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Ryan Voutilainen

@yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social

Vancouver based Weather/Storm Chaser & freelancer documenting notable weather & other events with a focus on BC & PNW weather. On the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm/Musqueam, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh/Squamish, & səlilwətaɬ/Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

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Not going back to check today’s inevitable weather nerd drama after the EF5 upgrade of the #Enderlin tornado… just want to congratulate my fellow Canadians at the @westernuntp.bsky.social who assisted in the investigation. Great to have met Dr @connellmiller.ca & chatted w/ Dr @davesills.ca!
🇨🇦🌪️🙌🏻

06.10.2025 19:50 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I ain’t touching those feet… I barely touch my own. 🤪

05.10.2025 14:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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When you have another passengers half bare foot getting uncontrollably close to your bare leg…
😨🤢😩

#AirFlight #AirlineTravelPrblems #AirTravel #AirTravdlProblems

05.10.2025 12:44 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Hawaii sunsets just hit different!
Until Next Time… Aloha & Mahalo!

#AC518 #HNL ✈️ #YVR

05.10.2025 07:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A final afternoon in #Hawaii… At Kalama Beach Park in Kailua, O’ahu, Hawai’i

Slightly more humid on the windward side of the island and a bit cooler.

29°C/83°F and scattered clouds at 4pm HST

#HIwx #ShareYourWeather #ShareYourTravels #LifesABeach #Beach #endlessSummer

05.10.2025 02:15 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One of my favourite BritComs was hands down, Keeping Up Appearances w/ Dame Patricia Routledge who took on the role of Hyacinth Bucket, pronounced “Bouquet”!

RIP Hyacinth and may your time in heaven be filled with riverside riparian refreshments with Richard & Sheridan.

#RIP #RestInPeace

03.10.2025 22:24 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
Vancouver YVR - September mean temperature trend since 1937

Vancouver YVR - September mean temperature trend since 1937

Vancouver YVR - September rainfall amounts since 1937

Vancouver YVR - September rainfall amounts since 1937

September 2025 in Vancouver YVR was the HOTTEST SEPTEMBER since records began in 1937‼️

Mean: 16.9°C (+1.8°C)= WARMEST
Min: 13.4°C (+2.1°C)= WARMEST
Max: 20.4°C (+1.4°C)= 7th WARMEST

☔️ 49.7 mm (-11.1 mm)= 43rd driest

Highest max: 23.9°C
Lowest min: 9.7°C

H/T: Thierry G (Twitter/X)

#BCstorm #BCwx

02.10.2025 20:40 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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This is helping ease some (not all) of the pain of missing this morning’s eruption of Kīlauea. Fortunate to be able to travel and share my weather experiences so onward & upward!

A beautiful 31°C/87°F at Waikiki Beach in #Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i!

#HIwx

02.10.2025 01:28 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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With that, Episode 34 looks done for #Kīluaea — USGS webcam at 815a HST

01.10.2025 18:21 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Feel free to scroll back on my timeline. Even yesterday and Monday were incredible to witness!

01.10.2025 17:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Because I missed it by 18 hours. I was there yesterday!! 😭

01.10.2025 17:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Episode 34 — USGS South Halema’uma’u Crater view of the #Kīlauea eruption, fountaining which began on 1 October 2025. USGS webcam footage from 0610a HST.

Link: www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Volcano #Hawaii

01.10.2025 16:17 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Kīlauea eruption visible on weather radar this morning… a significant fountaining event, likely the tallest of this eruptive phase of the volcano which began in December 2024.

This Episode 34!

