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Roger Edwards Profile picture
Roger Edwards
@SkyPixWeather
Severe weather, photography, science, & sports. I feast on the smorgasbord of atmospheric violence! Fiercely independent thinker. True-life Horatio Alger story.
Jun 12, 2024 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
🧵Paid respects today.

These names matter. Their legacy matters.

No storm observer with a conscience forgets his/her first killer tornado. For me, this was that.

Unknowingly, & unable to alert anyone anyway, I watched this happen. Why? . #sdwx Image We first saw the big tornado cross the road a few miles S as we emerged from the somehow hail-free, near-side forward-flank core. [Yes, it *was* a stupid approach angle, and still is. Not recommended!]

My chase partner tried like hell to raise someone—anyone—on HAM radio.
Dec 11, 2021 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
1/12) A thread from somebody who has forecast, chased, and formally researched tornadoes for decades. This footage from the main part of Mayfield (NE of the candle factory) is awful... 2/12) ...reminiscent to me of scenes from historic events like Waco-53, Wichita Falls-79, Spencer SD-98, Tuscaloosa-11, Joplin-11, Moore (thrice!), etc. The collapsed buildings and slabbed houses in particular will tell a terrible story.
May 6, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
TCTOR is complete for 2019. This gives us 25 years of meteorologically analyzed/gathered tropical-cyclone #tornado data (since 1995, WSR-88D era). Here's a summary. More... A few bulk charts for your interest/pleasure, starting with all 95-19 TCTOR locations. Most occur within 500 km of coast. More...
May 21, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
1/9 Those rooting for long-track tornadoes & destruction yesterday probably were wondering what went "wrong" with the forecast. Those not as sadistic wondered what we missed w/overforecasting in a results-based sense. I have ideas from deep professional/scientific experience. 2/9 Dedicated scientific forecasters are like best NFL cornerbacks: shake off previous blown coverage, be better next play, but learn from it in film room. Data is our "film room". Atmosphere speaks the language of data. We ought to listen/read its language.