TJW014

Drying off after a sunrise surf session. Water temp 47.2 28 degree air temp difference from the boardwalk to the ocean (150 yds)

Water is 48 in Seaside Park based on my Garmin watch and a little aquarium thermometer I stuck to my surfboard. Still in a 4mm wetsuit plus boots and gloves.

96 at the house. 67 at the beach 2 miles away. Beaches are pretty busy. Lots of shoobie plates.

Free skin exfoliation promo at the beach. Peak gust of 47. Pretty significant uptick over the last hour

No A/C units installed yet. Thermostat reads 87

It's 89 at home. 3 Miles away on the beachfront it's 61.

77 here. 50 along the waterfront

Took a ride yesterday evening through the Pine Barrens. Rolled up on an active prescribed fire area. There was a recently cut fire break, so I decided to get out and follow it to an orange glow in the distance. I made it to the active burning area. The sounds- the roar of the flames and the endless snaps, pops, and crackles were incredible (and I'd be scared shitless if it were an actual wildfire). It's really cool seeing how fire creates its own microclimate. Wind was otherwise calm around 7 PM but within about a 50 yard radius, the wind was significant stronger, hotter (obviously) and progressed the fire quickly (moving at about 50 feet per minute)

70 mph gusts at EWR

Temps crashing behind the front. Went from 55 to 44 in about 5 minutes. Pretty impressive wind, probably helped by the squall collapsing here. Peak gust on my PWS of 48 mph and that's surrounded by trees.

Ocean County bubble breaking away the squall line as usual

Power's out yet again. Same substation that's been having issues for the last 2 years now. It's almost a weekly basis at this point. Each time it puts downtown and around 3500 residents out of power. Remind me what I'm paying a $550 electric bill for?

It's 58 here. 2 miles east it's 47. Will be a nothing burger east of 95 and 287.

No worries here along the coast. Windy with some beneficial rain coming. Keep chipping away at the drought and fill up the reservoirs.

2 weeks till 7 PM sunsets