Taylor Trogdon
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Forecast Operations Specialist/ @noaagsl , @Mizzou / @gocreighton grad. Working in the space between research and operations. Opinions in posts are mine.
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This is possibly my favorite time-lapse that I've ever taken. Watching the colors explode then transition thru the spectrum is spectacular.
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I am at a complete and utter loss for words looking at Irma's appearance on satellite imagery.
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The sun is setting on a rather incredible sight across the Atlantic basin this evening.
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If you don't already, it's a must that you follow
@NHC_Atlantic
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@NHC_Surge
,
@NWSMiami
,
@NWSSanJuan
and
@NWSKeyWest
as Irma evolves.
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For all of the weather lovers of the world, my aunt sent me this picture from Ohio this evening. About as textbook as it gets.
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Will pull the pictures off my good camera when I can but this was when the tornado was at its most photogenic. What a day.
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The satellite imagery from the Hunga Tonga eruption is unreal. Direct your attention to the lower right. The eruption then shock wave is simply incredible.
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Sometimes I save imagery because it's a highly anomalous phenomenon and sometimes I save imagery because it's meteorologically spectacular.
This is both.
It's truly hard to believe we're witnessing a hurricane near Category 5 intensity in this part of the basin on July 1st.
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This is insane. Travel is impossible across New York City and surrounding areas due to flooded roadways. If you are at home, do not leave. Period. As life-threatening as it gets.
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It's the last night I get to spend with my girl until post-Irma. She asks you to be safe and listen to the advice of your local officials.
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To be clear, in this loop we have a westward moving, dissipating cyclonic tornado AND and newly developed anticyclonic tornado also moving west-southwest with a debris signature. This is so incredibly rare it’s hard to describe.
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Let our thoughts be with the island of Dominica tonight. It just sustained a direct and devastating strike from category 5 hurricane Maria.
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The most beautiful radar image Houston has ever seen. The last few sprinkles from Harvey have finally cleared downtown.
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Meteorologists: take care of yourselves too. This will be a long & grueling stretch. Your own mental & physical health matters. Get rest when you can. Take small breaks physically and mentally. You and your audiences benefit from you being as healthy as possible through the event
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Impossible to properly convey the scale of this event. The full extent won't be realized for days. Buffalo Bayou cresting 14' above record.
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This needs to be elevated. There are so many un-shareable things that get shared on twitter for no reason.
This is a perfectly shaped bear cloud. Share this instead.
It's a cloud. In the shape of a bear. It's a bear cloud!
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No saturation adjustment needed. It looks like a painting in Marco Island, FL tonight.
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Just an incredible view of large scale flight avoidance of the massive convective system moving through the greater Chicago land area.
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I am no authority to anyone but if you weren’t able to be productive today, it’s ok. Even if people don’t make you feel like it’s ok, it is.
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Overheard this evening in Miami:
“I can’t feel my fingers.”
The temperature is...*checks notes*...59 F.
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Y'all, I got my copilot back and she's happy and healthy. Dad is tired.
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Can you, Ann? Because all I can really see is the anguish of the people that don't have homes to go back to.
You can feel the anguish of the network anchors, now that a career-
making hurricane has instead morphed into late-summer showers.
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So this happened - Irma rescue kittens. 6 in total. Fostering for a few weeks then probably keeping two. Felt it in my heart, so here we are
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For a smile:
Irma was exhausting and devastated south Florida but I gained two new family members because of it. A year ago I took them home very sick but they’ve recovered and are the sweetest. Then vs now.
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Snow capped peaks with turning leaves. My mom snapped this pic and I just felt is was worth sharing to the world because Colorado is just beautiful.
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There is no tweet that has frustrated me more as a scientist.
In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!
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Cyclonic and anticyclonic vorticity expressed in terms of cat.
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Just had to give my girl to someone else for the foreseeable future. Hoping her health holds through Irma.
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This is the most intense tornadic radar signature that I ever observed in a long time.
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The number of people on live cameras on Key West is astounding. Please realize that your actual life is in danger.
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Will never support this. Adds nothing to science and directly opposes the protective action we are trying to convince people to take.
We are fighting Hurricane force winds funneling through parking garage with
#stormsurge
continuing to rise in Biloxi !!
#HurricaneNate
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As meteorologists, our passion is often fueled by the awe of nature which informs our desire to keep people safe because we know it’s power. Tonight, it’s simply human. This type of event transcends awe. It’s simply sadness. This tornado has undoubtedly left a wake of tragedy.
