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

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!… 1/

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.

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

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

"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

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! darksky-adventures.com

I painted the eye of Hurricane Erin, based on video taken from Hurricane Hunter aircraft during it's Category 5 peak.

Pictures from the 2025 field course are up vortexjeff.smugmug.com/Storms-of-2025

I drew the Gary, SD tornado

I drew the Gary, SD tornado

GET OFF THE GOD DAMN BEACH

WELP guess my chasing plans are in South Dakota next year lmfaoo

When hail shafts merged and just about fooled us into thinking we were seeing a massive tornado lit by rainbow lightning⚡️ With @stormartz.bsky.social #stormchasing #wxsky

Monsoon storms are the best when I don't have to go anywhere. these are from my backyard! #monsoon #lightning #stormhour

This is my first blue hour / Milky Way composite. I set up the tripod at the scene I wanted, took one exposure for the landscape after sunset at about 8pm, and then another for the sky at about 10pm. I blended the two images in Photoshop, and darkened the landscape to feel more nightish. 1/2

Smooth channel

Stacked a good 20-30 frames from one of the videos of this wild storm. I said "every color of the rainbow", didnt I!

Monsoon Sunsets with a handful of CGs are extremely hard to beat. And this one wasn't even that good compared to others! From July 2nd this year.

hiked up a hill to watch the fireworks over Las Vegas last night, and the view was spectacular! #fireworks #photography #lasvegas

Here is the first still shot I've taken since Mound City, SD in August 2024. I thought it was the perfect opportunity to pull the Fuji out early in the tornado lifecycle of the Tornado of the Millenium in Nebraska a few weeks ago.

hiked up a hill to watch the fireworks over Las Vegas last night, and the view was spectacular! #fireworks #photography #lasvegas

Triple Lightning strike from my backyard! Las Vegas Monsoon is starting with a bang! #lightning #wxsky #monsoon

Monsoon season is HERE BAYBEE WOOO

Spinny

So about chasing in the Northern Plains...I think I like it

Damn, and I thought the tornadoes I saw in Texas were cool the stuff in Nebraska and the Dakotas this month have been utterly insane!

Two years ago I got to see what nature does when it really, really does not like that one exact spot in particular. 6.28.2023 - Kimball, Nebraska

Our first flight yesterday was inside the tornadogenesis and growth phase of a soon-to-be wedge tornado near Spiritwood and Jamestown, ND. Data and more video will be shared as we process material.

Wake lows happen every year or two and are always fascinating to watch. Last night's caused a dozen wind gusts >=90 mph in North Dakota.

While the Falcon 9 has proven itself to be a massive success in reliability and reusability, the Starship program is basically thr worlds biggest and most expensive firework. An utter failiure thats on the level of the soviet N1. That said, holy shit what a spectacular blast!

Ok, i HAVE to draw the dickens-wellfleet tornado sometime. Absolute masterpiece

Lava tube light pillars. #photography

Single shot 70mm from yesterday. Ghostly. Etherial. And a photo I'll probably never be able to top! Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25

This was a particularly fascinating photo of the Dickens tornado. The bottom 1/3 of the condensed tornado appeared to 'hollow out' leaving just the shell of the circulation condensed, surrounded by dust. If you look closely the residual condensation takes on a 'braided' look similar to vinyl tubing.

The perfect tornado. 16mm full wide. Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25

Spaceship go boom.

Erm… 🤨

TOTY and it's not even close

Absolute insanity Dickens Nebraska tornado a bit ago at close range! Right off the iPhone lens spots and all!