@JonathanBelles

Digital Meteorologist @ https://xitter.cf/t.co/wArRTVcekL - Former FSU Weather Met of 4 Years; FSU Master's Grad '15; Opinions = Mine

 Atlanta, GA
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This episode that heavily features the NHC and meteorology is about to give me an aneurysm. I can bend for creative license, but there are so many things wrong in this episode.
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Johnny St.Pete
@JohnMcCloy13h
🔥 Hurricane Milton tore the roof of the dome at the Tropicana here in St. Pete Florida 2 years & 11 days ago in October of 2024. Last night the Tampa Bay Rays beat Cleveland under the brand new dome and celebrated going to the World Series against the Brewers. @RaysBaseball
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Spectrum Bay News 9@BN9Sep 28
When Hurricane Helene hit Tampa Bay two years ago, a memorial bench in Dunedin was swept away. The family thought it was gone forever, until someone contacted them on social media to let them know it's been found over a thousand miles away on a beach in Bermuda.
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Anil Menon
@astro_anilSep 24
Polo over the Pacific.
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Philip Klotzbach@philklotzbachSep 21
Fall colors and ground fog on the climb up Mt Elbert (14440’).
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NASA Mars
@NASAMarsSep 16
Sunrise, sunset 🏜️ To mark Curiosity’s 5,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, the rover’s team created this postcard. It combines two panoramas, with blue colors representing images taken in the morning, and yellow colors for the images taken at dusk. 1/2
A panoramic view of a rocky desert landscape. Hills of layered rock stand in the background. The image has two predominant colors: blue tones for the portions of the image captured in the morning, and warmer tones for the portions captured in the eventing. In the foreground is the back half of a robotic Mars rover, with two of its wheels, its top deck, antennas, and its thermal generator visible. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

ALT A panoramic view of a rocky desert landscape. Hills of layered rock stand in the background. The image has two predominant colors: blue tones for the portions of the image captured in the morning, and warmer tones for the portions captured in the eventing. In the foreground is the back half of a robotic Mars rover, with two of its wheels, its top deck, antennas, and its thermal generator visible. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Easily one of the craziest threads I've seen in a long time. Goddamn.
Intel Point Alert
@IntelPointAlertSep 16
BREAKING: Media helicopter crashes live on air in Los Angeles; large fire seen
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Anil Menon
@astro_anilSep 15
Two dramatically different star trail images. The yellow gold happened over India where the city lights lit up Earth on these compiled 15 second exposures. The red streak is closer to Vietnam where the fishing boats stand out in the ocean.
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45,000ft up and directly over the center of Hurricane #Lowell @noaa Gulfstream IV-SP #NOAA49 "Gonzo" just wrapped up its missions to Hurricane Lowell. Throughout the series, the crew collected vital data to help improve @NWSNHC forecasts and advance @NOAA_AOML research. Photo Credit: Ryan Knapp, NOAA #FlyNOAA
View from a NOAA G-IV airplane window showing its wingtip and the swirling cloud bands of Hurricane Lowell below under a deep blue sky.

ALT View from a NOAA G-IV airplane window showing its wingtip and the swirling cloud bands of Hurricane Lowell below under a deep blue sky.

Close-up window view from a NOAA G-IV looking down into the eye and inner cloud bands of Hurricane Lowell.

ALT Close-up window view from a NOAA G-IV looking down into the eye and inner cloud bands of Hurricane Lowell.

High-altitude view from a NOAA G-IV wing showing the expansive spiral cloud bands of Hurricane Lowell under a bright blue sky.

ALT High-altitude view from a NOAA G-IV wing showing the expansive spiral cloud bands of Hurricane Lowell under a bright blue sky.

