January Obs and Discussions

around 7* wind chill -10* winds 14mph

billg315 wrote:

aiannone wrote:

billg315 wrote:

aiannone wrote:Does anyone know what ocean temps are right now? This cold snap has to be cooling down the ocean and could help us later in the season with mix events

Atlantic City NJ 32*
Sandy Hook NJ 31*
Montauk NY 32*

Wow, so that should help with close calls with mixing right? No longer a heater around us i guess

It definitely should help. Average Jan water temps are 36* Montauk and 37* AC and Sandy Hook so figure in an average winter an easterly flow would contribute to above freezing temps. Right now that’s not the case so much.

actually Sandy Hook dropped 2.4 degree's from the night before the storm to this morning. Currently it is 29.3. I have been keeping track since you posted that sight..love it...thank you for sharing it!!

currently 11 rf -9 and winds are around 19 mph....

weatherwatchermom wrote:

billg315 wrote:

aiannone wrote:

billg315 wrote:

aiannone wrote:Does anyone know what ocean temps are right now? This cold snap has to be cooling down the ocean and could help us later in the season with mix events

Atlantic City NJ 32*
Sandy Hook NJ 31*
Montauk NY 32*

Wow, so that should help with close calls with mixing right? No longer a heater around us i guess

It definitely should help. Average Jan water temps are 36* Montauk and 37* AC and Sandy Hook so figure in an average winter an easterly flow would contribute to above freezing temps. Right now that’s not the case so much.

actually Sandy Hook dropped 2.4 degree's from the night before the storm to this morning.  Currently it is  29.3. I have been keeping track since you posted that sight..love it...thank you for sharing it!!

Well that could get interesting since salt water freezes at 28.4.

3.6 here, windy frigid and 10 inches of snow OTG 7.5 of it new and fresh. You can't ask for better.

weatherwatchermom wrote:

billg315 wrote:

aiannone wrote:

billg315 wrote:

aiannone wrote:Does anyone know what ocean temps are right now? This cold snap has to be cooling down the ocean and could help us later in the season with mix events

Atlantic City NJ 32*
Sandy Hook NJ 31*
Montauk NY 32*

Wow, so that should help with close calls with mixing right? No longer a heater around us i guess

It definitely should help. Average Jan water temps are 36* Montauk and 37* AC and Sandy Hook so figure in an average winter an easterly flow would contribute to above freezing temps. Right now that’s not the case so much.

actually Sandy Hook dropped 2.4 degree's from the night before the storm to this morning.  Currently it is  29.3. I have been keeping track since you posted that sight..love it...thank you for sharing it!!

No problem. It’s a great site because the data is pretty much real-time. That water is as cold as it will get around here. Probably helped keeping snow all the way to the coast yesterday.

winds have bumped up. 17mph now

it is so cold 10 feels like -8. Doc yea not a bad storm for our northern peeps looks like a 6-8 average. Could have been so much better but on the other hand it could have been a big nothing so all good.

Talking about the ocean, in the late 70's I saw Atlantic City's ocean freeze about 50 feet out from the shore line. I walked on it, about 15 out, and it was solid. It was a surprise and it came on top of a series of blizzards one winter where the National Guard came in with equipment to clear main roads. I remember no electric for a day and a half, bad winds, and streets unplowed for more than a week. And of course the pond on my property is frozen solid so we could open it as a rink

You to Doc stay warm. have some coffee Sambuca that will help.

15* here and wind chill below zero. Latest officially reported wind gusts at 38 mph. Just by sound and house rattling I’d say the winds are as bad here now as yesterday.

current winds w 20 mph temp is 11* wind chill -5 there are some pretty strong gusts as well

weatherwatchermom wrote:current winds w 20 mph temp is 11* wind chill -5 there are some pretty strong gusts as well

The winds have been insane the snow drifts are unreal. Up the boardwalk their where 15ft drifts at least

13 degrees here. Wind @ 16 WNW. Real feel is -7.

skinsfan1177 wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:current winds w 20 mph temp is 11* wind chill -5 there are some pretty strong gusts as well

The winds have been insane the snow drifts are unreal. Up the boardwalk their where 15ft drifts at least

wow I wish I was down there to see it...I ventured out today only to get the mail...lol..I could see what looked like snow tornado's whisking around the yard..from my kitchen window... we are getting some strong gusts..house rattled a few times in the last hour...

Current real feel -12

Bottomed at 0 this morning. Another underwhelming low in this nice stretch of cold.

Still waiting for that double digit below zero in this stretch, which we've achieved a couple of times in the last three winters but the morning lows in the last two weeks have not impressed me at all. However the duration of the cold and the low high temps have been pretty impressive. Maybe tonight we make a run at -10. Conditions in the areas outside the UHI should be ideal tonight.

7° this morning reelfeel of -9

It’s friggin’ cold out. No numbers necessary.