Saturday, January 13, 2024

Advisories Posted

Mornin'!  It's 50° in Wildwood NJ.  We've got a lot going on this morning.  First off... misty, foggy conditions with Ms Sun trying her best to shine through the haze.  Winds are wailing out of the South at 20-25mph +gusting.  And, there are two Advisories posted... a "Wind" advisory until 5pm and a "Coastal Flood" advisory until 2pm.  The winds have been ferociously whipping since last night as torrential rains poured down.  At the moment... outside is drying out.  We had minor flooding in my neighborhood and the winds once again created not much in the line of damage.  I'm very grateful we missed Gerri's intensity.  
For today... expect this patchy fog and mist off to end soon.  It'll start to become partly sunny, then gradually become sunny today.  Temps will rise to the mid-50s as winds out of the West will provide a very blustery day at 15-25mph. + gusting as high as 45mph.  That's going to sting on the Plungers bare skin this afternoon. Tonight... mostly clear, temps dropping into the mid-30s with West winds at 20-30mph.  Tomorrow... sunny until mid-day then becoming cloudy as there's a slight chance of snow showers or squalls.  The clouds are supposed to clear out by late afternoon as Ms Sun will shine just in time for the sunset. Temps will be in the upper 40s with SW winds at 25-35mph +gusting.   For M.L.King day... Monday will be mostly cloudy with some peeks of sunshine, temps in the mid-30s and calmer winds out of the NW at 5-10mph. Monday night... another storm that's been brewing knows as "Heather" heading our way and we could see her hitting the coast then.  Details are still uncertain about the track of this system and how much moisture it will produce.  At this time, it's looking like a snow system due to the much colder temps it has. As for today... as I mentioned the other day... the beach looks like a lake.  If you're heading to the Special Olympics Polar Plunge to plunge or as a spectator... traversing the huge beach at Montgomery Avenue at 1pm will be quite the challenge.  Whatever you have for footwear will be soaked so you might want to wear those Wellies if heading to the beach today to watch.  Good luck and thank you Plungers for this always successful annual fundraiser.
High Tide: 9:21AM
Low Tide: 3:45PM
Ocean Temp: 45°
Sunrise: 7:16AM
Sunset: 4:59PM

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