Today in history 🗓 16 April 1851: The famous "Lighthouse Storm" raged near Boston Harbor, with whole gales and gigantic waves on high astronomical tides destroying the 116-ft Minot Ledge Light at Cohasset, MA with the loss of its two assistant lighthouse keepers still inside.

The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences. Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/National Weather Association: bit.ly/4cz2RtC

Impressive imagery of tornadic supercells marching across Nebraska and Iowa yesterday evening.

WORD OF THE WEEK 💬 Overshooting top — (Or anvil dome, penetrating top.) A domelike protrusion above a cumulonimbus anvil, representing the intrusion of an updraft through its equilibrium level (level of neutral buoyancy). More about overshooting top: bit.ly/4bL62Oz

DUSTY #TORNADO intercepts in the Dominator 3 from the 360 degree camera! Check out the clear slot with occluded tornado cyclone above. Footage captured by the man who never misses a shot Edgar ONeal

“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Another way to think of supercells: Not solid objects, but the result of an updraft wave. The animation is vertical velocity at various heights looking down the path of a simulated supercell.

Incredible display of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds near Castle Rock this morning! Strong vertical wind shear creates these. #COwx

A hotel in Fremont, Nebraska, suffered severe damage this week after an intense hailstorm swept through and smashed all of its windows into pieces.

Squirrel hears thunder and clutches his heart 🥹

Catch up with the top moments this month in April's World Sailing Show 💥🙌 Watch now 👇 🔗 bit.ly/4ir9gIS #WorldSailingShow #WSS

We’ve got a great conversation ready for you this coming Sunday on YouTube live, hope you’ll tune in and join us! 🙏🏻

Latest hourly run of the HRRR model - Lightning potential/risk - it has increased a bit, but the focus of more risk/potential is in EONT, along the L. Ontario northern shore line, and further north. #onwx #onstorm from now till 11pm.

Latest hourly run of the HRRR model - Radar 4cast-scattered showers with a few embedded storms in the mix, focus seems to be EONT along the northern shoreline of L. Ontario #onwx #onstorm from now till 11pm.

Latest NBM (blended model) total rainfall (in mm) out till Tues. Morning #onwx #onstorm

Man...I have to get my rockets in the air again, it's been way to long☹️

Latest NBM thunderstorm risk/coverage. The NBM uses a different way to display storm coverage/risk that closely follows AWC's (Aviation) Three defined probabilistic categories of thunderstorm coverage: Isolated (10-20%) Scattered (30-50%) Numerous (60-100%) #onwx #onstorm

8am EDT (12Z) Synoptic "Snapshot" of the weather for N. Ontario. #onwx #onstorm

8am EDT (12Z) Synoptic "Snapshot" of the weather for S. Ontario. #onwx #onstorm

Have to get my🍑in gear, busy day, lots to do. Have a great day, see ya.