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Picture-Perfect! Saturday, 8/9/2025 NJ Weather Forecast
SATURDAY’S FORECAST | Happy Full Sturgeon Moon day! Nothing crazy about this weather, though. It’s picture-perfect and feeling more like September. Just avoid being in the ocean and you’ll be fine. Follow my work: www.cupajoe.liveJolt your brand, advertise with me: joe@cupajoe.live
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ROUGH seas, BEAUTIFUL on land | Friday, 8/8/2025 NJ Weather Forecast
FRIDAY’S FORECAST | It’s a comfortably cool day today! High temperatures will go for 75-80F. However, that ocean is rough and rowdy. Hit the bay if you want a place to swim today. Otherwise, I think you’ll like this weekend forecast! Captain’s Tree Service handles all your tree needs, including tree removals, trimming, pruning, and…
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REPEAT of yesterday | Wednesday, 8/6/2025 NJ Weather Forecast
Take Tuesday, hit copy and paste it right it right into Wednesday. That means more hazy sky from the wildfire smoke, more clouds but comfortable air, too. Changes are on the way later this week! Let’s talk about your 7 day forecast. Follow my work: www.cupajoe.live Jolt your brand, advertise with me: joe@cupajoe.live
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‘They were heroes.’ Avalon Beach Patrol rescues 10 as sailboat sinks
News 12 did an excellent job covering the dramatic rescue of 10 people as a sailboat sank off of Avalon on July 25. Tom Kronsowski had me on to discuss the water and weather conditions that led to the rescue. WATCH HERE: https://newjersey.news12.com/they-were-heroes-avalon-beach-patrol-rescues-10-as-sailboat-sinks
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NJ ocean’s warm – the direct opposite of last summer
This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on July 31 Despite some stormy and cool weekends this summer, there’s one thing we can say about the Jersey Shore right now: “Come on in; the water’s warm!” The ocean water has been above average for most of the summer so far. According to the National…
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7/29/2025 NJ Heat Wave Interview with NJ Spotlight News
Thanks to NJ Spotlight News for having me on to discuss this heat wave in NJ. It’s our 5th heat wave in Newark, 3rd in Trenton and 2nd in Egg Harbor Twp. It’s hot! Find me around 2:00.
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Our sweaty 2025 Jersey Shore summer is a sign of what’s to come
This article initially appeared in Shore Local News on July 24, 2025. Read it here! Climatological summer, which runs June through August, is a little more than half over and the data shows that the weather has had us all sweating more than usual at the Jersey Shore. The dew point, which measures how much…
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50% through summer weather recap: Extreme heat, severe storms & warm water
This article appeared in Shore Local magazine on July 17. It’s been updated to account for the lightning fatality in Jackson, Ocean County. After such a poor start to our weekend boat and beach season, it feels like summer is just getting into swing at the Jersey Shore. It might be hard to believe but…
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5 Surprising Reasons Why Sunsets get later after the Summer Solstice
This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on July 3, 2025. If the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, was two weeks ago now as we enter the Fourth of July weekend, why did the long, bright summer evenings get longer for days after? Between the solstice on June 20 and Independence…
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Heat waves and safety top of mind at the Jersey Shore
This article initially appeared in the June 26th version of Shore Local magazine. Well, that changed fast. June gloom went to summer sizzle. High temperatures were in the 60s as recently as June 16 inland, and June 17 at the shore. Less than a week later, inland areas sweltered in the heat and humidity. Inland…
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Why did NJ just have 5 wet/cool weekends?
This article initially appeared in Shore Local Newsmagazine on June 19! The same weather pattern has been repeating itself since beach season began on Memorial Day weekend — heat and sunshine mid-week, followed by cool, sometimes wet weekends — and it’s not a good one for our shore economy. If you really want to get…
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The Shore Summer Weekend Weather Report Card Grading Criteria
It’s the annual tradition! Every weekend, from the unlocking of the beaches Memorial Day to the Labor Day that just passed us, we grade the weather at the shore. The grading is subjective. However, after listening to you, I think it’s fair to say an ‘A’ means the weekend’s weather had: 1) A high temperature…
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The Awe-Inspiring Fathers of Meteorology (Plus Joe’s 2 Weather Dads)
This story originally appeared in Shore Local Newsmagazine on June 12, 2025. Meteorology, the study of weather, is a pretty new science, even though the word comes from Ancient Greek, meaning “the study of things high in the air.” In 340 B.C., the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote a paper called “Meteorologica,” but after that, not…
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6 awesome hurricane updates you’ll see in 2025
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on May 29. Hurricane season begins on June 1. Really, in New Jersey, we like to say that there’s a 12-month hurricane season. After all, it’s the water, not the wind, that causes the most devastation, and nor’easters bring plenty of water. Sadly,…
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When is it really beach weather season in NJ?
This article originally appeared in Shore Local News on May 22. We shivered through our coldest winter in 10 years, held our hats during the windiest winter in 15 years, and lived the rollercoaster temperature ride of spring. Now Memorial Day weekend is here. It’s the unofficial start of summer. There’s an old saying for…
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A very Jersey Shore 2025 Summer Weather Outlook
This story initially appeared in Shore Local News on May 15! By Meteorologist Joe Martucci The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says June, July and August – “climatological summer,” will likely be warmer than normal. There’s also a small chance we might get enough rain to help with the drought in Jersey Shore counties,…
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2,400 NOAA employees are gone, now what?
This article first appeared in Shore Local News on May 9 By Meteorologist Joe Martucci Consider 164 endangered or threatened species conserved and recovered, 47 rebuilt fish stocks since 2000 and 1.5 million forecasts and warnings each year – that’s just some of the scope of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is…
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Jones Road Fire shows how fragile NJ’s Pine Barrens are
The article initially appeared in Shore Local Magazine on May 1. Find it here. By Meteorologist Joe Martucci The Jones Road Fire, which was first spotted at 9:45 a.m. on April 22, was New Jersey’s largest wildfire in 18 years, swallowing up 23 square miles in Ocean County, or a little over 15,000 acres. While…
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Is it warm enough to plant at the Jersey Shore this April?
Find the original article on Shore Local News here! By Meteorologist Joe Martucci The old adage goes that in New Jersey, once you get to Mother’s Day you can start planting your gardens. That holds merit. Mother’s Day in the United States is celebrated between May 8 and May 11 (May 11 this year), on…
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Powerful new technology shows NJ flood risk through 2100; here’s how
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci View the original article on Shore Local News on April 17 here. You may have seen a number of articles come out in the first week of April with headlines like: “Rising Sea Levels Will Threaten 323K+ In NJ By 2050, New Study Says: See The Map” “Severe coastal flooding could…
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NJ has 28% chance of a near hit in 2025 Hurricane season forecast
This article was first shown on Shore Local Magazine on April 10. Find it here, too! Expect a more-active-than-usual hurricane season in 2025, with a greater-than-average chance of a strike, or near miss in New Jersey. That’s the takeaway from Colorado State University’s hurricane forecast, which was released at the National Tropical Weather Conference in…
