Barometric Pressure Forecast for Long Branch, New Jersey
Barometric pressure forecast for Long Branch, New Jersey — on the Monmouth County oceanfront where the Jersey Shore faces open Atlantic. See current barometric pressure and what it means for weather-sensitive people.
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Pressure and weather in Long Branch
Long Branch sits directly on the Atlantic beach in northern Monmouth County, with the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers just behind it and New York Harbor thirty miles to the north. Being on the coast rather than inland changes the pressure picture in two ways. First, coastal storms, the nor'easters that develop off the southeastern states and intensify as they move up the seaboard, pass close enough to bring their full depth here, giving long declines and days of onshore wind; this stretch of shore took the worst of Sandy's surge in October 2012. Second, the ocean moderates temperature year-round, so the sea breeze sets up on most summer afternoons and keeps the beach ten degrees cooler than towns twenty miles west, while in winter the water holds off the coldest air and tips borderline storms toward rain. The barometer is at its most active from late October through March and at its flattest in July and August when the Bermuda high holds.
What this means for you
The nor'easter season from late autumn to early spring carries almost all of the year's large pressure movement. Reviewing the barometric pressure forecast is most worthwhile in those months.