Bob Henson
@bhensonweather.bsky.social
Meteorologist and journalist. I cover wacky weather, changing climate, and how we live, love, work, get around, and dream.
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The NWS flood warning message has a slightly higher record flood for the Skagit near Concrete - 45.7’ in late 1917 - but this would still top it by a couple of feet. There’s a good collection of stories about floods on the Skagit below; #s 2-6 are the 1917 flood.
skagitcounty.net/Departments/...
skagitcounty.net/Departments/...
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The NWS flood warning message has a slightly higher record flood for the Skagit near Concrete - 45.7’ in late 1917 - but this would still top it by a couple of feet. There’s a good collection of stories about floods on the Skagit below; #s 2-6 are the 1917 flood.
skagitcounty.net/Departments/...
skagitcounty.net/Departments/...
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The end of coal in California ⬇️
Something to be thankful for!
Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡
Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The end of coal in California ⬇️
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2025 in a weather nutshell...National Weather Service posts a forecast. The person replies with what weather Apps say....:)
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
2025 in a weather nutshell...National Weather Service posts a forecast. The person replies with what weather Apps say....:)
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What a terrible way to end the drought. Almost as bad as ending it with 0.1”.
Per NWS:
It's **official**:
Denver International Airport has reported 0.2" of snow, ending Denver's snow "drought" and solidifying this as the 2nd latest snowfall on record for the city. #cowx
It's **official**:
Denver International Airport has reported 0.2" of snow, ending Denver's snow "drought" and solidifying this as the 2nd latest snowfall on record for the city. #cowx
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What a terrible way to end the drought. Almost as bad as ending it with 0.1”.
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Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
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Another great read from @scrawford.bsky.social: "We can’t rely on the insurance industry to be the only risk-signaler for homes. These companies may be tracking hurricanes and wildfires, and translating those risks into higher premiums, but they are likely to exclude saltwater intrusion coverage."
New research shows climate risk is already hitting insurance and home values. And that’s only part of the story. Some serious hazards, like saltwater intrusion, often aren’t covered at all -- and aren’t yet priced into housing markets. Column today: susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/new-data-s...
New data shows insurance costs rising and home values sinking as climate risks grow
Insurance markets are flashing warnings — even as some major climate risks remain unmeasured and unaccounted for
susanpcrawford.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Another great read from @scrawford.bsky.social: "We can’t rely on the insurance industry to be the only risk-signaler for homes. These companies may be tracking hurricanes and wildfires, and translating those risks into higher premiums, but they are likely to exclude saltwater intrusion coverage."
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Amazing that Voyager 1 is still communicating with earth, having been launched in 1977! It takes nearly a day for a radio command to reach the spacecraft and almost another day for the response to reach an earth receiver.
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Amazing that Voyager 1 is still communicating with earth, having been launched in 1977! It takes nearly a day for a radio command to reach the spacecraft and almost another day for the response to reach an earth receiver.
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Impressive Bureau of Meteorology radar loop of Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina, which BOM estimates has sustained winds of ~130 mph, I.e. major hurricane intensity. It is forecast by BOM to weaken slightly as it approaches the northeast Kimberley coast over the next 24 hours.
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Impressive Bureau of Meteorology radar loop of Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina, which BOM estimates has sustained winds of ~130 mph, I.e. major hurricane intensity. It is forecast by BOM to weaken slightly as it approaches the northeast Kimberley coast over the next 24 hours.
The amount of solar-power capacity installed by China in Q1/Q2 2025 alone (256 gigawatts, ~ roughly 200 big coal plants) matches *all* the cumulative U.S. solar-power capacity installed thru Q2 2025 (260 gigawatts). We are watching the world leap past us.
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The amount of solar-power capacity installed by China in Q1/Q2 2025 alone (256 gigawatts, ~ roughly 200 big coal plants) matches *all* the cumulative U.S. solar-power capacity installed thru Q2 2025 (260 gigawatts). We are watching the world leap past us.
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
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Pound for pound, this heat dome is every bit as impressive (or more) as the cold snap. Even more records. But since the temps are comfortable, it won’t make much news.
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Pound for pound, this heat dome is every bit as impressive (or more) as the cold snap. Even more records. But since the temps are comfortable, it won’t make much news.
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Goods stuff here. We really need to be talking about this topic more. I obviously talk a lot about climate change issues. But this subsidence problem (for Houston & many other places) is also a very, very big deal -- *especially* when compounded by climate change issues.
Multiple Houston suburbs are sinking fast as a rapidly growing population is creating rising demands for groundwater. Here are the billion-dollar solutions Texas officials are working on to mitigate this mostly irreversible phenomenon.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Goods stuff here. We really need to be talking about this topic more. I obviously talk a lot about climate change issues. But this subsidence problem (for Houston & many other places) is also a very, very big deal -- *especially* when compounded by climate change issues.
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My latest post has a table of the most expensive hurricanes to affect each nation/territory/island in the Atlantic relative to GDP. Over 30 nations have suffered a storm costing more than 5% of GDP, and 13 have seen losses of at least 100% of GDP. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My latest post has a table of the most expensive hurricanes to affect each nation/territory/island in the Atlantic relative to GDP. Over 30 nations have suffered a storm costing more than 5% of GDP, and 13 have seen losses of at least 100% of GDP. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/the-...
