By Brody Klapko in Newsletter — 24 Feb 2023

A wintry mix

In which we love, laugh, and learn.

Let’s start by learning some stuff

Michigan, a place I know well.

Classic #icestorm unfolding in #Michigan that's left 473,000 customers currently without power.

Notice the textbook "overrunning" – warm, moist air from the south rides up and over a shallow lip of cold, dense air near the ground.

Liquid rain falls and freezes on the ground.
— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) 3:19 AM ∙ Feb 23, 2023

I know Matthew Cappucci loves waffles but he’s on a roll here.

“Weather is mood, #climate is personality” - great metaphor @MatthewCappucci @capitalweather
— Mitch Zuckerman (@ec0p0lis) 1:58 PM ∙ Feb 23, 2023

Switching gears again here but no, I didn’t know that.

Did you know that lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun? Stay Weather-Ready and learn about lightning science at weather.gov/safety/lightni…
— NWS Lake Charles (@NWSLakeCharles) 2:56 PM ∙ Feb 23, 2023

On to the main event

You probably know that this happened already (might want to use this link instead, not sure how the video is going to load in the tweet below).

I spy 🔎with my little eyes👀...

A mid-latitude cyclone spinning off the West Coast on this GOES-West🛰️ Geocolor imagery! #CAwx

(see the imagery for yourself here: star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_ba…)
— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) 2:21 AM ∙ Feb 24, 2023

This was our place partway through that system moving through. We even made it on the KRON4 News website. We’re famous!

Rain has swapped back to more of a wintry mix. Here we go weather fam! #CAwx #wxtwitter #sonomacoast #sonomacounty #mendonoma @BrushyWeather https://t.co/bdICWPKYrC
— Brody Klapko (@BrodyKlapko) 12:34 AM ∙ Feb 24, 2023

I’ve never mic dropped on behalf of someone but I’m about to.

Just wanted to highlight that, despite some very impressive low elevation snowfall between ~500-2000ft elevation in NorCal (and sea level along far North Coast), it didn't ultimately come close to widespread snow @ sea level in NorCal. Exactly as human forecasters predicted!#CAwx
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) 5:53 PM ∙ Feb 24, 2023

Hazards everywhere! Pick your poison.

An updated Day 3-7 Hazards Outlook has been issued. wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/threats/threat…
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) 8:33 PM ∙ Feb 23, 2023

Aren’t you glad we spoke about graupel last time? The Hollywood sign is too.

Snow in LA!! Who wants to build a snowman?

#snowinla #hollywoodsign #snowing
— Craig Robert Young (@craigryoung) 5:28 PM ∙ Feb 23, 2023

It’s a bit late for these but if you want a few examples of the coverage before/as the storm started, here you go:

Shut up and take my money

I found a weather store. Gonna move my birthday up about 7 months this year.

4k Freddy

This thing traveled ~4,000 miles across the Indian Ocean before it hit Madagascar. If you watch the full video, there are a few other interesting facts (one of four known storms to travel from east to west across the Indian Ocean, etc.)

After a 4,000-mile-plus journey over the Indian Ocean, #TropicalCyclone #Freddy made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar.

Satellites from @NOAA and international partners are monitoring the storm.

Learn more in this week’s #EarthFromOrbit video: bit.ly/3XR3bLq
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) 9:22 PM ∙ Feb 23, 2023

I’m pretty sure that’s…

Bifrost, not a rainbow.

A close-up of this morning’s rainbow-show 🌈 @JimCantore @spann @EdPiotrowski @Wx_Max @wxchanneldesk @accuweather #rainbowchaser
— Benji Barnes (@BenjiBarnesOahu) 7:23 PM ∙ Feb 23, 2023