‘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,...
Enjoying ice at the Jersey Shore safely
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...
Snow and bitter cold grip the Jersey Shore
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci 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...
Landfalling hurricanes and the role of climate change
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci 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...
