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 Jadyne Seitz
@ericfisher what do you call this in Northern Virginia on Oct 30th besides eerily ghoulish? Just west of Dulles Airport. pic.twitter.com/9YanoilJCr
— jadyne seitz (@JadyneS) October 30, 2016
This was one of the better shelf clouds that has shown up in quite sometime.
#9 Philip Klotzbach
The Atlantic basin had 439 hurricanes between #ChicagoCubs World Series wins at Wrigley Field. pic.twitter.com/lwZQGuYHIC
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) October 31, 2016
This is an incredible statistic, and I love it.
#8 Michael Lowry
What does a meteorologist do on his day off? Work on a climate analysis for his upcoming wedding of course 🙂 pic.twitter.com/NvLSsgXEPj
— Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) October 29, 2016
This is cool/funny/awesome! I’ll be doing that myself in a couple years.
#7 Shawn Reynolds
4 years ago, this was my day at work. #Sandy made landfall during my show. Amazing @weatherchannel coverage that night pic.twitter.com/rYcCw0MJpo
— Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnWTVM9) October 29, 2016
Sandy was crazy, and I remember just how good The Weather Channel’s coverage of it was.
#6 Philip Klotzbach
On this date in 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey – over 100 fatalities and total damage of $75 billion dollars. pic.twitter.com/NqGuE3s0td
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) October 29, 2016
While Sandy didn’t make landfall as a hurricane (she made the extratropical transition before landfall), she was one of the more beautiful systems in a very long time.
#5 Stu Ostro
25 yr ago this pm, Hurricane Grace & system to N which would combine to form #PerfectStorm; & to W precursor of epic upper Midwest blizzard pic.twitter.com/Ln0556vMOn
— Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) October 28, 2016
This past weekend was fairly infamous for meteorology as a whole. Several years featured intense low pressure systems.
#4 Brandon Copic
Most insane footage I’ve ever shot. 8/24/16 Cecil, OH. Everyone in the home was ok @WunderCave @RyanDavidsonWX @reedtimmerTVN @KathrynProciv pic.twitter.com/yMK8DgpXjf
— Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) October 28, 2016
This outbreak was insane back in August.
#3 Joey Sciarra
1.5″ of snow in Tolland, CT #OctoberSurprise pic.twitter.com/JXIZDIFnwi
— joey sciarra (@JoeySciarra) October 27, 2016
SNOW!
#2 Kevin Deitsch
This didn’t happen years ago. Great strides being made in the meteorological community! https://t.co/cRvegHX0H8
— Kevin Deitsch (@KDeitsch_wx) October 26, 2016
I loved seeing the MLB move a game because of meteorology!
#1 Victor Gensini
Any ball hit in the air this evening could be interesting! #WorldSeries @Cubs @cbschicago @chicagotribune @CODMeteorology @CollegeDuPage pic.twitter.com/bc9AFkAs0W
— Victor Gensini (@gensiniwx) October 28, 2016
This had the potential to be awesome, and ended up being a dud. Oh well; it was still cool!!