July 14, 2000

Weather Synopsis...

A cold front was located across the Ohio Valley and a trough of low pressure extended from Central Pennsylvania down into Northern Georgia.

Seabreeze Analysis...

Below are two radar loops from WSR-88 in precipitation mode. This is because there was some convective activity during the afternoon hours. From these loops the seabreeze front is difficult to see, however the effect of the seabreeze front on the thunderstorms moving in from the west is quiet noticable. As the storms move towards the east they weaken, but right as they reach the coastline they increase in intensity as the outflow boundaries from the decaying thunderstorms ride up the seabreeze cold front.

Below is another product from the NWS doppler radar...radial velocity. The red color shows winds that are approaching the radar site in Fort Dix, NJ. The green color shows winds that are moving away from the radar site. This image shows that the winds at 1610Z are generally from the SW, except right along the Atlantic and southern Ocean County coastlines where the winds are blowing onshore. This is denoted by the light green color right along the coast.

Observations...

The wind direction graph below from the Tuckerton Tower shows that on July 14th the wind directionwas from the SSW until late in the afternoon, when it shifted to the SSE.

Model Discussion...

Model data is not available for this date.

SST Discussion...

The SST image below is somewhat obscured by clouds, but along the Southern NJ coast SST's appear to be fairly uniform.

CODAR Information...

The ocean currents along the coast are generally onshore throughout the day, but offshore are generally to the North and Northeast through 18Z. By 23Z most of the currents in the research area have become onshore and those right along the coast have increased in velocity.