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Simon Brewer
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Meteorologist, Storm Chaser, Journalist & Photographer: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, & Winter Storms
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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 3d
Tug Hill Plateau getting dumped on this morning! Classic intense lake effect snow event for Upstate New York. ##NYwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 9d
About to watch Jim Henson's "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas", my favorite Christmas-related film
youtu.be/HKp5A9j06fo?...
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 10d
#weatherpicofday
10 years ago yesterday, December 23, 2015, @JustonStrmRider and I documented a longtrack, violent tornado pass northwest of Batesville, Mississippi, during a significant outbreak. People were at a Christmas festival in town as this beast passed. #mswx

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 12d
December 21st, 2013:
A widespread severe weather event impacted numerous states, from Texas to Pennsylvania. The SPC received over 300 wind reports, several of which were >65 kts. Fifteen tornadoes were confirmed, 3 of which were rated EF2. Four people were killed.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 13d
Happy Winter Solstice!
Shortest day of the year in Northern Hemisphere. #WinterSolstice
#ohwx #Ohio

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 13d
Good morning!
OTD 15 years ago, December 21, 2010, I pulled over on HWY 77 near Wynnewood, Oklahoma, walked out into the tall grass, and photographed a total lunar eclipse just past midnight. Another won't occur on the winter solstice for 98 years. #WinterSolstice #okwx

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NPR @npr.org · 13d
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
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Emma @emmamabraham.bsky.social · 23d
Crazy scenes on I-90 and US-2 due to mudslides - both highways are CLOSED with no estimated reopenings at this time #wawx
EB I-90 in North Bend mudslide US-2 mudslide EB I-90 in North Bend mudslide EB I-90 in North Bend mudslide

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Mark Skaggs @markskaggs10.bsky.social · 23d
Mid-afternoon update at Snoqualmie Falls. Water levels are currently at 19.4 feet, nearly a foot and a half higher than yesterday!

Tomorrow morning it will make a run at the all-time record water level #wawx

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Scott Sistek @scottseattlewx.bsky.social · 23d
BLOG UPDATED with new water rescues, road closures: emeraldcityweather.com/atmospheric-...
Locally ‘catastrophic’ flooding possible along Skagit, Snohomish rivers as atmospheric river pummels Northwest - Emerald City Weather Blog
As heavy rains return with the second punch of the atmospheric river Wednesday, flooding forecasts remain dire for
emeraldcityweather.com

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24d
On Wednesday, widespread heavy rain & very high snow levels (7,000-9,000 feet) will cause enormous runoff into already swollen rivers. Widespread moderate to major flood is likely, with some rivers expected to experience *record* flooding (esp. Skagit & Snohomish). #WAwx [2/3]
Snapshot from NOAA National Water Center website depicting all river forecast points in Washington expected to experience flooding. There are numerous purple squares visible, denoting "major flooding."

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24d
Widespread significant river flooding has already developed across western Washington as a series of extremely warm & moist #AtmosphericRivers move slowly across the region. This flooding will further worsen tomorrow as strongest part of AR moves ashore. #WAwx [1/3]
Image from UCSD/Scripps depicting the persistent atmospheric river over the northeastern Pacific. It shows the accumulated "integrated vapor transport" over time, in this case of a 72 hour period, which is an indicator of the accumulated moisture transported over a multi-day period by this weather system. West of Washington, the values reach the highest numbers on the chart--denoting a strong to extreme event on a 3-day basis.

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · Dec 2
December 2, 2018:

An intense tornado struck the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia. The large EF3 threw vehicles and trailers, downed power poles, and blew over many trees on a nearby island. A boat anemometer measured a 144 mph gust. Four people were injured.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Dec 2
#weatherpicofday
OTD 7 years ago, December 1, 2018, I chased a small outbreak of #Twisters over Central Illinois. Captured a few cool photos as this cyclic supercell produced half a dozen twisters between Naples and Havana, IL on the 1st day of Meteorological Winter.
#ILwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Dec 2
Ohio, Indiana, and Northern Kentucky might get 2 to 4 inches of snow tonight into tomorrow morning. Of course, some locations might get more of less accumulation depending on how the bands setup with only 1 inch or as much as 6 inches in spots.
December 1, 2025 #ohwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Dec 2
Thankful for Thanksgiving leftovers!!!
Love turkey!
#Ohio #OHwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 24
#MegawedgeMonday
May 31, 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma

Megawedge (noun) - defined as a visually wedge-shaped tornado with respect to the observer from a wall cloud or updraft base to Earth's surface with a diameter equal to or greater than 1.5 miles in diameter.
#okwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 21
What a year 2025 has been so far!
Still 5+ weeks to go...
with @JustonStrmRider

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 18
Radar vs. View:
Intense convective snowband training off Lake Erie over Buffalo, NY creates what looks to be a WALL OF SNOW!
OTD 3 years ago, @ 3:36 AM EST 17 November 2022 from NW side of Buffalo looking south.
@NWSBUFFALO #NYwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 17
OTD 11 years ago on November 17-19 2014, and again 3 years ago on November 17-19 2022, I documented epic lake effect snow events over the Buffalo and Southtowns area.
#NYwx #LakeEffect #snow #thundersnow

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webberweather.bsky.social @webberweather.bsky.social · Nov 17
Cool study came out earlier this yr looking at the dynamical origins of the extreme 2023 Heatwave in the Desert SW

They concluded that the warm Tropical Atlantic was the primary culprit

The partial regression analysis (left) & AGCM forcing (right) are pretty telling
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · Nov 17
November 17th, 1999:

Hurricane Lenny became the first hurricane ever to strike the islands of the Lesser Antilles from the west. The menacing Category 4 storm was dubbed "backward or left-handed Lenny" because of its unusual motion.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 14
Colors of November 2025

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 12
Aurora Borealis shining over... Dayton, Ohio tonight!!!
Beautiful colors!
What a powerful solar storm!
#ohwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 10
NEW VIDEO from a HUMAN!!!
Indiana Lake Effect Snow:
First decent lake effect snow event of the season over Northwest Indiana
#inwx
youtu.be/gUX5HbQpIvE?...

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 9
First snowflakes of the season mixing with some rain over the Eastside of Dayton, Ohio at 4:00 pm EST on November 9, 2025. #ohwx #snow

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 4
Just a reminder the National Debt crisis and resulting government shutdown was created by the unnecessary massive tax cuts for the Top 0.1%

Trickle Down Economics doesn't work

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 2
November might be the most interesting month for extreme weather in the USA. Potential for tornadoes, hurricanes, Nor'easters, and intense lake effect snow.
#November

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Nov 1
Happy Halloween 2025!!!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · Oct 29
JD Vance is lying. He knows he’s lying. But he doesn’t care. Trump has taught Vance & all the others in my former political party that the truth doesn’t matter.