Thursday, February 19, 2026

Wildwood Has It All - Fog, Rain, Wind, And A Potential "Snowy" Nor'easter

Mornin'!  It's 38° in Wildwood NJ.  It's feeling more like 29° with the E-NE breezes at 10-15mph.  It's foggy with 95% humidity.  When stepping outside it's dark and drippy.  The foggy, briny moisture is in the air and anything that can drip (tree branches, all the shrubs, rooftops/downspouts, etc) is dripping.  Any lighting is surrounded by diffused glowing orbs.  It's quiet except for the ocean's roar (10 minute walk from here).  We're looking and feeling like Chongqing, China (aka "Fog City")which is widely considered the world's foggiest city with over 100 days of fog each year.  It's just another soup-making day for me as you must know by now, that I make soup every week this time of year... chicken noodle, Italian wedding, beef barley, ham and bean, minestrone, chicken vegetable, matzo ball, clam chowder (both Manhattan and New England), and lentil to name my selections this Soup Season.  I'm making Bok Choy/Ginger/Mushroom/Noodle soup for the first time today.  Maybe I was subconsciously inspired by China's fog because I bought all the fixings to make the soup yesterday before researching the world's foggiest place of earth this morning. 
To go with the soup... foggy today with 90% chance of rain, temps around 40° with E-NE winds at 10-20mph.  Tonight... light rain, cloudy with 90% chance of showers overnight, temps in the mid-upper 30s and E-NE winds at 10-20mph.  Tomorrow... cloudy with occasional rain (90% chance), temps in the low-mid 40s and East winds switching to the S-SW at 10-20mph.  Rainfall around a quarter to an inch.  Tomorrow night... areas of fog, no rain on the forecast, temps in the upper 30s and W-NW winds at 5-10mph.  Saturday... cloudy start with peeks of sunshine later in the day, temps in the low-40s and W-NW winds at 10-15mph.  Saturday night... partly to mostly cloudy, temps in the mid-30s and NE winds at 5-10mph.  Sunday... strap in as there's another potential winter storm.  The morning will kick off with light rain, becoming windy with a wintry mix by the afternoon.  Temps will be in the mid-upper 30s with NE winds at 20-30mph.  Chance of precipitation is 90%.  Sunday night... snow along with gusty winds, temps around 30° with N-NE winds at 20-30mph +gusting.  Chance of snow is 80% with 5-8" of snow expected!  Monday... more of this potential storm with snow (50% chance) and wind (mostly in the morning), temps in the mid-upper 30s and N-NW winds at 20-30mph +gusting.  Monday night... cloudy with partial clearing late, temps in the upper 20s and NW winds at 10-20mph.  I'm going to have my focus on this Nor'easter this weekend and will keep the blog updated.
High Tide: 8:33AM and 8:55PM
Low Tide: 2:46PM
Ocean Temp: 32.7°
Sunrise: 6:45AM
Sunset: 5:41PM

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