The remnants of Hurricane Noel lashed the Island this past Saturday, bringing down power lines, sinking at least two boats and tossing several others ashore. Although no injuries were linked to the storm, a number of Vineyard homes were without electricity for well into Sunday. Steamship Authority ferry service to the Vineyard shut down at noon Saturday and didn’t resume until Sunday morning.
How have the wind and choppy seas affected the fishing during the first week of the 61st Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby? That depends on whom you ask.
For a weekend anticipated to be a washout for fishermen, it was an active three days at Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby headquarters in Edgartown.
Understanding the relationships between the ocean and air is essential if weather forecasting in the future is to be more precise.
Now that heavy rain and snow have arrived, last year's dry
summer is a distant memory. In fact, the Island ended up with more
rainfall than usual in 2002.
A huge storm that caused troubles for much of the nation ended up
sparing the Vineyard its worst wrath. Though the Christmas Day
northeaster passed over the Vineyard and Nantucket on its path out to
sea, it dropped an inch of snow and lots of rain. The National Weather
Service cooperative station recorded 1.41 inches of melted
precipitation.