WxOrNotBG 2016 Weather Olympics

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.


h/t olympicmedaltable.com
h/t olympicmedaltable.com

Best Tweet

Gold: Bruce Haffner

Silver: Joe Sullivan

Bronze: severe-weather.EU

Best Thunderstorm Event

Gold: May 10, 2016

h/t CIMMS Satellite

Silver: The craziest week of weather I have seen in Bowling Green

h/t NWS Louisville
h/t NWS Louisville

Bronze: The time we had an enormous amount of lightning.

Lightning on Thursday night. h/t Chris Conley; @MeanMotionMedia
Lightning on June 26th. h/t Chris Conley; @MeanMotionMedia

Best Winter Event

Gold: The January Snow event (discussed in this post)

h/t NWS Jackson
h/t NWS Jackson

Silver: February Winter Storm

h/t NWS Louisville
h/t NWS Louisville

Bronze: The event before the event.

h/t NWS Louisville
h/t NWS Louisville

Best WxOrNotBG Post

Gold: A technical discussion of the June 29, 2012 derecho

The derecho is shown with a rear-inflow jet annotated with the white arrow. h/t UCAR Archive
The derecho is shown with a rear-inflow jet annotated with the white arrow. h/t UCAR Archive

SilverMay 10, 2016 WxRecap Post

The storm reports from May 10th. h/t SPC
The storm reports from May 10th. h/t SPC

Bronze: Flash Flooding needs to be severe criteria

h/t WPC
h/t WPC

Best Sunset/Sunrise Image

Gold: Jacob Wilkins; June 27, 2016

h/t Jacob WIlkins
h/t Jacob Wilkins

Silver: Landon Hampton; Jul 24, 2016

h/t Landon Hampton
h/t Landon Hampton

Bronze: Chris Conley and Mean Motion Media; June 29, 2016

h/t Chris Conley
h/t Chris Conley