Tonight’s stupendous aurora-fest as seen in Louisville CO. As always, the phone camera makes these far more vivid than they actually looked to the naked eye. Still plenty bright—the most colorful I’ve seen anywhere, anytime.
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Tonight’s stupendous aurora-fest as seen in Louisville CO. As always, the phone camera makes these far more vivid than they actually looked to the naked eye. Still plenty bright—the most colorful I’ve seen anywhere, anytime.
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Absolutely magical and stunning view of the Northern Lights from my front lawn tonight in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
Science. The best.
Science. The best.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Absolutely magical and stunning view of the Northern Lights from my front lawn tonight in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
Science. The best.
Science. The best.
Major "cannibal CME" solar storm under way tonight & Wednesday. NOAA is predicting severe geomagnetic storm conditions (G4) thru Wed AM. Look up, and north!
www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/...
www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Major "cannibal CME" solar storm under way tonight & Wednesday. NOAA is predicting severe geomagnetic storm conditions (G4) thru Wed AM. Look up, and north!
www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/...
www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/...
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Despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event this year, 2025 has been the 2nd-warmest year on record for the year-to-date period, and is on track to end up as the 2nd- or 3rd-warmest year on record, behind only the El Niño-warmed years of 2024 and 2023:
October 2025 was the planet's third-warmest October on record » Yale Climate Connections
Only October 2023 and October 2024 were warmer.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event this year, 2025 has been the 2nd-warmest year on record for the year-to-date period, and is on track to end up as the 2nd- or 3rd-warmest year on record, behind only the El Niño-warmed years of 2024 and 2023:
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Storm Prediction Center discussion about the anticipated southwest drift of heavy lake effect snow band over Lake Michigan to impact Chicago metro area during the early morning hours.
www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/...
www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/...
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Storm Prediction Center discussion about the anticipated southwest drift of heavy lake effect snow band over Lake Michigan to impact Chicago metro area during the early morning hours.
www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/...
www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/...
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Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
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Typhoon FUNG-WONG is heading to the Philippines as the equivalent of a major Atlantic hurricane.
What’s really stands out is its immense eye. At one point today its eye spanned ~70 miles - about the distance from Tampa to Orlando. Picture an eye like that spanning the state!… 1/
What’s really stands out is its immense eye. At one point today its eye spanned ~70 miles - about the distance from Tampa to Orlando. Picture an eye like that spanning the state!… 1/
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Typhoon FUNG-WONG is heading to the Philippines as the equivalent of a major Atlantic hurricane.
What’s really stands out is its immense eye. At one point today its eye spanned ~70 miles - about the distance from Tampa to Orlando. Picture an eye like that spanning the state!… 1/
What’s really stands out is its immense eye. At one point today its eye spanned ~70 miles - about the distance from Tampa to Orlando. Picture an eye like that spanning the state!… 1/
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Hurricane Harvey's peak storm total rainfall was about 60 inches. Vietnam just saw this total and threw in an extra 8 inches of rain - and in one day??
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Vietnam sees 35 rainfall records broken in October - VnExpress International
Vietnam's northern and central regions saw a total of 35 rain records broken in October alone as two storms, Matmo and Fengshen, caused unprecedented downpours.
e.vnexpress.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Hurricane Harvey's peak storm total rainfall was about 60 inches. Vietnam just saw this total and threw in an extra 8 inches of rain - and in one day??
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November 6: #Fung-wong is very quickly organizing as it heads towards the Philippines. This could be a very powerful typhoon as it heads through the archipelago.
Parts of the Philippines are still in early stages of recovery following catastrophic flooding from #Kalmaegi.
Parts of the Philippines are still in early stages of recovery following catastrophic flooding from #Kalmaegi.
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
November 6: #Fung-wong is very quickly organizing as it heads towards the Philippines. This could be a very powerful typhoon as it heads through the archipelago.
Parts of the Philippines are still in early stages of recovery following catastrophic flooding from #Kalmaegi.
Parts of the Philippines are still in early stages of recovery following catastrophic flooding from #Kalmaegi.
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Antarctica October temperature time series.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Antarctica October temperature time series.
Birds flying above hurricanes? Damaged hospital posing as the actual one? Welcome to the phony world of AI-assisted weather disaster images. @climateconnections.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
Imagery faked with AI’s help only added to the awfulness of Hurricane Melissa » Yale Climate Connections
A Category 5 landfall during Halloween week was scary enough on its own.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Birds flying above hurricanes? Damaged hospital posing as the actual one? Welcome to the phony world of AI-assisted weather disaster images. @climateconnections.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
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Hottest November day on record in Denver - 83° for a high:
🌡️ Breaks daily (78°) and monthly (81°) temp records
🌡️ Latest 83° on record in Denver (prev: Oct. 29)
🌡️ Go Broncos
#COwx
🌡️ Breaks daily (78°) and monthly (81°) temp records
🌡️ Latest 83° on record in Denver (prev: Oct. 29)
🌡️ Go Broncos
#COwx
November 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hottest November day on record in Denver - 83° for a high:
🌡️ Breaks daily (78°) and monthly (81°) temp records
🌡️ Latest 83° on record in Denver (prev: Oct. 29)
🌡️ Go Broncos
#COwx
🌡️ Breaks daily (78°) and monthly (81°) temp records
🌡️ Latest 83° on record in Denver (prev: Oct. 29)
🌡️ Go Broncos
#COwx