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The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
The pressure gradient (difference) between an intensifying low pressure system that moved northeast through the Saint Lawrence Valley and a high pressure system building east from the Southern Plains produces strong winds across New Jersey between 4 a.m. and 3 p.m. EST. Strongest wind gusts averaged around 45 mph. Peak wind gusts included 50 mph at the Cape May Coast Guard Station in Cape May County, 49 mph in Sandy Hook, Keansburg (both Monmouth County) and Barnegat Light (Ocean County), 46 mph at the McGuire Air Force Base (Burlington County), 40 mph at the Marina within Atlantic City, Millville (Cumberland County) and Somerville (Somerset County) and 39 mph in Sussex (Sussex County). As the Cape May/Lewes Ferry was crossing Delaware Bay, it recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 5, 4:45 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 445 AM EST FRI NOV 5 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... SFC LOW IN SE CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS TAKING ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT FURTHER OUT TO SEA. THE AXIS OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE EAST OF THE CWA TONIGHT REPLACING THE NW UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN TO A MORE ZONAL REGIME. UNTIL THEN, THIS NW FLOW, IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS RESULTING FROM THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SFC LOW IN CANADA AND THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE GREAT PLAINS STATE, WILL MAKE THE AIR FEEL QUITE CHILLY TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE PHI CWA FOR TODAY. WHILE CONDITIONS ARE MARGINAL (GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE NEEDED FOR AN ADVISORY), THE POSSIBILITY FOR WINDS OF THIS SPEED CATAGORY CERTAINLY EXISTS AND THINKING IS THAT ITS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE BEING INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR OVER NORTHERN NJ AT PRESS TIME, BUT THESE SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY SUNRISE, SO DID NOT INCLUDE ANY CHANCE OF PRECIP IN TODAY/S FORECAST. MOISTURE FROM AND SYSTEM MOVING BY TO OUR NORTH IS EXPECTED TO BRING A LITTLE MORE CLOUDINESS TO THE FA SAT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE PRECIPITATION. A BLEND BETWEEN MET AND MAV GUIDANCE WERE USED FOR TEMPS. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... ANOTHER FRONT, AGAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW MOVING EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA, IS PROGGED TO CROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUN AFTN AND NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING A NW FLOW TO THE REGION, ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPS. SFC HIGH BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL BUILD OVER THE FORECAST AREA, PROVIDING CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WITH A NW FLOW, NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER...CAN/T RULE OUT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE SUN NIGHT/EARLY MON MORNING, AND SO HAVE KEPT THEM IN THE EXTENDED PART OF THE FCST. && .AVIATION... KPIT WINDS AT H8 AT 00Z WERE 47 KT, WHICH MEANS THE GFS AND ETA GENERALY INITIALIZED WINDS AT THAT LEVEL WELL. THEY ARE PROGGING H8 WINDS OF 50 KT OR SO OVER THE TAF SITES AT 15Z WHEN SOUNDINGS GO DRY ADIABATIC, SO TAFS INCLUDE WIND GUSTS OF 40 KT FOR THE LATE AM INTO EARLY PM HOURS CONSISTENT WITH THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND DIRECTION IS WEST TO ACCOUNT FOR ISALLOBARIC EFFECT. WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CIGS AND VSBYS VFR THROUGH PD. && .MARINE... WINDS ON BAY AND COASTAL WATERS ALREADY IN THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE WITH SOME GALE FORCE GUSTS. FOR REASONS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SOME DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. GALES ALL WATERS LOOK GOOD. SEAS BOOSTED A LITTLE FROM PREV PACKAGE AND WAVEWATCH GUIDANCE GIVEN ANTICIPATED WINDS AND PRESENT CONDITIONS AT 44025. WINDS AND SEAS BEGIN TO DIMINISH/SUBSIDE TONIGHT, THOUGH SOME GRADIENT MAINTAINS ITSELF THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STILL ANTICIPATE THAT COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT WILL NOT HAVE A TIGHT PRES GRAD AND SO NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF INCREASED WINDS OR SEAS. SFC HIGH PRES IN ITS WAKE NOW PROGGED TO MOVE FURTHER S THAN PREVIOUSLY, POSSIBLY BUILDING OVER AT LEAST THE NORTHERN PORTION OF WATERS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071 TODAY. NJ...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES NJZ001-007>010-012>027 TODAY. MD...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES MDZ008-012-015-019-020 TODAY. DE...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES DEZ001>004 TODAY. MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR ZONES ANZ450>455-430-431 TODAY. SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...JJM AVIATION...MPD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 449 AM EST FRI NOV 5 2004 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-061000- ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ- CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA- COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA- DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ- INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ- MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNES MD- SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD- WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...BETHLEHEM... CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY... PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON 449 AM EST FRI NOV 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND NEW JERSEY, EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE... A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION, WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A GALE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, AND FOR THE ENTIRE DELAWARE BAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
21 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, November 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5425704, 5425705, 5425706, 5425707, 5425708, 5425709, 5425710, 5425711, 5425712, 5425713, 5425714, 5425715, 5425716, 5425717, 5425718, 5425719, 5425720, 5425721, 5425722, 5425723, 5425724.