Here’s what’s on Bloomberg Green’s weather radar today.
(Bloomberg) —
Coastal flooding is possible through Friday night’s high tide in southern Queens, parts of Nassau County and across Long Island Sound in Connecticut’s Fairfield County, according to the National Weather Service.
The culprit? The Moon. (Just because you cannot see it for the clouds doesn’t mean it isn’t there. At least, I cannot remember the last time I saw it.)
When the Moon is full, tides along the coast tend to be higher because our big satellite and the Sun line up and their combined gravitational pull gives the oceanic cycles an extra boost.
Over the next two days high tides are going to get a 6-inch lunar boost and that will be enough to flood a few roads, according to the National Weather Service.
When you combine this with climate-change enhanced sea-level rise you can get coastal flooding even on sunny days. Or moonlit nights.
And for those out there who will say: “this always happens.” Well, yes, now it does now, but it is something that has increased steadily over time as the water has risen. When I was born it was something that only happened two or three times a year, by 2030 New York’s Battery will flood 20 to 40 times a year.In other weather news today:
Rwanda: Torrential rains caused flooding in western and northern Rwanda, killing at least 129 people.
Spain: The Iberian Peninsula and southern France are expected to be warmer than usual into next week.
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