Big tornado wrecking havoc on southwest Florida. Fort Myers and north fort Myers specifically. #HurricaneMilton Reed Timmer, PhD

Full blown tornado outbreak ongoing in Florida today as #HurricaneMilton is barreling towards the state and will make landfall tonight! #flwx

Eyewall of Milton about 50 miles off the west coast of Florida as of 4 pm. Based on current speed of 17 mph, eyewall should be moving onshore near Sarasota around 7 pm or so. Milton now a Category 3 with top winds of 125 mph (205 kmh)

Massive wedge #tornado Fort Pierce, FL just recently from DOT camera!

5 pm observation map and table for western FL with Milton approaching coastline. Gust to 63 mph (NE direction) at St Petersburg

Wind gusts of 60-90 mph from the NE (offshore) being reported in the Tampa- St Petersburg area as northern eye wall pushes through this evening. St Pete has had 2.5” of rain in the past hour and 7” in the past 6 hours. 93 mph gust reported in Sarasota #Milton

Per NHC.. #Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key FL (near Sarasota) as of 830 pm as a Cat 3 storm

JUST IN: Multiple fatalities after tornado hits Spanish Lakes Country Club Village in Fort Pierce, Florida, sheriff says

Incredible rainfall rates in Tampa-St Petersburg area. 5.09” of rain in ONE HOUR at St Petersburg, with over a foot of rain past 7 hrs. Winds gusting to 90 mph. #Milton

Backside of the eye coming ashore...gusting over 100mph now in Sarasota. #Milton

St. Petersburg has received an insane amount of rain -- over 16" in last 24 hours... but notably: 5.09" fell between 8 and 9p alone, a 1-in-1,000 yr amount Flash flood emergency for Tampa Bay area until 230a. Some of the 24-hour rainfall amounts:

🌧️ Select rainfall totals associated with #Milton as of this morning. All rainfall reports should be considered preliminary. For a list of the highest wind and rainfall reports visit: wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nf…

Northern lights reported in many countries in Europe. As long as geomagnetic storm keeps going, still have decent shot in US, esp East Coast after dark. Best viewing in northern states, but may be able to see away from city lights in DC area, esp toward mountains - and w/ camera.

Balcony shots from north St Catharines #aurora #northernlights

For those of you who hated last year’s non winter.. a bit of “good news”?

Stunning image of the #aurora last night over the Welland Canal in Dain City. Photo by Brad Wood facebook.com/share/85Yx8twE…

This is kind of hard to wrap my head around. Today was the 18th day in a row Phoenix has set a record high. 18 days straight! It's the longest stretch of record highs for any station in the U.S. Will be close for 3 more days before coming to an end

On this date 70 years ago Hurricane Hazel combined with a non-tropical low and frontal system over southern Ontario leading to epic flash flooding and taking the lives of over 80 people. Over 200 mm of rain fell in the Toronto area. #onstorm

A high of “only” 96F expected today in Phoenix, first time in 3 weeks they will not hit a daily record high. This 21 day streak of consecutive record highs is the longest such streak in US climate history, surpassing the previous streak of 14 days at Burlington IA in July 1936

Spectacular fall weather again today! Chilly start but temps quickly rebound with sunshine & little wind; One of the best weather weekends of the year - sunny & temps typical of September; Sunny & very warm early next week! Showers develop Wed.; Cooler (seasonal) late week #onwx