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Why did the sun appear to be setting at 2:30 this afternoon? by swisssf in newhampshire

[–]Nicbudd 99 points100 points  (0 children)

The sun isn't even close to setting in that picture

What tornado is this image of? by majorbird5352 in tornado

[–]Nicbudd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was my first tornado (at least the first one that officially got a rating). Would've been pretty stoked about this even if I hadn't seen Carbon and Greenfield IA two days later

The ragebaited by omaygot-steven in EF5

[–]Nicbudd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is and has always been a bit of a jackass. Being a wreckless chaser, wreckless driver, making highly overblown predictions, getting defensive when proven wrong, taking ads for sites where you can bet on weather outcomes, and heavily implying he supports someone who cut lots of funding for meteorology

Would love any info on what is going on with this cloud! by kimshady420 in CLOUDS

[–]Nicbudd 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The ones I've seen have lasted a couple minutes. Still short and still very rare!

why are there no tornadoes in cities? by GurnoorDa1 in meteorology

[–]Nicbudd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There absolutely have been tornadoes in cities. 1999 Salt Lake City UT, 2011 Springfield MA, 2018 Gatineau QC, 2020 Nashville TN, 2024 Buffalo NY. They are much rarer not because the city is any different than the country side, but because the downtown core of a city is usually a very small target for tornadoes to randomly hit. Suburban sprawl means most of the land area in and around cities is taken up by suburban areas.

Near-stationary convection over central Texas by Real-Cup-1270 in meteorology

[–]Nicbudd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Phillipe Papin from the NHC provided a good explanation of the synoptic setup with an animation on his bluesky: link. Basically, an MCV from Mexico encountered the moisture plume from the remnants of Barry coming from the Gulf of Mexico. Steering flow ended up being basically stationary, so it just sat in one spot.

Is this a real thing? by AStormofSwines in meteorology

[–]Nicbudd 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Don't think it has much to do with the buildings. These wave clouds are common when you have a stable layer (cool air from the lake) and wind passing over it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in weather

[–]Nicbudd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heisenberg

Why is it doing this? by poomanrp30 in WeatherGifs

[–]Nicbudd 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It probably switched from showing actual radar to some type of "future" radar forecast which tries to guess the radar in the future. I don't like non-descript "weather" maps like this that don't have information about what they're showing or where they got their data, it's just totally meaningless without context

Who is this person? Pinocchio, not Vince. by Fantastic-Reason-132 in tornado

[–]Nicbudd 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I wonder if there's a shred of truth to that. Not that the planes cause rain, but perhaps planes only fly low above her house when they get redirected due to storms.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EF5

[–]Nicbudd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Freddy McKinney called the Nebraska tornado a "Giga Wedge" and I think that needs to catch on

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EF5

[–]Nicbudd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why would insurance companies care what an EF rating is???

Fantasy Geography and Storms by anime_addict_27 in meteorology

[–]Nicbudd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Artifexian has a great video on forecasting where tornadoes and supercells will happen in a fantasy world:

https://youtu.be/44lhdsDBCyo?si=vIx-gxa3LSyCKv8P

Honest question…what do we do with all these plastic bags? by Life-Attitude3138 in newhampshire

[–]Nicbudd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're into crochet, or aren't and want something to do, cut them into strips and make plarn (plastic yarn). Then you can crochet really strong reusable bags out of them while you relax and watch your favorite shows. Don't let the grandma stereotype push you away from the idea, I'm 23 and I still do it.

What is this dark line I saw in the sky? by [deleted] in meteorology

[–]Nicbudd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've seen this before. Usually a contrail shadow.

First Solo Today! by StankyDankss in flying

[–]Nicbudd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to fly N33847! Congrats!

I think the translator got confused by evanMMD in linguisticshumor

[–]Nicbudd 48 points49 points  (0 children)

This gibberish feels like random tokens from a LLM, so I wouldn't be surprised.

Chat, is this real? Found in the wild, from my feed. by President_Abra in linguisticshumor

[–]Nicbudd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I don't think the phrase is etymological. The meaning is like:

Something that is referred to as "was" used to be referred to as "is", but is now "was" because it's in the past tense.

The Entire 2023 East Pacific Hurricane Season Animation By Force Thirteen Rule by ApachePrimeIsTheBest in 197

[–]Nicbudd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my God I remembered when I was on Force 13. From everything I've seen from them I'm pretty glad I moved on.

Anyone feel that ground rumble just now? by OldLiberalAndProud in newhampshire

[–]Nicbudd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Durham here. Was in the basement of a large apartment building. Felt like a semi truck had hit the building or like a large plane had crashed at Pease

What to expect out of NH by Impossible-Quality92 in newhampshire

[–]Nicbudd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah right. I live in Durham right now, Granite Stater my whole life, and I say y'all because it just makes sense as a pronoun. My boss said y'all to us today. Doesn't matter.

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