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Northern Lights over the Mojave Desert, NV

First S4 solar proton storm since 2003!!

A photo of a supercell thunderstorm over a grassy field, with a Toyota Rav4 in the foreground.

The days are getting longer, which means skies like this over the plains are almost on the horizon. 🙌 #Photography

forgot to share this here earlier!

I drew the Enderlin ND EF5 tornado

Never before seen footage‼️

Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
@myradar.bsky.social
#tornado #weather

I do see the potential for algorithmic-ehnaced weather forecasting but for maps? Nah that aint it chief lmao

Right? What kinda spooky magic was goin on that day

That feeling of impending doom still makes my hairs raise up. Crazy sh*t

I always thought the first time I had a chance to see and photograph the Aurora it would be somewhere like Iceland, or Alaska. I was wrong. It was in New Mexico! 😂

And if you look closely, you can see a bit of the Milky Way up above as well.

#on1pics #photography #astrophotography

multicolored lightning madness from September 5

Lady Aurora paid Las Vegas a visit again on the night of the 11th

Only other storm that rivals it is Super Typhoon Haiyan. Its just utterly catastrophic.

Im pretty sure it was well above 185mph at peak/landfall, ballpark guess probably 190-195, maybe 200. Gusts were likely 250+ in the hills.

The wind damage from Melissa is by far the worst ive ever seen documented from any hurricane.

Looks more like violent tornado damage than a TC. Mass-debarking of sections of forests, large buildings like churches demolished, concrete structures w upper floors blown away...its unreal.

The Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) satellite-derived intensity estimate peaked at 185 knots for #Melissa -- which, according to the developer at CIMSS, is the highest value to date for any tropical cyclone.

2X increase in the most extreme hurrucanes!
Looking at every Cat 4 & 5 in the Atlantic since 1980 (reliable records/ data gathering) I broke the record into 2 equal parts.
1980-2002 and 2003-2025
The most recent period has more than double the number of most intense hurricanes in the Atlantic!…
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Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

This Sentinel-2 satellite pass of Hurricane Melissa's eye is downright incredible.

Hurricane Melissa’s historic journey to becoming one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded on Earth.

A storm we won't forget anytime soon.

10 meter resolution imagery of wave gradients in the eye of Melissa

Incredible Sentinal-2 satellite imagery of #Melissa at peak intensity before landfall. In the cloud-free areas of the eye you can see the physical effect of the surface wind gradient (2nd image): chaotic whitecapped waves near center transition to extreme sea spray/linear streaking near the eyewall!

Hurricane Melissa's extreme Category 5 eyewall, rapid core disintegration over Jamaica, and subsequent rapid reintensification on approach to southeastern Cuba. Landfall is ongoing 20 mi/32 km west of Santiago de Cuba.

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

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

Multi-panel view of the last few days of Hurricane Melissa:

↖️ GOES-19 infrared brightness temp
↗️ GOES-19 visible satellite
↙️ Hurricane hunter planes & flight paths
↘️ Recon-derived flight level wind swath
⬇️ Estimated minimum pressure from recon dropsondes

@JustonStrmRider and I were mesmerized by this incredible supercell structure as the Enderlin, North Dakota EF5 tornado was occurring! This was the first official NWS-assigned EF5 tornado rating since the infamous Moore, Oklahoma Tornado on May 20, 2013. #ndwx

An erupting volcano. A black spatter cone with a gap in the front has lava fountaining out, hundreds of feet into the air, smacking against the cone, and flowing along a snaking lava river toward the camera. A plume of gas rises into the air with mostly cloudy sky in the background.

Just found this image of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland that I've never shared before. Being in the presence of this volcano and feeling the intense heat of the Earth on my skin was genuinely the best experience of my life and its not even close. #photography

That one didnt even hit a train sadly
(Tho was absolutely violent af)

"Wait what"
-the entire wx verse after the Enderlin news

Excited to announce that my method for estimating wind speeds based on lofted debris in tornadoes was used as contextual evidence for upgrading the Enderlin, ND tornado to an EF5!

doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...

#NDwx #Enderlin #EF5 #Tornado

a few chasers did, and yes it definitely had some rotation to it.
However, given its extreme rural nature and the fact it was on a mountain, we couldn't determine any debris signature or anything.

I am...about 70-80% sure I saw a tornado from my house in Las Vegas on Friday night.

Supercell north of town put on a spectacular lightning show, and a stovepipe-shaped cloud formed under it. Either the most convincing scud ever or I caught a truly rare desert twister.

This could be you! Be like Alex and get yourself a selfie in front of a supercell!
Booking now for June 2026!
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