Brent Kraninger
@kranny.bsky.social
Hawkeye & Sooner | Research Associate @ CIWRO/NSSL | Meteorologist ⛈️ | Musician 🎸 | Astronomer 🪐 | Mario Kart 64 Master 🎮
Just found out that my city is doing trick or treating tonight instead of tomorrow... Glad I'm already stocked up. I think that's twice now since I've lived here that they didn't do it on Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just found out that my city is doing trick or treating tonight instead of tomorrow... Glad I'm already stocked up. I think that's twice now since I've lived here that they didn't do it on Halloween.
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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
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The monster eye at the center of a still strengthening Hurricane Melissa.
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The monster eye at the center of a still strengthening Hurricane Melissa.
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
I've missed these cold mornings so much.
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I've missed these cold mornings so much.
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The good news is once the front moves through, the wind will blow all your stuff right back to your house! #okwx #okmesonet
October 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The good news is once the front moves through, the wind will blow all your stuff right back to your house! #okwx #okmesonet
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Tulsa wins in Stillwater for the first time since 1951.
September 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tulsa wins in Stillwater for the first time since 1951.
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It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack
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Time-lapse of the arcus cloud that passed over Norman, OK this morning, as viewed from the NWC observation deck.
August 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Time-lapse of the arcus cloud that passed over Norman, OK this morning, as viewed from the NWC observation deck.
Saturday BBQ. Smoked some jalapeño poppers, a block of cream cheese, and a pork butt. Also grilled some burgers & hotdogs. Wouldn't be complete without a batch of frozen margs.
August 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Saturday BBQ. Smoked some jalapeño poppers, a block of cream cheese, and a pork butt. Also grilled some burgers & hotdogs. Wouldn't be complete without a batch of frozen margs.
About 3 hrs left of my drive back to Norman and the A/C now decides it's quitting out on me. 🫠
July 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
About 3 hrs left of my drive back to Norman and the A/C now decides it's quitting out on me. 🫠
87°F with a dew pt of 77°. Luckily, relief is on the way.
July 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
87°F with a dew pt of 77°. Luckily, relief is on the way.
I managed to capture a slow-mo of some lightning from the storms in NW Iowa.
July 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I managed to capture a slow-mo of some lightning from the storms in NW Iowa.
Just taking a little happy hour stroll thru Iowa.
July 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just taking a little happy hour stroll thru Iowa.
If there's one positive thing I can look at today it's that I'm finally back to being able to run 5ks again. Which definitely came in handy to blow off some steam because of, well... today.
July 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If there's one positive thing I can look at today it's that I'm finally back to being able to run 5ks again. Which definitely came in handy to blow off some steam because of, well... today.
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The NOAA budget justification doc that finally was posted today didn't contain a lot of surprises - but as the first time all of the cuts were listed in their destructive detail, it is a depressing read. I tried to distill and explain the weather part, sad as it is.
substack.com/@balancedwea...
substack.com/@balancedwea...
BalancedWx Special: NOAA releases its FY26 budget justification document
It's still the OMB budget - but now with all the gory disastrous details
substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The NOAA budget justification doc that finally was posted today didn't contain a lot of surprises - but as the first time all of the cuts were listed in their destructive detail, it is a depressing read. I tried to distill and explain the weather part, sad as it is.
substack.com/@balancedwea...
substack.com/@balancedwea...
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If this proposed budget comes to fruition, it would be devastating for the weather and climate enterprise and a threat to the safety and security of the American public
What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If this proposed budget comes to fruition, it would be devastating for the weather and climate enterprise and a threat to the safety and security of the American public
Not the alarm I was wanting to hear this morning.
June 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Not the alarm I was wanting to hear this morning.
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I shot 8k 360-degree video the whole time. Heres a preview. youtu.be/pdnBMFns31U?...
May 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I shot 8k 360-degree video the whole time. Heres a preview. youtu.be/pdnBMFns31U?...
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The University of Oklahoma's Rapid X-band Polarimetric (RaXPol) mobile radar was positioned perfectly to scan this tornado near Arnett, Oklahoma 🌪️
May 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The University of Oklahoma's Rapid X-band Polarimetric (RaXPol) mobile radar was positioned perfectly to scan this tornado near Arnett, Oklahoma 🌪️
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The eye of the Arnett, OK tornado, captured by one of our UAVs as it collected scientific data on the environment within.
May 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The eye of the Arnett, OK tornado, captured by one of our UAVs as it collected scientific data on the environment within.