A rapid rise in water temperatures at the Jersey shore has everyone
smelling foul odors. Read below for more...
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PUBLIC INFORMATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
205 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MT. HOLLY HAS RECEIVED MANY CALLS
SINCE SATURDAY INQUIRING ABOUT AN ODOR ESPECIALLY DOWN AT THE SHORE.
AFTER SPEAKING WITH AN OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCHER AND MARINE BIOLOGIST
IT APPEARS THE ODOR MAY BE A RESULT OF A PLANKTON BLOOM OCCURRING IN
THE OCEAN IN PART DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLE WARMUP OF THE TEMPERATURES
WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 18 AND 19. THE TEMPERATURE ROSE FROM 54
DEGREES TO 72...AND HAS SINCE LEVELED OFF AT 72. THE STRONG SURF
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRONG MIXING.
THE WATER TENDS TO BE MURKY AND THE ODOR IS GENERALLY CHARACTERIZED
AS MUSTY. THE WINDS ON SATURDAY WERE ONSHORE AND TRANSPORTED THE
ODOR SOME DISTANCE INLAND. WINDS DOWNBEACH FROM ATLANTIC CITY ARE
ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
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