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Mary and J.'s Wedding Forecast For O.C. Maryland
J and Mary’s Wedding Forecast:
“There is a 100% chance of your friends getting smashed at your wedding.” Chief D-7 Meteorologist Bob Wevodau
This is kind of new territory for me doing a wedding. Can’t really predict or analyze what is going to happen. I know J needs to come out strong, speak clearly, contain himself, can’t get emotional or else he will risk hearing about it from his friends for the rest of his life. Mary, needs to stay focused, also needs to speak clearly, remember to say the correct name, and look happy in all the photographs. As for the fans, excuse me friends, well I don’t know about you, but all I have to do is get drunk and not cause a scene at the reception (this will be easier for some than for others).
The average high for October 30th in Ocean City, MD is 64F°. The low is about 42F°. Not quite how I remember it when I was there in June. But at least you won’t have to worry about Groomsmen passing out on you. The record high for the date is 83F° (1946) this may lead to the reception being moved on to the beach. The record low for the 30th is 28F° (1952). Pretty cold, but I don’t think we will see anything close to that.
There really isn’t much I can add about the Farmer’s Almanac’s Prediction that I didn’t say in the FSU forecast. With my prediction of a storm moving up and off the East Coast on Friday evening, I am predicting a very windy day down on the Shore. Don’t be surprised to see some whitecaps in the Assawomen Bay (I can’t believe they really named it that, those crazy Indians). Also expect the mighty Atlantic to be churning, but that should have little to no effect on the ceremony and celebration. Temperatures should be about average, slightly warmer than normal in the morning, and slightly cooler than normal in the afternoon. We will have to watch closely because we are close to the temperature range where wind chill can become a factor (that’s can, not will). So here is the forecast:
The forecast for the October 30, 2004 “Great Day for J / Mary Drops Ball” Nuptials is for a beautiful clear day. I said it in the FSU post and I am going to stick with it now, some clouds early and maybe even brief showers but it should all be gone by late morning. The anticipated cloud cover should keep the morning from being too cold, and the clearing and ensuing winds should keep the afternoon temperature from getting too high . The morning temps should be in the upper 40’s to lower 50’s and the afternoon should warm up to the mid 60’s. As for precipitation, I think we are going to see clearing skies and little to no chance of rain. If any, it would be early. Another key factor here is going to be the wind. If the forecast is on the money (and why would we think otherwise) we should have some gusty winds out of the North.
The wedding time sunrise for Ocean City is for 7:24 am. The girls may need to know that since that is how long it usually takes them to get ready for a wedding. And the sunset is scheduled for 6:02 pm. For those keeping score the sun rise is just about 9 minutes earlier in Ocean City than in College Park. As I said for FSU, remember October 30 is the last day of daylights savings time, so on Sunday you will have extra time to sleep off your hangover. October 30, will also see a beautiful harvest moon (Wanning Gibbous for the astronomy geeks) in the sky. Should come up around 7:30 PM.
Look here for further updates, as we get closer to game er…uh…wedding day.
***This is a disclaimer to remove all responsibility on myself if this forecast is wrong. Being that it is very difficult to predict the weather greater than 48 hours in advance, the odds of needing this disclaimer are about 100%. However I do believe this forecast will be pretty close to what we can actually look to expect.
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