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Pat Hyland
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AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist (#771) | Forensic Meteorologist | Outreach Specialist | Trivia Host | Marathoner | Game Show Champion
Possible goofballs in northwest Tennessee
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The double cheeseburger at Bar Arbolada in OKC is next level
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Peak color in OKC 🍁 #okwx
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wind Warning in effect for St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada as a strong area of low pressure moves across the easternmost city in North America
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You can see the smoke plume from the UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky from the KLVX radar
November 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 polar-orbiting satellite made an extremely fortuitous pass over Hurricane Melissa right before it made landfall in Jamaica to provide these stunning images of one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in history
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Per the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Melissa made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica with estimated maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and an estimated minimum central pressure of 892 mb
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
At a loss for words - about as textbook of a devastating Category 5 as you’ll ever see
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hurricane Melissa just eclipsed Hurricane Patricia (2015) for the highest ADT ever recorded (T8.5 intensity)
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The view of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa's pinhole eye from 22,000+ miles above the Earth as sunset nears 🛰️🌀
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft had to vacate Hurricane Melissa early during their reconnaissance flight due to severe turbulence in the southwestern eyewall 😳
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Hurricane Hunters (53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron) are actively providing weather reconnaissance and data sampling for Hurricane Melissa 🌀

Thank you to these individuals (and all essential employees) that are working tirelessly to protect life and property during the shutdown without pay
October 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
GOES-19 satellite view of Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification into a major Category 4 hurricane over the past 24 hours 🌀
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The OKC Thunder just became the first team in NBA History to start a season with two double-overtime (2OT) games…and they won both of them #ThunderUp
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
New album cover just dropped🗼🇫🇷
October 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fingers are numb, brain is mush, but my cup is full 😌

Another amazing @nwas.org Annual Meeting in the books!

Our Social Media team pushed out more than 1000 posts covering presentations, special sessions, workshops, Showcases, and so much more!

Let’s do it again real soon ✌️ #NWAS25
September 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
📍 #NWAS25
September 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Enjoying lounge life on the way to #NWAS25!
September 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Mesmerizing view of the eye of Hurricane Kiko 🌀
September 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Excited to represent Haag, a Salas O'Brien Company, at the 2025 @nwas.org Annual Meeting in Huntsville, Alabama (September 6-10, 2025)! #NWAS25

Looking forward to connecting with colleagues across the weather enterprise and showcasing careers in forensic meteorology!
September 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ever seen a “volnado” before?

Check out this video from USGS of a whirlwind kicking up loose ash deposits along the active fountain and flow within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater of Kilauea!

According to USGS, these whirlwinds have been documented during several eruptive episodes downwind of the eruption
September 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The procurement of the next phased array radar (PAR) R&D instrument, a Rotating PAR that would provide 360° surveillance with vastly improved spatial/temporal resolution compared to the 88-D network, was cancelled

PAR technology has so much promise to improve the protection of life and property
August 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Incredible video from Arizona State University Football of the haboob that moved through the Tempe area earlier this evening
August 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Our upcoming “False Fall” in Oklahoma (highs in the 70s and lows in the 60s) is brought to you courtesy of 60°N latitude #okwx 🍁
August 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Stunning satellite view showing the incredible size of Hurricane Erin this morning
August 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM