2024 was a very busy year for tornadoes in the US, so it's taken a while to get all the data processed. We're in the final stages of this, and the 2024 US data will hopefully be released soon. We're also working on getting updated European data from ESWD, hopefully this summer.

They say wear what you love right?

Writing on Twitter taught me that how you say something is just as important as what you say. “Best idea wins” sounds compelling, but it ain’t true. Comedians win. Storytellers win. Marketers win. Substance needs style to pierce the culture.

I believe the hardest part of mathematics (and pretty any other discipline) is developing intuition. You can memorise and use definitions and theorems, but that doesn't mean you really understand them. It takes time to develop an intuition around mathematical concepts and it can

There it is: the most depressing story I have ever read

A structure show for the ages near Slapout, OK yesterday evening. One I won't soon forget! #okwx

Highway 88 in Alberta. 📸 Jody Noskeye [Facebook]

One of the peculiar things I've found about the Floyd, NM event was that the supercell responsible for the tornado crossed a *sinking* boundary that dropped temps 10ºF in Clovis in the hour before the tornado. Modifying the representative sounding for that event from 82º to 75º

This upcoming week would have S-tier tornado potential if not for infusion of garbage mid-level lapse rates from the tropics 🥲

Calling c the "speed of light" completely misses the point. Rather, c is the "spacetime exchange rate": how many units of space you can exchange for one unit of time. In actuality, everything travels at the "speed of light", just not necessarily through space alone... (1/4)

Little ramble, but here's what we need for widespread aurora tomorrow night in North America: 1. The CME needs to be strong enough to last until nightfall. Right now it's predicted to impact around 7 am +/- 7 hr CDT. A wimpy CME impact may die out by the time NA is in darkness

One of the proudest photos I captured this year... have always struggled with sprite photography and finally, on a warm May night in TX, I got the clear, crisp, naked-eye visible sprite I've been looking ages for... Hoping for more sky lights of all kinds this week! #txwx

If you want to compare the evolution of this upcoming CME impact against previous ones... data QT'ed:

The (only) three CMEs that impacted the Earth at 1000+ km/s that I remember in the last 25 years: 1. The Bastille Day event (16 July 2000) G5 storm. The CME was launched by an X8.2 flare. Transit time was 28 hours. WIND detected solar wind speeds up to ~1000-1100 km/s. 2. The