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Ocean City Beating the Heat on Thursday
The ocean temperature is 76 degrees on Thursday morning.
Parts of southern New Jersey are under a National Weather Service heat advisory through 8 p.m. Thursday (July 18), but a light wind and a mild ocean are expected to keep temperatures cooler in Ocean City.
The advisory warns of a heat index (a combination of temperature and humidity) between 103 and 107 on Thursday afternoon for parts of the mainland.
But in Ocean City on Thursday morning, a light southwest breeze is taking the edge off the heat. And beachgoers are enjoying ocean temperatures of 76 degrees — the warmest the water has been all year.
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The surf is flat, creating ideal conditions for getting wet.
The local forecast calls for a high temperature in the low 90s on Thursday with plenty of sunshine. Friday's forecast is essentially the same.
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