10AM #Melissa Update: Hurricane Hunters and NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Hurricane Hunter aircraft find that Melissa continues to strengthen. Catastrophic winds are moving onshore southern Jamaica. THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE! For more updates visit hurricanes.gov

Here's a perfect example of the current culture of Referees' abuse of the mic. The covering official is clearly giving the universal incomplete pass signal. The announcers note that instantly, and yet this Referee somehow feels the need to insult our intelligence and tell us

NHC has issued a dire statement in their latest hurricane update: "Last chance to save your life"

This post aged very well, unfortunately. Rapid intensification for #Melissa was probably easier to predict in this case than some because of the extremely favorable large-scale conditions. But it's also worth noting that some of our newer models were also hinting at a historical

We got INSANELY LUCKY! There was a Sentinel 2 pass right over Melissa before landfall. Unbelievable luck. Most areas get covered twice a week by this satellite:

This sort of intensity forecast was close to impossible/didn't exist just a few short years ago. Huge improvements being made

Melissa was a Category 5 hurricane for 36 consecutive hours. Only 4 other hurricanes in the satellite record – Irma (2017), Ivan (2004), Mitch (1998), and David 1979 – lasted as long as a Category 5 hurricane. Typically Cat 5s last about 18 hours before weakening.

Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.

Life as a wing official 😣

Typhoon #KALMAEGI has strengthened into a 115 kt (130 mph) Category 4 as it approaches Vietnam. Since 1945, a Category 4 typhoon has never made landfall in #Vietnam. If KALMAEGI maintains intensity, it’ll be the first on record — and surpass YAGI 2024 as the strongest.

Flights over the area affected by Hurricane Melissa continue, with the latest updates covering areas in the western part of the country. Imagery from all flights is available here (select layers in the upper right to select specific flights or view MAXAR imagery):

This has to be unheard of. With an extraordinary peak flash rate of 699 flashes per minute just prior to landfall in Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa probably set the record for the most prolific inner-core lightning outbreak ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane.

There is an oversaturation right now of Aurora maps all saying different things at different times and different intensities. I've seen maps floating around from NOAA, University of Alaska or people just making maps for what they think will happen. From the standpoint of the

Recent satellite imagery from the Milwaukee-Racine, WI metro area show just how dramatic the gradient was from the recent snowfall event. Racine got ~8 inches - some neighborhoods literally just across the road... not so much!

Sources: Virginia Tech and James Franklin are finalizing an agreement for him to become the school’s next coach. Franklin has won 128 games over 15 seasons as the head coach at Vanderbilt and Penn State. He led Penn State to the CFP semi-finals last year.

This should have been the fastest and easiest ejection call to make. How this player gets to play another down today is beyond me.

3.0” on the dot (average of several measurements) 1.3SW State College NWS State College

The Central Valley in California has spent the final week of November buried under persistent #TuleFog. Tule Fog is a dense, persistent type of radiation fog that forms mainly in California’s Central Valley during late fall and winter! #CAwx

The Tule Fog madness continues in California’s Central Valley. 43°F and misting as we approach noon in Sacramento.