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 Philip Klotzbach
#Meranti has continued to rapidly intensify & now has winds of 115 kts – making it 7th Cat 4-5 of N Hem 2016 season. pic.twitter.com/KoGN4DpfbT
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 12, 2016
Whooooooa.
#9 Cameron Nixon
@NWSLincolnIL @JWSevereWeather @JimCantore @spann Spine-tingling tornado south of Block, IL last night. pic.twitter.com/2VS23srSN2
— Cameron Nixon (@CameronJNixon) September 10, 2016
The tornadoes in Illinois on Friday were very photogenic.
#8 Shawn Milrad
Great @NWSPodunk radar imagery here https://t.co/25Cgv8uKVc
— Shawn Milrad (@shawnmilrad) September 9, 2016
Hahahaha.
#7 Philip Klotzbach
Animation of sea level pressure showing 1900 Galveston hurricane (~8000 fatalities) making landfall. pic.twitter.com/UnWekyG9ct
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 8, 2016
It is really interesting to see this, actually.
#6 Paul Horton
Incredible video of a funnel cloud in Williams. From John Storm at the Bill Williams fire tower -11:45 today. #azwx pic.twitter.com/ZoRcDILht7
— Paul Horton (@PaulHortonCBS5) September 7, 2016
This is so, so, so cool.
#5 Texas Storm Chasers
This impressive supercell became our cover photo over on FB earlier. How many striations (layers) can you count? pic.twitter.com/KlAJmVJcko
— Texas Storm Chasers (@TxStormChasers) September 10, 2016
This is incredible.
#4 D☈D
Holy moly sunset! Mammatus, lightning, color blasts. Best I’ve seen in BG. Driving phone no filter shot here. #KYwx pic.twitter.com/ekAawG6TgI
— D☈D (@drdabroholos) September 11, 2016
Holy cow! What a sunset!
#3 NWS OPC
latest OPC update on Post-Tropical Cyclone #Hermine, continuing to slowly fill and weaken pic.twitter.com/qJUYqgtlhR
— NWS OPC (@NWSOPC) September 7, 2016
Hermine lasted forever, and was awesome.
#2 Andrew Pritchard
Probably my image/scene of the day. Sitting in damage path of tornado where it passed 5 min earlier. #ilwx Homer, IL pic.twitter.com/N4FboLVldf
— Andrew Pritchard (@skydrama) September 10, 2016
This tornado was incredible to look at, but sad to see the damage.
#1 Andrew Pritchard
Tornado near Homer, IL moments ago. Significant damage, searching for trapped residents now #ilwx pic.twitter.com/EKGkt7AVT3
— Andrew Pritchard (@skydrama) September 10, 2016
This guy somehow ended up having the top two tweets of the week, but they were well deserved.