Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Red Flag Warning Posted

Mornin'!  It's 49° in Wildwood NJ.  There's a lot going on this morning.  It's sunny as Ms Sun rose almost 2 hours ago. Breezes are 10-15mph out of the W-NW.  There's a Red Flag warning posted for our area as well as 20+ other areas in South Jersey beginning this  morning until 8pm tonight.  These W-NW winds will ramp up to 25-30mph as the humidity's almost non-existent and we're dry as a bone right now.  The combination of dry conditions + low humidity + gusty winds = favorable conditions for the rapid spread of fires this afternoon.  Our Pine barrens on the mainland are really vulnerable as well as our dunes.  Always be aware of those cigarette butts. Don't flick lit cigarettes unconsciously!  The New Moon is tomorrow as well which brings those incredibly high tides to the island.  We have no rain in the forecast until late Saturday night / early Sunday morning so any water you may see on the island's streets is just tide water seeping in. I would venture to say that if we see any tidal flooding it won't be until Friday.  
Other than being a dry, blustery day, it'll be bright and sunny with temps in the mid-60s.  Winds will be out of the West at 10-20mph with gusting.  Tonight... mainly clear skies, temps in the low-50s and S-SW winds at 5-10mph.  Tomorrow... a repeat of today with East winds instead and much calmer at 10-15mph.  As for this weekend's weather... Saturday will be cloudy and very windy with temps in the mid-60s with rain late in the day/early evening and Sunday looks to start out rainy turning to sunny conditions by mid-day and calmer winds.
High Tide: 8:06AM
Low Tide: 1:59PM
Ocean Temp: 54°
Sunrise: 6:15AM
Sunset: 7:42PM

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