Howard Manges

@nickpbassill.bsky.social aurora pillars visible from @nysmesonet.org cams.

22.03.2025 02:57 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Northern Lights tonight from Binghamton, NY.

3 minute exposure using my Samsung cell.

22.03.2025 02:39 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The vernal equinox is a sight to behold from 22,000 miles above earth.

20.03.2025 21:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe? I NEVER imagined values of that magnitude would support precip. But, yeah. Perhaps the pellet's fall velocity allowed it to fall thru the thick dry air cushion without evaporating like a flake or drop. Good point.

13.03.2025 02:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nick, we had confirmed VERY light graupel/snow within a few air miles of KBGM with a dewpoint depression of 30°+ degrees this afternoon. Amazing.

13.03.2025 02:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Does that mean the answer is still in the room? lol.

13.03.2025 01:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A retired pilot in Norwich, NY shared this incredible picture of non-thunderstorm related mammatus clouds tonight.

13.03.2025 01:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

12Z NAM 3km stinks in NY/PA today. It's missing observed dewpoints by ~15°F at 3pm. This may have implications on start of any precipitation this evening.

12.03.2025 19:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Weather/aviation geekery incoming! Cold front crossed KBGM within last half hour.

A pilot flying at 9,000ft reported MOD/SEV turbulence. Turbulence directly caused by the front.

11.03.2025 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We've now lost 3 radiosonde launching sites due to cuts to NOAA. 97 more sites to go before we're just be using satellites, airplanes and chinese lanterns.

08.03.2025 02:51 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

NOAA Hurricane Hunter layoffs threaten to degrade hurricane forecasts » Yale Climate Connections A gap in flight director staffing could keep the planes earthbound at crucial times.

NOAA Hurricane Hunter layoffs threaten to degrade hurricane forecasts yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/noaa...

06.03.2025 20:06 — 👍 30    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 2