Chicago area meteorologist and dog dad to the best dog ever! All views expressed are my own.
Chicago, IL
Joined February 2014
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Usually I'd cut down a 10 min segment for social but I'm just gonna feed this whole thing to you #polarvortex nerds. Great hang with the brilliant @webberweather. I would estimate that my brain fully absorbed about 30% of what he was teaching and that's a win 💪
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WOW! Check out all the sea foam piling up along portions of the #Florida East Coast right now during the historic high tides and coastal flooding. This is in New Smyrna Beach. Credit: Doug Ritter 🌊 @stormhour
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A year ago I made this wild animation of Hurricane Melissa.
It broke my brain a little.
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Billionaires can’t pay more in taxes but can spend $400,000,000.00 on midterm elections.
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The 2026 eastern North Pacific #hurricane season (to 180°W) has now generated 319 ACE (Accumulated Cyclone Energy), breaking the old seasonal record of 318 set in 2018. #Simon
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East Troy, Wisconsin this afternoon. Appears that a Beech Bonanza (N1288Z) crashed a little while ago. A Cessna Caravan skydiver plane spotted the crash site and had jumpers parachute into the crash site and there are survivors! Epic, there are many good people in this world! 🙏
Audio via @theATCapp and tracking via @ADSBex
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The Chicago skyline is looking great from the Harrison-Dever Crib this morning!
It's shaping up to be a beautiful late September day with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s, a light breeze from the east, and a gradual increase in upper-level clouds.
Enjoy the day, everyone!
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A quick look at tornado warning day (any day with a tor warning) departures for 2026 (through Sep. 23rd) relative to the 2002-2025 annual climatology. Some areas of the midwest have experienced more than an additional week's worth of tornado warnings relative to "normal."
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Phillies lost, Cubs have a 3-0 lead heading into the 6th inning...and they lose the game 6-3 because their bullpen consistently can't hold leads. Even if the Cubs make the postseason, I'd have to believe the vast majority of Cubs fans believe this team won't get out of the Wild Card round whether it be at Wrigley or not because there's not a single bullpen reliever the Cubs have we can confidently rely on in a critical situation. #Cubs
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I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.
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This is the OFFICIAL updated tornado count for 2026 by state.
IGNORE the other inflated numbers that you see from other sources, as those have "duplicate" tornado reports in them that need to be "quality controlled" or in other words sifted through and removed.
These have been quality controlled and are accurate as of August 25th at 1pm.
The unbelievable number of 210 for Illinois clearly stands out, but also notice the cluster of surrounding states like Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri who also have high numbers compared to "traditional" tornado alley of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas & Nebraska.
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This is the last image captured by Miami’s radar station before it was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew, 34 years ago today.
Blood-chilling.