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It's pretty safe to say that the upcoming cyclogenesis event across the plains will be a meteorological spectacle.
Wow.
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I can’t believe I’m tweeting this but there’s now a Moderate Risk (4/5) for severe thunderstorms including a risk for tornadoes and significant damaging winds for portions of Iowa and Minnesota.
On December 15th.
I don’t think there’s a precedent for this.
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The most unique and incredible sunset that I have ever seen. Hands down. One that makes you just stop everything.
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Covid vaccine envy is very real*
*also extremely happy for anyone that has been able to get it
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The longer I go in my career, the more I realize that the ability to show empathy is one of the most important traits one can possess. It diffuses, facilitates active listening and allows people to effectively work together. Never let anyone tell you you’re weak for showing it.
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I’m at a loss for words at the moment. I can’t recall seeing a signature like this.
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Meanwhile in Miami - one of the more beautiful pileus I’ve seen here.
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To this day I still don’t understand why some people make meteorology feel so inaccessible to incoming and passionate students. You can learn math; you can learn to code.
Why not just leverage that passion? That’s the one unifying quality across all of us. Don’t turn it away.
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The long-lived, massive MCS now rolling off the Gulf Coast is best viewed from above. What an incredible view. Imagery:
@Weathernerds
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Complete list of meteorologists that got into meteorology so they could get paid to be wrong.
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Tonight is the one year anniversary of one of the best sunsets I’ve ever seen.
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Letting the press ask uninterrupted, difficult questions, lending them respect, then acknowledging and coherently addressing them is something I didn’t know that I missed so deeply.
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I’m at a loss for words. It seems that even the most aggressive models weren’t aggressive enough in Lee’s intensification.
One of the most astounding feats of the atmosphere that I’ve bore witness to.
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I can understand a lot of societal behaviors before, during & after weather events but the sharing of fake images/videos isn't one of them.
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This is really difficult for me but I want to share it because so many of you here have been so supportive along the way. She was the toughest kitty but she needed to rest and it was time. Rox passed late this morning peacefully in my arms.
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And just because, an update on Rox. Unsure of the new digs, but happy and healthy in her temporary quarters.
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In case anyone needs it tonight — a happy memory. I brought my copilot of 14 years home last year on this date after having to find her safe harbor while I worked Irma. The happiest reunion after an uncertain time.
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A violent tornado with a path length >30 miles and ZERO fatalities.
A true testament to how far science and communications have come.
It will never be perfect but it’s important to acknowledge the successes along with the failures of the system.
Our KS storm damage survey team is back and here are the preliminary results:
An EF-4
#tornado
, with estimated peak winds up 170 mph, occurred in Douglas County, KS, and stayed on the ground for 31.82 miles, eventually lifting in southern Leavenworth County, KS.
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Not particularly excited that Irma is maintaining screaming cat status.
Had break out the shirt for self-preservation/levity.
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Woke up and my stomach dropped. Hoping for safety and refuge for those in Ida’s path.
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Over the course of my career, there has always come a point in every high-end weather event where I almost instantaneously humanize the implications of the forecast and it's emotional. You can't change the outcome. You do as much as you can. I am there.
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Not sure why everyone is concerned about losing an hour when we just lost a whole year.
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After Harvey and Irma, I'm happy to fill your feed with kitty burritos.
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Thank you to all of the NWS meteorologists who can’t be with their families today because they’re serving the public so you can serve your turkey knowing that someone is keeping a watchful eye on the weather.
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The Tampa radar is currently sampling incredible winds off the surface across multiple bins. About as extreme as I’ve seen.
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Just your typical Mojave Desert sounding.
I think what's going to surprise people most is the rainfall *rate*. This area of the country just doesn't see tropical rainfall like this. Not only will it rain a lot but it's going to come down more quickly than most have ever seen.
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One of the most difficult components of an event with little historical precedence like Hilary is that, many times, impacts are unknown and that is a nightmare for forecasters and emergency managers alike.
This will likely become the storm of record for many in southern CA.
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I know it can be stressful/inconvenient/expensive but please try to include your pets in your evacuation plans. It was a choice to bring them into your home therefore they deserve to be accounted for if home potentially becomes unsafe.
