Twitter is a meteorologist’s best friend and worst enemy. Meteorologists send out hundreds of tweets per day, and it is such a useful tool for dispensing information. Many times, though, hype will begin and spread like fire on Twitter. Other times, it saves someone’s life. Therefore, Twitter sees the best and worst out of meteorologists every week, and it gets really fascinating to watch. These are the 10 best Tweets I found from this past week!
#10 U.S. Tornadoes
Today is the 2nd Anniversary of the seemingly nature-defying “Pilger Twins” EF4 tornadoes. https://t.co/PCBnvC4VCk pic.twitter.com/e2N0DmpgFC
— U.S. Tornadoes (@USTornadoes) June 16, 2016
I wrote about this on Friday, but US Tornadoes always has some interesting stuff!
#9 Tony Lyza
18z GFS Wed even. vs. schematics from Johns (1993). Poss. sups w/tors, then serial/progrsv. hybrid derecho pattern. pic.twitter.com/h1ibhpNf3Z
— Tony Lyza (@tlyzawx) June 19, 2016
Ahh, another paper to read. Oh, and also, Wednesday looks interesting.
#8 Pierce Larkin
@WxOrNotBG @NashSevereWx incredibly structured storm NE of Nashville pic.twitter.com/cc7o57ZsLU
— Pierce Larkin (@tornadolarkin) June 16, 2016
Yours truly took this picture on Thursday evening while stuck in Nashville traffic. It was a fantastic looking storm.
#7 Stormchasernick
According to radar… Cleveland is already celebrating: pic.twitter.com/pJokQqVm6d
— Stormchasernick (@stormchasernick) June 20, 2016
Hahahahahahaha.
#6 NWS Nashville
Severe thunderstorm & shelf cloud approaching our office in Old Hickory earlier #Nashville #weather #tnwx pic.twitter.com/c2vcxqURmH
— NWS Nashville (@NWSNashville) June 15, 2016
This complex of storms was awesome to watch unfold, and track as we watched our forecast verify before our eyes.
#5 James Spann
Navarre Beach shelf cloud… From Avra Adair pic.twitter.com/pphgMLM04B
— James Spann (@spann) June 18, 2016
The day after we had our crazy storms, the Gulf Coast saw their crazy day of storms. It was hard to choose just one shelf cloud, but this was a great shot of it.
#4 D☈D
06.09.16: Mountain-swallowing wall #cloud over Square Butte, #Montana. pic.twitter.com/Bg9KXBtapA
— D☈D (@drdabroholos) June 19, 2016
Whooooooooooa.
#3 rds
Overshooting top casting long shadow across Texas #TXWX pic.twitter.com/VNOVTpljE1
— rds (@whatisthisrds) June 15, 2016
I love satellite images, but this one is really cool and unique, and is one that we don’t really see very often.
#2 Quincy Vagell
Tornado in progress 17 NE Amarillo, TX 8:27 p.m. #txwx @nwsamarillo pic.twitter.com/4DnkrnJxND
— Quincy Vagell (@stormchaserQ) June 14, 2016
This storm was amazing, and the SPC even issued a mini mesoscale discussion for it!
#1 D☈D
Slow day waiting for something to happen in Kansas so here’s a shot from Montana last Friday near Denton. #MTwx pic.twitter.com/aIEQQL3Fwp
— D☈D (@drdabroholos) June 14, 2016
This was probably the best picture I saw all week, and I love to look at it. What a shot!