MOUNT HOLLY (click title to entry)— The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued both a coastal flood warning and a wind advisory for both Monmouth and Ocean counties.A coastal flood warning remains in effect until 8 a.m.A strong onshore flow is expected to cause widespread minor tidal flooding on the ocean front and the adjacent back bays around the time of high tide today and again tonight.Areas of moderate tidal flooding could occur with the higher of the two tides along the southern new jersey and delaware coasts tonight.For Sandy Hook, the next high tide will occur at 3 p.m. today and is forecast to be 7.5 to 8.0 feet above mean lower low water levels. High tide is again at 3:12 a.m. Tuesday and is forecast to be 7.0 to 7.5 feet above mean lower low water levels and 3:57 p.m. Tuesday with a height of 7.0 to 7.5 ft above mean lower low water levles.A wind advistory has also been issued for the Shore area....
Wild Weather, Heavy Wind Gusts Threaten NYC (click here for VIDEO)
NEW YORK (CBS) ― New York City felt more like Chicago on Monday morning, with chilly, wild weather turning the Big Apple into the Windy City and local airports into crowded waiting rooms.
"It is going to be a raw day today," said CBS 2 Meteorologist John Elliott.
Rain pushed into the tri-state overnight and tapered off to sprinkles in the morning, but the real concern is heavy bands of storms pushing in from the south. Periods of heavy rain are possible with extremely windy conditions.
The National Weather Service issued a Wind Advisory for the city until 5 p.m., and New Yorkers can expect to see winds between 20 and 30 mph, with strong gusts out of the east-northeast up to 50 mph.
The winds were causing headaches for travelers at area airports. Flights arriving at La Guardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport were experiencing delays of more than two hours, while flights arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport were seeing delays of up to an hour.
A Coastal Flood Advisory has also been issued until Tuesday due to tides averaging about two to three feet above normal.
In Cape May County, West Wildwood declared a state of emergency due to flooding, but did not insist that residents evacuate. The situation was the same in much of New Jersey's southernmost county, according to emergency management director Francis McCall.
"There's flooding on all the barrier islands," he said. "People have left on their own, but it wasn't mandatory."...
I tell you what, life in the USA is so bizarre that we just need to put our feet up and watch Britney Spears on "How I met your mother." Right? What a great distraction to reality while the weather conditions across the nation become lethal. Sounds like a plan.
The Greenland Melt in current decade (click here).
The ocean view below was once a mass of sea ice, icebergs and glaciers.
Greenland's History of Melting (click here)
May 8, 2008 -- The idea that Greenland's ice melts sluggishly in response to global warming has long been one hedge against rapid global sea level rise -- but the idea may be wrong, say researchers.
New geologic evidence from the seafloor off the southern tip of Greenland shows that during the two past periods of global warming, the melting of Greenland glaciers was right in synch with rising global temperatures -- rather than lagging behind as models have predicted.
In other words, the ice is very sensitive to global warming and recent losses of ice there could be the beginning of a much larger melt than expected.
"People had thought that there was this thermal lag," said Anders Carlson of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
But offshore sediments that record the debris that is washed out from valleys when glaciers recede tell another story. As Carlson said, "As soon as it starts warming, it starts to melt."...