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Lee's rate of intensification is nearing the max that is physically possible & all hi-res guidance is suggesting that it could eventually rival some of the strongest TCs that have been observed in the Atlantic basin - time will tell. Regardless, Lee is and will be formidable.
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There have only been a handful of storm chases in my lifetime where I’ve watched the full life cycle of convective initiation to tornadogenesis from blue sky. Storm chasing has and always will be a way to connect theory to physical manifestation. It is special.
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Have you ever experienced Christmas lights while being in the cone of tropical system? 2020 hasn’t even peaked.
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Guy in the elevator who sees my NWS logo:
“You guys still getting it wrong? *cackle cackle laugh cackle*
Uninterrupted, gloriously awkward silence for 19 floors.
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A picture of my residence the past several days in all its glory.
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Sometimes you have to take a step and marvel that we even have the predictability that we do. These cascades of energy are so complex.
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Truly feeling for those in Irma's path - one of the strongest Atlantic basin hurricanes in recorded history.
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What I love about what’s ongoing right now with the aurora that’s visible across what appears to be the entire US is that we are unified and captivated by its beauty. Let us try and remember that tomorrow when we can’t see it.
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Someone just walked by me at NHC and said, "you look tired."
Fair assessment.
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One of those very rare sunsets where you have color + texture.
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A snapshot of the conditions currently at the hurricane center. No need to be out if you don’t have to be.
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If anyone is needing a little strength tonight, this little she-warrior has gone through liver failure, taking a bullet and developing a condition which gives here debilitating seizures and still somehow manages to support her human.
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Something of which I will never tire of observing. How we sense our world is under-appreciated sometimes. Beautiful vortices:
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This is one of the more incredible combinations of winds + cold temperatures that I've witnessed, especially along the front range. Look at the gradient associated with the initial frontal push and how quickly the bottom falls out. That's an example for the archives.
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After spending this past week at the National Hurricane Center, I just want to reiterate how dedicated every single person is to serving the public. It is incredibly tough to do what they do and I wish more people had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall.
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On Christmas especially, I can’t help but think of all the NWS forecasters not at home with their families because they’re serving the general publics. It was always a tough one for me and think it deserves a small thank you on Christmas Day. So, to all who are working — thanks.
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As a meteorologist, if this doesn’t turn your stomach inside out, nothing will. When I was younger, my fascination w/ extreme weather superseded my limited understanding of impacts to people. After working many & understanding the human suffering they cause, it only makes me ill.
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Thanks to everyone who helped me out when I really needed it. Kitty has a safe place to stay.
Friends around Miami, I need some help. I have an older cat that I'm trying to find a home for while I work Irma. Any ideas, pls let me know
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Thank you to all of the NWS forecasters who are spending this Christmas working to help the rest of us enjoy the holiday season safely. Weather never stops and they don’t either. Taking a moment to raise a glass to all of you.
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This is actual insanity. If asked what the current date of this outlook was with no context, I would guess late September/early October. Please let us rest.
Signed,
Everyone
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The imagery this hurricane season continues to make me emotional knowing what is about to be experienced.
Let's be ready to help.
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It's hard to overstate how extreme the upcoming wind event forecast is. At 700 mb (~10k ft), winds are forecast to be 90-100 kts (~110-115mph). When downsloping occurs, much of these winds will be realized as the air descends. Gusts along the front range above 100mph are possible
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As a final thought, the best way I can encapsulate how amazing Rox was is to describe how she made others feel. She converted so many non-cat lovers to either cat lovers or, at very least, Rox lovers. She brought joy to so many people. Ending w/ my favorite pic of her:
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Broadcast and operational meteorologists are partners. Each has the same motive — keep the public safe — and we rely on each other equally; one is not above another. If you demean the other, you’re doing it wrong.
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The resources, energy, skill and compassion it takes to rescue 13,000 people.
These are your heroes.
BREAKING: Federal and local agencies say they have rescued more than 13,000 people from Harvey in Houston and surrounding areas .
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Even though I barely knew her, I loved her. Irma passed away at the vet. Sometimes you just have a connection from the beginning.
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Whatever happens with Florence and the rest of the tropical season, know that there’s an incredible network of people that have dedicated their careers to serving the best interests of their publics. Remaining calm while taking the threat seriously is the best thing you can do.
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I will say that it is an eerie feeling driving around downtown Miami seeing every business boarded up. My first time through this.
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Preview of downtown Miami Wednesday morning as lows drop below 60.
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