A wet week: drenching rains and flash flooding visit opposite corners of the state
Flash flooding in the parking lot of the Collegetown Shopping Center in Glassboro, NJ.
Potential El Niño could impact New Jersey weather this summer
As climatological summer and the Atlantic hurricane season begin on June 1, scientists are carefully monitoring sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean for a potential El Niño event. An El Niño occurs when warmer-than-average waters start to form in the eastern Pacific Ocean, specifically near the equatorial latitudes. Easterly winds (blowing from the east) typically move warmer water to the western Pacific (near Indonesia), permitting cooler water to upwell to the surface in the east (near South America).
Another End-of-Month Soaker…but First Some Flames: April 2014 Summary
Was it a drier-than-average April? Was it a wetter-than-average April? If only it hadn't rained heavily on the last day of the month! Certainly this is a strange beginning to this monthly weather narrative. Let me explain before we get to the numbers.
Heavy rain and flooding plague NJ residents
Copious moisture streaming across a slowly advancing warm front resulted in a period of heavy rain across the Garden State, with most of the rainfall occurring on April 30th.Amid dry and windy conditions, wildfires rip through portions of South Jersey
April showers typically bring May flowers, but when they fail to arrive in abundance and bundled with low humidity and gusty winds, wildfires become a major risk.
Just such a scenario unfolded across New Jersey experienced on Thursday April 24.Winter refuses to relinquish its grip on the Garden State: March 2014 Summary
One of the most disruptive winters in recent memory continued to deliver cold weather throughout New Jersey during March. Three snow events brought over 20" of snow to Cape May County, yet failed to bring more than flurries to northern counties.
Relentless Winter: February 2014 Summary and Winter 2013/14 Summary
February Overview
One of the more disruptive winters in recent decades continued during February, erasing the hopes of many for an early spring.
December and 2013 Annual Summary
December Overview