Katharine M. Kanak, PhD

That’s awesome - can’t wait to see your findings!

Maybe could look at MRMS MESH and see how it compares with Wendt and Jirak 2021 and see if the difference between MESH and observed is filling in at all.

Great work! Looks like 2023-2024 were definitely more intense in the Plains.

Excellent!

Took a better look on a bigger screen. Looks like straight-line dust movement (left to right) with embedded dusty updraft plumes. Maybe a larger dust devil in the foreground too. Nice imagery.

I was distracted by the dust devils and missed that the focus was on the horizon. Wasn’t sure if the features on the right were dust devils or non-rotating surface-based updraft plumes, but I see now they are dust devils. I’m not sure what to make of the flat features. Interesting for sure! :)

Plume or dust devil?

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2/2 and Kelly et al. (1985; MWR) who found only 4% of tornado reports had hail reports with them for 1955-1983.

1/2 A couple of older papers that support this are: Morgan and Summers (1982; Thunderstorms, Kessler ed.) who discuss the tendency to report the most severe event such that hail reports take a backseat to tornado or damaging wind reports; ...

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I’m so sorry… you’re doing such amazing work

Congratulations!

*to find the parcel that maximizes CAPE

I wonder if a possible method could be to start with the parcel with max theta-e in lowest 300 mb and with some really efficient code ;) check “adjacent” parcels that optimize the CAPE over the entire depth.

Max theta-e in the lowest 400 mb?

Looks like both the links you posted go to the ttu doc

Edwards et al. (2013) cite it as WSEC (2006) with reference: WSEC, 2006: A recommendation for an enhanced Fujita
scale (EF-scale). Texas Tech University Wind Sci-
ence and Engineering Center Rep., 95 pp. [Available
online at www.depts.ttu.edu/weweb/pubs/fscale
/efscale.pdf.]

Blue swallowtail butterfly on ground surrounded by green pepper plants and other plants. Butterfly is iridescent blue but appears mostly black with orange, blue and white spots on hind wings

Finally captured a blue swallowtail butterfly in a photo today.

Very nice work and really interesting! Defining an”outbreak “ is certainly not easy. Thanks for your intriguing findings and for the discussion.

Thanks so much! I appreciate your efforts 😊

Hi Nick - How many tornadoes were in your total count?

Redbud tree with pink flowers

Redbud tree with pink flowers

Redbuds in full bloom

Your work is so important and makes a real difference in people’s lives and safety. You matter and your work matters. Thank you for dedicating your talents to public service. Sending you support…

I feel the same way! I think they’re delightful!

Thanks Liz- that is so pretty! We have an open field behind us and tons of squirrels, and with our other feeders, we just feed everybody! May try some baffles with the camera feeder and a pole.

Here's wider view 😊🌪️

Image credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Oh, this?

Just a dust devil, seen from orbit.

From Mars orbit. And the dust devil is 20 kilometres tall.

This has to be the clearest and most detailed dust devil I’ve yet seen captured. Amazing!