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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 1d

"Laissez les bons temps rouler!" The 46th Oak Harbor Apple Festival has a "jazzy jubilee" Mardi Gras theme this weekend. Outside of a stray lake shower, things should stay partly sunny and dry. 🍎⚜️

Weekend forecast for Oak Harbor Apple Festival (Ohio): 67F Saturday (iso. AM shower), 70F Sunday (partly sunny).

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 1d

Another gorgeous sunrise over Ohio farm country. 🌅

📸: Nancy

#Ohio #sunrise #nature

A combine sits in silhouette in a farmer's field at sunrise, with cirrus clouds and a few airplane contrails streaking across the sky.

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 2d

One year ago today, a spectacular aurora display graced the night sky across much of the globe. This was my view in *Oklahoma.* What a beautiful world we are fortunate to live on. #photography

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a SAR arc and moon-lit clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

The andromeda galaxy between a red SAR arc and the Milky Way.

Numerous pinkish aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky and spotty clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky over relatively still waters of a large lake.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 2d

Wauseon proved to be the overachiever (or underachiever?) this Friday morning, dipping to the freezing mark for the first time this season. Did you wake up to frost on the grass today?

#Ohio #frost #weather

Low temps this Friday AM (10/10): Toledo 36F, Wauseon 32F, warmer near lake in low-40s.

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 2d

Karen being obnoxious

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 2d

Moonset next to our 13abc broadcast tower out in Oregon yesterday morning... thanks to engineer Steve for sending this in (and keeping that tower going for us)!

A nearly-full moon about to set, next to a broadcast tower (zoomed in).

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 2d

Frost, a few showers, and a slow warming trend: Here's your forecast snapshot through mid-month in Toledo.

Toledo forecast: Frost possible away from the lake Friday morning, spotty evening showers. Stray shower possible Saturday; mid-70s by Tuesday.

Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 2d

Lesley Miller sent us this quintessential shot of the fall harvest in farm country!

📸: MKB Aerial Photography

A combine harvests wheat while kicking up dust in a field under partly sunny skies,

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 3d

REMINDER: Frost remains possible away from the lakeshore Friday morning, with lows dipping into the mid-30s in spots.

Frost advisory for many NW Ohio/SE Michigan counties for Friday morning (Oct 10).

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 3d

Expected, but not great... extreme drought has continued to expand across northwest Ohio, now extending into (parts of) 14 of our counties.

#Ohio #drought

Thursday 10/9 update: Extreme drought now extending into many Northwest Ohio counties.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 3d

We're on the back side of typical monarch migration time in our part of the country, but Anne Bishop found this one taking a nice rest on a flower at the Toledo Zoo this week. 🦋

#Ohio #butterfly #nature

A monarch butterfly with its wings open, on a pink flower.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 3d

FORECAST HIGHS: Slow warming from here, though the fall feel appears here to stay for now. We're also tracking a low trying to dive in from the north over the weekend, possibly delivering a few showers -- though most cities will remain dry.

Forecast highs for Toleedo, Ohio: low-60s Thursday, upper-60s Fri-Sun (some showers possible Saturday), low-70s Mon-Wed.

Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 3d

A stunner of a sunrise shot out at Maumee Bay this Wednesday morning!

📸: Omar Smaidy

#Ohio #sunrise #nature

Sunrise over a body of water, with cattails on the left and seagulls overhead.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 4d

Puddle Ducky got a workout in some counties on Tuesday, though rain largely missed our airport sensors in the Toledo metro area. (Keep in mind, we had some 0.5"+ readings near the mall and downtown). How much did you record where you live?

Tuesday rain totals in NW Ohio/SE Michigan: 0.03" at Toledo Express, compared to 0.25-0.5" in Michigan counties and 0.75-1" farther south.

Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 4d

My thanks to Dr. Martin-Carrillo at University College Dublin for his expertise here! The fact this thing pulsed for a full day is nuts.

13abc.com @13abc.com · 4d

It's a celestial event that has astronomers both excited and puzzled. Dan Smith has the story of how a gamma-ray burst across the universe is turning heads in the space science community. 📡💥

Moment of Science: Daylong repeating gamma-ray burst stuns astronomers

It's a celestial event that has astronomers both excited and puzzled. Dan Smith has the story of how a gamma-ray burst across the universe is turning heads in the space science community. 📡💥

www.13abc.com

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 4d

10-DAY: Our temperature bars will look much like the leaves slowly turning through mid-month. We'll have midweek highs in the 60s behind this evening's front, with patchy frost possible west of Toledo Thursday/Friday mornings.

10-day forecast for Toledo, Ohio: low-60s Wed/Thu (patchy frost Thu/Fri AM), rising slowly through the mid-70s by early next week.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 5d

Here comes the cold front! Temperatures will dip to the mid-40s by sunrise Wednesday, only warming to the low-60s that afternoon.

#Michigan #Ohio #weather

3:30pm temps in NW Ohio/SE Michigan: low-70s Toledo, upper-70s south, mid-50s Hillsdale.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 5d

RADAR: Eyes to the west along/north of the state line, for some downpours mixing in with the lighter rain behind.

#Michigan #Ohio #weather

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 5d

E.T. traded in the bike for a plane, apparently... OUTSTANDING shot of last night's harvest #moon from viewer Olivia Bertok! 🌕✈️

A jumbo jet in silhouette over a full moon in white.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 5d

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 5d

FORECAST HIGHS: No 80s on the board for at least the next week... the last time that happened in Toledo was late August through September 1st. Watch for off-and-on showers clearing by sunset Tuesday, then staying dry again for several days. Patchy frost is possible west of I-75 Thursday/Friday AM.

Forecast highs for Toledo, Ohio: low-70s and falling (scattered showers) Tuesday, low-60s Wed/Thu, warming to low-70s for the weekend.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 5d

Mother Nature seems to have gotten the memo that early/mid-October is our average first frost west of I-75! Both Thursday/Friday mornings will try to dip to the mid-30s out that way.

#Ohio #frost #weather

Thursday/Friday morning patchy frost possible, mainly west of I-75 in NW Ohio/SE Michigan.

Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 6d

After careful review, @nws.noaa.gov has upgraded a June tornado in North Dakota to EF-5 status -- the first since Moore, OK in May 2013. Estimated peak winds: 210+ mph. 🌪️

#tornado #weather

Enderlin, ND tornado from June 20th has been upgraded to EF-5 (210+ mph estimated peak wind). 3 deaths as this twister was on the ground for 19 minutes. Several fully loaded grain hopper train cars were tipped over, and an empty tanker car was tossed nearly 500 ft.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 6d

A lone glider skims the tranquil waters of Lake Erie off Catawba Island at Saturday's sunrise. 🌅

📸: Julie

#Ohio #sunrise #nature

An orange sunrise, with many high-level cloud streaks over a body of water. A bird in silhouette flies near the water's surface in the middle distance.

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Meteorologist Dan Smith @dansmithweather.bsky.social · 6d

10-DAY: One more day of the mid-80s in Toledo, before that cold front brings scattered thundershowers Tuesday -- and midweek 60s in its wake.

#Toledo #weather

10-day forecast for Toledo, Ohio: mid-80s Monday, rain overnight/Tuesday, 60s Wed-Fri, 70s next week.

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