Jonathan Hunter @chattwjonathan@qoto.org
Meteorologist, Trucking Industry, Accident Investigation, Chattanooga FC fan, Tennessee Based, Husband, Father of 2
Joined Nov 2022
Just wanted to see if this worked on Mastodon. Probably not but who knows?
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New article by Darren Ficklin et al on "Influence of the 2021 Brood X cicada emergence on near surface hydrology in forested and urban landscapes" finds that cicada burrows only had an impact on near surface hydrologic processes at *undisturbed* sites. Soil compaction at disturbed sites likely was too much for the cicadas to overcome!
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.14822
Both of my kids love Bran cereal. Good for them. At least it's one healthy thing they'll eat.
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I posted a version of this graphic a couple weeks ago, but based on discussions, here is the change in snow cover length season just since the start of the satellite era (1979). Same story: the length of the snow cover season is getting shorter almost everywhere in Alaska. Data from Rantanen 2023 using ERA5.
#akwx #winter #snow #ClimateChange
@Climatologist49 @capture907 @anisian
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Automated vehicle tests coming to Ohio under the management by ODOT, both in Rural SE Ohio, and on U.S. 33 with truck platoons
There is another program for automated trucks on the I-70 coming this year in conjunction with Indiana.
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Here are pics my husband took on his way home from work. #DeerPark is part of his regular commute. You can see train cars flipped over and the fires due to the refineries flaring.
How school was very near the #tornado that passed through #houston today, but thankfully it missed them. Thinking about all who experienced loss, and of the poor animal shelter in Pasadena 😿
Winter snow totals from the storm pushing in to the Ohio Valley keep coming in lower than expected (though the Ozarks of NW Arkansas still got 1'!), but the road delays have been relatively low for this size of a storm. #roadweather
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Impressive aurora display over Iceland tonight… Photos from @emily_maeson
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Here's a video Selma, Alabama resident Bailey Harris sent me from the historic district in town after tornado damage. The white building is Sturdivant Hall. #selma
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Plenty of severe #weather was reported to NWS Storm Prediction Center for January 12th
Reports can be viewed individually here: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html
All the plants that are usually green are frost-burned to an unhealthy shade of brown from that cold snap in Chattanooga.
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In one hour, Denver went from 42° and blowing dust, to 5° and light snow falling with a wind chill of -19°!
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#WindChill minimums over the next three nights. Few places unscathed. Some spots near -70. #uswx #arcticoutbreak
Commenters on Reddit familiar with RR repair said they expected a line like this to reopen within 24-48hrs, and this appears to be correct!
Is it going to snow in #Chattanooga? Probably.
Timeframe? Approximately a 2-3 hour window after midnight early Friday morning, most likely around 3am
Is snow going to accumulate in Chattanooga? No.
Is snow going to accumulate in the mountains? Perhaps a light dusting in shade. (why the shade at night? Because the ground temp will be lower)
BUT, the real issue is not any of that.
The real issue is the cold / wind coming in behind it. It might be 10-15F when you wake up on Friday morning, with some icy spots, because everything wet will have frozen.
Probably not terrible for getting around, but extremely dangerous on a personal level when outside like this.
My biggest concern is you literally don't own a coat warm enough for this weather.
You need to layer when going outside, and cover exposed skin as much as possible. A couple pairs of pants. A couple of shirts. Thickest gloves.
Stay Warm
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For those that are not big fans of the brutally cold air that will blast much of the U.S. east of the Rockies over the next five days, never fear. Warmer days are coming back in a week or so.
Video of the train derailment in Collegedale - originally posted on facebook, but I prefer twitter links still.
This massive oversized concrete girder is being delivered to the new road project to the upper left of the prior overhead shot. In fact, that appears to be the truck entering the work zone.
Huge delay incoming. These are supposed to be escorted loads. Just absolutely devastating overall besides the 2 reported injuries.
Meteorologist, Trucking Industry, Accident Investigation, Chattanooga FC fan, Tennessee Based, Husband, Father of 2
Joined Nov 2022
