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Meteorological images of 2020

My 15th annual! So much has changed since I first had the idea to do this in 2006. Advancements in weather technology and the…

Dec 30, 2020

Meteorological images of 2020

Dec 30, 2020

Meteorological images of 2019

My 14th annual compilation of highlights of the past 12 months — and in recent years, with the next-generation weather satellites, it…

Dec 30, 2019

Meteorological images of 2019

Dec 30, 2019

Peace & Music… and a Category 5 hurricane

50 years ago this weekend two of the passions of my life, weather and music, came together in a historic convergence.

Aug 16, 2019

Peace & Music… and a Category 5 hurricane

Aug 16, 2019

Meteorological images of 2018

My 13th annual! I thought this year would be the easiest one yet, with GOES-16 having become fully operational just before the start of…

Dec 28, 2018

Meteorological images of 2018

Dec 28, 2018

Science and semantics of The #PolarVortex

That term went viral four years ago, but it has been around since 1853 (!) and in peer-reviewed papers since at least 1939.

Feb 4, 2018

Science and semantics of The #PolarVortex

Feb 4, 2018

Meteorological images of 2017

My 12th annual edition.

Dec 28, 2017

Meteorological images of 2017

Dec 28, 2017

The surreal threat of Hurricane Harvey

That is from the hard-to-comprehend combination of the power as it makes landfall and goes inland + then the stall and magnitude/scope of…

Aug 25, 2017

The surreal threat of Hurricane Harvey

Aug 25, 2017

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Meteorological images of 2016

The launch of the GOES-R/GOES-16, the next generation of weather satellite for the Western Hemisphere (like last year’s launch of…

Dec 30, 2016

Meteorological images of 2016

Dec 30, 2016

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The Weather Channel

American weather

With the United States of America getting ready to celebrate Independence Day, the pattern is representative of the nature of weather this…

Jul 1, 2016

American weather

Jul 1, 2016

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Tropical terminology

With the “official” Atlantic hurricane season starting on June 1, and already prior to that two named storms including a hurricane in…

May 31, 2016

Tropical terminology

May 31, 2016

Stu Ostro

Stu Ostro

Weather-obsessed wx geek & proud to be! Sr. meteorologist @weatherchannel. Double IPA. Quadruple espresso. Loud Music♫. @JayhawkRdrnnr.

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