RED BANK: POWER OUTAGES CONTINUE
Dozens of homes and businesses across the Greater Red Bank Green remained without electrical service early Tuesday after strong winds raked the region Monday, downing tree limbs and snapping utility lines.
RED BANK: WINDS SPREAD POWER OUTAGES
Hundreds of homes and businesses across the Greater Red Bank Green were coping without electricity as powerful winds tore through the area Monday.
In Rumson, between 500 and 1,000 customers of Jersey Central Power & Light were without electrical service at 1:30 p.m., the utility reported.
ON THE GREEN: OUT OF THE FOG, INTO…
Dense fog made for slow going on River Road in Fair Haven Thursday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
Here’s the National Weather Service forecast outlook for Friday and beyond on the Greater Red Bank Green: More →
RED BANK: STORM BRINGS TICKET BLITZ II
A car left on South Street during the storm. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
For the second time this year, a snowstorm that plopped about a foot of snow on Red BankWednesday and early Thursday came with a blizzard of parking tickets.
Police issued 260 parking violations during the storm, tying a one-day record set during a January 4 storm, police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.
RED BANK: OUTAGES ABOUND AFTER STORM
Downed lines required the closure of the eastern end of Madison Avenue, near Branch Avenue. Below, the JCP&L outage map as of 6:30 a.m. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
The fourth snowfall of March, 2018, left more than a foot of heavy snow on ground and thousands of Monmouth County residents without electricity Thursday morning.
Dozens of homes and businesses on the Greater Red Bank Green had no power as of 6:30 a.m. after the wet snow brought down lines across the region. Schools that had previously announced delayed openings changed plans and called a snow day Thursday.
RED BANK: PRE-SNOW SNOW DAY
With a northeaster bearing down on the coast, a state of emergency in effect and schools closed, redbankgreen took a quick spin around the Greater Red Bank Green on a pre-snow snow day to find… not much happening Wednesday morning.
RED BANK: SPRING ARRIVES AS WINTER STORM
Spring begins Tuesday at 12:15 p.m., and while a forsythia bud on River Road in Fair Haven seemed ready to proclaim the new season Monday, a brewing storm threatened to dump a foot of more of heavy, wet snow on the Greater Red Bank Green Tuesday and Wednesday.
RED BANK: NO TICKET BLIZZARD, EITHER
By JOHN T. WARD
This week’s snowstorm was no match for a January blizzard, both in terms of of the amount of white stuff left behind and the number of parking tickets issued by Red Bank police.
In contrast to the ticket blizzard that racked up 260 parking violations during the January 4 and 5 storm, the latest storm prompted just 25 tickets, police Chief Darren McConnell told redbankgreen.
RED BANK: SOGGY, WINDY DAY IN STORE
Strong winds and coastal flooding are expected along with up to two inches of rain as a storm passes over the Greater Red Bank Green Friday.
RED BANK: FULL MOON AND RAIN IN OUTLOOK
No, that wasn’t quite a full moon rising over White Street in Red Bank Wednesday night. But it will be full on Thursday, the first of two such events in March; the second, a so-called blue moon, will appear on March 31.
The gravitational tug of the moon is expected to factor into flooding associated with heavy rains starting Thursday night and lasting through the day Friday. According to the National Weather Service, a flood watch is in effect for low-lying and coastal areas during the period, when several inches of rain are expected, along with wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour as part of a “major coastal storm.”
Here’s the extended forecast:
RED BANK: WARM BREAK ENDS
It was shorts and bare-arms weather on Broad Street in Red Bank for the second day in a row Wednesday, when unseasonably warm temperatures topped out in the high 70s, according to the National Weather Service.
