Brent Kraninger

Just found out that my city is doing trick or treating tonight instead of tomorrow... Glad I'm already stocked up. I think that's twice now since I've lived here that they didn't do it on Halloween.

Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)

The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.

The monster eye at the center of a still strengthening Hurricane Melissa.

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

I've missed these cold mornings so much.

The good news is once the front moves through, the wind will blow all your stuff right back to your house! #okwx #okmesonet

a football player with the number 21 on his jersey is giving a thumbs up ALT: a football player with the number 21 on his jersey is giving a thumbs up

Gronowski, the leading rusher with 130 yards. What was this game, haha.

Visible satellite image of the East Coast and Atlantic showing the two tropical system.

Quite a satellite image this morning! 🛰️🌀

Clouds extend 1000 miles from #Imelda's center all the way into central Pennsylvania.

#Humberto continues to churn in the Atlantic.

OU 🙏

Tulsa wins in Stillwater for the first time since 1951.

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

😃

Time-lapse of the arcus cloud that passed over Norman, OK this morning, as viewed from the NWC observation deck.

Saturday BBQ. Smoked some jalapeño poppers, a block of cream cheese, and a pork butt. Also grilled some burgers & hotdogs. Wouldn't be complete without a batch of frozen margs.

About 3 hrs left of my drive back to Norman and the A/C now decides it's quitting out on me. 🫠

87°F with a dew pt of 77°. Luckily, relief is on the way.

I managed to capture a slow-mo of some lightning from the storms in NW Iowa.

Just taking a little happy hour stroll thru Iowa.

If there's one positive thing I can look at today it's that I'm finally back to being able to run 5ks again. Which definitely came in handy to blow off some steam because of, well... today.

BalancedWx Special: NOAA releases its FY26 budget justification document It's still the OMB budget - but now with all the gory disastrous details

The NOAA budget justification doc that finally was posted today didn't contain a lot of surprises - but as the first time all of the cuts were listed in their destructive detail, it is a depressing read. I tried to distill and explain the weather part, sad as it is.

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If this proposed budget comes to fruition, it would be devastating for the weather and climate enterprise and a threat to the safety and security of the American public

Not the alarm I was wanting to hear this morning.

Yeeesssssss

I shot 8k 360-degree video the whole time. Heres a preview. youtu.be/pdnBMFns31U?...

The University of Oklahoma's Rapid X-band Polarimetric (RaXPol) mobile radar was positioned perfectly to scan this tornado near Arnett, Oklahoma 🌪️

The eye of the Arnett, OK tornado, captured by one of our UAVs as it collected scientific data on the environment within.

Brief tornado near Pauls Valley, OK.

Quick impromptu chase resulted in seeing a brief tornado near Paul's Valley this evening.

The folks at the NWS Storm Prediction Center once again demonstrated their expertise in highlighting potential severe weather five days in advance

Your dedicated public servants at national & local NWS offices continue and will always do everything in their capacity to protect lives and property