Thanks weather fam

Some of the videos in this post weren’t loading but I think they’re fixed now.

I received an email today saying these posts reached 1000+ views and I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for reading and sharing the Weather Feed! The first post came out ~two months ago on February 3rd. Thanks for going on this journey with me!

Another aside here, Substack announced Notes today which I might try out. It’s sort of a way to share short form content within Substack and with readers. Looks like it might be fun so I’ll give it a go.

As always, if you have feedback or thoughts, feel free to comment or find me on Twitter (@BrodyKlapko).

Now, let’s get into it.

Well, there were more tornadoes

In fact, this is already out of date.

This wasn’t too far away from my old stomping grounds.

Hey, this is even closer!

But the real event was all of this.

If you want a primer on what’s going on today, here you go.

Hot weather take

You’re certainly aware there are storm chasers out there. Turns out some of them aren’t so good at the chasing part.

And then there was this.

Here’s the actual video.

I don’t wish harm on any of these people and I hope they’re OK. The point though is there’s a safe approach to storm chasing and not everyone chooses to take it, or is capable of doing so.

Rob Mayeda also made a good point about first responders getting diverted away from helping people impacted by severe weather because they have to go help storm chasers that get into trouble like this.

I also want to make it clear that storm chasers give us an amazing amount of data, both in real time and for future research. It’s just that some people don’t practice safe chasing, and that’s at least partially due to how these people make money, get views, and add followers.

But those are just my thoughts. I’m just a weather enthusiast so don’t listen to me.

More research

A friend of mine often says “we’re always learning”. On the topic of tornadoes, tornado alley is changing. More research is needed, but it does look like climate change is impacting tornadoes and where they’re forming.

What the hell is Taller TIM?

Let’s watch the video first.

TIM stands for Threats-In-Motion. You know the colored polygons you see in weather warnings? TIM is sort of a step up from those. They’re more dynamic and move with storms. You can read all about how it works on the FACETs page.

Checking on the reservoirs

I think it has been a few weeks since we checked in on these, so here ya go.

Going out with a bang

See you next time weather fam ⚡

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