Saturday, June 1, 2024

June's In The House

Mornin'!  Welcome June!  It's 63° in Wildwood NJ.  We've got plentiful sunshine with light breezes out of the NW at 4-6mph.  June's kicking off a glorious start to her month, weekend and Saturday!  Expect a lovely day with sun, temps in the mid-upper 70s and W-SW winds at 10-15mph.  Tonight...mostly clear, with temps back down to where they are now... low-mid 60s and SW winds at 10-15mph.  Tomorrow... looks like it'll be mostly cloudy with temps in the mid-70s and S-SW winds at 5-10mph.  Tomorrow night... cloudy, possibly rain overnight (75-80% chance), temps around 70° with S-SW winds at 5-10mph.  Monday... rain for the start to the day becoming partly sunny with temps in the mid-70s and SW winds at 5-10mph.  Monday night...mostly clear, temps in the upper 60s and S-SE breezes.

High Tide: 4:13PM
Low Tide: 9:45AM
Ocean Temp: 65°
Sunrise: 5:35AM
Sunset: 8:19PM
UV Index: 8.3 (high)
Rip Current: Low Risk 
Today's the start to hurricane season.  And, unfortunately that season doesn't end until November 30th.  I've been through a couple and frankly, hurricane season is nothing to joke about and in my opinion very scary.  In fact, this 2024 season has some statistics that are already quite alarming. 
At a glance...
Tropical waves are already forming.
El Niño is expected to shift toward La Niña which historically enhances storms.
Ocean water is currently much warmer than usual.  The Caribbean to West Africa is where most storms form and the waters there have already reached their average peak temperature when it's usually in late summer.  The deeper and warmer the ocean water is, the more powerful a hurricane can become.
Hurricane outlook numbers are the highest forecasted by NOAA predicted 85% chance of an above-normal season.
There are predicted 25 named storms: 13 hurricanes (7 of which are major). These are the Atlantic names:
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Francine
Gordon
Helene
Issac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Milton
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sara
Tony
Valerie
William

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