I made it out of Asheville. The entire area has no cell service, no power, no water, no sewer. I tried several times to make it off campus, but neighborhoods are blocked by power lines, trees, and flood waters. UNC Asheville has not been communicating well with students.
#ncwx
No power at UNC Asheville, and the sound of trees falling and generators arcing. Also this sustained orange flashing that I haven’t seen before.
#ncwx
#helene
@sunglow2022
I have no responsibility to stay on campus when it’s unsafe and there are no basic utilities. I’m sure campus operations are doing the best they can, but communications pre storm were also poor.
Successful chase today. Saw what may be confirmed as my first tornado. Bamberg, Orangeburg, and Allendale Counties had a rough afternoon for sure.
#scwx
Wind swaths of every
#derecho
to impact the United States since April 2020. There have been eight, which seems like a fairly significant number. Many areas of the US have seen impacts. Events: (4/28,5/3,6/3,6/6,6/10,7/7,7/17,8/10)
#wxtwitter
Estimated 100kt wind swaths from every landfalling major hurricane (in the contentious US) since 1968. Much of the Gulf Coast has seen these winds, as well as SC and NC.
#wxtwitter
@mamaliz1969
@OldNurseSilva
I was able to to make it Columbia, SC. The southbound lanes are open, but there is a severe lack of gas. Open gas stations were hard to find, and the ones that were open had long lines. As of 6 hours ago, exit 53 had gas/power. Best of luck.
Great first day of chasing on the plains! This supercell on the OK/KS border had a great structure and was close to producing over I-35. Texas tomorrow?🤠
#okwx
#kswx
Nine years ago today South Carolina set it’s all time high temperature record of 113° in Columbia. Amazingly, this is still about 8° cooler than the high temperature in Lytton, BC (Canada!!) today. The
#PNWheatwave
is insane…
#scwx
Stirred atmosphere in the the wake of these storms. Always loved these clouds. Rain shaft is visible in the lower left, while a distant (60 miles away) thunderstorm is visible in the bottom right.
#scwx
#chswx
This 25 mile strip of coastline south of Tallahassee is now the only remaining section of shore in the eastern US, that has not been under a tropical watch or warning this year.
#eta
may change this, but eastward trends are making that seem less likely.
#flwx
Super excited to begin my path to becoming a meteorologist at UNC Asheville this fall. I’m honored to be a McRae Scholar, and I hope to get a degree in Atmospheric Sciences!
Today was my last day volunteering with
@NWSCharlestonSC
, and I’m already looking forward to returning! It was super fun to get an insight into the NWS and do some flooding research this summer. 🤓
Very strong wording from the SPC for tomorrow’s expected severe weather outbreak across the Carolinas. This will likely be the most impactful event here since at least last Easter. As with today’s (likely worse) outbreak, there are multiple rounds/modes of severe weather.
#scwx
40cm (15 inches) of new snowfall in Montreal!❄️ Quebec is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. I’m thankful for the winter weather before I return to SC for Christmas!!
Here’s something to cheer the heat lovers up. Following a week or so of near record cold, the pattern looks to be more favorable for above average temps late month
#scwx
A picture from the Asheville Botanical Gardens when it was first formed in the 1960s! UNCA looks so different now. Everyone should support the gardens. They host a great variety of native plants that are vital for our ecosystem. They have volunteer opportunities over the year!
#Gonzalo
is still strengthening this afternoon, even with some evident dry air issues. Convective bursts are forming around a likely (waiting on microwave imagery) premature eye. NHC is forecasting the first hurricane of the year forming tomorrow.
9pm: Glaze of ice (SC-BK-71). Freezing rain since 6pm, temperature is hovering just below freezing at 31.8°. A couple hundredths of an inch of accretion on tree branches and elevated surfaces
@NWSCharlestonSC
Not to beat a dead horse but, the Atlantic Main Development Region is exceptionally warm atm. Here's a plot of the OISSTv2.1 SSTa percentiles for the week ending July 20th.
Grid points that exceed the 95th percentile (within the top 3 ranks) are contoured in white
#Tropics
🔥🔥
Every Winter Storm Warning issued across the South since January 2007. Data from Iowa Mesonet, including the current TX/OK warnings. While CWA boundaries are visible in areas, there is a surprisingly uniform gradient on a regional scale.
#wxtwitter
#snOMG
Soon to be
#TD7
isn’t looking bad for being close to convective minimum. Intensity models are currently bullish, bringing
#99L
to hurricane status this week. Dry air is the major impediment in the short term. Looks to track into the central Caribbean, beyond that is unknown rn.
I wouldn’t be celebrating hurricane season correctly unless I posted an inconsistent run of the GFS showing a land falling major hurricane 10 days out. so here we go
Seeing wording like “catastrophic” to describe the damage is horrifying. This is expected to be the highest crest in
#midland
ever (by many feet as well). All three major dams upstream on the river have been reported as breached.
#michigan
#miwx
**longterm** ( 2 week) ensemble tracks from the ECMWF. Cluster off Texas is from
#91L
. BOC and Caribbean tracks are for
#TD7
. East coast trouble is from an undesignated tropical wave that will be watched closely next week. Hurricane Season continues on a record pace.
Mid level rotation has strengthened south of Florida. Invest designation is likely today. Expect rain and gusty winds in SE Florida and the Bahamas.
#Arthur
is around the corner.
#flwx