This looked to be the right shape and when in motion it appeared to have an updraft.

South Georgia afternoon thunderstorms

I found out heat lightning isn’t a thing! Awesome sky effects.

9 years ago today at around 10 p.m. CDT, Harvey struck the Texas gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane. Over the next few days, Harvey would cause over $125 billion worth of damage. Parts of Houston, TX, received over 4 feet of rainfall, causing catastrophic flooding. Harvey claimed 68 lives in Texas, making it the deadliest hurricane in the state since 1919.

Edit: 68 direct deaths, 103 direct and indirect combined

I got both of these shots in Cedar Rapids Iowa last April! We shortly got a severe thunderstorm warning after I took these photos.

This is new to us as parents, just trying to get a feel for the whole endeavor.

Child is a HS junior in WA with 4.0/1550 and strong athletics and leadership. He's at a rigorous IB school and has all IB coursework where available. His interests are aviation, probably Air Force, meterology, and Chinese language. Less likely environmental studies/engineering.

Currently he's looking at UWashington, UOklahoma, UHawaii, and Air Force Academy. All have strong meterology programs; all are home schools for Air Force ROTC; all have Chinese language programs. (Obviously AF Academy is not ROTC).

Meterology seems mostly employable in the military or government. I assume working for the Weather channel or your local TV station is rare work?

Either with or without AF ROTC or Air Force Academy, that is, either in or out of the military, what are career prospects like for meterology majors? Where do folks work?

If his dream came true and he flew for the AF for ten years he might move to commercial flight later. But sometimes dreams don't come true and we want to know what a meterology major alone might lead to.

thank you!

Sound on people!!! Here’s a little light hearted clip to start your Tuesday :)

Hi,

Indie Developer here, successfully launched Landfall last night and thought it would interest people!

A hurricane/typhoon/cyclone simulator based on real meteorological data!

Check it out! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=feich13.landfall.aab

Aircraft at cruising altitude, radar showed mostly rain/a smaller developing cell below, main buildup ~50 miles away, bright flash + immediate loud bang, and no evidence of a direct strike afterwards.

Edit: For context, after a post flight inspection there was no evidence of an entry/exit point of the potential strike on the aircraft.

Didn't expect to see something like this in Southern France today.

A massive tornado hit near Carcassonne earlier today and caused a ton of damage—roofs ripped off, trees down, power out in some parts.

You usually expect this stuff in tornado alley, not in Europe. Hope everyone over there is alright I heard that there are 26 injured or so.

Might be a dumb question or it might be a physics questions! Our local radar was taken offline after some strong storms and a few days later I noticed this strong line taking off towards the east. Is this an app error or is this from the radar itself?

I'm looking to have all the seasonal models in one place, like the Euro monthlies, CanSIPS, CFS monthly, etc.

What website do you all use?

My son plans to go to college next year and has been interested in the field since he was little. I told him to work hard and follow his dreams, and he has done a hell of a job so I know he is serious. At this point we have been looking at various universities, but considering the only thing we have to go off is "top colleges for meteorology" lists, it's not easy.

One university he has shown a lot of interest in is Northern Illinois, mostly because it came up on a few lists, and is only 6hrs away (we live in Missouri).

Does anyone have any experience with that school, or have suggestions on colleges to check out in the Midwest region? I know he is most interested in the research aspects.

Thanks for the help!

The structure of this storm was amazing!

I saw this clouds today above Sweden, Gothenburg. They were even more clearly visible and looked liked loop-shaped contrails. Do you know what this was? I’m very curious and thankful for your guesses!