Hernando's Checking In

This Morning's Webcam Shot - North WW

Mornin!  It's 38° in Wildwood NJ.  Ms Sun's up and doing her best to paint the dark ominous clouds. We currently have very light breezes are out of the NW at 3-5mph. The sky almost has that ... "red sky in the morning..." look.  I take that as a warning and very seriously.   So, the whole of New Jersey is under a State of Emergency according to our new Governor due to this winter storm "Hernando" which has its direct aim on our coast. There's a Blizzard Warning in effect from 1PM Sunday until Monday at 6PM.  There's talk of up to 18" of the white stuff falling on Wildwood.  Winds will be off the chart gusting as high as 30mph +gusting so the drifts will definitely be a challenge.  Blizzards don't mess around. There's no doubt that blowing snow will reduce visibility significantly, not to mention bringing down trees and wires.  Been there; done that in February 2010.  There are 5 links to weather on my blog page under "personal favs"  all of which keep updates with notices, warnings, announcements, and guidance of how to prepare and ride out this bad boy as safely as possible. Offices of Emergency Management all over this State are on "extreme" high alert right now. 

For today's weather... we're going to have a mix of sun and clouds, temps in the mid-40s with W-NW breezes at 5-10mph.  Tonight... 50% chance of rain into the overnight.  Temps will be in the mid-30s with E-NE winds at 5-10mph.  Tomorrow... rain begins in the early morning, temps will be in the mid-upper 30s with E-NE winds at 25-30mph +gusting. A wintry mix begins tomorrow evening as temps drop into the low-30s.  Tomorrow night into the overnight... is when Hernando kicks in and pummels us with 8-12" of snow (possibly more), temps will be in the low-30s with North winds at 25-35mph +gusting.  Monday... still snowing into late afternoon, temps in the low-mid 30s with non-stop relentless NW winds at 25-35mph +gusting.  Monday night... cloudy becoming partly cloudy, temps in the upper 20s with NW winds at 20-30mph +gusting. 
High Tide: 9:56AM
Low Tide: 4:06PM
Ocean Temp: 34.5°
Sunrise: 6:42AM
Sunset: 5:43PM

 Shots from Feb 2010 - Snowmageddon