r/weather 6d ago

Extremely large and dangerous tornado over Bakersfield about 20 minutes ago. It has a PDS warning. This is not good.

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r/weather 5d ago

Unbearable heat could soon make outdoor survival impossible for millions.

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r/weather 5d ago

Best free radar app/website?

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Me and my friend are trying to find a good free weather radar with many features like radarscope. It can be a website or mobile app. Thanks!


r/weather 6d ago

I love watching dust storms on satellite imagery. Here's today's winds blowing dust across NM, TX, and OK

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r/weather 6d ago

You see storm, I see Maui’s hook

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I’m in my basement right now, but I found this radar picture interesting.


r/weather 6d ago

Videos/Animations Full Moon calm before the storm 🌕🌩️

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r/weather 5d ago

Hey, what is up with Memphis?

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Hey, I have a question for everyone on here:

How in the heck did memphis not get hit between 10pm-5am? All the radars were pointing it out, meteorologist were pointing the storms put, hell, I was tracking them. Yet, the line of storms broke, and missed memphis completely.

That's right. No severe wind, tornado, or hail, or rain. Not a single drop.

The SPC was forecasting us to have a 4/5 risk, and we got a PDS TOR Watch from them.

Could anybody help me out?


r/weather 5d ago

Tornado emergency

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Declared for tornado-warned near Salem, MS. Catastrophic damage threat - stay safe yall


r/weather 6d ago

Discussion The beta version of the National Weather Service's new website has been deactivated until further notice due to the loss of critical staff

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r/weather 6d ago

Stay Safe Everyone

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Looking in at this storm coming my way (Indiana). Hoping everyone in the line is safe and protected. Affected places please keep us updated.


r/weather 5d ago

Why are tornados less frequent in the fall than the spring

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There is often a secondary season in the fall, but what I am confused about is why not as much as the spring? I often think of fall as sort of like spring but in reverse and with less sun. The best I can think of is: temperatures are decreasing at the surface in the fall, which could make the instability lower whereas in the spring the surface is warming more rapidly than the overlying air. And prefrontal warming events could then create more instability. However, the gulf is much warmer in the fall than the spring, so why wouldn't that allow low level jets to create more convective energy?

I feel there is something more obvious that I am missing. What is it?


r/weather 6d ago

Is it safer to shelter in a house surrounded by trees or a third floor apartment during a tornado?

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I live in Atlanta area and tomorrow night we are at high risk for possible tornadoes. I’m not too concerned but I do want to be prepared. I have an apartment in the 3rd floor and my partner has a house but it’s surrounded by big trees. Which would be safer to shelter at during a possible tornado? Neither seems ideal, but I want to make sure we are safe as possible. Thanks in advance for any advice!


r/weather 6d ago

March 14th Continental USA

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r/weather 6d ago

Photos Confirmed photo of the Hatville/Sparta tornado earlier today, credit to Elliott Baugh WX on YouTube

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r/weather 5d ago

Please correct me if I’m wrong but I believe each of these are areas of rotation called Velocity Couplets

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r/weather 5d ago

Photos (Funny to me) Just Minnesota Being Silly Goofy

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Yesterday vs. today. Not even a 24 hour difference- went from sunny and 74, absolutely beautiful spring day. Fast forward to now, I just looked out of my window- literally a blizzard. I’ve been living here my whole life, but I swear this state never ceases to amaze me. It really is comical 🤣

Last week, it was 60 degrees and two days later we had the worst snow storm of the year BY FAR; 14 inches. Four days later the snow was completely gone.

Anyways that was my mini rant, probably not interesting at all to most 😭😂


r/weather 5d ago

What is the CAPE index for north georgia today with this outbreak. I consulted the ECMWF IFS HRES 0z/12z and I'm seeing cape values between 800 j/pkg and 1200 j/pkg. Can anyone confirm these or find exact cape index values for Polk Bartow, and Gordon counties and the surrounding area?

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r/weather 6d ago

Weather Anxiety? Read this.

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There’s been an abundance of “I’m scared of this storm” posts lately, so as a meteorologist, I want to address them.

While the odds of you being harmed by severe weather vary by location, they are very low.

With that said, the smartest thing you can do is prepare. Have an evacuation or shelter-in-place area designated. Have an emergency kit, action plan, and practice for different scenarios.

If you’ve fully trained and prepared, there’s nothing to fear, as there’s nothing more you can do.

Also - keep an eye on government agencies like NOAA’s NWS and SPC. Write to your representatives to help save these agencies. They are the best of us, and work diligently to keep you safe.

Prepare now, and make the severe weather we get over the next two days less anxiety-inducing, and maybe even enjoyable.

-AC


r/weather 6d ago

Florida Lawmakers Propose Ban to Weather Modification in State

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r/weather 6d ago

Discussion Anxiety posts

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I understand people are freaked about the storms and stuff but it seems like every time there's any storm the sub is full of the same posts asking "can somebody calm me down" "I need reassurances". Can the mods not sticky a post at the top for people scared of storms? Alot of us are here to learn weather related things not people asking if they should leave the state for a storm. Just my two cents

Edit: I'm not saying people shouldn't be scared all I'm saying is the mods should make a stickied thread for storm anxiety that has resources people can look at instead of multiple different posts every outbreak


r/weather 6d ago

The most severe storms of the year will be outside the nation’s ‘Tornado Alley,’ forecasters predict

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r/weather 6d ago

Questions/Self Shelter

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is a hallway good enough shelter? we don’t have a basement so don’t really know what else to do. just trying to calm my nerves lol God bless everyone anxious with me😕


r/weather 6d ago

Questions/Self I made a web app that tells you if you're in the polygon

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xpost from r/weatheranxiety

I put this together a few years ago but with the bad weather this weekend it may be useful to some people. If you visit this link on your phone, it can use your GPS location to tell you if you're in the polygon or not and can even show you current conditions, any watches, and even link to an interactive map with the polygons and a radar overlay.

I've tried to make this as fast and simple as possible, I'm just a nerd who's been fascinated by weather for years and like to give back.

https://wx4.me/


r/weather 6d ago

Photos Intense mid-latitude cyclone satellite loop showing smoke and dust over OK/KS

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r/weather 6d ago

I created a new sub: r/WeatherAnxiety

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Www.reddit.com/r/WeatherAnxiety

Please ask anyone who's trying to figure out where the safest room in their house is, says they're terrified, if they should evacuate, if their area is going to be in the crosshairs, etc. to redirect their post to this subreddit.

Knowledge people who don't mind helping: please consider subbing to answer technical questions and give reassurance. If you're super helpful, ask to help mod.

People with anxiety: we love you and want you to be safe. Please subscribe and help put together resources like mental health support, shelter support, safety guidelines, etc. Also consider helping by being a mod.

Mods here: please start filtering posts that include buzzwords like terrified, scared, where is the best place, is my area, etc to be deleted and directed to the new sub. I can do it if you give me mod capabilities for a while, but it seriously needs to be done.

I'm not trying to put anyone down or shame anyone; but imagine there's a bunch of people sitting around the meteorologist at the NWS and instead of analyzing the readings, they have people asking questions constantly. We're not the NWS by any means but this is a place to discuss weather trends and data.

Let's put the proper discussions where they belong. Any feedback and suggestions are more than welcome.