What is the winter outlook?
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci It hasn’t felt like it lately, but winter is coming. With that comes the promise of bone-chilling cold, and yes, at least the talk of snow. After all, our earliest date for measurable snowfall at Atlantic City International Airport is...New Jersey is in drought, and it’s getting worse
By Joe Martucci Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and Certified Digital Meteorologist On Oct. 17, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a drought watch for the entire state. It came the same day that the United States Drought Monitor, a federal...What if Hurricane Milton hit New Jersey?
If a Category 3 hurricane hit Absecon Island, only the area near Borgata would be safe from flooding By Joe Martucci Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and Certified Digital Meteorologist Picture this – a Category 3 hurricane, quickly moving up the Jersey Shore from...National Weather Service simplifies cold weather alerts
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci Winter is coming. The show “Game of Thrones” made that line famous in its season premiere in 2011. For New Jersey that is true. On average, October is when we get our first inland freeze of the year. At Atlantic City International...Coastal flooding explained
The five causes of ‘sunny day flooding’ By Meteorologist Joe Martucci Every time there’s “sunny day flooding,” many ask how there can be coastal flooding, when there’s no rain. There are five ingredients to coastal flooding. Turns out, rain is not one of them. Let’s...