Aerial view from a NOAA G-IV aircraft looking down at the center of Hurricane Lowell

ALT Aerial view from a NOAA G-IV aircraft looking down at the center of Hurricane Lowell

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All those upgrades really helped.
ESPN College Football
@ESPNCFBSep 7
Power outage in Tallahassee 👀 No. 19 SMU vs. Florida State has been delayed.
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Hurricane Hunters
@53rdWRSSep 4
Our crews are currently flying Hurricane Lowell in the Pacific, gathering data real-time and sending to the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center. The crews have seen a max wind speed at 150 knots and 927 milibars for barometric pressure and it shows strengthening. Video and photos by pilot Maj. Forrest Heintz below shows what the eye of Hurricane Lowell looks like right now. Stay #WeatherReady
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Backpirch Weather
@BackpirchCrewSep 4
The Hurricane Hunters just captured new photos from inside the eye of Category 4 Hurricane Lowell south of Hawaii. This is one of the craziest Stadium Effects I’ve ever seen.
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NWS Southern Region
@NWSSouthernAug 30
If you are in the upper TX coast or southern LA over the next few days, keep weather aware as heavy rainfall from a possible tropical system could bring flooding.
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Backpirch Weather
@BackpirchCrewAug 28
Today in 2005, this is what the Hurricane Hunters were seeing over the Gulf. The 902 MBAR, ultra-wide Stadium Effect of Hurricane Katrina as she reached her Category 5 peak intensity. Landfall in Louisiana was 15 hours away.
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Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic basin. Dolly is expected to fizzle into a tropical wave before approaching the Leeward Islands this weekend. This system could bring heavy rain to parts of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico through early next week.
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Daniel Swain
@Weather_WestAug 20
Given rising interest in the rapidly strengthening El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, I've created a one-page fact sheet succinctly describing what El Niño is, this year's (remarkable) forecast, and potential impacts from California to global scales. [Thread]
JPEG version of a 1-page Factsheet: El Niño 2026-2027: A Potentially Historic Global Climate Event By Daniel Swain, PhD | August 2026 There is a banner image depicting projected warming of the Pacific Ocean by early winter. The content begins: "What is El Niño? El Niño is the warm phase of a natural cycle, known as El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), that occurs roughly every 2-7 years in the tropical Pacific Ocean. During El Niño events, the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean warms to well above typical levels. El Niño directly affects local climate in the countries closest to the unusually warm ocean waters, but can also indirectly influence the climate of distant regions thousands of miles away. During the strongest events, El Niño can profoundly affect climate even on global scales, causing temporary planetary warming and disrupting large-scale precipitation patterns..."

ALT JPEG version of a 1-page Factsheet: El Niño 2026-2027: A Potentially Historic Global Climate Event By Daniel Swain, PhD | August 2026 There is a banner image depicting projected warming of the Pacific Ocean by early winter. The content begins: "What is El Niño? El Niño is the warm phase of a natural cycle, known as El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), that occurs roughly every 2-7 years in the tropical Pacific Ocean. During El Niño events, the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean warms to well above typical levels. El Niño directly affects local climate in the countries closest to the unusually warm ocean waters, but can also indirectly influence the climate of distant regions thousands of miles away. During the strongest events, El Niño can profoundly affect climate even on global scales, causing temporary planetary warming and disrupting large-scale precipitation patterns..."

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NWS Norman
@NWSNormanAug 19
Do you remember this day in 2007 when Tropical Storm Erin reintensified over Oklahoma? * 82 mph winds * Widespread 6-12" of rain * Widespread flooding * Record crest of North Canadian River at Watonga weather.gov/oun/events-20070… . It will be a lot quieter today. And hotter.
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BREAKING: Lala is now a Category 1 hurricane near Hawaii’s Big Island. Watch live for the latest forecast and impacts.
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NHC Pacific
@NHC_PacificAug 15
Update: 0900 AM HST Sat Aug 15 #Lala strengthens into a Hurricane as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii. Continue to monitor for updates on hurricane.gov and weather.gov/hfo
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Astronomiaum
@astronomiaumAug 12
Eclipse solar total sobre o Ártico.
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