Zoomed-in, 1-minute loop leading up to Melissa's record-tying destructive landfall - notice the Air Force plane circling in the eye after experiencing severe turbulence before leaving the storm:

Here’s 9 minutes of “Little Things” by Dogs in a Pile. Sub theme, “But don't you worry 'bout the weather tonight”

youtu.be/uoR1SP74BA8

Full lyrics:

go-set.net/song/little-...

The NWS forecast Saturday morning was 50%.

Google Maps live traffic is an indicator of the general swath of impact from the tornado in the STL metro. Multiple schools, residential areas, and a major interstate highway in its path

A few offices have to drive to the launch site and back. (In the winter, this means clearing snow off the vehicle.)

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Planes are used - a lot. They are super important (I don’t have statistics, but they’ve greatly improved modeling over the years). Satellite (remote) soundings are also incredibly important. But the gold standard will always be soundings released from the ground and data-controlled locally.