Jim Franc
@twisterjim3.bsky.social
Storm chasing and family-ing. Mid electrical substation designer. Yinzer.
📍 Pittsburgh, PA
📍 Pittsburgh, PA
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I’ll still be telling people about last night decades from now.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I’ll still be telling people about last night decades from now.
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Satellite image of a wake free of cold-air stratocumulus clouds surrounding Florida. These clouds form when cold air moves over warm water.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Satellite image of a wake free of cold-air stratocumulus clouds surrounding Florida. These clouds form when cold air moves over warm water.
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It's the wonder of nature, baby! SKYDRAMA 2025 is coming.
My annual year-end storm chasing flick promises to be one of my longest winded ever, packed with supercells and tornadoes from the Great Plains to the Midwest.
Wednesday night before Thanksgiving release, Nov 26!
My annual year-end storm chasing flick promises to be one of my longest winded ever, packed with supercells and tornadoes from the Great Plains to the Midwest.
Wednesday night before Thanksgiving release, Nov 26!
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's the wonder of nature, baby! SKYDRAMA 2025 is coming.
My annual year-end storm chasing flick promises to be one of my longest winded ever, packed with supercells and tornadoes from the Great Plains to the Midwest.
Wednesday night before Thanksgiving release, Nov 26!
My annual year-end storm chasing flick promises to be one of my longest winded ever, packed with supercells and tornadoes from the Great Plains to the Midwest.
Wednesday night before Thanksgiving release, Nov 26!
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Yesterday I got notified of this, which could be the earliest representation of an actual Italian tornado. Created by Norwegian painter Thomas Fearnley, this painting represents a waterspout in the Naples Gulf on July 8th 1833. The event is 100% real and not an harmless one
October 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Yesterday I got notified of this, which could be the earliest representation of an actual Italian tornado. Created by Norwegian painter Thomas Fearnley, this painting represents a waterspout in the Naples Gulf on July 8th 1833. The event is 100% real and not an harmless one
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We are thrilled to announce that our beta experience is now available to everyone! Redesigned for every screen. The new responsive layout delivers a smooth, native-like experience—whether you’re on desktop or mobile.
beta.pivotalweather.com
beta.pivotalweather.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our beta experience is now available to everyone! Redesigned for every screen. The new responsive layout delivers a smooth, native-like experience—whether you’re on desktop or mobile.
beta.pivotalweather.com
beta.pivotalweather.com
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Just found this image of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland that I've never shared before. Being in the presence of this volcano and feeling the intense heat of the Earth on my skin was genuinely the best experience of my life and its not even close. #photography
October 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Just found this image of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland that I've never shared before. Being in the presence of this volcano and feeling the intense heat of the Earth on my skin was genuinely the best experience of my life and its not even close. #photography
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Wish I had better shots of it, but it looks like it wasn't a Bridge Creek look-a-like just for show after all.
October 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wish I had better shots of it, but it looks like it wasn't a Bridge Creek look-a-like just for show after all.
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Several models are suggesting that Imelda and Humberto could merge over the North Atlantic, as shown in this HAFS forecast.
September 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Several models are suggesting that Imelda and Humberto could merge over the North Atlantic, as shown in this HAFS forecast.
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Here is a look of #Helene and the Predecessor Rainfall Event, which began setting up around this time a year ago.
I updated this to incorporate the @nws.noaa.gov flash flood warnings and flash flood emergencies.
#FLwx #GAwx #ALwx #SCwx #NCwx #TNwx @spann.bsky.social @wxbrad.bsky.social
I updated this to incorporate the @nws.noaa.gov flash flood warnings and flash flood emergencies.
#FLwx #GAwx #ALwx #SCwx #NCwx #TNwx @spann.bsky.social @wxbrad.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here is a look of #Helene and the Predecessor Rainfall Event, which began setting up around this time a year ago.
I updated this to incorporate the @nws.noaa.gov flash flood warnings and flash flood emergencies.
#FLwx #GAwx #ALwx #SCwx #NCwx #TNwx @spann.bsky.social @wxbrad.bsky.social
I updated this to incorporate the @nws.noaa.gov flash flood warnings and flash flood emergencies.
#FLwx #GAwx #ALwx #SCwx #NCwx #TNwx @spann.bsky.social @wxbrad.bsky.social
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Sharing my favorite cloud/storm of all time for #CloudAppreciationDay.
Hard to believe its already almost the two year anniversary of the Ada, OK storm.
