHANCE FOR TSRA POTENTIAL IN AFT/EVE. SW GUSTS 20-30 KT GUSTS POSSIBLE IN AFTN. .FRIDAY...VFR. .SATURDAY-SUNDAY...MVFR OR LOWER POSSIBLE IN -RA. && .MARINE... SCA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE OCEAN WATERS WEST OF FIRE ISLAND INLET...BUT REMAINS UP TO THE EAST FOR PRIMARILY SEAS. SE WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT ON WED. OCEAN SEAS SHOULD RETURN TO SCA LEVELS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SCA CONDS SHOULD CONTINUE ON THE OCEAN WED NIGHT...AND LIKELY SPREAD TO THE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND THE ERN SOUND...WITH GUSTS 25-30 KT AND OCEAN SEAS BUILDING TO 7-8 FT. THE 12Z NAM SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR MINIMAL GALES LATE WED NIGHT ON THE ERN OCEAN WATERS...WILL MENTION IN HWO. DENSE FOG LIKELY TO FORM ON ALL WATERS WED AFTERNOON/NIGHT AS DEWPOINTS RISE WELL ABOVE SST IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S. SCA CONDS LIKELY ON AT LEAST THE OCEAN WATERS...BUT ALSO POSSIBLE ON NY HARBOR AND LI BAYS...THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH 25-30 KT GUSTS AND OCEAN SEAS 8-10 FT. WINDS DIMINISH TO SUB-SCA CRITERIA THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT SEAS ON THE OCEAN MAY LINGER AT AROUND 5 FT THROUGH FRIDAY. TRANQUIL CONDS EXPECTED SATURDAY...AND THEN ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING A RETURN TO SCA CONDS ON SUNDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... BASIN AVG QPF MOSTLY FROM 1 TO 1.25 INCHES EXPECTED WED...MAINLY FROM MID AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WITH PW INCREASING TO 1.75 INCHES...HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL AMTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. EXPECT NUISANCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL BE ON THE RISE THIS WEEK WITH THE APPROACH OF A FULL MOON ON FRI. THESE HIGHER TIDES IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT COULD CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THU MORNING AND FRI MORNING...MAINLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND. SURGE OF 3/4 AND 1 1/2 FT WILL BE NEEDED TO REACH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING BENCHMARKS THERE. && .CLIMATE... HERE ARE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS AND FORECAST HIGHS FOR DECEMBER 23... LOCATION HIGH YEAR FORECAST NEWARK 67 1990 63 BRIDGEPORT 60 2004 59 CENTRAL PARK 66 1990 62 LAGUARDIA 66 1990 62 KENNEDY 59 2006 61 ISLIP 59 2006 61 HERE ARE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS AND FORECAST HIGHS FOR DECEMBER 24... LOCATION HIGH YEAR FORECAST NEWARK 64 1990 73 BRIDGEPORT 57 1994 67 CENTRAL PARK 63 1996 72 LAGUARDIA 63 1990 71 KENNEDY 58 1990 68 ISLIP 60 2014 66 HERE ARE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS AND FORECAST HIGHS FOR DECEMBER 25...CHRISTMAS DAY... LOCATION HIGH YEAR FORECAST NEWARK 69 1964 64 BRIDGEPORT 59 1964 60 CENTRAL PARK 64* 1982 64 LAGUARDIA 63 2014 63 KENNEDY 58 1982 62 ISLIP 56 2014 62 *ALSO OCCURRED IN PREVIOUS YEARS && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ350-353. && SYNOPSIS...GOODMAN/MPS NEAR TERM...GOODMAN/DW SHORT TERM...GOODMAN LONG TERM...MPS AVIATION...JMC MARINE...GOODMAN/MPS/DW HYDROLOGY...GOODMAN/MPS TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...// CLIMATE...//
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 359 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-103>108-NYZ067>071-074-078>081-177-179-240900- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX- EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 359 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. NJZ006-NYZ072-073-075-176-178-240900- HUDSON-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN QUEENS- 359 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ345-240900- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- 359 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ350-353-240900- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 359 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY GALES MAY BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AFTER A WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-355-240900- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 359 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
At JFK International Airport, dense fog developed resulting in poor visibility under one quarter mile during a busy travel time. This negatively impacted travel.
At Westchester County Airport in White Plains, dense fog developed resulting in poor visibility under one quarter mile during a busy travel time. This negatively impacted travel.
At LaGuardia Airport, dense fog developed resulting in poor visibility under one quarter mile during a busy travel time. This negatively impacted travel.
At JFK International Airport, dense fog developed resulting in poor visibility under one quarter mile during a busy travel time. This negatively impacted travel.
At Westchester County Airport, dense fog developed resulting in poor visibility under one quarter mile during a busy travel time. This negatively impacted travel.
At JFK International Airport, dense fog developed resulting in poor visibility under one quarter mile during a busy travel time. This negatively impacted travel.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, December 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 609004, 609007, 609005, 609008, 609010, 609011.