Sumter Is Now My Favorite Season.
SURF:
What season do you call 80 degree air temps one day then a windy/wet/cold 1" of rain the next? Sumter! Get it? Summer + Winter! Or is it Winmer?! Anyway, it sure isn't Spring.
Great summer-like weather this past week slowly transitioned to cooler temps today and the return of fog. And late Sunday into Monday? A solid winter storm for spring! So enjoy then semi-clean conditions this weekend while you can.
As far as the surf goes, we had new NW filling in today for chest high sets and new SW fills in tomorrow for more chest high sets. Saturday looks to be the same and Sunday could be suspect with the impending storm- but we will have building NW late in the day. Best bet is to get it early Friday or Saturday. And here's the tides, sun, and water temps for the next few days:
- Sunrise and sunset:
- 6:44 AM sunrise
- 7:05 PM sunset
- Water temps are in the low 60's.
- And here's the tides for this weekend:
- 4' at sunrise
- -0.7' at lunch
- and 3.5' at sunset
FORECAST:
As mentioned above, we have a storm rolling through on Monday for overhead surf and junky conditions. On Tuesday, things start to clean up- except for the water.
Wednesday still has leftover waist high NW and building chest high sets from a new SW. For Thursday, charts show more head high NW (EBS anyone?) and that lasts into Friday. Next weekend will have leftover small combo swell.
Further out, charts show good NW around April 4th and good SW around April 6th. In summary- plenty of surf next week ONCE the storm leaves early in the week.
WEATHER:
Winter has decided to show up a week late but I'll take it. Let's start with tomorrow first- looks like nice weather once the low clouds burn off and Saturday will be the same. Sunday should be cloudy all day and showers at night. Monday is forecasted to have up to an inch of rain and windy conditions then cleaner, breezy conditions as it exits on Tuesday. This storm looks to be solid- one of the better ones we've had this season. The 2nd half of the week looks to be sunny and cool (kind of like my disposition). If anything changes between now and then, make sure to follow North County Surf on Twitter!
BEST BET:
Mid-week with fun combo swell and cleaner water. Or if the models are correct- good NW 4/4 or good SW 4/6.
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
And the results are in: The average temperature on Earth for the warmest February on record was 7th place last month! Which, in the Olympics or any other sporting event wouldn't be that great. But when you're talking about rising temperatures in relation to heat and drought, I'll take 7th. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), our planet continued its relatively warm start to 2022, with February ranking as the seventh-warmest February in the climate record.
Last month also wrapped up an extremely warm December to February season for the planet, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Here’s more from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the numbers:
February 2022 | Season (December 2021 – February 2022)
The February global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.46 degrees F (0.81 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average, ranking as the seventh-warmest February in the climate record.
Regionally, Asia, Europe and South America saw average temperatures that ranked among their eight-warmest Februaries on record. North America was the only continent to have a below-average February temperature.
Looking at the three-month season, the global surface temperature was 1.51 degrees F (0.84 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 53.8 degrees F (12.1 degrees C), tying with 2015 as the world’s fifth-warmest such period on record.
December through February was also the Northern Hemisphere’s sixth-warmest meteorological winter and the Southern Hemisphere’s seventh-warmest meteorological summer on record.
Last month also wrapped up an extremely warm December to February season for the planet, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Here’s more from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the numbers:
February 2022 | Season (December 2021 – February 2022)
The February global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.46 degrees F (0.81 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average, ranking as the seventh-warmest February in the climate record.
Regionally, Asia, Europe and South America saw average temperatures that ranked among their eight-warmest Februaries on record. North America was the only continent to have a below-average February temperature.
Looking at the three-month season, the global surface temperature was 1.51 degrees F (0.84 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 53.8 degrees F (12.1 degrees C), tying with 2015 as the world’s fifth-warmest such period on record.
December through February was also the Northern Hemisphere’s sixth-warmest meteorological winter and the Southern Hemisphere’s seventh-warmest meteorological summer on record.
Other notable takeaways from the report:
Polar sea ice was scant. Antarctic sea ice extent (coverage) for the month was the smallest on record — 830,000 square miles (29.6%) below average — surpassing the previous smallest February extent set in 2017. The February 2022 Arctic sea ice extent was 4.5% below average and the 14th-smallest February extent in the 44-year record.
A warm start to 2022 so far. The year-to-date (January and February) global surface temperature was the sixth highest on record. According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Rankings Outlook, it is virtually certain (> 99.0%) that 2022 will rank among the 10-warmest years on record.
Tropical cyclone activity saw a significant uptick. The globe had an above-average number of tropical cyclones in February, with a total of eight named storms, four of which intensified to become hurricanes (also known as cyclones or typhoons in parts of the Eastern Hemisphere). The South Indian Ocean was the most active ocean basin with five named storms, tying with February 2000 and February 2007 for the most named storms since 1981.
Just think on the bright side- by 2030 our ocean temps will be so warm that we'll never have to wear a fullsuit again in California!
PIC OF THE WEEK:
Pretty sure this is the lost island of Atlantis.
Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
Wondrous
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Michael W. Glenn
Wondrous
Still Have A Perfect Bracket
Been Hiding Out With DB Cooper, Jimmy Hoffa, Amelia Earhart, and Miki Dora
