Author: kirkgpsw

Jul 17

EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON…

* WHAT…DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 110 DEGREES POSSIBLE.

* WHERE…THE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM WILMINGTON TO PHILADELPHIA TO TRENTON.

* WHEN…FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST DANGEROUS HEAT LOOKS TO OCCUR ON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS…EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WORKING OR PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…THE EXACT TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER AND COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES

Jul 16

Daily Forecast July 17, 2020

Have a great Friday! Today we will see some showers and thunderstorms. Also it will be HOT HOT HOT HOT over the next few days!

Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88.

Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72

Jul 15

BREAKING: Pennsylvania to Limit Restaurant Capacity, Alcohol Sales, Gatherings Starting Thursday at 12:01 a.m. Due to Increase in Coronavirus Cases

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is expected to announce new measures including limits on restaurant capacity, alcohol sales and gatherings in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state due to a recent increase in cases.

The new mitigation efforts, which are expected to be announced at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The following restrictions will go into effect Thursday, July 16 at 12:01 a.m.:

Bars

  • All bars are prohibited from conducting operations unless they offer sit-down, dine-in meals.
  • Alcohol only can be served for on-premises consumption when in the the same transaction as a meal.
  • All service must be at a table or booth; bar service is prohibited.
  • Take-out sales of alcohol for the premises of off-site consumption are permitted, subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by Pennsylvania law.
  • For purposes of the order, occupancy requirements are: 
    • Limited to 25 percent of state fire-code maximum occupancy for indoor dining.
    • A discrete indoor event or gathering in a business in the retail food services industry is limited to 25 persons.

Restaurants and private catered events

  • For purposes of the order, occupancy requirements are: 
    • Limited to 25 percent of state fire-code maximum occupancy for indoor dining.
    • A discrete indoor event or gathering in a business in the retail food services industry is limited to 25 persons.

All businesses in the retail food services industry, including restaurants, wineries and bars, are permitted to provide take-out and delivery sales of food, as well as dine-in service in both indoor and outdoor seating areas so as along as they strictly adhere to the requirements of the guidance, as required by the order, including:

  • Non-bar seating in outdoors areas (i.e. tables or counter seats that do not line up to a bar or food service area) may be used for customer seating.
  • Customers being served must be seated at a table.
  • The maximum occupancy limit includes staff.
  • Social distancing, masking and other mitigation measures must be employed to protect workers and patrons.
  • Alcohol only can be served for on-premises consumption when in the same transaction as a meal. Take-out sales of alcohol for the purposes for the purposes of off-site consumption are permitted subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by Pennsylvania law.

Nightclubs

  • All nightclubs are prohibited from conducting operations.

Other events and gathering

Events and gatherings, other than those in businesses in the retail food services industry, must adhere to these gathering limitations:

  • Indoor events and gatherings of more than 25 persons are prohibited.
  • Outdoor events and gatherings of more than 250 persons are prohibited.
  • The maximum occupancy limit includes staff.

Teleworking

  • Unless not possible, all businesses are required to conduct their operations in whole or in part remotely through individual teleworking of their employees in the jurisdiction(s) in which they do business.
  • Where telework is not possible, employees may conduct in-person business operations, provided that the businesses fully comply with all substantive aspects of the business safety order, the worker safety order and the masking order.

Gyms and fitness facilities

  • All gyms and fitness facilities, when permitted to continue indoor operations, are directed to prioritize outdoor physical fitness activities. All activities must follow masking requirements, as provided by the July 1 order, and must provide for social distancing requirements of persons being at least six feet apart, as well as being limited by any limitations related to.
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Jul 15

Daily Forecast July 16, 2020

Have a GREAT Thursday!

Thursday
|Partly sunny, with a high near 84

Thursday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69

Jul 14

A rocket launch may be visible for most of East Coast and as far west as Ohio on Wednesday Morning.

 A rocket launch from Virginia may be visible to many in the Eastern Time Zone on Wednesday morning.

The Minotaur IV rocket carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled to launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s (MARS) Pad 0B on Wallops Island.

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Program is providing the launch services for the mission.

The mission, named NROL-129, will be the first USSF mission from Wallops Flight Facility and the NRO’s first dedicated launch from Wallops.

The launch may be visible along much of the U.S. East Coast. The map below shows the time in seconds after launch that the rocket may be visible.

The launch window will open about 9am.

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Jul 12

Daily Forecast Monday July 13, 2020

Have a GREAT Monday!

Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88.

Monday Night
A chance of thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Jul 10

LMT Animal Control Officer is asking for help to find out who plowed down 12 geese on Wednesday night.

The Lower Makefield Township Animal Control Officer is seeking public help to identify those who ran down 12 geese this past Wednesday night in Lower Makefield. LMT ACO Jamie Fazzalore-Truelove is working with the PA Game Commission to find out what happen to the 12 geese. They were plowed down on Big Oak Rd at approximately 8:30 pm this past Wednesday night.

If you witnessed or have any information please contact ACO Jamie Fazzalore-Truelove through the non emergency police #215-493-4011.
Location on Big Oak was between the exit to Shop Rite and Oxford Valley Road.

Jul 10

Flash Flood Warning including Trenton NJ, Lakewood NJ, Point Pleasant NJ until 4:45 PM EDT

A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Trenton NJ, Lakewood NJ, Point Pleasant NJ until 4:45 PM EDT. 

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
  Trenton, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Lakewood, Howell, Marlboro, Manalapan, Ewing, Tinton Falls, Princeton, Jamesburg, Manasquan, Hightstown, Point Pleasant Beach, Cranbury, Pennington, Hopewell, Allentown, Farmingdale and Roosevelt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall take priority.  Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be followed.
Turn around...don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property.