WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
@wdefaustenonek.bsky.social
Chief Meteorologist WDEF News 12, Chattanooga TN;
science journalist, emergency communications, consultancy available. Amateur Radio KG4GKE, #RockChalkJayhawk
https://austenonek.home.blog/
science journalist, emergency communications, consultancy available. Amateur Radio KG4GKE, #RockChalkJayhawk
https://austenonek.home.blog/
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
We need to redouble our commitment to climate action, not roll it back. Make sure your state rep hears that message loud and clear!
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-h...
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-h...
MA House: Don't Cave on Climate
On Friday, the Massachusetts House Energy Chair, Rep. MarkCusack (D-Braintree), told Commonwealth Beacon
that he is considering repealing our critical state commitments to
climate pollution reductio...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We need to redouble our commitment to climate action, not roll it back. Make sure your state rep hears that message loud and clear!
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-h...
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-h...
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
Once again, Jason shows that Loeb is full of crap.
I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Once again, Jason shows that Loeb is full of crap.
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
🎥
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
@animales.lat @kipppi.bsky.social
@mariekedoorman.bsky.social
@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
@animales.lat @kipppi.bsky.social
@mariekedoorman.bsky.social
@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🎥
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
@animales.lat @kipppi.bsky.social
@mariekedoorman.bsky.social
@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
There are 22 key risks from #ClimateChange
But we have the solutions & tools 🔍🛠️⚖️ to take #ClimateAction
PL RP🩷💚💙
original graph by IPCC
@animales.lat @kipppi.bsky.social
@mariekedoorman.bsky.social
@jumpintraxjack.bsky.social @abmosa.bsky.social
@debwa.bsky.social @squaresquirrel.bsky.social
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
🌡️Want to track breaking temperature records? @climatecentral.org has a tool for that! Visualize local temperature records for 247 U.S. cities, updated daily, at the link below.
app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/loca...
app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/loca...
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🌡️Want to track breaking temperature records? @climatecentral.org has a tool for that! Visualize local temperature records for 247 U.S. cities, updated daily, at the link below.
app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/loca...
app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/loca...
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
The climate crisis is one of the top most severe threats to human existence, alongside nuclear war and a massive asteroid.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The climate crisis is one of the top most severe threats to human existence, alongside nuclear war and a massive asteroid.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
Update: tonight into Tuesday morning is expected to be even COLDER than initially forecasted for the Florida Peninsula.
Most of central Florida is now likely to see temperatures drop into the lower to mid 30s as far south as Okeechobee.
Lots of cold-stunned iguanas likely!
Most of central Florida is now likely to see temperatures drop into the lower to mid 30s as far south as Okeechobee.
Lots of cold-stunned iguanas likely!
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Update: tonight into Tuesday morning is expected to be even COLDER than initially forecasted for the Florida Peninsula.
Most of central Florida is now likely to see temperatures drop into the lower to mid 30s as far south as Okeechobee.
Lots of cold-stunned iguanas likely!
Most of central Florida is now likely to see temperatures drop into the lower to mid 30s as far south as Okeechobee.
Lots of cold-stunned iguanas likely!
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY...
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 1". Locally higher snow accumulations may be possible at elevations higher than 2000 ft. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 1". Locally higher snow accumulations may be possible at elevations higher than 2000 ft. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY...
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 1". Locally higher snow accumulations may be possible at elevations higher than 2000 ft. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 1". Locally higher snow accumulations may be possible at elevations higher than 2000 ft. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY...
Sub-freezing temperatures of 20-27 across all of north and central Georgia. Even lower temperatures in the elevated areas of NE Georgia. A widespread hard freeze is expected.
Sub-freezing temperatures of 20-27 across all of north and central Georgia. Even lower temperatures in the elevated areas of NE Georgia. A widespread hard freeze is expected.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY...
Sub-freezing temperatures of 20-27 across all of north and central Georgia. Even lower temperatures in the elevated areas of NE Georgia. A widespread hard freeze is expected.
Sub-freezing temperatures of 20-27 across all of north and central Georgia. Even lower temperatures in the elevated areas of NE Georgia. A widespread hard freeze is expected.
@wdefnews12 #PetOfTheWeek - Lola is 10 months old, very attached to her family, loves chase games with other dogs but not great on roughhousing.
Contact @heschatt on their website to fill out an online application. #AdoptDontShop
Contact @heschatt on their website to fill out an online application. #AdoptDontShop
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@wdefnews12 #PetOfTheWeek - Lola is 10 months old, very attached to her family, loves chase games with other dogs but not great on roughhousing.
Contact @heschatt on their website to fill out an online application. #AdoptDontShop
Contact @heschatt on their website to fill out an online application. #AdoptDontShop
"It’s an indictment of mainstream media that this process keeps getting worse.
When the crisis is constantly getting worse, why do the media cover it with the same monotonous, muffled drumbeat? Are they ever going to set off the fire alarms?"
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
When the crisis is constantly getting worse, why do the media cover it with the same monotonous, muffled drumbeat? Are they ever going to set off the fire alarms?"
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"It’s an indictment of mainstream media that this process keeps getting worse.
When the crisis is constantly getting worse, why do the media cover it with the same monotonous, muffled drumbeat? Are they ever going to set off the fire alarms?"
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
When the crisis is constantly getting worse, why do the media cover it with the same monotonous, muffled drumbeat? Are they ever going to set off the fire alarms?"
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
Tonight's winner of the @WDEFNews12 #PickThePic contest is Sue from Sale Creek, taking 68% of tonight's vote.
