Justin Gehrts
@justingehrts.com
Former TV meteorologist & comms specialist figuring out what he should be when he grows up, dad to a girl and a corgi, Iowa State grad, and year-round ice cream eater. www.justingehrts.com
Reposted by Justin Gehrts
November 11th, 1940:
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
November 11th, 1940:
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
We just finished off the gallon of ice cream from our kid's bday party a few weeks back.
Wife: "Well, now we have a new puke bucket!"
Wife: "Well, now we have a new puke bucket!"
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
We just finished off the gallon of ice cream from our kid's bday party a few weeks back.
Wife: "Well, now we have a new puke bucket!"
Wife: "Well, now we have a new puke bucket!"
Still needs some work, but I'm mostly there getting Google Sheets to import the WPC list of forecast near/new records and assigning the lat/lon to the station codes to export as a CSV.
I'll confess that I've used ChatGPT to work through the vibe coding.
I'll confess that I've used ChatGPT to work through the vibe coding.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Still needs some work, but I'm mostly there getting Google Sheets to import the WPC list of forecast near/new records and assigning the lat/lon to the station codes to export as a CSV.
I'll confess that I've used ChatGPT to work through the vibe coding.
I'll confess that I've used ChatGPT to work through the vibe coding.
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Here's an immediate candidate last year from Buffalo mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...
IEM :: SMW from NWS BUF
SMW issued by NWS BUF at 05 Dec 2024 13:30 UTC
mesonet.agron.iastate.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here's an immediate candidate last year from Buffalo mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...
Hey @akrherz.bsky.social, any previous instances of waterspouts mentioned in the same product as snow? I swear I've seen it, but I could be wrong.
WOW. This might be a first – a formal special marine warning for SNOWSPOUTS, or winter waterspouts.
These are the same as warm-season waterspouts, but they're forming beneath snow squalls.
It's because of the EXTREME contrast between the warm lake waters and frigid air above!
These are the same as warm-season waterspouts, but they're forming beneath snow squalls.
It's because of the EXTREME contrast between the warm lake waters and frigid air above!
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hey @akrherz.bsky.social, any previous instances of waterspouts mentioned in the same product as snow? I swear I've seen it, but I could be wrong.
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YALL! Look at all the dendrites I captured with my phone! ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
#Buffalo #WNY #NYwx #Snow #Pixel8Pro
#Buffalo #WNY #NYwx #Snow #Pixel8Pro
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
YALL! Look at all the dendrites I captured with my phone! ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
#Buffalo #WNY #NYwx #Snow #Pixel8Pro
#Buffalo #WNY #NYwx #Snow #Pixel8Pro
"I know a lot about shipwrecks, but I've never heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
Should I divorce my wife for such an asinine statement? 😆😆😆
Should I divorce my wife for such an asinine statement? 😆😆😆
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"I know a lot about shipwrecks, but I've never heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
Should I divorce my wife for such an asinine statement? 😆😆😆
Should I divorce my wife for such an asinine statement? 😆😆😆
@andrewwsyx6.bsky.social Measured 2" on the west side of Grove City. Streets are just wet where I can see.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
@andrewwsyx6.bsky.social Measured 2" on the west side of Grove City. Streets are just wet where I can see.
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Periodic reminder: A “ground stop” for XYZ airport means traffic destined to fly to XYZ is being held on the ground at their points of origin, not that anything has “stopped” at XYZ.
So, a “ground stop for CLT” means planes at *other airports* are stopped from leaving for CLT.
So, a “ground stop for CLT” means planes at *other airports* are stopped from leaving for CLT.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Periodic reminder: A “ground stop” for XYZ airport means traffic destined to fly to XYZ is being held on the ground at their points of origin, not that anything has “stopped” at XYZ.
So, a “ground stop for CLT” means planes at *other airports* are stopped from leaving for CLT.
So, a “ground stop for CLT” means planes at *other airports* are stopped from leaving for CLT.
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
Sign you live in the big city: Chicago, Jonas Brothers, and Paul McCartney are all in town performing on the same day.
