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NOAA-15, 1837 UTC Overpass: THE finest view of Storm FLORIS today by any satellite, period. @simonleewx.com

Storm #Floris, an exceptional summer storm 🌀

Provisionally:
- Strongest August gust on record in Scotland
- Equal strongest August gust on record in Northern Ireland
- Lowest August mean sea level pressure in NW Scotland and Orkney since 1992
- Central pressure ⬇️ 28 hPa in 24 hours

A stunning view from space today as #StormFloris swirls over the UK and Ireland 💨

I mean, this was the big news of the early 1980s

Being a convective frontal wave seems to be a prerequisite lately

Dexter, in extreme proximity to the front which it formed along. Still shearing moderately.

Everything in WY is at the grocery store, or Devils Tower.

Dexter, the convective frontal wave, poised to become extratropical along the front it lies along in two days or so.

Yeah, that’s frontal. Still convective though.

Convective frontal wave offshore NC.

A bit to its northwest but within the view of this satellite picture, our low was in the upper 50s this morning. The front exists.

#bluesky needs more baby goats... ☺️

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare By Associated Press UPDATED: August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM ET SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) - A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions.

A writer waits a lifetime for a moment like this.

Sofar Ocean Intelligence, Tomorrow.io, Black Swift Technologies and Saildrone are among other startups with innovative technologies and AI forecasting models that are increasingly supplying NOAA with critical atmospheric and oceanic data through its Mesonet Program.

“The mandate of the government is not ours,” said Tim Janssen, a co-founder of Sofar, which has created a network of buoys that deploy from vessels and aircraft with sensors to monitor ocean conditions. “It would be impossible for us to spend millions of dollars to do something just for societal benefit, [when] there isn’t a direct business case.”

NOAA cannot just rely on outside providers for weather data.

The costs of deploying and operating upper air, radar, weather station, and buoy networks, and other sensing platforms like satellites are far higher than the $27 - 30M Congress wants to give NMP.

insideclimatenews.org/news/0108202...

I had to put some distance on this storm to be able to see anything, as much dust as it was ingesting. Southeast of Fort Stockton, April 22nd.
#weatherphotography #stormchasing

Cumulonimbus cloud in the distance with trees in the middle ground

please enjoy this nice cloud

Swirly little MCV that almost resembles a tropical system spinning over the border of Montana/Wyoming/the Dakotas this morning.

There was an LSR with a report near Fort Dix of 6”, sent out yesterday late afternoon/early evening

The morning walk saw periods of light rain and drizzle. Temperatures were in the upper 60s. A good start to August. :p

Can Vagaskyland be spelled without /s? ;)

Rainbow arc from a recent sunshower.

A vivid dusk watch is in effect.

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Those are tracks from preceding years. Charts well into the 1960s tended to include such.

My oldest #hurricanetrackingchart yet, from 1947. An original, yellowing, on thick paper.

A beautiful albino reindeer…. 🥰
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Good news from North Dakota. :p

The alternative would be very, very concerning. 🐻⌚️

Finally, some good news…

For @climatologist49.bsky.social…

Reminder that the Tsunami Warning Centers are part of the National Weather Service. It would be nice to have them fully funded.

🚨🚨 I've independently confirmed with @NOAA that they received a late-breaking notice from @DeptofDefense that SSMIS data will continue to flow for the remainder of the lifespan of the satellites. I will be updating my reporting shortly. Here is the official NOAA statement 👇