Dreary Monday

Otten's Harbor - Webcam this morning

Mornin'!  It's 48° in Wildwood NJ.  We're socked in with dense fog.  It's windy too with winds out of the South at 20-25mph +gusting.  Expect this fog to turn to rain around mid-day (80% chance) with temps rising into the mid-upper 50s.  Those Southerly winds will ramp up to 25-35mph +gusting to over 50mph. Tonight... 90% chance of rain and still very windy as temps drop into the low-mid 30s.  Winds will be out of the S-SW at 25-35mph +gusting.  Tomorrow... this weather system we're having today will check out tomorrow morning early and those gusty winds will blow on out of here by the afternoon.  It looks like a mostly sunny Tuesday wtih temps in the low-40s and W-NW winds at 20-30mph simmering down to 10-20mph.  Tomorrow night... partly clear with some clouds in the mix, cold temps around 28° and NW winds at 10-20mph making it feel more like the low-20s.  Wednesday... it's the New Moon and cloudy with temps in the upper 30s and E-NE winds at 5-10mph.  Wednesday night... partly cloudy, temps in the mid-30s and SE winds at 5-10mph. 
High Tides: 6:26AM and 6:47PM
Low Tide: 12:46PM
Ocean Temp: 40.6°
Sunrise: 7:09AM
Sunset: 7:07PM

Ides Of March - Nasty Crapola Weather Coming

This Morning's Webcam Shots - East and West

Mornin'!  It's 41° feeling like 34° with those East winds at 15-20mph  +gusting.  Ms Sun's up and shining through some scattered clouds everywhere. It's the Ides of March known as the day Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44BC.  It's also known as a term representing the middle of the month or the first full moon of the month.  The New Moon is this coming Wednesday but no Full Moon until April 1st.  
It's cold outside and feeling very wintry with 5 days to go until Spring.  Crapola weather is heading in our direction.  For today... a mix of clouds and sun followed by cloudy skies this afternoon, with a slight chance (20%) of rain.  Temps will be right near 50° with East winds at 15-25mph.  Tonight... 90% chance of rain beginning with evening showers evolving to a steady, soaking rain overnight, temps in the upper 40s and SE winds at 20-30mph +gusting.  Tomorrow... windy with morning showers evolving to a steady, soaking rain in the afternoon, temps near 55° and winds out of the South at 25-35mph +gusting.  Tomorrow night... windy with showers and thunderstorms during the evening and overnight (75% chance). Temps will be in the low-mid 30s with S-SW winds shifting to the W-NW at 25-35mph +gusting.  Tuesday... partly sunny with clouds and gusty winds, temps in the low-40s and W-NW winds at 20-30mph.  Tuesday night... partly cloudy, temps in the upper 20s and NW winds at 15-25mph. As I mentioned the New Moon is 3 days away but is already beginning to affect the tides.  The high tides are going to be much higher than normal with steady rains and winds so be aware of tidal/coastal flood during the high tide times.  Know your low-lying areas on the island.  Be mindful of where you park your vehicle.  Do your best not to drive through the flood waters which will be no doubt on the island during this upcoming stormy weather. 
High Tide: 6:06PM
Low Tide: 12:07PM
Ocean Temp: 40.8°
Sunrise: 7:10AM
Sunset: 7:06PM 

Mostly Sunny Saturday

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church-North WW  

Mornin'!  It's 47° in Wildwood NJ.  It's clear with some horizon cloud cover delaying Ms Sun's sunrise over the ocean for a few minutes.  Winds are out of the West at 10-15mph.  It'll be a windy one today with mostly to partly sunny skies, temps in the low-50s and W-NW winds at 20-30mph +gusting.  Tonight... partly to mostly cloudy, temps in the upper 30s and N-NE winds at 10-15mph.  Tomorrow... intervals of sun and clouds, temps in the low-50s and East winds at 10-20mph.  Tomorrow night... 50% chance of rain showers, temps in the upper 40s and SE winds at 20-25mph +gusting.  Monday... 80% chance of rain becoming steady rain by the afternoon, temps in the upper 50s and South winds at 25-35mph +gusting.  Monday night... cloudy and windy with 90% chance of rain, temps in the low-30s and W-SW winds at 25-35mph.
High Tide: 5:21PM
Low Tide: 11:22AM
Ocean Temp: 39.7°
Sunrise: 7:12AM
Sunset: 7:05PM

Friday the 13th And Winds Are Coming Back

Otten's Harbor at sunset

Mornin'!  It's 32° in Wildwood NJ.  The birdbath's frozen and the furnace is fired up again.  Ms Sun's up and shining over the island and there's no breezes to note. But, winds are coming!  It's the calm before the blow.  We got our wintry mix yesterday afternoon as it was windy with snow, ice crystals and cold rain.  We're much calmer and colder than the last couple mornings (we were waking to upper 40° temps).  Today will be sunny becoming windy this afternoon with winds out of the South at 20-30mph +gusting.  Temps will be in the upper 40s and feel much colder.  Tonight... some clouds filter in, giving way to clear skies overnight, temps in the low-40s and SW winds at 15-25mph +gusting.  Tomorrow... mostly sunny and blustery, temps in the low-mid 50s and W-NW winds a 15-25mph +gusting.  Sunday... cloudy, slight chance of a shower, temps near 50° with East winds at 10-20mph.  Sunday night... March winds continuing into Tuesday morning as we'll be cloudy with occasional rain (80% chance), temps in the upper 40s and SE winds at 15-25mph +gusting.  Monday... windy with periods of rain 70% chance, temps in the upper 50s and South winds at 25-35mph+ gusting. Monday night... windy, steady rain continuing overnight (90% chance), temps in the low-30s and W-SW winds at 25-35mph +gusting. 
High Tide: 4:26PM
Low Tide: 10:28AM
Ocean Temp: 40.8°
Sunrise: 7:13AM
Sunset: 7:04PM

