July 18th, 1986: A widely viewed tornado struck the Minneapolis/St Paul metro. Described as a "minimal" F2, the twister was observed by MNDOT cameras, a KARE-11 news helicopter, and tens of thousands of residents. Several dozen structures were damaged.

Preliminary maximum rainfall amounts exceeding 20-25" have occurred during the last four days across parts of south-central TX, leading to catastrophic flooding in the area. Raining continues across south-central TX.

Getting invited to the parilla by strangers is the goal when you are in Argentina

There's only 5 hydration breaks remaining in this World Cup, plan accordingly

The Man.

With their fruit crops obliterated by freeze, these Colorado growers are forced to flex their business muscles to survive

Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding battered parts of Missouri on Friday, forcing the helicopter evacuations of more than 200 children and staff from a summer camp and the rescues of about 20 people who had moved to safety on a campground building that collapsed. https://to.pbs.org/4fwxGSI

bumping this in light of another 1000-yr rainstorm in Missouri overnight. A narrow band of extreme accumulations from a 'training line' mesoscale convective system.

So much of the (intense) focus on NWS upper air issues has been on impacts on model forecasts - but we collect this data as part of a global effort to ensure high quality data for climate and atmospheric monitoring, and the US is currently not living up to its commitments. tinyurl.com/4ys6daef

Warm and dry conditions returned to Colorado in June, with several fast-growing fires starting late in the month. June is also the typical peak for severe thunderstorms in Colorado, and this year was no exception. Read more in our monthly climate summary: climate.colostate.edu/monthly_summ...

Hundreds of Coloradans have lost their homes in the Aspen Acres Fire in Pueblo and Custer counties. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations to the Southern Colorado Wildfire Relief Fund. Together, we've already raised $60,000: secure.qgiv.com/for/emergenc...

Our paper related to this work is now in BAMS EOR: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

In real life, there's no extra lives. Heed the warning, remember the phrase: #TurnAroundDontDrown #NationalVideoGameDay

(VOLUME WARNING) First video I’m seeing coming out of Rota island youtube.com/shorts/L3wFF...

Qué partido indeed

I thought I heard that too, and there's a line of people who want to speak to him, including but not limited to Kyle Freeland, Mike Hampton, Jason Jennings, Juan Nicasio, Jason Hammel, Jhoulys Chacin, Chi Chi Gonzalez, Yency Almonte, Denny Neagle, Brian Bohanon, Pedro Astacio, Shawn Chacon, Sco

telling my team "you can beat the ALTITUDE with your ATTITUDE" before losing 9-0

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

Totally bummed to be in Florida on vacation and my neighbor got to measure 8.40" in my CoCoRaHS gauge from this deluge just NE of Des Moines Friday morning. That should have been me adding up all those partial empties of the outer cylinder into the inner cylinder!! So jealous!

Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time

especially with that extra time golazo!

The #AspenAcresFire, still burning quite actively along southern Colorado Front Range & having destroyed ~200 structures thus far, has become an exceptionally complex & challenging event from a firefighting perspective due to a confluence of climate, weather, & geography. [Thread]

Mid to late July looking hot across the West, per @nws.noaa.gov. A high-pressure system is likely to strengthen over the Central U.S. before moving west. This movement would also steer monsoon moisture along its western flank, increasing the probability of thunderstorms and lightning-sparked fires.

Thank you, unsolicited press release, for educating me: "I am writing because you might be interested to learn that MN is the #1 most grill-obsessed state in the country, and its favorite food to grill is Green Beans."

Wildfires have grown quickly in Colorado in the last week amid dry and windy conditions. We've revamped the interactive maps of large wildfires on our website, to also include currently active fires (updated daily). climate.colostate.edu/large_wildfi... #cowx

satellite imagery in Colorado this week continues to be a marvel, and not in a good way. intense thunderstorm complexes not that far away from huge smoke plumes caused by numerous destructive fires

Nature’s Fireworks™ last night in northern Colorado. Also a smoky moonrise. (disregard the annoying glare from my office window…) #cowx

New AMS statement responds to a proposed OMB rule that would restructure federal grantmaking. The rule "would damage the nation’s ability to understand, predict, and respond to ... natural hazards with negative impacts on public safety and the economy." Read more: https://bit.ly/4awoYRO

Fueled by strong winds and single-digit humidity, the Aspen Acres fire destroyed more than 180 structures in two counties, injured a firefighter and forced new evacuations Wednesday.

The dip on that thing was special

Bosnia should be down to like 5 guys if that is a red card

USMNT is just out playing everybody - not scrapping out victories but just clearly ahead run of play wise, all the time. I just didn't think I would see this. I'm weirdly emotional about it tbh

happy to have this paper published with @draaronhill.bsky.social We looked at extreme rainfall (up to 1000-yr storms) in gridded datasets and the CONUS404 simulation. Continuing the theme from other work, there are many nice things about CONUS404, but it is not a reanalysis of extreme precip. 🧵

Listen, we should be launching the balloons. They probably improve the forecasts by some margin. They definitely improve forecaster situational awareness. But there is zero evidence given in this article that the decreased balloon launches are the single contributing factor to worse forecasts

Let me be cringe this one (1) time: don’t ever let someone convince you not to vote. Vote in every election, every year, your entire life. It always matters.

Around sunset June 29, 2012, DC was still broiling after a record high of 104. A wall of wind was inbound and would rock the region a few hours later. At least five killed, 1.3 million lost power, thousands of trees downed. Our historical account: www.capitalweather.com/weather-hist...

June 29th: Dire situation in #Beulah and #Rye, #Colorado, especially when the Sheriff’s office only had time to name the locations and where to evacuare ( #BurntMill, #Colorado).

Aspen Acres fire near Beulah, CO looks real bad - winds have been extremely strong in that area all morning and it's clearly burning very hot. Evacuations throughout the area. #cowx [animation from CIRA SLIDER]

Several large wildfires burning in CO and UT Sunday evening, including one in Lake County, CO where I grew up. Photo was taken by my brother in Leadville late Sunday afternoon. #COFire #WillowFire

New wildfire near Leadville and Mt. Massive: the 300 acre “Willow Fire” is 0% contained after starting a first few hours ago. Strong 30-40 mph winds along with hot and dry conditions won’t help, though winds will relax some tonight. 📸: Ami Lopez #COwx

#SPC issues Day 1 Extreme Fire Weather Risk at Jun 28, 16:46z for GJT Link

Three firefighters lost their lives Saturday battling extreme fire weather conditions in western Colorado, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service announced.

Proud to be leading this organization for the next couple years - everyone in this picture (and many who joined virtually) dedicated to serving their states and communities with weather and climate information. Yes, you will likely be hearing more from me about AASC activities on here going forward!

Having a great time & learning a lot at American Association of State Climatologists meeting in Fairbanks, AK. Anyone part of AASC? Or just generally interested? Let's connect! #AASC #ClimateSky @climatologist49.bsky.social [photo: Eric Marshall U Alaska Fairbanks]

Getting the opportunity this week to discuss climate and moose with the climooseologist himself @climatologist49.bsky.social

Happy Father's Dad! www.smbc-comics.com/comic/number...

a note for Sweden's situation 3 points will probably be enough to get through to the knockouts, but goal difference is likely to be determinative and conceding more here could put them at risk www.expectinggoals.com/p/even-more-...

June 20th, 1957: A devastating F5 struck Fargo, North Dakota, as part of a tornado family. The twister was widely documented due to the highly populated area that was impacted. Hundreds of homes and other structures were destroyed, and at least 10 people were killed. 1/2