Monday, September 2, 2024

New Moon - Labor Day

Mornin'! Happy Labor Day! Labor day has been celebrated in the USA as a National Holiday since 1894.  In 1882, 10,000+ workers took unpaid leave to march through the Streets of NYC demonstrating the strength of the trade and labor organizations thus becoming a tradition which spread throughout the nation. Here's to all the hard workers out there!  It's also the unofficial end of summer here along the Jersey Shore as the roads and highways will be full of Tourists, Bennies and Shoobies today.  Summer officially ends in 20 days.  People are packing cars, shouting, slamming doors and even kids are crying as the morning quiet in my neighborhood isn't so quiet as I type. My opened windows are not just bringing that fresh air and sea-breezes rustling through the tree leaves.  My neighborhood's alive!  Wildwood (along with all these Shore towns) is emptying out.  It'll once again become quiet, empty and dark as all the beach towns will only have "locals" again; that is, during the week, as the weekend visitors will continue infiltrate and keep the island alive throughout September and October.
It's 71° in Wildwood NJ.  Humidity's way down at 63% with a dewpoint of 54°.  It's cloudy and very breezy with North winds at 15-20mph.  It'll be cloudy early, becoming partly sunny this afternoon, temps in the upper 70s and N-NW winds at 10-20mph.  Tonight... clear, temps in the upper 50s and North winds at 10-20mph.  It's the New Moon today as the high tides will be higher than normal as that New Moon has the same reaction as the Full Moon.  Tomorrow... sunny skies, temps in the low-70s and NE winds at 10-20mph. Tomorrow night... clear, 65° with light breezes. 
High Tide: 8:00AM
Low Tide: 1:59PM
Ocean Temp: 72°
Sunrise: 6:29AM
Sunset: 7:27PM
UV Index: 6.7
Rip Current: Moderate

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bennies & Shoobies??????
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Kathy said...

Bennys: an acronym for those visiting the Jersey Shore from the cities Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, and New York.
Shoobies: it derives from daytrippers back in the early 1900s taking the train from Philly to the New Jersey beaches, with their ticket price including a boxed lunch packed in a shoe box.