Hurricane #Melissa's satellite appearance is frightening. 906 mb and 175 mph winds, will impact Jamaica tonight into Tuesday.

Zooming in on Melissa's eye...

Four hour loop of 1-minute GOES imagery of Hurricane #Melissa south of Jamaica

I wasn't sure if the clouds or sun angles would work out, but caught a glimpse of this evening's Starship Flight 11 looking south from Wrightsville Beach, NC. The rocket was traveling eastward just south of the Florida Keys and across the Bahamas with venting gasses lit up by the sun.

Hurricane #Helene was tearing through the southern Appalachians one year ago today. An excellent recent blog post from the NC Climate Office @ncsco.bsky.social puts the storm's impacts in historical perspective. #ncwx

Hurricane #Erin's waves were impressive at #Wrightsville Beach yesterday evening. During the time I watched the surf was roughly 5 feet with occasional 8 foot breakers. Wave period was 16 seconds! Surfers were the only people brave enough to be in the water.

It's been a good summer for early morning rocket launches. This was SpaceX Starlink 10-26 on a northeasterly trajectory, viewed from Wrightsville Beach, NC. I got great views of the first stage entry burn off the Carolina coast and second stage flight.