March Is Showing Her True Colors Today As Winds-Are-A-Changing

A Couple Webcam Shots This Morning

Mornin'!  It's 48° in Wildwood NJ.  It's partly cloudy with haze over the moon (it's still on the pre-dawn, dark side) with winds out of the West at 5-10mph.  The status of this current weather is about to change up a bit as the March winds-are-a-coming along with 100% chance of precipitation.  Expect some morning rain (around 10AM), then a mix of rain and snow by this afternoon as temps drop.  This morning's high will reach the upper 50s believe it or not, then falling into the low-mid 30s by later this afternoon.  NW winds will check in later this morning at 20-30mph +gusting.  I guess it's time to fire up the furnace again.  Tonight... partly cloudy giving way to clear skies going into the overnight, temps will be in the mid-30s with NW winds at 10-20mph.  Tomorrow... partly cloudy start followed by a cloudy, windy day with temps in the mid-40s and S-SW winds at 25-35mph +gusting.  Tomorrow night... partly cloudy, temps in the low-40s and SW winds at 20-30mph.  Saturday... partly clear with some cloud cover, temps near 50° and W-NW winds at 10-20mph.  Saturday night... partly cloudy with increasing clouds overnight, temps around 40° and NE winds at 10-15mph.  Sunday... intervals of sun and clouds, mostly cloudy afternoon, temps in the low-50s and East winds at 15-25mph.  Sunday night... 80% chance of rain, temps in the upper 40s and SE winds at 15-25mph.  
High Tide: 3:15PM
Low Tide: 9:24AM
Ocean Temp: 41.5°
Sunrise: 7:15AM
Sunset: 7:03PM

Hump Day

This Morning's Webcam Sunrise - North WW

Mornin'!  It's 47° in Wildwood NJ.  We're under some partial cloud cover (mostly on the West side again) with calm Southerly breezes at 6-8mph.  Humidity's 90%.  It's a lovely Winter's morning down the Shore.  We've been having some great weather as of late.  Yesterday, we hit 68° with blue, sunny skies.  I actually gave some of my gardens a little attention.  It was too nice not to.  Today will be a horse of a different color as this lovely weather moment will turn from a calm, blue sky, sunny first half of the day into partly cloudy / cloudy and 40% chance of scattered thunderstorms and rain with the possibility of gusty winds and small hail by dinner time. Temps will be in the mid-50s with South winds at 15-25mph.  Tonight... cloudy, temps in the low-50s, windy with S-SW winds at 15-25mph.  Tomorrow... 90% chance of rain with strong winds. Rain will evolve from morning showers into a steady, soaking rain by the afternoon, temps in the mid-upper 50s falling to around 40° with NW winds at 20-30mph +gusting.  Strap in!  Friday... partly clear, gusty winds (Southerly at 10-20mph +gusting), temps in the upper 40s feeling much colder.  Friday night... partly cloudy,  still very windy with SW winds at 20-30mph, Temps in the low-40s feeling much colder.  Saturday... partly clear with clouds, temps around 50° and W-NW winds at 10-20mph.  Saturday night... partly cloudy, temps in the upper 30s and N-NE winds at 10-15mph.  Sunday... partly cloudy, 25% chance of rain, temps around 50°, windy with E-SE winds at 15-25mph.  Sunday night... 80% chance of rain, temps in the upper 40s and S-SE winds at 15-25mph.  
High Tide: 2:01PM
Low Tide: 8:18AM
Ocean Temp: 40.6°
Sunrise: 7:16AM
Sunset: 7:02PM

Fingers Crossed For Yesterday's Weather Again

Mornin'!  It's 43° in Wildwood NJ.  There's barely a breeze out of the South at 2-3mph.  It's partly cloudy (seems more on the west side of the island) as Ms Sun rises in the east.  She'll be up any minute now.  It'll be another lovely day with a touch of the warmth of Spring.  By the way, yesterday we reached 72° with clear, blue, sunny skies! Talk about "a touch of Spring"! It was not what the forecasters were forecasting although dense fog rolled in last night dropping temps significantly.  I'm seeing that today's weather will be foggy and partly cloudy (mostly along the shoreline) with sunny skies by the afternoon, temps in the mid-upper 60s and South winds at 5-10mph.  I'm going to say that we'll have a repeat of yesterday with sunshine with temps getting in the 70s again.  I'm just putting that out there as it's my gut feeling.  Tonight... clear, temps in the upper 40s and South winds at 5-10mph.  Tomorrow... partly sunny, temps around 60° and Southerly winds at 10-20mph.  Tomorrow night... mostly cloudy with foggy conditions, temps in the low-mid 50s and S-SW winds at 10-20mph.  Thursday... 80% chance of rain, a steady rain later in the day, temps near 60° dropping to the mid-40s in the afternoon, winds out of the W-NW at 15-25mph.  Thursday night... cloudy giving way to clear conditions overnight, temps in the low-30s and NW winds at 10-15mph.  It was last October that we saw 70° temperatures so yesterday was not only an unexpected surprise, but a wonderful gift of beautiful, sunny, warm, island weather that Wildwood does very well. It's days like these that being down the Shore is even more of a gift that I'm grateful for. Who knows... with some luck we just might see it all happen again today! Spring is just 10 days away.  Oh... my Chives and Spring bulbs have broken through the ground surface; a sure sign that Spring has sprung here on the island!
High Tide: 1:00PM
Low Tide: 7:16AM
Ocean Temp: 40.5°
Sunrise: 7:18AM
Sunset: 7:01PM