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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hello world!
I’m a meteorologist who works in catastrophe modeling and lives in Boston. Hopefully I can find other people who want to chat about the weather or data science. R is my primary programming language.

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🎃ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🎃 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 7h

Eye wall of Hurricane Melissa

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 8h

The Sentinel-2 satellite captured this view into category 5 hurricane #Melissa's eye just before landfall today... what a shot!

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 8h

a woman in a black dress says wow

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 8h

#climaterisk #Melissa

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 14h

To understand the climate connection to Hurricane Melissa, check out our real-time attribution page at @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...

"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."

Screenshot that says "Melissa has passed over waters made 1.4°C warmer, on average, by climate change." and "Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely." along with a map of Hurricane Melissa's path.

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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 14h

Meteorologists are sounding the alarm on Hurricane Melissa: "It makes you wonder if this is going to become a new normal going forward when we get storms like this." from @mollytaft.com

Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified

The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 8h

Video shows major flooding along Santa Cruz Bypass in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Medical facilities in Black River, Jamaica destroyed following Hurricane Melissa, senator says. - NBC

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 9h

😮
#Melissa

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: Terrifying video from the town of Black River in Jamaica.

The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa

(📸 Yung Senshi)

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 11h

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections

At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 15h

AUDIO: Listen to the roar of powerful winds pounding Treasure Beach, Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches Caribbean island.

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 15h

#Melissa continues to intensify as it makes landfall. This is a terrible scenario for #Jamaica

#wxSky #HurricaneMelissa

Elisa Raffa @elisa-raffa.bsky.social · 15h

“Total structural failure is possible near the path of #Melissa’s center.”

185 mph winds, 892 mb central pressure - ranking top 5 strongest hurricanes ever in the Atlantic basin, but the most heartbreaking part…we are just hours away from landfall 😢💔

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 16h

Hurricane Melissa will make landfall in Jamaica in a few hours as one of the two strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall anywhere in the Atlantic Basin -- on par with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in south Florida.

Just horrific. The stuff of nightmares.

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 16h

This is frightening
#Melissa #wxsky

Chuck Copeland 🌀 @nchurricane.com · 17h

This meso loop of #Melissa from CIRA is absolutely stunning at it makes its closes in on landfall in southwestern Jamaica.

rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/...

#hurricanemelissa

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 16h

And winds of 180mph!!

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 17h

October 28 9:00am ET: #Melissa is now a 180 mph storm with a central pressure down to 896 millibars.

Only 5 other known Atlantic storms have had stronger wind speeds (Allen, Dorian, Wilma, Gilbert, Labor Day (1935)).

2024 & 2025: First back-to-back years with <900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record.

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 16h

With a central pressure down to 896mb as of 9am EDT, #Melissa has joined the elite sub-900mb group of Atlantic hurricanes... it is now one of just seven:

Wilma 2005: 882mb
Gilbert 1988: 888mb
Labor Day 1935: 892mb
Rita 2005: 895mb
Milton 2024: 895mb
Melissa 2025: 896mb
Allen 1980: 899mb

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 17h

#NHC update statement on #Mellisa at 9am. 896mb!!!! 😯😯

#wxsky #weatherSky #hurricaneMelissa #majorhurricane #weather

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 18h

He keeps digging a deeper hole

homer simpson is digging a grave in a cemetery

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 19h

This is jaw dropping
#Melissa #wxSky

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

A US Air Force plane flew inside Hurricane Melissa on Monday over the Caribbean, revealing a rare weather phenomenon known as the ‘stadium effect’.

Forecasters say the Category 5 storm is set to be Jamaica’s most destructive on record and is expected to make landfall on Tuesday.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 1d

The western end of Jamaica where #Melissa is projected to make landfall has the least well-built structures of anyplace on the island. Graphic is from a 2021 paper, "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica": www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 1d

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

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Dr. Athena Masson @weathergoddess.bsky.social · 21h

#HurricaneMelissa is a buzzsaw of a storm this morning. Pressure still dropping. 901mb. Only six Atlantic hurricanes have reached barometric pressure in the 800s. The record for lowest pressure is Wilma (2005) - 882mb. Landfall expected in #Jamaica later today. #wx

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 21h

I’m surprised Melissa keeps intensifying. Normally, I would expect an eyeball replacement cycle to start at some point. Though it doesn’t want to and just keeps getting bigger and raising the ceiling for what I thought was a worse case scenario for Jamaica.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 1d

11PM: Melissa a little stronger. Pressure has dropped to 903 mb, making it the 9th strongest storm on record in the Atlantic. The winds may still increase slightly overnight due to pressure drop.
Gusts are now up to 215 mph.
#melissa #hurricane #jamaica

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 21h

Ugh, the other site, I was curious if I was missing anything and popped back in for a second. It was a great reminder to stay here.