Rip Currents and High Surf Pose Dangerous Threat to Area Beaches
While the path of Hurricane Erin is expected to remain hundreds of miles off the New Jersey coast, Atlantic County officials urge residents and visitors to our area to heed warnings for dangerous rip currents and unusually high surf activity along the coast over the...
Seven facts and one opinion about the National Hurricane Center forecast cone
The Atlantic hurricane season peaks from August to October. This is the time to have your “go-bag” ready in case you need to evacuate. It is also the time to check hurricanes.gov (National Hurricane Center) on a daily basis, I’ll pass along more information from them...
The Cape May Bubble explained
It’s a story that is told often in Cape May County. You’re out by the water and you see storm clouds to the west. Your weather app on your phone flashes in bright oranges and reds, showing the heavy rain. It’s moving toward Ocean City, or Reeds Beach or Cape May...
The ocean’s warm – the complete opposite of last summer
Despite some stormy and cool weekends this summer, there’s one thing we can say about the Jersey Shore right now: “Come on in; the water’s warm!” The ocean water has been above average for most of the summer so far. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Our sweaty Jersey Shore summer may be a sign of things to come
Climatological summer, which runs June through August, is a little more than half over and the data shows that the weather has had us all sweating more than usual at the Jersey Shore. The dew point, which measures how much water vapor is in the air in degrees, was...
