Joshie
@joshuabalbosa.bsky.social
Weather nerd also into earthquakes/volcanoes, airplanes
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No major #hurricane had struck before August on the Pacific coast of #Mexico until #Erick2025 did so in *mid-June*. #Erick made landfall as a category 3 after peaking as a 145 mph Cat 4 monster (map from @noaa.gov). 📈 weather extremes take a ☠️ & 💸 toll. And a lot of dead canaries in coal mines.
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
No major #hurricane had struck before August on the Pacific coast of #Mexico until #Erick2025 did so in *mid-June*. #Erick made landfall as a category 3 after peaking as a 145 mph Cat 4 monster (map from @noaa.gov). 📈 weather extremes take a ☠️ & 💸 toll. And a lot of dead canaries in coal mines.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BGZ...
Very loud thunder from yesterday's storm - I realise I posted a lot of clips to Twitter/X and very little here so I'll have to post more pics later to balance it out
Very loud thunder from yesterday's storm - I realise I posted a lot of clips to Twitter/X and very little here so I'll have to post more pics later to balance it out
Loud thunder from close +CG (48 kA) during very active thunderstorm - Herne Bay, Kent, UK - 13/06/25
YouTube video by Jamie M
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June 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BGZ...
Very loud thunder from yesterday's storm - I realise I posted a lot of clips to Twitter/X and very little here so I'll have to post more pics later to balance it out
Very loud thunder from yesterday's storm - I realise I posted a lot of clips to Twitter/X and very little here so I'll have to post more pics later to balance it out
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🔴⚠️⛈🇦🇺Unprecedented rains, almost 500mm in three days for some towns, have hit #NewSouthWales with floods that involved 50000 people. #Australia declared the natural disaster for the state.⬇️#Sentinel1 animation of the flooded area covering 160km2.
May 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🔴⚠️⛈🇦🇺Unprecedented rains, almost 500mm in three days for some towns, have hit #NewSouthWales with floods that involved 50000 people. #Australia declared the natural disaster for the state.⬇️#Sentinel1 animation of the flooded area covering 160km2.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season is near, the 1st official African Easterly Wave as of 18z has been analzyed by the NHC, this trough feature is anticipated to affect Northern S-America next weekend, reaching Trinidad and Tobago next Sun, it is easily idenfited on satellite as well as hovmoller imagery
May 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Atlantic Hurricane Season is near, the 1st official African Easterly Wave as of 18z has been analzyed by the NHC, this trough feature is anticipated to affect Northern S-America next weekend, reaching Trinidad and Tobago next Sun, it is easily idenfited on satellite as well as hovmoller imagery
The GFS model has finally picked up on the first likely tropical wave of 2025, with its departure from Western Africa possibly on May 19th , next Monday, it will lose its signature as it traverse the Atlantic Ocean, usually first AEW’s are generally weak/low latitude in nature.
May 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The GFS model has finally picked up on the first likely tropical wave of 2025, with its departure from Western Africa possibly on May 19th , next Monday, it will lose its signature as it traverse the Atlantic Ocean, usually first AEW’s are generally weak/low latitude in nature.
It’s almost that time to be seeing those African Easterly Waves being born, every May the first few AEW’s are born, generally weak and low latitudes.
Usually around 60 waves are born and track through the Atlantic Ocean on an annual average basis, with much of them becoming TC’s down the road.
Usually around 60 waves are born and track through the Atlantic Ocean on an annual average basis, with much of them becoming TC’s down the road.
April 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s almost that time to be seeing those African Easterly Waves being born, every May the first few AEW’s are born, generally weak and low latitudes.
Usually around 60 waves are born and track through the Atlantic Ocean on an annual average basis, with much of them becoming TC’s down the road.
Usually around 60 waves are born and track through the Atlantic Ocean on an annual average basis, with much of them becoming TC’s down the road.
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Lowlights:
* Only 1 per day hand-edited forecasts
* Permanent 1 per day balloon launches if 25%+ vacancy at office
* No balloon launches if an office goes to 3 shifts/day
* Reduced shifts
* Combining offices
The world's example for weather services is being destroyed.
* Only 1 per day hand-edited forecasts
* Permanent 1 per day balloon launches if 25%+ vacancy at office
* No balloon launches if an office goes to 3 shifts/day
* Reduced shifts
* Combining offices
The world's example for weather services is being destroyed.
Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts. Gift link: nyti.ms/42MeGJD
Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts (Gift Article)
An internal document describes how severe shortages of meteorologists and other staff members could affect forecasts and other operations.
nyti.ms
April 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Lowlights:
* Only 1 per day hand-edited forecasts
* Permanent 1 per day balloon launches if 25%+ vacancy at office
* No balloon launches if an office goes to 3 shifts/day
* Reduced shifts
* Combining offices
The world's example for weather services is being destroyed.