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Sign you live in the big city: Chicago, Jonas Brothers, and Paul McCartney are all in town performing on the same day.
This is the second time in two days I've seen/heard this word... a word that I don't recall being aware of prior to yesterday.
Baader–Meinhof situation, I wonder?
Baader–Meinhof situation, I wonder?
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is the second time in two days I've seen/heard this word... a word that I don't recall being aware of prior to yesterday.
Baader–Meinhof situation, I wonder?
Baader–Meinhof situation, I wonder?
Any weather weenies here also crochet? Might want to take a crack at this. 😆 www.reddit.com/r/meteorolog...
From the meteorology community on Reddit: I crocheted a supercell
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November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Any weather weenies here also crochet? Might want to take a crack at this. 😆 www.reddit.com/r/meteorolog...
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Historically, this day you can expect to eat 0.002 spiders
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Historically, this day you can expect to eat 0.002 spiders
When you rely on automation and people who don't know about the thing they're writing about, you get stuff like this.
Literally every single day has, climatologically, some amount of rain. Will this forecast article say "this day is usually a bit wet" 365 days a year? That's wrong and useless.
Literally every single day has, climatologically, some amount of rain. Will this forecast article say "this day is usually a bit wet" 365 days a year? That's wrong and useless.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
When you rely on automation and people who don't know about the thing they're writing about, you get stuff like this.
Literally every single day has, climatologically, some amount of rain. Will this forecast article say "this day is usually a bit wet" 365 days a year? That's wrong and useless.
Literally every single day has, climatologically, some amount of rain. Will this forecast article say "this day is usually a bit wet" 365 days a year? That's wrong and useless.
I've seen a couple of things this morning that described Mamdani's win over Cuomo "narrow." I don't know if I'd characterize 50.4% to 41.6% — a margin of 8.8 percentage points — as "narrow."
To be clear, this isn't a commentary on the outcome itself, just how some portray it.
To be clear, this isn't a commentary on the outcome itself, just how some portray it.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I've seen a couple of things this morning that described Mamdani's win over Cuomo "narrow." I don't know if I'd characterize 50.4% to 41.6% — a margin of 8.8 percentage points — as "narrow."
To be clear, this isn't a commentary on the outcome itself, just how some portray it.
To be clear, this isn't a commentary on the outcome itself, just how some portray it.
When I was pulling plants out of the garden and pots, I was really enjoying the warmth of the sun. It'll be a little while before we have a day like today again!
➡️ Here's what's coming over the next several days: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#Columbus #OHwx
➡️ Here's what's coming over the next several days: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#Columbus #OHwx
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When I was pulling plants out of the garden and pots, I was really enjoying the warmth of the sun. It'll be a little while before we have a day like today again!
➡️ Here's what's coming over the next several days: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#Columbus #OHwx
➡️ Here's what's coming over the next several days: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#Columbus #OHwx
A forecast with...
✅ Wind
✅ Mild temps
✅ Cold temps
✅ Rain
✅ A little wet snow?
The highlights are here: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#OHwx #Columbus
✅ Wind
✅ Mild temps
✅ Cold temps
✅ Rain
✅ A little wet snow?
The highlights are here: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#OHwx #Columbus
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A forecast with...
✅ Wind
✅ Mild temps
✅ Cold temps
✅ Rain
✅ A little wet snow?
The highlights are here: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#OHwx #Columbus
✅ Wind
✅ Mild temps
✅ Cold temps
✅ Rain
✅ A little wet snow?
The highlights are here: open.substack.com/pub/buckeyew...
#OHwx #Columbus
🎅Hung the lights and wreath today, since that's a heck of a lot easier to do when the weather is nice and my fingers aren't freezing. Kid didn't have school today, so she helped (gave me hooks... and knew to call 911 if I fell 🙃)
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🎅Hung the lights and wreath today, since that's a heck of a lot easier to do when the weather is nice and my fingers aren't freezing. Kid didn't have school today, so she helped (gave me hooks... and knew to call 911 if I fell 🙃)
