Chuck Copeland 🌀
@nchurricane.com
• NC-Based Weather Enthusiast
• Created nchurricane.com in 2003
• Will sometimes post cat pictures (see @nchurricats.bsky.social for more)
• Freelance multimedia creator/full-time retail manager
#wx #wxsky #ncwx
• Created nchurricane.com in 2003
• Will sometimes post cat pictures (see @nchurricats.bsky.social for more)
• Freelance multimedia creator/full-time retail manager
#wx #wxsky #ncwx
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Chuck Copeland 🌀
@nchurricane.com
· Nov 14
#Introduction👋
I'm a #wx enthusiast, retail manager, freelance video/photo editor, #CatDad, & former racecar driver.
I run a #weather website, nchurricane.com.
My other accounts:
#VideoEditing ⛈️ - @chuckcopeland.com
#Cats 🐈 - @nchurricats.bsky.social
#Motorsports 🏁 - @ncracersgarage.bsky.social
I'm a #wx enthusiast, retail manager, freelance video/photo editor, #CatDad, & former racecar driver.
I run a #weather website, nchurricane.com.
My other accounts:
#VideoEditing ⛈️ - @chuckcopeland.com
#Cats 🐈 - @nchurricats.bsky.social
#Motorsports 🏁 - @ncracersgarage.bsky.social
I really wish I did not have to work tonight and had time to set up for this, but the Samsung did ok.
Seeing some incredible #aurora photos tonight.
Seeing some incredible #aurora photos tonight.
Tonight's #aurora definitely beats the one in May 2024 for my area in NC, USA. If the forecast comes to fruition, tomorrow's will be even better.
Incredible.
#astrophotography #photography
Incredible.
#astrophotography #photography
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I really wish I did not have to work tonight and had time to set up for this, but the Samsung did ok.
Seeing some incredible #aurora photos tonight.
Seeing some incredible #aurora photos tonight.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Time-lapse of #Melissa becoming one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
#hurricanemelissa #wx
#hurricanemelissa #wx
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Time-lapse of #Melissa becoming one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
#hurricanemelissa #wx
#hurricanemelissa #wx
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Melissa continuing very rapid reorganization and is now approaching Cuba
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Melissa continuing very rapid reorganization and is now approaching Cuba
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Melissa didn't waste much time clearing out its eye again. Eastern Cuba is next in line for this major hurricane.
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Melissa didn't waste much time clearing out its eye again. Eastern Cuba is next in line for this major hurricane.
Time-lapse of #Melissa becoming one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
#hurricanemelissa #wx
#hurricanemelissa #wx
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Time-lapse of #Melissa becoming one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
#hurricanemelissa #wx
#hurricanemelissa #wx
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
A Support Jamaica website has been launched.
SupportJamaica.gov.jm
This is an official government of Jamaica online support portal.
#Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Melissa #WxSky
SupportJamaica.gov.jm
This is an official government of Jamaica online support portal.
#Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Melissa #WxSky
Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal
Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.
SupportJamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A Support Jamaica website has been launched.
SupportJamaica.gov.jm
This is an official government of Jamaica online support portal.
#Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Melissa #WxSky
SupportJamaica.gov.jm
This is an official government of Jamaica online support portal.
#Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Melissa #WxSky
The center of #Melissa is emerging back into the ocean.
The terrain of #Jamaica disrupted the core, but it will soon be fully over very warm waters as it makes its way towards a second landfall in eastern #Cuba.
As of the last advisory, it was still a category 4.
#hurricanemelissa
The terrain of #Jamaica disrupted the core, but it will soon be fully over very warm waters as it makes its way towards a second landfall in eastern #Cuba.
As of the last advisory, it was still a category 4.
#hurricanemelissa
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The center of #Melissa is emerging back into the ocean.
The terrain of #Jamaica disrupted the core, but it will soon be fully over very warm waters as it makes its way towards a second landfall in eastern #Cuba.
As of the last advisory, it was still a category 4.
#hurricanemelissa
The terrain of #Jamaica disrupted the core, but it will soon be fully over very warm waters as it makes its way towards a second landfall in eastern #Cuba.
As of the last advisory, it was still a category 4.
