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Simon Brewer
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Meteorologist, Storm Chaser, Journalist & Photographer: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, & Winter Storms
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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 1d
#MegawedgeMonday
May 31, 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma

Megawedge (noun) - defined as a visually wedge-shaped tornado with respect to the observer from a wall cloud or updraft base to Earth's surface with a diameter equal to or greater than 1.5 miles in diameter.
#okwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 4d
What a year 2025 has been so far!
Still 5+ weeks to go...
with @JustonStrmRider

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 8d
Radar vs. View:
Intense convective snowband training off Lake Erie over Buffalo, NY creates what looks to be a WALL OF SNOW!
OTD 3 years ago, @ 3:36 AM EST 17 November 2022 from NW side of Buffalo looking south.
@NWSBUFFALO #NYwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 8d
OTD 11 years ago on November 17-19 2014, and again 3 years ago on November 17-19 2022, I documented epic lake effect snow events over the Buffalo and Southtowns area.
#NYwx #LakeEffect #snow #thundersnow

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webberweather.bsky.social @webberweather.bsky.social · 8d
Cool study came out earlier this yr looking at the dynamical origins of the extreme 2023 Heatwave in the Desert SW

They concluded that the warm Tropical Atlantic was the primary culprit

The partial regression analysis (left) & AGCM forcing (right) are pretty telling
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 8d
November 17th, 1999:

Hurricane Lenny became the first hurricane ever to strike the islands of the Lesser Antilles from the west. The menacing Category 4 storm was dubbed "backward or left-handed Lenny" because of its unusual motion.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 11d
Colors of November 2025

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 13d
Aurora Borealis shining over... Dayton, Ohio tonight!!!
Beautiful colors!
What a powerful solar storm!
#ohwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 15d
NEW VIDEO from a HUMAN!!!
Indiana Lake Effect Snow:
First decent lake effect snow event of the season over Northwest Indiana
#inwx
youtu.be/gUX5HbQpIvE?...

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 16d
First snowflakes of the season mixing with some rain over the Eastside of Dayton, Ohio at 4:00 pm EST on November 9, 2025. #ohwx #snow

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 21d
Just a reminder the National Debt crisis and resulting government shutdown was created by the unnecessary massive tax cuts for the Top 0.1%

Trickle Down Economics doesn't work

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 23d
November might be the most interesting month for extreme weather in the USA. Potential for tornadoes, hurricanes, Nor'easters, and intense lake effect snow.
#November

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 25d
Happy Halloween 2025!!!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27d
JD Vance is lying. He knows he’s lying. But he doesn’t care. Trump has taught Vance & all the others in my former political party that the truth doesn’t matter.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 27d
Certain the US Government could've sold every brick and window of the White House East Wing as historical momentos and cherished keepsakes to and for the US Citizens/Tax Payers, instead of just obliterating and trashing a historical structure... but what do I know! SMH
#stupid

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 27d
October 29-30th, 2011:
A nor'easter swept up the Appalachians into New England. Over a foot of snow fell from West Virginia to Maine, with more than two feet in Massachusetts and New Hampshire mountains. Winds over 50 mph were reported on Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 27d
Something like this hasn't happened since 1935: a high-end, sub-900mb CAT 5 Tropical Cyclone made landfall at/near peak intensity in the Atlantic Basin. The October 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa Jamaica landfall event is a rare meteorological moment in history.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 28d
Appears CAT 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica with an incredibly low estimated minimum central pressure of 892 mb and devastating maximum sustained winds of 185 mph with higher gusts possibly exceeding 200 mph. Also, tornado or tornado-like whirls possible!

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 29d
Have to wonder if the Jamaican high terrain and/or trochoidal wobbles will have a significant impact on the potential landfall location of CAT 5 Hurricane Melissa. Localized enhanced steering currents can develop between the core of tropical cyclones and high terrain islands...

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 29d
Incredible outflow channel ventilation for CAT 5 Hurricane Melissa over the Caribbean.
The most intense tropical cyclones typically have massive outflow channels like these.
October 27, 2025 #Jamaica

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webberweather.bsky.social @webberweather.bsky.social · 29d
Even with all of the structural, intensity, and SST/OHC changes underneath Hurricane #Melissa the last few days, the diurnal cycle still remains undefeated and inevitable

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Simon Brewer, Andrew L. Whitehead

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 29d
Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa.

Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 29d
CAT 5 Hurricane Melissa looks incredibly intense on satellite just south of Jamaica. The storm is likely to turn north today and tomorrow and cause catastrophic damage over Jamaica as a powerhouse.

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · Oct 26
October 26th, 2010:

A dynamic extratropical cyclone produced a wide array of significant weather events in the central & eastern US. 63 twisters and hundreds of damaging wind reports were spawned by a high risk derecho event & tornado outbreak. In the Upper Midwest, a blizzard occurred.
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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Oct 26
#weatherpicofday
Documented 7 tornadoes over Southwest Kansas between the communities of Dodge City and Cold Water during a regional coldcore outbreak OTD 19 years ago, October 26, 2006. Most were landspout variety with triplets at one point. w/ Mark McGowan #KSwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Oct 26
Hurricane Melissa looks like an absolute beast this morning. It appears to slowly be chugging toward Jamaica and then Cuba the next few days. These islands will probably get incredible amounts of rainfall likely resulting in devastating floods and mudslides. #HurricaneMelissa

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Oct 24
Warm-up those cars before you head out this morning! Freeze/frost out there!
Dayton, Ohio October 24, 2025 #ohwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Oct 23
Fall colors are popping!
October 22, 2025 Dayton, Ohio
#ohwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Oct 23
OTD 25 years ago, October 22, 2000, I saw my first tornado over the Southeast-side of Oklahoma City, OK with friend and fellow newbie storm chaser Jim Bishop.
Saw powerflashes from a tornado near Crossroads Mall. Later, we were hit by possibly the same circulation northeast of the mall. #OKwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · Oct 23
OTD 3 year ago tonight, October, 22, 2022, I was in Nayarit, Mexico waiting for Category 4 #Hurricane #Roslyn. It made landfall during early morning hours the following day, the 23rd, as a strong CAT 3.
Please watch the chase video below:
youtu.be/UGIByoYXqoo?...