As we all know, the Summer Olympics are fully underway in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. My favorite event so far has been swimming, as the beef between the athletes has been incredible. Basketball is a close second, because, you know, basketball is awesome. But why don’t we have the Weather Olympics? I know almost everyone has been dying to have this question answered and fulfilled. Wait no longer. I am bringing you your 2016 Weather Olympics.
Best Tweet
Gold: Bruce Haffner
@chopperguyhd Here’s a closer look at today’s microburst over Phoenix pic.twitter.com/jkXuRvXL3k
— Bruce Haffner (@chopperguyhd) July 19, 2016
Silver: Joe Sullivan
Wow – @WxOrNotBG is moving up in the world – now on Live w/Kelly! pic.twitter.com/CeZrTaqIFP
— Joe Sullivan (@JoeninoWxMan) July 20, 2016
Bronze: severe-weather.EU
WOW! What an amazing view of a thunderstorm over the Pacific ocean from an airliner! Photo via Super Célula pic.twitter.com/vvy0RFbW0U
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 3, 2016
Best Thunderstorm Event
Gold: May 10, 2016
Silver: The craziest week of weather I have seen in Bowling Green
Bronze: The time we had an enormous amount of lightning.
Best Winter Event
Gold: The January Snow event (discussed in this post)
Silver: February Winter Storm
Bronze: The event before the event.
Best WxOrNotBG Post
Gold: A technical discussion of the June 29, 2012 derecho
Silver: May 10, 2016 WxRecap Post
Bronze: Flash Flooding needs to be severe criteria
Best Sunset/Sunrise Image
Gold: Jacob Wilkins; June 27, 2016
Silver: Landon Hampton; Jul 24, 2016
Bronze: Chris Conley and Mean Motion Media; June 29, 2016