The ECMWF+UKMET "superblend" for the heart of hurricane season 2024 has just arrived... The tropics are quiet right now, but that won't last.

Dubai recorded a heat index of 144°F (62.2°C) today at 3 PM. The heat index is currently 129°F (53.9°C) at 5 AM local time. Life-threatening heat.

We've seen more rainfall in the Austin area from Sunday to Tuesday than we had over the last two July's combined! We're likely to see this number increase over the next few days. #KVUE Hunter Williams

Preliminary high temp of 109 today in Austin. New daily record high temp and the hottest day of the summer. #kvue #atxwx

Three locations along the Persian Gulf have experienced heat indices of 150°F (65.6°C) or greater in the last 48 hours. A historic heatwave is baking the Middle East.

A heat index of 180°F (82.2°C) and a dew point of 97°F (36.1°C) were recorded in southern Iran today. If these readings are confirmed this would be the highest heat index and dew point ever recorded on Earth.

We're tracking a muggy Saturday afternoon for the first college football games of the season for all our area schools! All the best to Texas Football (except against Mississippi State Football), Texas A&M Football, and Texas State Football! #ATXWx #TXWx #HookEm #GigEm #EatEmUp

True-Color Imagery from the GOES-EAST satellite. Hurricane #HELENE has upgraded to a category 4 hurricane and is expected to make landfall within the next couple hours. #HELENE was a category 2 just a couple hours ago. And it's still intensifying as we speak... College Of DuPage

We flew over Hurricane Milton about 90 minutes ago. Here is the view out the Dragon Endeavour window. Expect lots of images from this window as this is where I’m sleeping while we wait to undock and return to Earth. Timelapse coming in a separate post. 1/6400 sec, f8, ISO 500

The International Space Station just orbited above Hurricane Milton as it is re-intensifying over the southern Gulf of Mexico. Spectacular view from space.

BREAKING: The storm surge for Hurricane Milton is expected to be 15 feet. To give you an idea of how deadly this is, here's what 9 feet looks like:

Here's a quick look at the IR imagery of Hurricane Milton from the GOES 16 Satellite . Milton has recently been upgraded back to a category 5 as it inches closer to the western coast of Florida. Expected to make landfall within the next 36 hours... National Hurricane Center . @cyclonicWx

Here's a quick update of Milton from the GOES-16 IR satellite imagery. The major hurricane is a cat 3 with max sustained winds of 120 mph, and is preparing to make landfall along the west coast of Florida. Surge along the direct path can get up to 13ft.National Hurricane Center Alex Boreham

Howdy Ags! It's been hot and dry throughout October, but that will likely change as a cold front moves through on Halloween. So you might want to keep an umbrella handy for the next several days as we see nothing but rain. Student meteorologist Jacob Cook has your forecast.🎃🌧️

NEW VIDEO🌪️ A jaw dropping, picture-perfect #tornado twisted across the rural plains near North Platte on Monday afternoon. #NEwx 📹: Chrischittick.com

Oh my goodness look at this footage from Enderlin, ND from last night as the tornado struck. dl-online.com/news/three-kil…

Again... Kerrville. Another round of very slow-moving, torrential downpours are expanding and moving in from the northwest. This could lead to rapid flooding of the Guadalupe and other nearby creeks/rivers. Move to higher ground! #txwx

Panhandle hogging all the good stuff. I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE

Super Typhoon Ragasa is likely a sub 900mb Typhoon with winds sustained near 175mph...

Inside NOAA mission to #Melissa today. #AvGeek #ADSB #planespotting #27Oct