Going to be a crazy weekend...
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Highway 12 on the Outer Banks has been breached.
Trust me on this, I've seen lightning explode light fixtures, walls and light bulbs. You do not want to be near anything plugged in during a storm.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/texas-boy-struck-by-lightning-while-playing-video-games/1909737
Tracking *11* tropical systems this morning! (map: https://PolarWx.com)
Hurricane #Lowell's biggest stats in Hawaii. Recap: https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-lowell-swipes-hawaii-bringing-flooding-knocking-out-power-to-kauai/1931075
"Wellington, New Zealand experienced snow for the first time in 15 years" - confirmed internally that stat is correct.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/05/new-zealand-capital-rare-snow-wellington-dunedin-ski-down-worlds-steepest-street
Cute little occluded low pressure near the Canadian Maritimes. Developed from a surface low over eastern Canada. No significant winds or waves reported by buoys/coastal stations.
Is it just me, or did a tornado take out a #Flock camera yesterday in Appleton, Wisconsin? The check mark on the map in my comments is the lat/lon of the dashcam. https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/dashcam-captures-140-mph-ef3-tornado-tearing-through-wisconsin/1916667
We had a decent thunderstorm and shelf cloud come over Oak Island Sunday night! Timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTje9ausNxs
Thunderstorm Shelf Cloud Timelapse - Oak Island, NC 7/12
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Despite flummoxing the local military, government and astronomy scientists, I know what this green glow was. Nothing in our skies is ever new!
https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/mysterious-green-glow-in-hawaii-sky-likely-rare-atmospheric-phenomenon/1886765
Each of these Northern Lights photos is from Tuesday night...
Have you seen the NWS new Severe Weather Dashboard at
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/ac8e52b8ddd94ddfa7ace14808b34a20
This is a screencap of Pennsylvania Tornadoes!
Of interest...
Biggest year was 1998 (my first Spring in the state LOL)
July is most likely month to see a tornado here
May is most likely month to see a MAJOR (EF3-5) tornado
A "stealth superstorm" on Jupiter shows that its lightning may be 10,000 more powerful than Earth's.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/everythings-bigger-on-jupiter-including-its-lightning-bolts/1877216
It was colder in Pensacola, Florida this morning than Juneau, Alaska!
100s of trucks got stuck on 100+ miles of Miss. interstates last night, and are still there! https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/100-miles-of-traffic-stuck-on-snowy-mississippi-interstates-4-days-after-winter-storm/1857765
It's snowing in 13 states in the Midwest & Northeast this April 7.
10,000 RECORDS BROKEN: It's official: This March's number of high temperature records was higher than any month after 1950. In other words, this was the most intense, biggest heat wave in modern history.
429 stations set MONTHLY records MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD. The longest period of record for one of those stations was Lawrence, Kansas, (157 years, or 1869). Daily + monthly records added up to over 10,000.
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LIVE https://youtube.com/live/U5uEdQQwtkA Crazy sunset at St. Louis right now on the back end of the storms.
Named storm or not, this is going to be a flood threat. https://accuweather.com/en/hurricane/brewing-tropical-rainstorm-to-douse-us-gulf-coast-flooding-dangers/1901716
Snowing good at my childhood home in Boomer, NC. 4-5" I'd guess.
I believe these are the rankings for Strongest Atlantic Hurricanes now. Melissa moves up one notch to tie #1 for winds & remains tied #3 for pressure. https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-melissa-upgraded-to-190-mph-winds-tied-for-strongest-atlantic-hurricane/1867675
It's now been 10 days since Cyclone Narelle hit Australia for the 1st time. Today it made its 4th landfall. It's basically traversed half of the country's coast at this point lol https://accuweather.com/en/hurricane/severe-cyclone-narelle-strikes-australia-4-times/1874558
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If you watch the video at the beginning he says a tornado was confirmed in London, Ontario, Canada with yesterday's storms. Lots of tree damage. https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/im-in-a-tornado-residents-recount-storm-that-blew-through-london-ont/
Illinois is still winning tornadoes but Missouri has taken over wind & hail.
UP FOR TORNADO REPORTS in 2026: Illinois, Wisconsin
DOWN: Texas, Florida, Alabama
Huron Harbor Light, OH, which has its anemometer at standard height, gusted to 96 mph this afternoon.
I wrote about the Blizzard of 1966 last week, for the 60th Anniversary. https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/1966-blizzard-provided-north-dakotas-most-famous-photo/1868770
It was a multiday event. Here's an animation of snow reports for Mar. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
FLORIDA SNOW WATCH: Snow in southern Georgia/Alabama has crossed into the Panhandle on radar but isn't being reported on the ground yet.
Portugal wind storm yesterday. There is a ground video in his comments. Confirmed with other photos from Getty. https://www.facebook.com/lowcyburzpim/posts/pfbid02m2GtMYcLjU34YQZQVNwkapRAPxC8a3NPVWLWCzqqWawtXh8KkLm7ECt5Lr9NVxTol?__cft__[0]=AZYS7_0xvKI_d5LR3QdeTKfVfr0rTe-Avb3BDRdz3Tpo37eJutyhNbXlmqV953DOnEsexaDQpOeoRTKG0n2GbFLEEFHgdmmqr_QHcIhcNZdlozkLlEH2_pkvm4p8YlWSMhJONyBptqRIwH8ehuinQ8P_K1IvXG0Bpm4eO7dmYoGIcg&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
Not something you see every day: Blizzard conditions possible on Virginia / North Carolina coasts this weekend. https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/u-s-east-coast-bomb-cyclone-could-bring-heaviest-snow-in-decades-to-north-carolina/1857663
Good morning, Carolina snowstorm! 6-8" in TN/NC mountains, 2-5 in SC/NC Piedmont!
8-9 inches of snow already in the E TN / W NC mountains!
Mass. power outage restoration from the Blizzard has only been 50K (25%) in last 24 hours. Barnstable County is still 83% out.