It has been a while, but I am looking forward to starting this back up! Twitter is a meteorologist’s best friend and worst enemy. Many times, 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 Ryan Maue
Improvement 5-day skill scores w/ECMWF upgrade coming March 8th is incredible. Gap with GFS increases by 15% pic.twitter.com/wNQAGu6Gy6
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) February 28, 2016
I love GFS bashing. It is so much fun. The GFS is the lesser of the major models, and many like to act as if it is as good as the ECMWF. Ha. Haha. Hahahaha.
#9 NWS OPC
very active weather across the N Pacific; several lows/fronts combining to feature all three wind warning categories pic.twitter.com/zEqAHubhXI
— NWS OPC (@NWSOPC) February 27, 2016
Whoooooa so cool.
#8 Mallory Schnell
@NashSevereWx comparing weather models to political candidates. 😂😂😂 #SWAD2016 pic.twitter.com/IhI2b2LENe
— Mallory Schnell (@MallorySchnell) February 27, 2016
This was a hilarious segment that came up during the incredible event that is Severe Weather Awareness Day in Nashville, TN.
#7 NashSevereWx
“I’m not a theologian, but that would be a rapture.” -David ^al #SWAD2016 pic.twitter.com/opHp9ZW25X
— NashSevereWx (@NashSevereWx) February 27, 2016
Honestly, this should be higher up on the list. But alas, this was a good week
#6 Mallory Schnell
@wku_nwa_ams president and @WxOrNotBG contributor, @pierce_larkin, leading a forecast discussion at #SWAD2016! pic.twitter.com/VQo7sxgjb9
— Mallory Schnell (@MallorySchnell) February 27, 2016
I got to give a forecast discussion to the masses at SWAD, and it was really cool. I enjoyed that experience.
#5 Dan Lindsey
#Winston formed on Feb. 10 and really doesn’t want to die – #HImawari Geocolor pic.twitter.com/f25HkxeKfp
— Dan Lindsey (@DanLindsey77) February 27, 2016
Do we all remember Cyclone Winston? Yeah, he was still alive on Saturday.
#4 Wouter van Bernebeek
Big #tornado this afternoon near Evergreen, Virginia. Wow! Photo by Jason Smith. #vawx pic.twitter.com/tdx1HCw9mc
— Wouter van Bernebeek (@StormchaserNL) February 24, 2016
First off, that is a long name. Secondly, what an amazing tornado from a not so awesome day.
#3 Andrew Dockery
Low pressure is now to our northeast. With that, colder air has filtered in. A wintry mix expected tonight. #kywx pic.twitter.com/Gt06My4syE
— Andrew Dockery (@AndrewWNKY) February 24, 2016
The pic on the left is an awesome representation of surface winds.
#2 Dennis Mersereau
There’s a serious tornadic waterspout over the Gulf of Mexico right now about 20nm SE of Dauphin Island. pic.twitter.com/tsOjrzzKwW
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) February 24, 2016
I have never seen a supercell so strong over water. Luckily, the storm weakened as it made landfall and didn’t produce a ton of damage with this likely waterspout.
#1 Dan Lindsey
One-minute GOES-14 visible imagery of the severe storms over the deep south pic.twitter.com/vmLFgTwftW
— Dan Lindsey (@DanLindsey77) February 24, 2016
SO AWESOME.