#hurricanemelissa
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Five houses have now collapsed in Buxton today
islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-...
#YesTV #ncwx #obx Don Bowers/@IslandFreePress video:
islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-...
#YesTV #ncwx #obx Don Bowers/@IslandFreePress video:
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Five houses have now collapsed in Buxton today
islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-...
#YesTV #ncwx #obx Don Bowers/@IslandFreePress video:
islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-...
#YesTV #ncwx #obx Don Bowers/@IslandFreePress video:
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
The eyewall of Category 4 Hurricane #Melissa is about to exit Jamaica and re-emerge over very warm water (30-31°C) as it heads for eastern Cuba. How much rebuilding will it do?
I have a couple long radar loops from Pilon and Guantanamo at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/
I have a couple long radar loops from Pilon and Guantanamo at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The eyewall of Category 4 Hurricane #Melissa is about to exit Jamaica and re-emerge over very warm water (30-31°C) as it heads for eastern Cuba. How much rebuilding will it do?
I have a couple long radar loops from Pilon and Guantanamo at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/
I have a couple long radar loops from Pilon and Guantanamo at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/
Hi-res view into eye of category 5 #Hurricane #Melissa just before landfall on the South Coast of #Jamaica this afternoon.
As seen from the Sentinel-2 satellite (link):
browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=12&lat=...
As seen from the Sentinel-2 satellite (link):
browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=12&lat=...
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hi-res view into eye of category 5 #Hurricane #Melissa just before landfall on the South Coast of #Jamaica this afternoon.
As seen from the Sentinel-2 satellite (link):
browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=12&lat=...
As seen from the Sentinel-2 satellite (link):
browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=12&lat=...
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections
At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
We have official LANDFALL near New Hope, Jamaica
#Melissa officially ties the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the most intense Atlantic hurricane landfall on record
Min pressure 892mb
Max sustained winds 185mph
#Melissa officially ties the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the most intense Atlantic hurricane landfall on record
Min pressure 892mb
Max sustained winds 185mph
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We have official LANDFALL near New Hope, Jamaica
#Melissa officially ties the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the most intense Atlantic hurricane landfall on record
Min pressure 892mb
Max sustained winds 185mph
#Melissa officially ties the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the most intense Atlantic hurricane landfall on record
Min pressure 892mb
Max sustained winds 185mph
Here's what #Melissa looks like from GOES-West. The compression doesn't do the stadium effect justice.
Here's the link to the CIRA SLIDER loop: rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu?sat=goes-18&...
#hurricanemelissa
Here's the link to the CIRA SLIDER loop: rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu?sat=goes-18&...
#hurricanemelissa
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here's what #Melissa looks like from GOES-West. The compression doesn't do the stadium effect justice.
Here's the link to the CIRA SLIDER loop: rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu?sat=goes-18&...
#hurricanemelissa
Here's the link to the CIRA SLIDER loop: rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu?sat=goes-18&...
#hurricanemelissa
It looks like (barring a last minute wobble) that this will be the area of landfall for #Melissa, near the border of Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth Perishes.
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It looks like (barring a last minute wobble) that this will be the area of landfall for #Melissa, near the border of Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth Perishes.
Reposted by Chuck Copeland 🌀
Landfall declaration is imminent. Melissa's northern eyewall has come ashore, with the most intense winds yet to strike areas like Montego Bay on the northern side of the island. At the same time, areas just west and east of the eye will not get a reprieve from the violent conditions.
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Landfall declaration is imminent. Melissa's northern eyewall has come ashore, with the most intense winds yet to strike areas like Montego Bay on the northern side of the island. At the same time, areas just west and east of the eye will not get a reprieve from the violent conditions.
The "good" news about storm surge in the Black River Bay is that most all the land that floods is a natural flood plain that hasn't had much in the way of building occur. The exception is along the immediate coast.
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I can't imagine what the surge levels will be in the Black River Bay with the path #Melissa is taking upon landfall.
Very bad angle vs the topography.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
Very bad angle vs the topography.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I can't imagine what the surge levels will be in the Black River Bay with the path #Melissa is taking upon landfall.
Very bad angle vs the topography.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
Very bad angle vs the topography.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica