Simon Brewer

Only in Wyoming!

#WedgeWednesday
Video still of a violent, longtrack tornado tearing over the community of Franklin, Kansas during a significant outbreak on May 4, 2003. This twister caused 2 areas of potential F5 damage indicators (prior to EF-Scale), but was rated "Highend F4". @StormgasmJim

Only in Wyoming!

World Wildlife Day
Injured Bald Eagle at Glen Helen Raptor Center, Yellow Springs, Ohio February 2026
#WorldWildlifeDay

I can't match @stormgasm.bsky.social, but...

March 15, 2016 Hanna City, IL
March 31, 2023 Keota, IA (2 and 3)
May 18, 2025 Arnett, OK

#TornadoTuesday
#weatherpicofday
Violent stovepipe-shaped tornado under a sculpted updraft with highly visible RFD cut hits seceral farms near the community of Alpena, South Dakota on June 18, 2014. Juston Drake and I were looking north at this incredible sight. #SDwx

OTD 14 years ago, March 2, 2012, Jim Bishop and I documented 2 tornadoes, one was violent, tear through the community of Henryville, Indiana during a significant outbreak.
#INwx

Happy 1st Day of Meteorological Spring!
March 2, 2012 Henryville, IN
April 9, 2011 Pocahontas, IA
May 17, 2019 Farnam, NE
May 12, 2023 Spalding, NE
w/ @JustonStrmRider

#weatherpicofday
Sculpted supercell updraft with a relatively large cone-shaped multivortex tornado over ranchland near the community of Sterling City, Texas on May 17, 2021.
with Juston Drake
#SupercellSaturday
Not everything has to suck today.

#weatherpicofday
Skinny stovepipe-shaped tornado over ranchland approaching highway near the community of Campo, Colorado on May 31, 2010. Juston Drake and I had a small crew with us filming "Storm Riders" for The Weather Channel. #COwx
#TornadoThursday

Nor'easter (bombcyclone) yesterday broke records for some locations: Providence, Rhode Island (Warwick) measured 37.9 inches of snow accumulation, high winds & heavy snow caused widespread white-out conditions. Was in the teeth of it during the storms peak!

#weatherpicofday
Coldcore tornado near Dieterich, Illinois over soybean and corn fields on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006.
This was near our chase 2 days ago on February 19, 2026. Also ran into legendary storm chaser Gene Moore on that day! ILwx

Juston Drake and I had a nice late winter chase across Eastern Illinois & Western Indiana yesterday, February 19, 2026. We documented 2 tornadic supercells, several wall clouds, and lots of small hail. Never confirmed a tornado. Alternator went out, replacing today
ILwx INwx

This is fine

I think we all know it's #WedgeWednesday

If the average person can go to jail or be sued into poverty for an auto accident, ANY transportation company owning self-driving vehicles should get same treatment. No driver, then the company OWNER(S) must be held accountable to the same level as an individual driver. FAFO

#weatherpicofday
OTD 17 years ago, February 10, 2009, Juston Drake and I documented tornadic supercells and baseball-sized hail over Oklahoma. Got a glimpse of a funnel before it became rain-wrapped over the OKC Metro. #OKwx

Happy Groundhog Day!
Spring is just around the corner!
#GroundhogDay

I've documented significantly more extreme snow events, but I'm still
grateful to have been able to document this local historic event in my hometown. Understand this was nothing on the scale of the Great Blizzard of '78 with respect to overall storm intensity. #OHwx

NEW RECORD MAXIMUM SNOWFALL FOR DAYTON, OHIO:
12.4 inches of snow accumulation at the Dayton International Airport. This overtakes the official 12.2 inches measured from the infamous Blizzard of 1978, also known as the Midwest Super Bomb.

9 to 10 inches of snow accumulation in Dayton area so far - this next round moving in might push us up and maybe over the 1 Foot hump!
#Ohio #OHwx

Looking more and more likely Dayton, Ohio might break that snowfall record from the Blizzard of '78, while the winds and low pressure set the 1978 BOMB in a league of its own. #OHwx

Roads getting slick over Southwest Kentucky at 8 am CDT, Saturday January 24, 2026 (Photo near Mayfield, Kentucky)
#KYwx

Cold front about to blast over the area: high winds and rapidly dropping temperature! #Ohio #OHwx

January 5th, 1880:
Snow began falling in Seattle, Washington, and would continue for much of the week. When it was over, more than 5 feet of snow was recorded.

The 'Big Snow of 1880' is still the biggest Seattle has ever seen - MyNorthwest.com More than 100 years ago, Seattle experienced another unusual stint of weather: days of relentless snow that crushed wood buildings.

Pretty amazing series of storms.
mynorthwest.com/local/seattl...

Tug Hill Plateau getting dumped on this morning! Classic intense lake effect snow event for Upstate New York. ##NYwx

YouTube video by YouTube Movies Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

About to watch Jim Henson's "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas", my favorite Christmas-related film
youtu.be/HKp5A9j06fo?...

#weatherpicofday
10 years ago yesterday, December 23, 2015, @JustonStrmRider and I documented a longtrack, violent tornado pass northwest of Batesville, Mississippi, during a significant outbreak. People were at a Christmas festival in town as this beast passed. #mswx

NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.