Jeff Frame
@vortexjeff.bsky.social
Teaching professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois. I teach weather. Posts are about weather and sometimes sports. Storm chaser. PhD, MS PSU; BS Michigan. All opinions mine.
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. The ship sank 50 years ago tonight.
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Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
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November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. The ship sank 50 years ago tonight.
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The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
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Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois campus look beautiful this morning with a fresh coating of snow and our brilliant autumn color palette. Looks great from above, but roads are problematic across Champaign County so stay home and enjoy from the window if you're able.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois campus look beautiful this morning with a fresh coating of snow and our brilliant autumn color palette. Looks great from above, but roads are problematic across Champaign County so stay home and enjoy from the window if you're able.
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Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
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Here is a zoomed in view of the radar along the S shore of Lake Michigan tonight.
Likely some multi inch per hour snowfall rates and potential whiteout conditions as this band moves over Chicago metro & adjacent areas.
Good thing this is occurring overnight & not during a major travel period.
Likely some multi inch per hour snowfall rates and potential whiteout conditions as this band moves over Chicago metro & adjacent areas.
Good thing this is occurring overnight & not during a major travel period.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Here is a zoomed in view of the radar along the S shore of Lake Michigan tonight.
Likely some multi inch per hour snowfall rates and potential whiteout conditions as this band moves over Chicago metro & adjacent areas.
Good thing this is occurring overnight & not during a major travel period.
Likely some multi inch per hour snowfall rates and potential whiteout conditions as this band moves over Chicago metro & adjacent areas.
Good thing this is occurring overnight & not during a major travel period.
Waking up to the first accumulating snow of the season in Urbana, IL
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Waking up to the first accumulating snow of the season in Urbana, IL
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BREAKING: Bill to end government shutdown clears key hurdle in U.S. Senate, moving it closer to passage
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
BREAKING: Bill to end government shutdown clears key hurdle in U.S. Senate, moving it closer to passage
Classic upstream sounding for a significant lake-effect snow event at Green Bay, WI, this evening. The capping inversion atop the cold air mass is the tropopause.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Classic upstream sounding for a significant lake-effect snow event at Green Bay, WI, this evening. The capping inversion atop the cold air mass is the tropopause.
The last several runs of the 3 km NAM have exhibited numerical instability within the anomalously strong jet streak along the East Coast Monday night
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The last several runs of the 3 km NAM have exhibited numerical instability within the anomalously strong jet streak along the East Coast Monday night
Looks like a coating to an inch of snow late tonight in Champaign-Urbana
LAKE-EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT for Champaign, Vermilion [IL] till 12:00 AM CST Link
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Looks like a coating to an inch of snow late tonight in Champaign-Urbana
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Appropriately strong wording from @NWSChicago AFD regarding the potential for multiple intense bands of lake effect snow tonight into Monday morning.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Appropriately strong wording from @NWSChicago AFD regarding the potential for multiple intense bands of lake effect snow tonight into Monday morning.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
First flakes of the season in Urbana, IL!
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
First flakes of the season in Urbana, IL!
The cold front is packing a punch!
SPRINGFIELD,IL (SPI) ASOS reports gust of 50 knots (57.5 mph) from WNW @ 0506Z -- KSPI 090506Z AUTO 29021G50KT 10SM SCT009 SCT013 OVC026 06/03 A2982 RMK AO2 PK WND 29050/0503 T00610028
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The cold front is packing a punch!
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never seen a punt come to rest on the pylon like that before
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
never seen a punt come to rest on the pylon like that before
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Omar Cooper Jr.'s insane touchdown catch to put Indiana ahead 27-24 over Penn State may have been what finally broke Gus Johnson.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Omar Cooper Jr.'s insane touchdown catch to put Indiana ahead 27-24 over Penn State may have been what finally broke Gus Johnson.
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We dove deep into questions about Hurricane Melissa - hosted this Weather Realness episode with @climasillinois.bsky.social Professors Deanna Hence and Jeff Frame will.illinois.edu/weatherrealn...
University of Illinois scientists explain why Hurricane Melissa will be one for the recordbooks | Illinois Public Media
Jeff Frame and Deanna Hence, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors, explained the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We dove deep into questions about Hurricane Melissa - hosted this Weather Realness episode with @climasillinois.bsky.social Professors Deanna Hence and Jeff Frame will.illinois.edu/weatherrealn...
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November 7-8th, 2013:
Typhoon Haiyan peaked at 195 mph, 884 millibar Category 5-equivalent super typhoon. Based on wind speed, it is one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded and one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones on record.
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Typhoon Haiyan peaked at 195 mph, 884 millibar Category 5-equivalent super typhoon. Based on wind speed, it is one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded and one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones on record.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
November 7-8th, 2013:
Typhoon Haiyan peaked at 195 mph, 884 millibar Category 5-equivalent super typhoon. Based on wind speed, it is one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded and one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones on record.
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Typhoon Haiyan peaked at 195 mph, 884 millibar Category 5-equivalent super typhoon. Based on wind speed, it is one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded and one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones on record.
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#FungWong has turned out to be a very large typhoon with quite the broad core. This means previous guidance suggestions of a very strong storm did not come to pass, but it also means a larger region impacted as it comes ashore. Stay safe if you are in the path!
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
#FungWong has turned out to be a very large typhoon with quite the broad core. This means previous guidance suggestions of a very strong storm did not come to pass, but it also means a larger region impacted as it comes ashore. Stay safe if you are in the path!
Good chance that Champaign-Urbana sees the first flakes of the season between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Good chance that Champaign-Urbana sees the first flakes of the season between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
Nice Saturday sunrise in Urbana, IL
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Nice Saturday sunrise in Urbana, IL
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"
YouTube video by Tony C
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November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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in 1984, after SCOTUS allowed conferences/schools to negotiate CFB TV contracts themselves instead of everything going through the NCAA, this was the very first new deal signed.
No joke, they used to show Ivy League football on PBS.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
in 1984, after SCOTUS allowed conferences/schools to negotiate CFB TV contracts themselves instead of everything going through the NCAA, this was the very first new deal signed.