[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 8/12/2008 9:37:49 PM

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PBLC INFORMATION STMENT
NWS MOUNT HOLLY NJ
731P TUE AUG 12 2008

 PBLC INFORMATION STMENT 

 NR FALL-LIKE AIR TEMPERATURES WHILE OCEAN WARMS 

THE OCEAN TEMPERATURES IN JUNE AND JULY WERE DOWN RIGHT COLD. IN
FACT JUNE FINISHED 2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND JULY 8.1 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL!

THE ATLANTIC CITY AIRPRT IN JUNE WAS 5.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
WHILE JULY 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE
AIR TEMPERATURES TO RISE AT THE SAME TIME THE OCEAN TURNS COLD.
BOTH ARE DUE TO A WIND COMING FROM THE S AND SW. WHILE
THE LAND WARMS WITH THE SWERLIES, THE OCEAN TEMPERATURE
COOLS AS THE WARMER SURF TEMPERATURES ARE CARRIED OFFSHORE. THE
PROCESS KNOWN AS UPWELLING OCCURS EACH YEAR BUT CAN BE DRAMATIC AT
TIMES. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC CASE SINCE THE WATER BROUGHT
TO THE SURFACE, IN THE SURF ZONE, HAS BEEN DOWN RIGHT BONE-CHILLING.

SO FAR, THROUGH AUGUST 11, THE OCEAN TEMPERATURE OFF ATLANTIC CITY
IS AVERAGING 71.5, WHICH IS STILL BELOW NORMAL BUT BY ONLY ONE
DEGREE. HOWEVER; SINCE THE FIRST OF AUGUST THE WATER HAS WARMED
FROM AN AVERAGE OF 54 TO 70 DEGREES AND FINALLY FEELS DOWN RIGHT
INVITING! MEANWHILE THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS ONLY 4 TENTHS OF A
DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST IS 72.5 AND FOR SEPTEMBER IS
69.5 DEGREES. FOR COMPARISON, JUNE 2007 AVERAGED 70.3 DEGREES
WHILE JULY DIPPED TO AN AVERAGE OF 65.5. AUGUST 2007 FINISHED WITH
AN AVERAGE OF 74.6 AND SEPTEMBER 72.5.  

THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IS
68.6. ATLANTIC CITY HAS THE LONGEST STANDING RECORDED OCEAN
TEMPERATURE (1912) WHICH IS WHY THIS SITE IS USED. THERE ARE
SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS THAT THE NWS USES FOR
OCEAN TEMPERATURES ALONG THE ENTIRE NJ AND DE COASTS.

THE OCEAN TEMPERATURE WILL HOLD PRETTY STEADY UNLESS A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF S TO SW WINDS DVLP.

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EBERWINE/MATHESON