Steam devils at sunrise, over Lake Thunderbird early this morning

I’m running on three hours of sleep and the wonder of nature baby

Hurricane Melissa's extreme Category 5 eyewall, rapid core disintegration over Jamaica, and subsequent rapid reintensification on approach to southeastern Cuba. Landfall is ongoing 20 mi/32 km west of Santiago de Cuba.

The clock has just about run out on Melissa’s restrengthening period as its eyewall approaches the Sierra Maestra mountains. Even though it’s still extremely dangerous, I’m happy to see it didn’t intensify as much as I feared it would.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall today near Black River, Jamaica with 185 mph winds and is currently re-emerging near Falmouth. If you have the means, I strongly encourage you to consider donating to a relief effort.

Direct Relief: donate.directrelief.org/give/647931#...

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Full loop of the Fujiwhara effect between hurricanes Humberto and Imelda up to the present! I plan to update this with the rest of Imelda's lifespan as it drifts out of frame in 3-7 days.

I love seeing the way the tail materializes out of thin air and the rush of the inflow into the stacked plates above.

While the contrast wasn't the best even with a lot of boosting, you can see the thin streaks of virga getting slung around the updraft.

Incredible structure yesterday in Laverne, Oklahoma!

- September 8, 2025

Huge dust devil west of El Reno, Oklahoma at 3:25 PM CDT, just south of I-40 at mile markers 118-119 #okwx

August 24, 2025 - Reydon, Oklahoma

Watch the forward-flank downdraft come crashing down on my position