Saturday, October 29, 2022

Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy

This Morning's WebCam Shot - N.Wildwood

Mornin'!  It's 51° in Wildwood NJ.  We're "gray" again.  There's thick cloud cover over the island.  Breezes are out of the North at 8-10mph.  These clouds are supposed to clear out some giving us a partly sunny day with temps near 60° and NE winds at 10-20mph.  Tonight... partly clear with increasing clouds as temps drop back down to where they are now... 50° and N-NE winds at 10-15mph+gusting.  Tomorrow... much like today with a mix of clouds and sun, temps in the mid-60s with North winds at 5-10mph.  Monday... partly sunny, temps in the mid-60s and calm, variable winds.  Today is 10 years since Superstorm Sandy hit our Coast. It was 1500 miles wide and took 233 lives.  Hurricane Sandy had encountered two other weather systems intensifying its advance as it made a direct hit on the New Jersey and New York coasts. It was truly scary and thankfully the only thing damaged was under the house in the crawl space. Unfortunately all my Christmas storage containers were toppled and everything was destroyed by flood waters. It was only stuff. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a2051beb42b044c58a82d671b28bbb17

Oh... I almost forgot to mention that there's a Coastal Flood Advisory posted today from 10AM this morning to 4PM this afternoon.  I'm not sure why as there's no "New" or "Full" moons at this time or any heavy rain event or anything like that but the advisory states "minor" flooding is possible in low-lying areas on the island and/or bayside communities today. I'm thinking it's tide waters seeping in from the ground and inundating the island.  Don't drive through flood waters and remember that the back bay floods an hour later than the ocean side of the island.   Oh...one more thing, this is the last weekend of daylight savings time!  Be prepared to get an extra hour of sleep next weekend as we turn the clocks back an hour and begin to get that darkness of Winter coming in the late afternoon.  Yuck! 
High Tide: 11:23AM
Low Tide: 5:41PM
Ocean Temp: 61°
Sunrise: 7:23AM
Sunset: 6:03PM
Corona Virus Cases in NJ: 2,791,469
Corona Virus Deaths in NJ: 35,905
Corona Virus Cases in CMC: 27,720
Corona Virus Deaths in CMC: 328

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