The outlook for the Greater Green Thursday shows a return to seasonal norms, with highs in the mid-40s, likely accompanied by rain. Check out the extended forecast:
RED BANK: RECORD WARMTH IN FORECAST
A light snowfall on the Greater Red Bank Green Saturday night was all but melted away by non-stop sunshine and above-average temperatures Sunday. And as Presidents’ Day inaugurates a new week, we’re in for some record warmth in coming days, according to the National Weather Service,
Check out the forecast through Monday:
RED BANK: PRECIPITATING PRESIDENTS’ DAY
What’s in store weatherwise for the Greater Red Bank Green this weekend as we head into Washington’s Birthday, also known as Presidents’ Day? In a word, precipitation.
According to the National Weather Service, we’ll see some rain, some peekaboo sunshine and some snow, perhaps as much as three inches.
Check out the forecast through Monday:
ON THE GREEN: WINTRY MIX FORECAST
Though there’s rain, snow and sleet forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green Wednesday morning, the wintry mix is expected to have a “limited’ impact and leave behind little or no accumulated snow, according to the National Weather Service.
Here’s the extended forecast. (Click to enlarge.)
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ON THE GREEN: JUST AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW
The chance of more than an inch of snow accumulating on the Greater Red Bank Green Tuesday was less than one in ten, according to the National Weather Service.
Here’s the extended forecast. (Click to enlarge.)
ON THE GREEN: RAIN, WARM AIR FORECAST
Temperatures peaking in the mid-to-high-50s were expected along with showers and possible thunderstorms on the Greater Red Bank Green Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Click ‘read more’ to get the extended forecast. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
ON THE GREEN: SUNNY DAY FORECAST
A brief snowfall left slush on roads and sidewalks on the Greater Red Bank Green Wednesday morning, including River Road in Fair Haven and Red Bank, seen above.
Motorists should be aware of spotty road ice Thursday morning, when wind-chill temperatures were in the single digits, the National Weather Service warned. But the daytime peak was expected to be about 37 degrees under sunny skies, according to the forecast.
Click ‘read more’ to get the outlook through next Wednesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
ON THE GREEN: LITTLE OR NO SNOW EXPECTED
A mix of rain and snow forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green before noon Wednesday, but with little or no snow accumulation, according to the National Weather Service.
Click ‘read more’ to see the extended forecast. (Click to enlarge.)
ON THE GREEN: LIGHT SNOW IN FORECAST
With plenty of grass to eat and poop on, hundreds of Canada geese appeared unruffled by ‘feels like’ temperatures in the teens as they chilled out at Red Bank Regional High in Little Silver Sunday afternoon.
Down jackets are in order on the Greater Red Bank Green as a new week gets underway with more biting cold and a bit of snow in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service. Details below.
RED BANK: RELATIVELY BALMY
Just two days after wind-chill temperatures dropped into the mid-teens below zero, the Greater Red Bank Green was in for some relatively balmy weather Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
ON THE GREEN: THAW ENDS LONG COLD SNAP
With a foot of snow atop the Navesink River ice and wind-chill temperatures below zero, visitors to Marine Park in Red Bank hoping to see some iceboat racing had to settle for empty white riverscapes Sunday. On McCarter Pond in Fair Haven, though, skaters found several small shoveled-out areas in which to enjoy the ice, at right.
The extended snap of bitter cold was expected to end Monday, when daytime temperatures reach about 35 degrees, kicking off a warming trend though the week. But freezing rain could make for hazardous driving conditions in Monday evening. Check out the National Weather Service forecast below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: STORM BRINGS TICKET BLIZZARD
Oakland Street between Shrewsbury and Bridge avenues had a mix of vehicles that had been dug out, and others that were left untouched as of 6 a.m. Friday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
A snowstorm that plopped about a foot of snow on Red Bank also prompted a blizzard of parking tickets Thursday and Friday.
Police issued a whopping 260 tickets during the storm, an apparent one-day record, police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.
ON THE GREEN: DEEP FREEZE FOLLOWS STORM
With wind-chill temperatures at 9 degrees below zero and many local streets packed with ice, the main parking lot at the Red Bank train station was nearly empty at 6:15 a.m. Friday, above, but road activity was stirring a short while later on West River Road in Rumson, right.
Check out some additional photos taken from the Greater Red Bank a day after Thursday’s snowstorm below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)