* Only 1 per day hand-edited forecasts
* Permanent 1 per day balloon launches if 25%+ vacancy at office
* No balloon launches if an office goes to 3 shifts/day
* Reduced shifts
* Combining offices
The world's example for weather services is being destroyed.
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Pretty cool day exploring the Sierras and Lake Tahoe
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Pretty cool day exploring the Sierras and Lake Tahoe
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Myanmar's military junta responded with another round of airstrikes to impacted areas... oh man, humanity...
Myanmar facing a humanitarian crisis following today's devastating Mw7.7 earthquake. Large population affected with highly vulnerable homes / construction.
This is the country's strongest EQ since 1912 (Mw7.9).
Further shaking / impacts felt far from the epicenter in Thailand, China, and beyond.
This is the country's strongest EQ since 1912 (Mw7.9).
Further shaking / impacts felt far from the epicenter in Thailand, China, and beyond.
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Myanmar's military junta responded with another round of airstrikes to impacted areas... oh man, humanity...
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The World Meteorological Organization has released its annual State of the Climate report for 2024.
"The annually averaged global mean…temperature in 2024 was 1.55 °C…above the 1850–1900 average…the warmest year in the 175-year observational record…"
wmo.int/publication-...
#Climate #ClimateChange
"The annually averaged global mean…temperature in 2024 was 1.55 °C…above the 1850–1900 average…the warmest year in the 175-year observational record…"
wmo.int/publication-...
#Climate #ClimateChange
March 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The World Meteorological Organization has released its annual State of the Climate report for 2024.
"The annually averaged global mean…temperature in 2024 was 1.55 °C…above the 1850–1900 average…the warmest year in the 175-year observational record…"
wmo.int/publication-...
#Climate #ClimateChange
"The annually averaged global mean…temperature in 2024 was 1.55 °C…above the 1850–1900 average…the warmest year in the 175-year observational record…"
wmo.int/publication-...
#Climate #ClimateChange
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I've added the Meteosat Third Generation Imager 1 satellite, with images every 10 minutes and higher resolution data in line with Himawari-9 and the GOES satellites. Will be very useful this upcoming season to monitor tropical waves and watch disturbances in the eastern Atlantic!
March 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I've added the Meteosat Third Generation Imager 1 satellite, with images every 10 minutes and higher resolution data in line with Himawari-9 and the GOES satellites. Will be very useful this upcoming season to monitor tropical waves and watch disturbances in the eastern Atlantic!
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Looking for some wx people?
February 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Looking for some wx people?
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Hey. You should text/call/voice-note some friends just because. Don't just DM silly videos. Check in with them. We all need some genuine connection right now!
February 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hey. You should text/call/voice-note some friends just because. Don't just DM silly videos. Check in with them. We all need some genuine connection right now!
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Climate scientists be like..
January 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Climate scientists be like..
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My annual Top 10 list of most notable weather / climate events:
1) Hurricane Helene (US)
2) Typhoon Yagi (Asia)
3) Hurricane Milton (US)
4) Spain Floods / DANA (October)
5) US SCS Season (2nd Costliest Year)
1/4
1) Hurricane Helene (US)
2) Typhoon Yagi (Asia)
3) Hurricane Milton (US)
4) Spain Floods / DANA (October)
5) US SCS Season (2nd Costliest Year)
1/4
December 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
My annual Top 10 list of most notable weather / climate events:
1) Hurricane Helene (US)
2) Typhoon Yagi (Asia)
3) Hurricane Milton (US)
4) Spain Floods / DANA (October)
5) US SCS Season (2nd Costliest Year)
1/4
1) Hurricane Helene (US)
2) Typhoon Yagi (Asia)
3) Hurricane Milton (US)
4) Spain Floods / DANA (October)
5) US SCS Season (2nd Costliest Year)
1/4
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The impacts of climate change are already disastrous, and are going to intensify in coming years: “It’s likely the total number of people killed in extreme weather events intensified by climate change this year is in the tens, or hundreds of thousands.”
How extreme was the weather this year? Is a question we, @wwattribution.bsky.social , get asked every year. Looking back at the events we studied in detail & some new stats, we try to give an answer www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b... - in short: it was pretty bad, but things can change!
December 27, 2024 at 8:35 PM
The impacts of climate change are already disastrous, and are going to intensify in coming years: “It’s likely the total number of people killed in extreme weather events intensified by climate change this year is in the tens, or hundreds of thousands.”
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