Sunday, March 2, 2014

Tighten up...Titan's coming!

Mornin'!  It's 39° in sunny Wildwood.  No breezes to write about and it's appearing to be a lovely Sunday morning at the shore.  Looks are deceiving as there's a Winter Storm Warning in effect until tomorrow night.  You'll begin hearing the roar of March's Lion around dinner time tonight.  Hope you got your milk and bread...if not, it'll be a mostly nice day...partly sunny, high of 50° and light breezes out of the W-SW at 5-8mph...so you still have a decent day to get some groceries in (that is if there's any milk or bread left on the shelf). Ok...so around dinner time tonight the shift begins as this massive storm that's barreling across the county hits our coast. They say it's not a Nor'easter but this monster has a name... "Titan".  Go figure!  So, Titan will have entered our region (along with my sphincter) early evening with clouds rolling in as the sky becomes overcast and breezes kick up from the N-NE at 20-25mph.  Temps will drop into the low-20s while at the same time there's a 100% chance of precipitation.  It'll start with a wintry mix which may have an accumulation of 1-3" (we're talking ice/sleet in this initial mix).  Then on the overnight...100% chance of precipitation continues as Titan explodes over the coast providing us with 6-10" of the white stuff.  I seriously don't think we're going miss the bullet this time by simply having another rain event.  Titan's heading right for Wildwood, NJ. The storm will be head off the coast by Monday night.  We're still in the New Moon "high tide" watch too so I'm sure we'll see Titan Tidal Flooding!  Ouch.  Be careful out there.
High tide:8:29a.m. and 8:54p.m.
Low tide:2:30p.m.
Ocean temp:39°
Sunset:5:52p.m.
Here's the exact copy of today's Nat'l Weather Service Report: 
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...MARYLANDS EASTERN SHORE...THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF DELAWARE AS WELL AS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY SNOW WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE AT THE BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 11 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON CHANGES TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY 3 AM MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AND THEN END LATE IN THE DAY. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...PLUNGING TO NEAR 20 BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MONDAY MORNING`S COMMUTE WILL BE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT. * FOLLOWING THE STORM...NEAR RECORD COLD IS POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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