Sunset cloud expansion in Chicago last night. One of my favorite things to timelapse.

Egypt wearing Falcons colors in Atlanta and holding a big lead in the fourth quarter makes me a bit nervous.

It’s forbidden jump rope time #ILwx #WXsky

Beach weather ⛈️ North Avenue Beach

Here’s a timelapse of the shelf cloud that just rolled through 😳 // #ILwx #WXSky #Chicago

Tried to catch the rainbow and lightning photobombed my iPhone shot. #WXsky #ILwx

Tonight in Chicago, after a couple hours of waiting we finally had some upward lightning on Sears and Hancock Towers. Vintage double strike!

Single frame. Two perfectly placed bolts. Thanks, Mother Nature! #ILwx #Chicago

One of the quietest, brightest thunderstorms I've seen in a while. So many gorgeous, distant flashes lighting up the sky over the city. #chicgao

Here’s a wide view of ‘Earthset.’ Jaw dropping. I can’t imagine what it was like for the #Artemis crew. Their lives and perspective on our place in the cosmos must be forever changed.

Happy Opening Day!

Michigan has a long history of significant tornadoes in March.

Finally a few decent lightning strikes! Had been a quiet storm year for Chicago thus far. Speaking of quiet, usually when you get a tower strike you hear some bigtime thunder, but for whatever reason a few of those were really oddly hushed (relatively, in my opinion)

Here's another from the wee hours of the morning. This image is 4 separate lightning photos captured across 15 minutes then blended. In each shot, one of Sears' antenna and one of the Hancock's antenna are getting hit. Lightning does strike some places twice, and often. #Chicago #ILwx #WXsky

Photographing fireworks tonight? Try focus-pulling: twist the focus ring on you lens *during* a long exposure for some mind-bending results #photography

Yesterday, June 28, 2025, Juston Drake and I documented several tornadoes near the communities of Clear Lake and Gary, South Dakota. Here some photos we took during the chase. Going to be working a bit on the long format YouTube video. #sdwx

Thursday Mood

If you live somewhere with clear skies and no smoke (sorry chicago) now would be an ideal time to point a camera north (pics from a maine webcam) substorm ongoing

The HUXt model shows a potential CME merger around the main M8.2 CME which should arrive sometime Sunday June 1 18 UT. HUXt is almost 100% sure this CME will arrive and is giving a + 7/-5 hr uncertainty around the arrival time. Things could get VERY interesting tomorrow.

Video of the dust storm coming into Chicago this evening, as seen around Montrose Point — featuring birds, toad sounds, and people catching a fish.

What a wild evening. Never experienced a dust storm in Chicago before. Happened to be in a good spot (in terms of photography at least) as it approached and passed through

I managed one shot of the cotton candy cumulonimbus before darker, low-level clouds slid into the top of the frame. It was a gorgeous, surreal moment to see rain still falling over the east side of downtown, while fluffy pink clouds and blue sky belied the strength of the storm still in progress

An infographic on this afternoon/evening's storm potential from the NWS Chicago Office. Keep I mind, the "ingredients" for strong storms will be present in the atmosphere, the question is (usually) whether they'll "mix" together to create storms. #ILwx #ChicagoWX

The economics associated with weather / climate hazard research, data collection, and building codes should never be considered as a "spend". This is an investment. The more we learn will directly translate to saved lives and reduced loss costs because we've proactively taken mitigative action.

DECLAN RICE. 🚀

Good evening, a National Weather Service damage survey team has confirmed 2 brief tornadoes over far southern Iroquois County from Wednesday's storms. The NWS greatly appreciates the assistance provided by emergency management from Iroquois and Ford Counties. #ilwx

And there you have it. At least a dozen tornadic supercells in an STP bullseye of 9, smack dab in the center of an SPC High Risk. We can stop complaining now, or rejoice, or just appreciate the NWS.

Hail storm on approach earlier today in Chitown. Lakefront trail remained crowded, even during the storm 😂

Before the deluge #ILwx #WXsky

Here's the last 40 seconds of Bulls/Lakers. Insane ending.

Good morning, #Chicgao! One of my rare early wake-ups resulted in a burner for sunrise over the South Loop

Chicagohenge -- Wrigley version

Yesterday's storm views

Juston Drake and I documented 2 supercells, a bunch of multicells and gustnadoes today over Illinois, March 19, 2025. #ILwx

Okokokokok

When a dust storm and rainstorm mix #ILwx #WXsky

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa until 9 PM CDT

Concerning signal for eastern Missouri and western Illinois, centered near St. Louis, for a QLCS with embedded supercells to race across this area this evening. The environment is quite favorable for tornadoes

A heads up on this weekend's weather. Strong winds are expected Friday night into Saturday. Severe storms are a threat, too, but there's still uncertainty to how much they'll impact Northern Illinois. ✶ These graphics brought to you by your local NWS Chicago forecast office ✶ #ILwx #ChicagoWX

An undulating bank of asperitas clouds just rolled over the skyline. Running a couple quick timelapse, but the formation was short lived. #ILwx #ChicagoWX

The Storm Prediction Center issues Day 1 Convective Outlook (Max Risk: Enhanced) at Mar 4, 16:24z Link

Happy birthday to #Chicago, the skyline GOAT.

The sunrise this morning in #Chicago was bonkers! The shallow opening between the clouds and the horizon, plus the fog, created some amazing color and sun beams. I was running around trying to get as many cameras going as I could. This is a timelapse from one phone.

Hiked upon a random proposal the other day at Mills Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park

The Loch - Rocky Mountain National Park. Insane wind, tough snow covered trail conditions, but absolutely worth it.

Skimming the shards of ice atop Lake Michigan #ILwx #ChicagoWX

Hello from #Chicago’s frozen lakefront! #ILwx #ChicagoWX

Sunrise snow walk followed by a power nap = happy (slightly spoiled) Pyr

Next week's Arctic Outbreak will be widespread and severe with potential record breaking cold once again reaching the Gulf Coast.