From apps to meteorologists: Inside the Feb. 20 nor’easter snow forecast confusion
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci Five to seven days before the New Jersey nor’easter that never was on Feb. 20, I received many messages about it. Here’s three examples (edited for clarity): “How much snow are we getting Thursday? People in school are saying 15 inches.”...
Is the South Jersey Shore becoming N.J.’s snow capital?
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci With two South Jersey Snow Specials down and another one possibly on the way, our area could beat out the typically snowy, hilly northwest New Jersey for the snowiest place in the Garden State. As of this writing, we didn’t know what...
‘February Four’ the start of an active weather month
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci By the time you read this Feb. 13 edition of Shore Local magazine, you will have lived through four separate storm systems since Feb. 4. The Feb. 4-5 snow event deposited a few tenths of an inch of snow in our area, which turned into a...
‘Dry January’ means bad news for N.J.’s drought
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci Dry January, the annual ritual in which people refrain from drinking alcohol to kick off the new year, extended to Mother Nature as well. However, in her case, the dry January wasn’t about a lack of alcohol, but a lack of precipitation,...
