Nor’easter brings significant high tides, severe erosion
It ripped, roared and, most consequentially, flooded. The first nor’easter of the 2025-2026 cool-weather season may very well turn out to be the most powerful one. Here are the most impressive storm stats to me for the Jersey Shore and beyond. – The Sunday or Monday...
Why ocean temperatures were some of the warmest on record this season
The summer tide came rolling in this year much warmer than 2024. In fact, the ocean temperatures were tropical enough to be among the warmest on record at the Jersey Shore. From June to September, peak beach season, the ocean water temps, measured at Atlantic City’s...
The Fujiwhara Effect: When two tropical storms collide
Last week, I mentioned on my digital and social weather channels that Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda could undergo a rare interaction called the Fujiwhara Effect. While it was too soon at the time of writing to determine whether both storms underwent this, it doesn’t...
Despite the quiet, there’s still plenty of hurricane season to go
Thankfully, hurricane season has remained quiet. No major storms have made landfall in the United States, or really anywhere. By the numbers, this is a quieter-than-average year so far. However, don’t be lulled into complacency. By late September, the Atlantic...
