Steve Piltz retweeted
Earth is getting hammered! Thanks to a fashionably late solar storm impact and continued flaring from Region 4549, impacts at Earth are building up. Aurora photographers should be seeing aurora where skies are clear while radio operators & GPS users should stay alert for increased signal degradation and noise on both the day and night sides of Earth. Conditions will worsen over the next 24 hours.
Steve Piltz retweeted
Honoring a sports legend from the eye of #HurricaneIsaias. ✈️💨
Our crew just launched dropsondes into the storm in honor of Coach Ditka on the landfall mission. It begs the ultimate question
"Who would win, Ditka or a Hurricane?"
@ESPN @ChicagoBears #Isaias #ChicagoBears #NFL
Steve Piltz retweeted
There are a whole lot of people from around the state and country working to keep you safe right now! But ultimately, the best person to keep you safe is YOU. Follow reputable sources of weather info and heed the advice of your local emergency management offices!
Steve Piltz retweeted
For anyone curious what we do, here is the situational awareness software. dots are UAS going in the eyewall at 250 m altitude. In this case, I'm trying to get high winds to help the NHC forecaster while also avoiding the nastiest stuff on radar that can sink the drone. #Isaías
Steve Piltz retweeted
JUST IN: Saildrone Explorer SD-1045 passed through the eye of Category 3 Hurricane Isaias, recording wind gusts over 90 knots (103 mph).
This is the same USV that filmed inside Hurricane Sam in 2021, setting a Guinness World Record.
Watch ↓ @NOAA_AOML @noaapmel
RAP data... cyclone-relative (kt) ... this evening at 150 mb... a part of the upper-level outflow for Isaias ...
.@recast WOOF WRF+ERA5 output from December 18, 1957... Murphysboro, IL F-4 tornado... 32 years after the Tri-State Tornado...
Steve Piltz retweeted
Yes, even the National Weather Service takes shelter when we are under a tornado warning. This was our office during one of two shelter in place events during the tornado event last night. We are so thankful @NWStulsa performed our duties for us so we could remain safe.
ALT NWS employees taking shelter during a tornado warning even with protective helmets from flying debris
18Z AI GFS placing more emphasis on western QPF axis in E OK... somewhat similar to ECMWF / AI ECMWF
Steve Piltz retweeted
Back to academia for a day! 🎓
I headed to the University of Arkansas for meetings with students and professors, then gave a guest lecture on using tiltmeters—from Antarctic glaciers to Oklahoma earthquakes.
One of the things I miss most about academia.
#Geophysics
Steve Piltz retweeted
The State Emergency Operations Center is aware of the ongoing AT&T issues affecting 911 calls in the state.
Read more: facebook.com/share/p/1LDpZAQ…
ALT Image shows the Oklahoma State Seal with the text "911 Update"
.@Raymama …
I have given it the coordinates to your place, @SoonerTom . I think he leaves in the next 72 hours.
