Sunday, May 15, 2022

Lunar Eclipse Sunday

Mornin'!  It's 56° in Wildwood NJ.  We're under some thick foggy conditions again this morning with breezes out of the S-SW at 5-7mph.  Expect some widespread, dense fog this morning (mainly before 10am) otherwise, a mostly cloudy day with possible peeks of sunshine and temps in the mid-upper 60s and S-SW winds at 5-10mph.  There's a 20% chance of a stray shower or thunderstorm today as well.  Tonight... mostly cloudy, with showers after midnight (40% chance) and temps back to where they are now... mid-50s.  Winds will be out of the South at 10-5mph. There's a lunar eclipse happening tonight (10:27pm) and by 12:53AM on Monday a total eclipse of the moon will occur.  The moon, earth and sun will all fall into alignment as the moon passes through the darkest part of earth's shadow (umbra) creating the eclipse. The disappointing fact to all of this is that the Coast will probably not be able to see it because of all the cloud cover.  Sunday night into Monday may be just partly cloudy, but it all remains to be seen (or not).  If we do get to see that upcoming Full Moon aka Blood Moon through the darkness the sun's rays will paint the moon a reddish hue as any blue/green colors will be scattered in the atmosphere and invisible to our naked eye... only the orange and reds will remain visible.  If the clouds do disperse tonight (very unlikely), we may see a moonrise over the ocean's horizon around 7:48PM.  It's always a blast to see that.  As for tomorrow's weather... looks like we're going to have another cloudy, damp day with 80% chance of precipitation, temps in the upper 60s and Winds out of the South at 10-15mph ramping up by nightfall, then shifting out of the SW at 20-25mph as temps drop back into the mid-50s.  Tuesday... a perfect sunny day! 
High Tide: 7:55AM
Low Tide: 1:48PM
Ocean Temp: 51°
Sunrise: 5:44AM
Sunset: 8:07PM
Moonrise: 7:48PM
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