New poll goes up at midnight at wdef.com/votenow
New poll goes up at midnight at wdef.com/votenow
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Tonight's winner of the @WDEFNews12 #PickThePic contest is Sue from Sale Creek, taking 68% of tonight's vote.
New poll goes up at midnight at wdef.com/votenow
New poll goes up at midnight at wdef.com/votenow
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Mary Glover from Athens for a view of a fuzzy caterpillar, Monday's Clay Kissner Paving & Seal Coating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay.
Got #WeatherPix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos
Got #WeatherPix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Mary Glover from Athens for a view of a fuzzy caterpillar, Monday's Clay Kissner Paving & Seal Coating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay.
Got #WeatherPix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos
Got #WeatherPix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos
#WDEFNews12 #TimeSaverTraffic - Clean-up continued on I-75N at the Bradley Ridgecut area, MM 17.0. Northbound right lane blocked, right shoulder blocked.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#WDEFNews12 #TimeSaverTraffic - Clean-up continued on I-75N at the Bradley Ridgecut area, MM 17.0. Northbound right lane blocked, right shoulder blocked.
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #Skyblog12 - Join @utchattanooga.bsky.social 's Clarence T. Jones Observatory for the next star party lecture topic on November 16: The Final Flight of STS-51L #Challenger, presented by Bill Floyd of the UTC Challenger Center.
www.utc.edu/arts-and-sci...
www.utc.edu/arts-and-sci...
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #Skyblog12 - Join @utchattanooga.bsky.social 's Clarence T. Jones Observatory for the next star party lecture topic on November 16: The Final Flight of STS-51L #Challenger, presented by Bill Floyd of the UTC Challenger Center.
www.utc.edu/arts-and-sci...
www.utc.edu/arts-and-sci...
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #BlipCast Monday: Sharply colder today, windy and frigid tonight. Nice bounce on the temperatures later this week.
Details tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.
Details tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather #BlipCast Monday: Sharply colder today, windy and frigid tonight. Nice bounce on the temperatures later this week.
Details tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.
Details tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
Fascinating view of mesovortices rippling within a snow band over Lake Michigan yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fascinating view of mesovortices rippling within a snow band over Lake Michigan yesterday.
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Night Planner Forecast
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Night Planner Forecast
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
Good morning with good news: Global renewable additions in 2025 will be another record high of 793 GW, a rise of 11%
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good morning with good news: Global renewable additions in 2025 will be another record high of 793 GW, a rise of 11%
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
WDEFWeather #News12Weather - Dense Fog Advisories already posted for numerous areas north and west of the @WDEFNews12 viewing area into early Saturday. Extreme caution when it comes to travel overnight is recommended.
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
WDEFWeather #News12Weather - Dense Fog Advisories already posted for numerous areas north and west of the @WDEFNews12 viewing area into early Saturday. Extreme caution when it comes to travel overnight is recommended.
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Time Lapse view over downtown #ChattanoogaTN on Friday evening, catching some golden sunshine right before sunset where overcast skies take over.
www.wdef.com/weather-cam-...
www.wdef.com/weather-cam-...
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Time Lapse view over downtown #ChattanoogaTN on Friday evening, catching some golden sunshine right before sunset where overcast skies take over.
www.wdef.com/weather-cam-...
www.wdef.com/weather-cam-...
@NWSMorristown has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: N Bradley, SW Meigs, NE Sequatchie, SW Bledsoe, NE Hamilton Counties in east Tennessee Until 1130 PM EST / 1030 PM CST.
* At 1038 PM EST/938 PM CST/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dunlap, moving SE at 45 mph.
* At 1038 PM EST/938 PM CST/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dunlap, moving SE at 45 mph.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
@NWSMorristown has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: N Bradley, SW Meigs, NE Sequatchie, SW Bledsoe, NE Hamilton Counties in east Tennessee Until 1130 PM EST / 1030 PM CST.
* At 1038 PM EST/938 PM CST/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dunlap, moving SE at 45 mph.
* At 1038 PM EST/938 PM CST/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dunlap, moving SE at 45 mph.
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
"The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy" www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
When the skies of November turn gloomy" www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy" www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
When the skies of November turn gloomy" www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
“The reality is that the Earth’s temperature has never been static,” Rogan said. “It’s always been up and down.”
This is like claiming that because lightning causes some wildfires, arson doesn’t exist. "
- Yale Climate Connections
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five...
This is like claiming that because lightning causes some wildfires, arson doesn’t exist. "
- Yale Climate Connections
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five...
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“The reality is that the Earth’s temperature has never been static,” Rogan said. “It’s always been up and down.”
This is like claiming that because lightning causes some wildfires, arson doesn’t exist. "
- Yale Climate Connections
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five...
This is like claiming that because lightning causes some wildfires, arson doesn’t exist. "
- Yale Climate Connections
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five...
Reposted by WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
Next week! Be there or be square! (Bet you haven’t heard that in 30 years)
🌀 As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season winds down, join CCNow and @climatecentral.org for a special press briefing highlighting how climate change pushed this season’s storms into record-breaking territory... 🧵
Talking Shop: How Climate Change Fueled the Historic 2025 Hurricane Season — Covering Climate Now
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season winds down, join Covering Climate Now and Climate Central for a special press briefing highlighting how climate change pushed this season’s storms into record-bre...
coveringclimatenow.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Next week! Be there or be square! (Bet you haven’t heard that in 30 years)