The Celebration Begins

Mornin'!  The celebration of July 4th has officially begun!  It's 69° in Wildwood. I'm getting a late start to the blog this morning. Totally sidetracked with other stuff on my day off.  I'm happy to say I've got a long weekend ahead of me! It's overcast and hazy at the moment. Ms Sun's giving it her best shot though. It's dry and a bit humid. And, it's amazingly quiet with every empty home surrounding me now filled (probably not to capacity yet) and every single available parking space in the neighborhood taken. Amazing what one (2 if you include the Memorial Day holiday) weekend can be transformed into.  Time to "vacation" baby!
Okay, lets do today's weather...a mix of clouds and sun with that chance of a stray shower and/or thunderstorm again (we got hit intensely yesterday with one of those).  There's a smaller chance today (20%) than yesterday (yesterday's was 40-60%). Keep your eye on the sky or doppler. Temps are going into the mid-upper 70s with breezes off the ocean (nice) E-NE at 5-10mph. Tonight...clouds still in the mix with a 40% chance of a shower and/or thunderstorm. Temps back down into the upper 60s with breezes still off the ocean at E-SE at 5-10mph. Tomorrow...sorry to say there's a 60% chance of rain all day and night.  We could see peeks of sun and not have a total washout kind of day so have your alternative plans in order. Sunday's the better of the weekend days being mostly sunny and warm (low 80s) with breezes off the land. By the way...breezes off the land (Westerly) could mean the attack of the green head flies on the beach.  They love coconut oiled, sweaty, salty bodies and bite really hard.  Put "repellent" on the beach bag check list. Tides are still running a bit high and low due to that full moon we had this week. It sure doesn't help intense rain showers (flooding) or parking as some streets put forth tide waters and you sure don't want to introduce your vehicle to that sea water if you don't have to. Have fun celebrating our freedom!
High tide:9:36a.m. and 9:50p.m.
Low tide:3:31p.m.
Ocean temp:72°
Sunset:8:30p.m.
Rip Currents:moderate