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Jeff Masters
@DrJeffMasters
Hurricane scientist for NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-90. Co-founded Weather Underground in 1995. Semi-retired, I write about extreme weather and climate change.
Aug 19, 2024 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
Climate change will inevitably stop being a hazy future concern and will someday turn everyday life upside down. At the risk of causing counterproductive doomism, I offer observations and speculations on how the planetary crisis may play out. 1/25 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when-w… Like John Wesley Powell's 1st Grand Canyon expedition, we're in an ever-deepening chasm of climate change impacts, forced to run a perilous course through dangerous rapids of unknown ferocity. Our path is fraught with great peril. 2/25
Jul 25, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
As reported by @WeatherProf, Manatee Bay, FL, recorded an astonishing sea surface temperature (SST) of 101.1°F (38.4°C) at a depth of 5' today, and also hit 100.2°F (37.9°C) yesterday -- common hot tub temperatures! An SST of 101.1°F could be a world record. A 🧵 1/9 Image Was the 101.1°F SST believable compared to the air temperature? The air temperature at Key Largo peaked at 95°F, with winds of 0-8 mph during the afternoon. With such light winds, sunlit shallow water surrounded by dark land can have an SST that exceeds the air temperature. 2/9
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