I came out to my mom today, the person I was the most scared of telling for many, many years. It went perfectly. What a weight off my mind, body, emotions and everything. I want to talk to her as much as I can now, and show her how much I value what she did for me.

@SCH890 this is a meteorologist's first response, and exactly what I told Ryan when he first proposed it to me. Days 1-3 will mirror what you and I want when using WSSI as input, since that product accounts for elevation.

@mchesterfield26 1 is done immeasurably often and results in a "it was wrong by this much" answer, or a consumer's biased approach like "it's always wrong" 2—this USES WSSI's impact based forecast to produce probabilities of REACHING those impacts based on guidance (ensemble & otherwise).

@RoncaHohn I think it will verify similarly to SPC outlooks with hits/misses, even with the greater dependency on sfc instead of low-mid level profile. Your question is pointed to if we expand this to have specific outlooks like "fzra risk, blizzard risk" which I think will suffer more, yes

@Jaxon_WX this more closely parallels the existing WSSI (winter storm severity index) from the WPC, talking about impacts in particular rather than probability of meeting impact thresholds

gosh why does every tweet have to have a typo or extra word in there LOL i swear i reread it like 7 times

@amarkowitzWX @ryanhallyall it's definitely rudimentary for now, and I don't actually know what the criteria are for the risk levels but I imagine days 1-3 parallel the severity presented in the WSSI product. Days 4-7 will be more basic, probably only relying on a specific measured amount of winter prcp

@MuzCrocosaur easy follow right here

Some of the best video of a Japan waterspout I've ever seen, coming onshore in the Fukui prefecture from the Sea of Japan. Can see the cloud structure of the base of the storm!

here's a link to ruin my perfect 6,969 tweets: in case you need it

@ryanhallyall i just want to extend a hearty thank you to the Gulf of America people for paying my salary with their presence of mind

we lost him to cancer that had spread throughout all of his omentum. I'm honored to have had a role in fundraising $2.5 million for prevent cancer foundation earlier this month—it now means more to me than ever, even if they don't focus on animals. progress is progress 🧡

@Rob_Mahar07 @ryanhallyall Strong winds can cause electrical infrastructure to spark. Where there's none of that, there's a chance of it happening naturally with dry brush friction caused by those strong winds

@NickKrasz_Wx While the profile doesn't support it there in the western peninsula, you can have convective snow showers from cumuli clouds dropping anywhere from small to big flakes easily in the mid 40s °F. I've personally observed large flakes at 47 °F!

@AeonsONE @spikevegeta if you can't tell the actual goal is raising $2.5 million for charity, then i'm not sure what needs to hit you in the head lmao

@jubear720 I did end up getting them in a later city because it was absolutely beneficial. I knew I'd be making some gamers squirm lol

@GamesDoneQuick hey I didn't do that badly, I'll take 3rd for the day :)

@ChrisMartzWX This post wasn't so popular with your audience was it? It's absolutely correct, and yet people don't seem to want to listen.