A Much Needed Beauty Ahead

Last Night's Tide Surge

Mornin'!  It's 62° in Wildwood NJ.  Humidity's 73% with a dewpoint of 54°.  Winds are out of the North at 10-12mph.  And, it's sunny.  Ms Sun's up and shining brightly in the cloudless sky!  It's the first day this week that sunshine greeted the day.  Sunday was the last day we had sun shining here.  And, we're going to have abundant sunshine with a lovely day ahead as temps will be in the upper 70s, low humidity and NE winds a bit stiff at 10-20mph.  Tonight... clear skies, temps in the upper 60s and South winds at 5-10mph.  Tomorrow... another sunny day, temps in the upper 70s and South winds at 10-15mph.  Tomorrow night... clear, temps in the low-70s and South winds at 10-15mph.  Sunday... a mix of sun and clouds, temps in the upper 70s and S-SE winds at 10-15mph.  Sunday night... partly cloudy with a 25% chance of a rain shower passing through, temps in the low-70s and S-SW winds at 10-15mph.  Monday... mostly sunny, temps near 80° with West winds at 5-10mph.  It appears that next week will be on the sunny side unlike this past week.  We had some major flooding here on the island last night.  Especially during the high tide times. The back of the island... the bay/marsh side received major flooding as well. Thankfully, we moved our car to higher ground unlike some who inevitably got water seeping into their vehicles on the low-lying streets. We traversed the 4+ blocks in water almost up to our knees at times and witnessed vehicles driving around creating wakes as though there wasn't a care in the world.  We arrived on our majorly flooded street to fine our property came out mostly unscathed.  Trashcans and some planters and containers were on their sides floating around.  I have a huge chunk of wood with metal hardware still attached to it that's blocking my front gate obviously having floated right up our driveway onto our property.  The beaches remain inundated with water from the incredible storm surge of water but now seems to have receded and amazingly has soaked up most of the invasion of water. The ocean came under the boardwalk last evening which is reminiscent of the 50s and 60s when I was a kid.  North Wildwood's webcam shows the beach is back unlike last night when there was no beach to be had anywhere.  However, a lot of kelp and seaweed lines the shoreline. If you were one of those who were driving around the island in that deep water last night, you're in trouble with major salt corrosion.  I'd try and find a way to  powerwash underneath your vehicle asap. As for today, tomorrow and Sunday... you've got some nice weather ahead albeit a rough ocean with dangerous rip currents still on tap.  Stay safe!
High Tides: 7:42AM and 8:03PM
Low Tide: 1:35PM
Ocean Temp: 75°
Sunrise: 6:19AM
Sunset: 7:44PM
UV Index: 8.7 (very high)
Rip Current: High Risk (only swim near the lifeguards)

This Morning's Sunrise - North WW