Hard to believe its already almost the two year anniversary of the Ada, OK storm.
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sharing my favorite cloud/storm of all time for #CloudAppreciationDay.
Hard to believe its already almost the two year anniversary of the Ada, OK storm.
Hard to believe its already almost the two year anniversary of the Ada, OK storm.
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Rib Mountain–Wausau, WI F4 #Tornado – August 31, 1977! A powerful tornado cut through Marathon County, WI. At Rib Mountain, 45 homes were destroyed or severely damaged. Barns were leveled, crops flattened, and damage also struck Wausau. 10 people were injured, no fatalities. buff.ly/8rK85zm #wiwx
August 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Rib Mountain–Wausau, WI F4 #Tornado – August 31, 1977! A powerful tornado cut through Marathon County, WI. At Rib Mountain, 45 homes were destroyed or severely damaged. Barns were leveled, crops flattened, and damage also struck Wausau. 10 people were injured, no fatalities. buff.ly/8rK85zm #wiwx
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The Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society was in New Orleans in January 2012, 6.5 years after #Katrina. We visited the Lower 9th Ward during the conference
August 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society was in New Orleans in January 2012, 6.5 years after #Katrina. We visited the Lower 9th Ward during the conference
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We rode a small boat to dry ground, hiked, and then hitchhiked back to Oklahoma. We encountered many people who lost loved ones, homes, and almost everything along the way. Back in the relative safety of Oklahoma we watched the humanitarian disaster continue to unfold. #Katrina
August 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We rode a small boat to dry ground, hiked, and then hitchhiked back to Oklahoma. We encountered many people who lost loved ones, homes, and almost everything along the way. Back in the relative safety of Oklahoma we watched the humanitarian disaster continue to unfold. #Katrina
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Entry-level meteorologist positions (I think 40 of them) are posted! I promise the NWS is still an amazing place to work and full of wonderful, passionate people. And we are going to need more great people, with all kinds of skill sets.
NWS is hiring! Are you interested in working for an agency that uses science and technology to protect lives and property? Additional mission-critical positions just posted on usajobs.gov, including Meteorologist (1340) openings. Many are great opportunities for first-time hires. More coming soon!
August 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Entry-level meteorologist positions (I think 40 of them) are posted! I promise the NWS is still an amazing place to work and full of wonderful, passionate people. And we are going to need more great people, with all kinds of skill sets.
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Peninsula Point, Michigan, where there used to be an active lighthouse, and which today is the beginning point of the migration of thousands of monarch butterflies back to Mexico.
August 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Peninsula Point, Michigan, where there used to be an active lighthouse, and which today is the beginning point of the migration of thousands of monarch butterflies back to Mexico.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I still can't get over how beautiful this eruption was... now just imagine if it were directed right at us. I wonder what kind of geomagnetic storm we would see...
August 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I still can't get over how beautiful this eruption was... now just imagine if it were directed right at us. I wonder what kind of geomagnetic storm we would see...
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Check out Melissa and I's podcast on the career option of EM for WEATHER FOLKS in honor of #NationalEMAwarenessMonth!!!
Thank you AMS for supporting the campaign! ❤️⛈️
Thank you AMS for supporting the campaign! ❤️⛈️
⚡In our most recent Clear Skies Ahead episode, we talk to Ashely Morris, Preparedness and Outreach Division Mganager in MD and Melissa Sizemore, Planning Captain and Meteorologist in TN.
🎧 Listen to the podcast here: https://bit.ly/3UAU02t
🎧 Listen to the podcast here: https://bit.ly/3UAU02t
August 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Check out Melissa and I's podcast on the career option of EM for WEATHER FOLKS in honor of #NationalEMAwarenessMonth!!!
Thank you AMS for supporting the campaign! ❤️⛈️
Thank you AMS for supporting the campaign! ❤️⛈️
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16 years ago today, a fairly significant tornado outbreak across central Illinois, but there’s almost no images of the tornadoes… here was my story as a reckless 20-something:
youtu.be/v3FBCdJjBUI?...
youtu.be/v3FBCdJjBUI?...
The Invisible Tornado Outbreak of August 19th, 2009
YouTube video by Meteorologist Andrew Pritchard
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August 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
16 years ago today, a fairly significant tornado outbreak across central Illinois, but there’s almost no images of the tornadoes… here was my story as a reckless 20-something:
youtu.be/v3FBCdJjBUI?...
youtu.be/v3FBCdJjBUI?...