I'm missing the mountains already.

Deskilling is real. This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service. Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.

✈️ Wheels up for a 10-day vacation in northern Italy! How long into the flight should I wait to show my wife this image of the Po Valley during peak season? I can feel the eye rolls already

Hold up, there is a peculiarity in the footage with boosted contrast. This slender elephant-trunk-looking feature was present for 30sec and is in the right spot to be a funnel cloud. Inflow is entering the tor-warned circulation from the right side of the photo. #onwx thoughts?

Some great lightning from the weekend's SW Ontario chase! This is from the backside of the decaying tornado-warned circulation. It was great to return to the area (first chase there since 2020) and arrive *just* in time for the action. #onwx

The tornado-warned circulation from a couple of evenings ago in SW Ontario. The drone recorded the storm circulation for +20mins and it did not indicate any touchdowns (even with boosted contrast). Tricky when the circulation was often obscured by heavy rain #onwx

Beautiful shelf passing north of Hanover from a couple of nights ago. This is looking northwest towards Chesley where notable radar-indicated rotation was buried deep in the precipitation. #onwx

Sunday was well spent in the Adirondacks High Peak district. Hard to believe that these views are only a four-hour drive away, and a reminder not to take them for granted. Tbh this trail kicked my ass...3500 steep feet of elevation gain over rough, untamed forest terrain

From this evening. That rotating bowled lowering sure jump-started the adrenaline

Clearing is moving into Central Ontario. I won’t make it to the jungles of Haliburton-Bancroft but a safe bet for Sev Tstorms is the OTT River Valley where there is a boundary, and marginally enhanced moisture pooling/directional shear. Good chase terrain nearby in Shawville QC. Lets go

Ah yes, the classic westward cutoff low moving from *check notes* Labrador to Pikes Peak... I love model shenanigans

Tues chasing expectations: low, considering the narrow time window for SFC-based severe in Central Ontario. As usual with these early-season setups, the CAPE may not advect quite as far north as modelled. It's April afterall... Tues chasing excitement: high. Because it's April?!

What an unreal couple days in the Texas panhandle for chasing slow-moving tornadic supercells. This is the stuff I use my PTO for (4th photo credit Vitor Goede)

Beautiful mammatus and asperitas over Ottawa this morning

I acknowledge this is a “way-too-soon” post. But hey, it’s April, and we’re jonesing for a chase. The last few GFS runs have hinted at the season’s first substantial severe threat next week for the Canadian side of the lower Great Lakes. Keep an eye on the trough’s evolution through the weekend.

Small hail coming down in Ottawa’s south end. 2:25pm. Also heard my first low rumble of thunder for the season 🤩 #onstorm #onwx

Here are what the auroral ovals looked like on May 11, 2024. Insane. #heliophysics

One year ago I got to witness my favourite spectacle, but better yet, this time it was with my favourite people. They rallied hard when I told them we have to leave Belleville immediately in order to make it to Quebec’s Eastern townships and avoid being clouded over.

"White Lightning" A March thunderstorm sending bolts over the melting ice of Lake Huron near the Bruce Peninsula with the shoreline lined with nature’s rare blue ice sentinels.

Going to catch a few of these in Ontario this summer

The NTP has completed a third Tornado Warning Performance Assessment for Canada, this time covering 2023-2024. It includes a 'report card' on progress. And we're happy to report that there has been progress - the overall score has improved enough to earn a 'C'. Details here: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202...

Going to be hard for anyone to beat this footage in 2025. Insane yet composed.

Twilight shelf cloud - near Essex, ON. #ONstorm

(1/4) JUST IN: NOAA #SpringOutlook 2025: Forecasters predict above-average temperatures along the East Coast & the South, especially: FL,TX & the LA coastline, to eastern AZ & southern UT. noaa.gov/news-release/spring-outlook-dry-in-west-milder-than-average-in-south-and-east @nws.noaa.gov

Nice pit stop at Silver Lake PP tonight on the way to Belleville 🤩

I made a gallery wall in the basement and it makes me giddy! Narrowing it down to 16 photos was tricky as they are some favourite moments while out chasing, hiking and diving. Here’s hoping 2025 will bring another worthy entry or two 🤞

For only the 4th time in recorded history, #Ottawa had more than 109 cm of snow during a February (February 2025). #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx

June 12th of 2017 near Bushnell, Nebraska

🌪️ Exceptionnelle trombe marine au large de Punaauia (Tahiti) à 13h heure Locale. Elle a été vue et photographiée par de nombreuses personnes ! Média local : www.radio1.pf/video-une-im... ENG : Exceptional waterspout off the coast of Punaauia (Tahiti). #WxSky #Météo #Trombe #Waterspout #Tahiti

Better shot of today's storm's core near Port Franks. Stitched from 8 images, powerlines removed in PS #onstorm

Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

#Ottawa just had its snowiest month since March 2008. Total snow was 109.3 cm. #YowWx #OttWeather #OttNews

Ridiculous.

Got laser eye surgery after 30 years of having a VERY strong prescription. The technology nowadays is truly remarkable! Now, no tornado will go unseen

My body still hasn’t recovered from Thursday’s storm… I just shovelled my banks down to half height so that there’s somewhere to pile tomorrow’s snow.

Here we go! >30cm on Ottawa’s doorstep

… this is dangerous

Great to be back in TO for a day 🥰

Check out the wind-driven snowballs on the Bay of Quinte earlier this week! Never seen so many #onwx @sailwicked.bsky.social

The cold weather outside has me thinking about sunnier days. Here are some landscape shots from our honeymoon in Greece that I hadn't gotten around to editing previously! This is Part 1 from Athens.

Chasecation photo #13. May 29. Levelland TX. Saving my favourite photo for last! After playing up close in the gorilla hail, I dashed far out in front of the storm to capture this mesocyclone + lightning combo

Chasecation photo #12 Another one from May 19th near Hays, KS.

Chasecation Photo #11. Another beauty from May 19th near Hays KS with @EhTeamChasers

Chasecation photo #10. May 29th Gorgeous supercell north of Levelland,TX. With @braydonmoreso.bsky.social and @Cole_Marvin98 . NWS had issued a warning for DVD-sized hail! The hailstones audibly whistled as they sailed by and pelted the dusty fields on each side of the photo.

Chasecation photo #9. May 25. Vici, OK. The supercell spawning on the dryline 30 minutes before the tornado in photo #8. I like this photo because it accurately captures the moment we took as a team to gawk at the crisp vault region (#TheEHTeam in the foreground)

Chasecation Photo #8 Seiling OK, May 25. A brief tornado spins up as the storm moved off of the dryline. This was during a moderate-risk day across Oklahoma, with an atmosphere primed for a tornado outbreak. We followed these storms for nearly 300 miles across the state. #TheEHTeam

Chasecation photo #7. May 24th. I had initially picked the wrong storm and finally caught up to this dying mesocyclone above the trees north of Dallas TX. This storm was tornado-warned for over an hour before sputtering out.

"Stormgasm's Tornadoes and Storms of 2024" is set to premiere at 9:00 AM EST this morning, January 10th. 1 hour and 46 minutes of extreme and beautiful weather from storm chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer: youtu.be/fkx3_qS9Z80?...

Chasecation photo #6. May 20th. Akron CO. The supercell quickly went HP-mode as its maturation accelerated. It eventually caused severe flooding in town and produced large hail. The precip shrouded any good views of the inflow region, but here's me wishfully waiting for a glimpse