Avinash Aravind
avinasharavind.bsky.social
Avinash Aravind
@avinasharavind.bsky.social
Atmospheric Science student at Cornell University
NESSI Intern at NSF NCAR
Thoughts are entirely my own

Weather Data Sci + Data Vis
Big fan of Hurricanes that don’t hit land
Formula 1 fan (Forza Ferrari!)
GOES-19 Satellite images, meanwhile, shows the earlier partially exposed low-level rotation on the North edge of convection has now broadened and slowly rotated towards the MLC. Any new low-level center would have ~18 hours left over water to consolidate rotation before landfall.
July 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Invest #93L appears to be in the early stages of a center reformation this afternoon, with radar reflectivity showing the previous sharp trough beginning to consolidate on the northern side at the mid-levels. This MLC is not closed off yet, but it will slowly do so this evening.
July 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
An unbelievable amount of mammatus clouds seen from DIA about 10 minutes ago. Can’t believe these are real. #COwx
July 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Freezing rain severe thunderstorm in far northwest Wisconsin. Definitely don’t see that every day.
March 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Should be nearly 80 on Saturday in NJ—perfect timing for my spring break.

Also, it’s once again backdoor cold front season!
March 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here’s another one: 1h rainfall during the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooding event in the Mid-Atlantic. Note the cell of 3”+ rainfall rates! My home in NJ saw over 10” of rain on that crazy day.

Took a while to get the map to look right, and I’m still not sure this is the best I can do.
March 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This took me three tries to post as my gifs were turning into still images, and then it turns out you can only attach one video per post, so here’s the temperature loop. Still getting used to BlueSky.

You can see the passage of the storm line significantly outrunning the actual cold front!
March 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Been spending the last few days making a custom Matplotlib theme and playing with Herbie, which is becoming my favorite weather Python module.

These are RTMA temp and wind gust loops from this past Sunday’s severe wind event. Lots of trees were damaged or uprooted in Ithaca from these storms.
March 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM