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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 23m

A La Niña Advisory has been issued, meaning that La Niña conditions have been observed in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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A graphic announcing the issuance of a La Niña Advisory on October 9, 2025. The text reads: "La Niña conditions have been observed in the tropical Pacific Ocean and are expected to continue through the December 2025 to February 2026 timeframe."

A graphic showing a map of the Pacific Ocean with sea surface temperatures. A rectangular box labeled "key monitoring region" highlights a band of cooler-than-average water along the equator, indicating La Niña conditions.

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SportsCenter (Unofficial) @sportscenter-2.bsky.social · 10h

TORONTO MOVES ON TO THE ALCS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016 🚨

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 11h

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed

Alt: Sigh from "The Office" TV show

media.tenor.com

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 11h

Storm chasers frequent convenience stores. The most annoying customers, IMHO, are those slowly selecting scratch-off lottery tickets.

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Baseball Observer @baseballobserver.bsky.social · 15h

MLB playoffs 2025: Tigers roar back to fend off elimination, force ALDS Game 5 vs. Mariners with explosive Game 4 rally

Through four innings Wednesday, the Detroit Tigers looked dead in the water.

sports.yahoo.com

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 14h

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Dr. Brad Illston @bradillston.bsky.social · 16h

The School of Meteorology and College of Atmos. & Geog. Sci. at the Univ. of Oklahoma is looking for a Researcher with experience in field work and instrumentation. Message me if you need more information. Apply at the link below.

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Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

ou.taleo.net

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h

Breaking news: A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly starting the Palisades Fire, a blaze that raged for weeks, killing 12 people and destroying a huge swath of homes in the Los Angeles area in January.

Man arrested, accused of starting deadly Palisades fire in California

The fire killed 12 and destroyed more than 23,000 acres, part of a series of firestorms that devastated the Los Angeles area in January.

wapo.st

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WeatherMatrix @weathermatrix.bsky.social · 21h

More amazing ISS astronaut images, this time of Typhoon Halong yesterday. x.com/Astro_Kimiya...

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Peter Mullinax @wxmvpete.bsky.social · 1d

Heavy rain is coming to the Southwest over the next 7 days thanks to Priscilla late week & the trailing East Pacific disturbance this weekend. Flooding is going to be a problem the second half of the week in heavily impacted areas, along complex terrain, & over burn scars.

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Tomer Burg @burgwx.bsky.social · 1d

[Thread] Following along with the NE US weekend forecast & wondering why models are all over the place with the nor'easter?

Here's a good place to start: notice how a potent cutoff low in the 12z ECMWF is completely missing in the following 18z ECMWF run - only 96 hours out!

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 2d

7am: A line of showers is generally weakening as it moves eastward across central Illinois. This is along a cold front that will provide a return to seasonable temperatures.

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 2d

September 2025 precipitation percentage of normal. For the Contiguous U.S., it was the 3rd driest September in nearly 60 years.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 2d

Champaign-Urbana: Prepared to get ripped off on the rain

National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 2d

Periods of heavy rainfall today and tomorrow (Tuesday) could lead to isolated to scattered flash flooding across portions of the Ohio Valley and central Appalachians. Avoid flloded roadways and turn around, dont drown!

weather.gov

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Dave Sills 🌪️🎶⚓ @davesills.ca · 2d

Here's the radar at right about the time of the the EF5 damage near Enderlin, ND, from KMVX (Fargo). Intense azimuthal shear.

Given there was a massive, high-intensity QLCS bearing down on the area, I have to wonder if the QLCS had an influence on the supercell/tornado intensity at Enderlin. #NDwx

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 2d

We were on the same storm! I wanted absolutely *NOTHING* to do with that derecho in a university fan full of students

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 2d

Collection of damage photos and survey information on the EF-5 Enderlin, ND, tornado from NWS Grand Forks: www.weather.gov/media/fgf/En...

www.weather.gov

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 2d

It should be noted that there certainly have been tornadoes in the past ~12 years (since the previous "most recent" EF5) that had 3 s, 10 m winds well in excess of 200 mph. However, there just haven't been damage indicators to capture those (largely because few DIs can 'hold out' to >200 mph).

IEMBot Grand Forks @fgf.weather.im · 2d

#FGF issues Public Information Statement (PNS) at Oct 6, 9:30 AM CDT ...Enderlin Tornado #1 Upgraded to EF-5... Link

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Scott Bachmeier @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · 2d

After further investigation, Enderlin tornado #1 in North Dakota on 20 June 2025 was upgraded to an EF-5 (the first EF-5 since 20 May 2013 in Moore OK!). More imagery and details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl... #NDwx