Something in the Air

Fall is near and football is here. James Melody, Head Football Coach at the South/Central Group III Champion Cedar Creek High School, joins the Something in the Air podcast to share with Joe his favorite football weather stories he's been a part of. 

They then get serious, diving into the summer heat and how they're keeping players safe during training camp. The Wet Blub Globe Temperature, something that has gained traction is sports in recent years, is discussed plenty. James then answered "fact or fiction" questions like if it's ever too cold for football weather.

James and Joe are both natives of Union, New Jersey, and had very similar thoughts when it comes to their South, Central and North Jersey maps, too. 

James favorite weather and football story: 2:24
About James: 6:22
Staying safe in the summer heat: 14:10
Fact or Fiction: 22:22
James' New Jersey map: 25:50

About the Something in the Air podcast

All Jersey, mostly about weather, 30 minutes, twice a month. That's the Something in the Air podcast, a two-time New Jersey Press Association award winner, hosted by Meteorologist Joe Martucci. 

New episodes of the Something in the Air podcast are released the first and third Wednesdays of the month. See the video and audio only version of the show on www.pressofac.com/weather. Or, go to your favorite podcast app to download the latest audio episode.

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Meteorologist Joe Martucci and Dave Robinson, the New Jersey State Climatologist are back at it again, recapping the month of July. 

Topics: 

Upwelling - The ocean's cruel, cold trick during a heat wave

July's temperatures and 8 day inland heat wave

July's rainfall

Drought update

Hurricane season's been quiet, what's next? 

About the Something in the Air podcast

All Jersey, mostly about weather, 30 minutes, twice a month. That's the Something in the Air podcast, a two-time New Jersey Press Association award winner, hosted by Meteorologist Joe Martucci. 

New episodes of the Something in the Air podcast are released the first and third Wednesdays of the month. See the video and audio only version of the show on www.pressofac.com/weather. Or, go to your favorite podcast app to download the latest audio episode.

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We're talking weather as usual, but taking a bit of a biblical approach on this one. And by biblical, we mean the actual Bible. Anthony McCullough and Dan Palmeri from JMJ Missions in South Jersey talk about their Mount Rushmore of favorite weather events in the Bible. Palmeri and McCullough list their Mount Rushmore of top four weather events in the bible. McCullough, who has a meteorology degree from Rutgers University (and won a foam hockey championship with Joe), discusses with if there's a basis of truth for each one.

This podcast originally aired on the Across The Sky show with Joe and the Lee Enterprises' weather team. 

About the Something in the Air podcast

All Jersey, mostly about weather, 30 minutes, twice a month. That's the Something in the Air podcast, a two-time New Jersey Press Association award winner, hosted by Meteorologist Joe Martucci. 

New episodes of the Something in the Air podcast are released the first and third Wednesdays of the month. See the video and audio only version of the show on www.pressofac.com/weather. Or, go to your favorite podcast app to download the latest audio episode.

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10 of the first 15 days in May were chillier than average, while 12 of the final 16 were above average. A nine day long nor'easter was responsible for that early May chill, along with fierce winds, rain and tidal flooding. Meanwhile, the second half sizzle broke heat records at time. Meteorologist Joe Martucci and New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson hop on the podcast to recap the topsy turvy May that was on the award winning Something in the Air podcast.

2:29 - A much better Memorial Day weekend
6:09 - May's temperature divide
12:36 - An Energizer Bunny of a nor'easter
22:28 - May's rainfall
25:30 - Hurricane season, which began June 1

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It was a tale of two Aprils. With the first half above average and the second half chillier than usual, including new record lows, it felt like there was never a real warmup for the month. For some good news, rounds of rain pulled South Jersey out of a seven week drought that could have spelled serious problems for the summer. One of those rounds of rain was a nor'easter that brought moderate stage coastal flooding and over 60 mph winds. 

New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson and Meteorologist Joe Martucci go over the month that was in the Something in the Air podcast. Make sure to say happy birthday to them too, they're birthday is May 13. 

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Birthday Month - 1:05

Way too windy? - 3:05

April's rollercoaster temperatures - 7:37 

The end of drought - 14:20

April's precipitation - 20:06

April 18 nor'easter 25:21

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Lee Enterprises, parent company of The Press of Atlantic City, is going all in on weather and Meteorologist Joe Martucci now has two weather siblings to add to the family in addition to Sean Sublette at the Richmond Times- Dispatch.. Kirsten Lang (1:21) of the Tulsa World and Matt Holiner (16:56), based in the Midwest, come on the show to talk about their lives and how they're going to revolutionize the weather you get your weather. 

Also, they both drew their North Jersey, Central Jersey and South Jersey splits. 

Follow Kirsten's work: www.tulsaworld.com/weather
Follow Matt's work: https://twitter.com/MattHoliner

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2:10 - Record warm, and cold, dominate March

5:20 - How the bitter blast at the end of the month may impact our crops.

11:40 - March's temperatures in review

17:20 - Drought hits South Jersey

23:52 - Precipitation in March

28:10 - A new snow capital of New Jersey? 

For the first time since 2019, South Jersey entered a drought and New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson was the one who said we needed to be in there. 

Robinson told our very own Meteorologist Joe Martucci on this Something in the Air podcast that water flows on the stream and creeks weren't as high as they should be coming into the spring, when water usage spikes. 

Before the growing season really gets underway, though, there has to be healthy plants and trees to grow. While warm, even record warm temperatures dominated most of March, the last week of the month brought record cold and even snow. March 28, 29 and 30 all brought record cold and Robinson says farmers are concerned about how the late season freezes will impact their yields. 

Still, South Jersey ranked around 20 for warmest Marches since records started in the state since 1895. Precipitation was average at best but still below average in most of the state, leading to drought.

And, for the South Jersey snow lovers out there, we had ourselves a year. Robinson says that out of the South, Central (yes, Central) and North Jersey zones, it's the South that is the snowiest so far this season. However, a snowy April up north could change that.

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