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Hawaii

01.10.2025 15:50 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Screengrab of 1 October 2025 eruption of Kīlauea volcano at 4:57 AM Hawaii Time

Screengrab of 1 October 2025 eruption of Kīlauea volcano at 4:57 AM Hawaii Time

Probably the tallest fountaining event of #Kīlauea since it became eruptive again in Dec 2024 and I missed it by 24 hours… 😭

Check it out live on the USGS Webcam 🌋:

www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Volcano #Hawaii

01.10.2025 15:10 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I just did… 😭😭😭😭😭😭

01.10.2025 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Whelp, I was hoping Pele would give me a send off this mornin before having to take my flight back to HNL but, alas, it was not to be.
Still happy I got to see several overflow events & my first lava flows. I will be back one day!
Sorry if I pronounced Halemaʻumaʻu incorrectly.
#Kilauea #volcano

30.09.2025 20:34 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of the vents at 0840h HST today, 30 Sep 2025

Photo of the vents at 0840h HST today, 30 Sep 2025

Photo of the vents at 1411h HST yesterday , 29 Sep 2025

Photo of the vents at 1411h HST yesterday , 29 Sep 2025

Very visible differences around the vents of #Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu crater betw/ 0840h HST today, 30 Sep on the Left & 1411h ystrdy, 29 Sep on the Right, w/ the lava flow now a darker colour & deposits (prob sulphur) now more prominent.

#KilaueaEruption #Volcano #Hawaii #Lava #LavaFlow

30.09.2025 18:50 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Piston episode 100 at #Kīlauea — please fountain after this on Pele! 🙏🏻

USGS webcam — 0649 HST | 30 Sep 2025

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Volcano

30.09.2025 16:55 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never be sorry! That’s awesome! 🤩

30.09.2025 07:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sun has set at #Kīlauea… lots of people waiting for the main event as pistoning episodes continue with greater frequency.

Breezy and cool at 19°C/67°F.
18:50h HST 29 Sep 2025

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Volcano #Hawaii #Lava #LavaFlow #HIwx #TalesOfAWeatherNerd

30.09.2025 05:03 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I flew back. I’d’ve regretted it for a long time if I hadn’t .

30.09.2025 04:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

No smell. The trade winds are blowing the volcanic emissions away from the caldera.

30.09.2025 02:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Biggest flow so far at #Kīlauea… getting soo close. Very sort stops between lava flows/piston events. Big event hopefully coming soon!

Breezy and a few clouds up here.
16:20h HST 29 Sep 2025

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Volcano #Hawaii #Lava #LavaFlow #HIwx #TalesOfAWeatherNerd

30.09.2025 02:31 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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This is sooo cool and worth coming back for! #Kīlauea creating new land and adding to The Big Island as I type!! 😍🌋

14:22h 29 Sep 2025

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Volcano #Hawaii #Lava #LavaFlow

30.09.2025 00:27 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
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Can’t miss the eruption… #HA222

#HNL ✈️ #ITO

29.09.2025 20:26 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Episode 34 — #Kīlauea continues to do its thing this morning after the latest #eruption began late on Sep 28, just as our ship left the Big Island. 😭🌋

(USGS webcam video Sep 29, 6:27a HST)

Question is do I fly back to Hilo this morning?! 🤔

#Kilauea #KilaueaEruption #Volcano #Hawaii

29.09.2025 16:58 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
KĪLAUEA IS ERUPTING | USGS Live Volcano Cam | Hawaiʻi 24/7 Volcano Glow
YouTube video by Two Pineapples KĪLAUEA IS ERUPTING | USGS Live Volcano Cam | Hawaiʻi 24/7 Volcano Glow

I knew this was gonna happen… we just left Kona… i might be a little upset right now!!! 😭 😭 🌋

#KĪLAUEA

m.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_K...

29.09.2025 07:59 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Fun PM learning about #Kona Coffee by Rising Kona Coffee w/ Jess & Jason, both from Seattle not knowing the home they bought had a coffee plantation, getting thrust into the coffee scene.
Weather reminiscent of the PNW too, albeit a bit warmer.
Mahalo Jess & Jason for the tour!☕️

#KonaCoffee #Coffee

29.09.2025 03:31 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Good morning Mauna Loa (Long Mountain) as seen from offshore Kona, HI

It’s Earth's largest active volcano by both mass/volume. A shield volcano, meaning it has gentle slopes due to less violent eruptions due to its low silica/low viscosity, magma/lava.

Scattered clouds & 29°C/83°F

#HIwx

28.09.2025 18:38 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If it erupts tomorrow, I’ll be driving over from Kona. 🤞

28.09.2025 04:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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