Something in the Air

La Nina, October Siberian Snow Cover an the polar ice caps all will play a huge role in determining what the winter will be like in South Jersey. After a below average snow season and seasonable winter temperatures, Meteorologist Joe Martucci talks to two seasonal forecasters to see what our fate might be.

Judah Cohen, Director of Seasonal Forecasting for AER in Lexington, Massachusetts (1:21), and Jim Sullivan, Chief Meteorologist for WeatherWorks in Hackettstown, New Jersey (14:30), talk to Joe about what could lie ahead.

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While September was quiet most days of the month, a storm named Ida would add its name to the record books for the most deadliest weather events in New Jersey's history. New Jersey State Climatologist Dr. Dave Robinson and Meteorologist Joe Martucci recap the day of extreme flooding and severe weather that was Ida, talk about another warm September and have some early thoughts on the upcoming winter.

Ida - 2:32

September rainfall - 9:31

September temperatures - 13:49

Fall foliage - 22:22

Early winter thoughts - 24:06

NJ climate office update - 26:20

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This month's special guest for the Something in the Air podcast is Fred Akers, Administrator of the Great Egg Harbor River Watershed Association. "Watershed Fred" and Meteorologist Joe Martucci go through the history of the programs and activities that keep the river pristine and clean. Joe also talks to Fred about his colorful garden of tomatoes and him being the original Atlantic County community rainfall spotter.

1:34 - Fred's tomatoes

2:58 - Fred's life, before being involved in the watershed.

5:24 - Importance of the watershed being locally managed

6:52 - Recreational, scenic and wild rivers

9:38 - The dollars and cents of protecting the river

17:05 - Fred's thoughts on the Army Corps of Engineers' Back Bay Study Project, which will impact the watershed.

19:35 - How Fred believes we should protect against sea level rise

23:46 - How volunteer rain and snow measurements help the watershed, right here in South Jersey.

27:05 - "The Map" of New Jersey

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Before hurricanes unleash their fury on land, Nick Underwood goes into them by air, collecting valuable weather data and information. Nick's one of hundreds who have flown into the eye of the storm but the first to regularly use his uncanny grip of the English language and wit to Twitter for all to see.

Meteorologist Joe Martucci talk to Nick about how this aerospace engineer became one of weather Twitter's biggest celebrities. Nick also tries to convince Joe that his split and South, Central and North Jersey is correct, but Joe can't buy it. Do you?

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Tropical Storm Elsa and a severe weather outbreak on July 29 helped spawn eight tornadoes in the month of July, putting 2021 near the top for most in one year. Meteorologist Joe Martucci and New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson sit down to talk about it. Dave says we still have plenty of the year to go to get the top tornado spot of 17 back in 1989. 

T.S. Elsa and the tornadoes both came with plenty of rain, with Robinson says way well above average. That rain did help put a lid on extreme heat.

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Somers Point native and Mainland Regional High School grad Matt Lanza joins Meteorologist Joe Martucci. Matt, a meteorologist, is the editor of Space City Weather, Houston's largest weather blog. Matt talks about his journey from making up hurricanes at his house in Somers Point, to his time in television and his current role at the blog, and forecasting for Cheniere Energy. 

2:34 – What Matt misses most about the shore, and Jersey pizza.

3:53 – How he started Space City Weather and how sites like his and television work in tandem.

6:40 – The strengthens and weakness of running a written weather blog website. 

9:00 – Like South Jersey, flooding is a major problem in Southeast Texas. Matt talks about his exclusive flood forecasting scale and how he’s getting his word into underserved communities.

12:30 – Matt’s thoughts on Superstorm Sandy, from afar. 

14:30 – Made up hurricane plotting. 

17:37 – Is Mainland Regional High School a meteorologist factory? 

18:48 – From Rutgers University to television in New York to forecasting in Los Angeles, Matt’s life before Houston 

26:53 – His work at Cheniere Energy.

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South Jersey had a taste of the heat that brought down all-time record highs in the Pacific Northwest and Canada in June. Meteorologist Joe Martucci and New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson put the hot weather in both places in context. Joe and Dave also talk about why rainfall was so weird in June. 

July 21 podcast guest: Matt Lanza, Somers Point native, editor of Houston's Space City Weather.

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Meteorologist Joe Martucci is joined by his "weather dad" Jim Eberwine, Retired National Weather Service forecast and current coordinator for Absecon Emergency Management. Jim brings his 40+ years of South Jersey weather experience to talk about how to prepare for hurricanes in the region, including what a reasonable worst case storm would mean for us.

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May was a streaky month. A long cool spell turned into the first long summer sizzle of the year. Then, it was wrapped up by a Memorial Day Weekend that was the coldest, wettest and stormiest in recent memory.  Meteorologist Joe Martucci and New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson talk all about in the latest Something in the Air podcast.

1:00 - Dave and Joe reminiscence on their May 13 birthdays.

3:20 - All about the coldest "summer" weekend on record for the mainland and Dave's trip to Exit 0 for the Memorial Day holiday. 

8:45 - Why the record chilly, stormy, Memorial Day Weekend happened and how far south you'd have to go to have solid beach weather from the holiday, onward.

15:48 - Recapping a rollercoaster ride of May temperatures

18:47 - The Pinelands were the last place in N.J. to see a freeze.

21:20 - Drought update

23:40 - Rainfall totals for the month, including Memorial Day Weekend. Dave said twenty miles in Ocean County took you from the wettest spot in the state to one of the driest. 

25:00 - Why summer is the hardest season to forecast for.

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