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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…

12 min readDec 30, 2020

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Meteorological images of 2020

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Stu Ostro

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…

11 min readDec 30, 2019

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Meteorological images of 2019

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Stu Ostro

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.

5 min readAug 16, 2019

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Peace & Music… and a Category 5 hurricane

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Stu Ostro

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…

12 min readDec 28, 2018

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Meteorological images of 2018

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Stu Ostro

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.

5 min readFeb 4, 2018

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Science and semantics of The #PolarVortex

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Stu Ostro

Meteorological images of 2017

My 12th annual edition.

13 min readDec 28, 2017

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Meteorological images of 2017

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Stu Ostro

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…

2 min readAug 25, 2017

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The surreal threat of Hurricane Harvey

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Stu Ostro
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The Weather Channel

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…

8 min readDec 30, 2016

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Meteorological images of 2016

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Stu Ostro
in
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…

2 min readJul 1, 2016

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American weather

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Stu Ostro
in
The Weather Channel

Tropical terminology

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

6 min readMay 31, 2016

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Tropical terminology

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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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