Category: Shore Local Magazine
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Understanding Snow Forecasts: Meteorology vs. Weather Apps
Originally appearing on Shore Local News on Feb. 27. Visit my friends at Shore Local here! 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…
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South Jersey: The Unexpected Snow Capital of NJ
Read the Feb. 20 article in Shore Local News here! NOTE: This article came out on Feb. 20 but was written on Feb. 14. As we know, there was no snowy nor’easter in New Jersey this week. That stayed in Virginia. This article is modified to adjust for that. With two South Jersey Snow Specials…
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New Jersey’s Dry January: Drought Impact Explained
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, significantly lowering the chances that we will end the…
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Ice is at the Jersey Shore. Here’s how to enjoy safely.
Read it on Shore Local News here! By Meteorologist Joe Martucci The Jersey Shore has had more ice the past two weeks than at any point since December 2017 – January 2018. More seasonable temperatures this week melted some of that, but a full thaw won’t come soon. That gives us opportunities to enjoy the…
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Snow and bitter cold grip the Jersey Shore in January
Read it on Shore Local News here also! A little snow this past Sunday kicked off a week’s worth of well-below-average temperatures, which we will only get out of this Sunday. A coastal storm impacted the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday. This wasn’t a strong coastal storm. There was no coastal flooding, and the winds weren’t all that…
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How climate change has and will impact landfalling hurricanes
Read this on Shore Local News here I flipped through the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) last week. It’s our big trade magazine. Among announcements of future conferences and photos of research meteorologists out in nature, was a journal article titled, “Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change.” Given that we live in a hurricane-prone…
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The 8 ways it snows at the Jersey Shore
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci With the cold, many of us think snow. In the beach towns, we average around 15 inches of snow in a winter. Meanwhile, inland areas in Atlantic and Cape May counties typically see between 16 and 20 inches of snow in a winter. By my count there are eight ways that…
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Save the dates for these 12 Jersey Shore weather events
Swapping the previous year’s calendar in December for the new one in January is a social construct. January is still climatological winter. The shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, was already in December and the coldest days are still ahead of us. In fact, in the weather world, a “water year” runs October…
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How likely is a White Christmas in New Jersey?
Even if you wish you lived in South Florida, far away from any winter weather, chances are the thought of snow on Christmas puts at least a small grin on your face. A white Christmas and first night of Hanukkah (both are Dec. 25 this year) is hard to come by at the South Jersey…
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The Polar Vortex and NJ: What you need to know
The polar vortex It’s been meteorology’s biggest buzz word in our everyday weather conversations since it gained fame in 2014. However, it’s often misused and misunderstood. As with most things in life, it’s more complicated than it seems. Yes, the polar vortex is generally responsible for deep cold and even snowstorms during the winter. However,…