Wouter Mol
@wbmol.bsky.social
Stormchasing, photography, hiking. I look at clouds a lot. Atmospheric scientist (Postdoc @ University of Vienna).
Good morning: closed cell structures in altocumulus lit by sunrise
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Good morning: closed cell structures in altocumulus lit by sunrise
Super circumzenithal arc
October 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Super circumzenithal arc
Fog rolling into Vienna this early morning
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Fog rolling into Vienna this early morning
Another shot from early September. Mountain goat posing just long enough :)
October 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Another shot from early September. Mountain goat posing just long enough :)
Clouds forming along the ridge line of Hochzinoedl, Sept 27 this year
October 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Clouds forming along the ridge line of Hochzinoedl, Sept 27 this year
Unsuccessful (solo) chase in Styria, storms were too disorganized and in each other's way. At least the heat is gone for a few days
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Unsuccessful (solo) chase in Styria, storms were too disorganized and in each other's way. At least the heat is gone for a few days
Interesting week ahead! ⛈️
June 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Interesting week ahead! ⛈️
Supercell near Rouen, France, June 13 (last week)
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Supercell near Rouen, France, June 13 (last week)
Supercell incoming just north of Rouen, France
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Supercell incoming just north of Rouen, France
Fun storms over Vienna and Lower Austria yesterday, mostly a lot of rain and wind from what I could see but some brief moments with good structure
June 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fun storms over Vienna and Lower Austria yesterday, mostly a lot of rain and wind from what I could see but some brief moments with good structure
Lightning south-west of Vienna a few hours ago (photo stack from 2 seconds of video)
June 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lightning south-west of Vienna a few hours ago (photo stack from 2 seconds of video)
Two more photos of the storm
May 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Two more photos of the storm
Nice thunderstorm passed Vienna just now, right around sunset
May 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Nice thunderstorm passed Vienna just now, right around sunset
Really good light at sunset too!
May 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Really good light at sunset too!
First thunderstorm in Vienna since I moved here, view from my local hill
May 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
First thunderstorm in Vienna since I moved here, view from my local hill
It's that time of year
April 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's that time of year
Blue skies in NL: observed diffuse fraction today in Wageningen is at the edge of the probability distribution (diff. fraction = diff / total solar irradiance). Almost nothing for light to scatter off, similar to March 2020
March 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Blue skies in NL: observed diffuse fraction today in Wageningen is at the edge of the probability distribution (diff. fraction = diff / total solar irradiance). Almost nothing for light to scatter off, similar to March 2020
Tropopause at ~6k today, and maybe a thunderstorm or two?
February 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Tropopause at ~6k today, and maybe a thunderstorm or two?
Updating our weather forecasting course at Wageningen University with the recent storm. Hardly anyone makes station plots like these anymore, but luckily there is Python and some open data! (the goal of this map is to let students draw do their own surface + frontal analysis)
January 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Updating our weather forecasting course at Wageningen University with the recent storm. Hardly anyone makes station plots like these anymore, but luckily there is Python and some open data! (the goal of this map is to let students draw do their own surface + frontal analysis)
Airmass (theta-w) forecast of ICON-EU for the storm to hit Ireland soon
January 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Airmass (theta-w) forecast of ICON-EU for the storm to hit Ireland soon
Typical winter atmosphere sunset last evening
January 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Typical winter atmosphere sunset last evening
The eternal stratus fields of doom...
December 12, 2024 at 10:24 AM
The eternal stratus fields of doom...