RED BANK: GOOD WEATHER FOR LIGHT WORK
The Red Bank Town Lighting on November 24 may be more than a month away, but Ed Matthews of Powerhouse Signs has already been at his annual task of stringing trees with tiny bulbs for more than a week.
RED BANK: A BREAK IN THE HUMIDITY
Another warm day is expected Tuesday, with temperatures on the Greater Red Bank Green peaking at about 80 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. But drier air should make it more comfortable than its been the last two days, and sunshine will be back, for a day at least. (Click to enlarge.)
Here’s the extended forecast:
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REDB BANK: HURRICANE FUNDRAISER PLANNED
Red Bank merchants are banding together to contribute to efforts to aid survivors of recent hurricanes that devastated Texas, Florida and Caribbean.
RUMSON: MARINE SCIENCE CENTER PLANNED
A concept drawing of the proposed Monmouth Marine and Environmental Field Station, which would be built atop the existing sanitary sewer pump station in the background. The red star on the satellite photo below indicates the location. (Photo by John T. Ward, map by Google Maps. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
A sewage pump station on the Navesink River in Rumson would serve as the foundation, literally, for an ambitious new marine science center announced in Rumson Tuesday.
FAIR HAVEN: AUTUMN HEATS UP THE GREEN
A tree on Harding Road in Fair Haven showed some pre-autumn orange and red on its limbs and surrounding ground earlier this week.
RED BANK: COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED
Hurricane José is expected to affect the Greater Red Bank Green with moderate coastal flooding, wind and rain Tuesday.
The category 1 hurricane “may end up being a glorified nor’easter, without the snow,” according to the Weather Channel.
RED BANK: HURRICANE JOSÉ HEADS NORTH
With Hurricane José moving northward off the Atlantic coast, the National Weather Service warned of impacts beginning Tuesday afternoon in the region that includes the Greater Red Bank Green.
Along with strong winds and moderate coastal flooding, the Jersey shore could get up to two inches of rain from Monday night through Wednesday, according to the forecast issued early Monday.
Here’s the forecast through the coming week:
RED BANK: WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
There was water, in different forms, above and below the New Jersey Transit rail bridge across the Navesink River Thursday afternoon, as seen from the Red Bank side. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)
Looking ahead, the National Weather Service said early Friday that it expects Tropical Storm José to “make a close pass” to the shore Tuesday, possibly bringing coastal flooding along with strong winds. Meantime, here’s the forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green through the coming weekend:
ON THE GREEN: TWO FORECASTS, CHOOSE ONE
There’s a 50 percent chance of rain on the Greater Red Bank Green Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Or 90 percent, if you go by the Weather Channel.
RED BANK: LIGHTNING HITS HOME
A lightning strike sheared the chimney from the roof of the house at 52 South Street in Red Bank during a downpour at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
ON THE GREEN: ECLIPSING EXPECTATIONS
An historic total eclipse of the sun — well, partial eclipse, in this part of the United States — drew summer vacationers and office workers alike out into cloying heat and humidity across the Greater Red Bank Green Monday.
On sidewalks in downtown Red Bank and the parking lot of the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury, among other locales, they donned safety spectacles, craned their necks and oohed and ahhed throughout the slow-motion celestial event, the first coast-to-coast eclipse in America since 1918.
Check out our photos of the skywatchers below. (Photos by John T. Ward and Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)
ON THE GREEN: SAFE EYES ON THE ECLIPSE
Sunny Strowbridge of Red Bank and her dog, Stinky, showed off eclipse-watching glasses on Riverside Avenue last week.
Eclipse? Eclipse-watching glasses? What’s going on here?
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ON THE GREEN: ‘TORRENTIAL’ RAIN FORECAST
Up to two inches of rain may fall on the Greater Red Bank Green Monday afternoon, with possible flash flooding in the area in green in the map above, according to the National Weather Service.
“Torrential rain falling in a short period of time will result in rapidly rising water levels along streams and creeks and in areas of poor drainage,” the agency said in a statement issued early Monday. “Significant roadway flooding is possible.” (Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: CLOUDS AND STORMS IN OUTLOOK
After a string of days filled with blue skies and sunshine, clouds over the Atlantic Ocean obscured the sun Wednesday morning, as seen from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge.
According to the National Weather Service, the Greater Red Bank Green is in for four days of “scattered showers and thunderstorms,” at probabilities of 40 percent or lower, before sunshine returns on Sunday. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK
Friday morning’s commute on the Greater Red Bank Green was a bit damp and clingy, as seen in this view south along Broad Street in Red Bank. And things were expected to get downright soggy, with showers likely in the early afternoon, according to the Weather Channel forecast.
RED BANK: THIS WEEK’S WEATHER OUTLOOK
Dave Bender and his pet parrot Kiko enjoyed a stroll down Broad Street in Red Bank under sunny skies Sunday morning.
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RED BANK: JUNE ARRIVES IN FOG
June rolled into the Greater Red Bank Green in the form of an enveloping fog Thursday morning, as seen is in this view of the Navesink River from North Prospect Avenue in Red Bank.
ON THE GREEN: ANOTHER SOAKING POSSIBLE
The Greater Red Bank Green is in for a drenching Monday, the according to the National Weather Service. And it faces a wet, grey week, too.
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RED BANK: TEMPS TO DROP BY WEEKEND
The Greater Red Bank Green is in for a second day of unseasonably warm temperatures Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. But the stifling heat should ease through the weekend.
RED BANK: SUNSHINE RETURNS
A rainbow over Red Bank and the Navesink River put a colorful cap on a weekend marked by extended downpours Saturday and an alternating sun and rain on Mother’s Day Sunday.
The workweek begins Monday with mostly sunny skies and lots of wind, with gusts up to 31 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge.)
ON THE GREEN: A WET FRIDAY FORECAST
The Greater Red Bank Green could get up to an inch and a half of rain Friday, with temperatures peaking in the low 60s and winds of about 20 mile per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
Here’s the NWS outlook through the weekend:
RED BANK: RIVER BACTERIA SOURCES LOCATED
Busted sanitary sewer lines in two locations along Marion Street in Red Bank were significant sources of bacteria winding up in the Navesink off Fair Haven, investigators said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Environmentalists and government officials have found two culprits, just yards apart in Red Bank, believed to be contributing to a spike in human waste bacteria in the Navesink River, they said Thursday night.
And the mystery could not have been solved without a trio of specially trained sniffing dogs, an ecstatic Clean Ocean Action leader Cindy Zipf told redbankgreen.
RED BANK: SPRING SPRINTS AHEAD TO SUMMER
Summer-like temperatures in the low 80s rolled into the Greater Red Bank Green Tuesday, triggering a widely shared urged to pop outdoors.
Wednesday’s forecast, according to the Weather Channel: a 60-percent chance of rain in the morning, followed by cloudy skies and highs in the mid-70s. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: ANOTHER FAIR DAY IN STORE
Abundant sunshine and temperatures in the mid-60s made set the mood for an enjoyable Red Bank Street Fair Sunday. Monday’s weather forecast: partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Click “read more” to see additional fair photos. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: ANOTHER SOAKING IN FORECAST
After drenching rains last week, the Greater Red Bank Green is in for more Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. As much as two inches of rain is expected. But first: some sunshine and temperatures approaching 60 degrees Wednesday. These plants along River Road in Red Bank won’t mind either way. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)