Fall has arrived! 🍂 To celebrate the #FirstDayOfFall, we've made a list of all the ways you can get outside and enjoy what many praise as the best weather of the year!

THREAD ⬇️ 🍎🍏 Apple picking 🍏🍎

We can't think of a better (or tastier!) socially-distanced outing. Put on your flannel, search for your nearest orchard, and get to picking! Send us a pie, please 🥧

#Sally continues its slow & dangerous trek inland. With max sustained winds at 105 mph, it remains a Cat 2 storm, battering the Gulf Coast with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain.

Sally's northern eyewall has made it onshore; landfall is expected w/in the next 1-2 hours or so Several feet of storm surge is likely as winds from #Sally push water onshore.

It's #NationalWildlifeDay! 🐻🐸🦊

No matter the forecast, our planet's animals always seem to have it figured out. Here's some examples of wildlife with wild relationships with the weather (say that five times fast)!

THREAD ⬇️ Many animals seem to be able to predict the weather.

One example is frogs, who are said to croak louder when a storm is brewing 🐸 ⛈️

One of our meteorologists inputed the current storm surge forecast into Google Earth to see what it will look like in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

H/t to @SDBrownWX, our very own data wizard 🧙‍♂️ (seriously, it's in his email signature).

THREAD ⬇️ 9+ feet of surge is expected over a widespread area, including both urban and suburban neighborhoods.

We're declaring today #MarsMonday! In anticipation of our LIVE coverage of the historic @NASAPersevere launch Wednesday and Thursday, let's look at some fascinating facts about the Red Planet's weather...

THREAD ⬇️ @NASAPersevere A year on Earth is 365 days, but what about Mars? One year on Mars would be equivalent to 687 Earth days, but 668 "sols" (Mars days)! One sol is about 39 minutes longer than an Earth day.

BREAKING: As of the 5 p.m. ET update, #Hanna is now forecast to become a hurricane upon landfall in Texas. Both hurricane and tropical storm warnings are active along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Last night, we had survival instructor (and host of our show, SOS: How to Survive) Creek Stewart on @wunderground to talk about clever hacks to beat the heat!

THREAD OF TIPS ⬇️ @wunderground 1️⃣ Focus on your pulse points! A wet bandana around your neck can really cool you down.

Post-#Fay, there's no tropical formation expected this week. In these periods of calm, how do you and your family prepare yourselves and your home in case a storm hits?

We'll share tips we suggest below. 1. Have an evacuation plan in place! Know where you'll go, and think about how #COVID19 may affect your plans.

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#RaceToSaveThePlanet starts now! We'll be live-tweeting below this post. Follow along, and let us know your thoughts.

In the next hour, we'll be visiting the following swing states ⬇️ First up: Texas.

In a state that's becoming increasingly blue, will climate change be a significant issue to voters this year? We're speaking to some now.

Today is #BestFriendsDay, so we wanted to take the time to share a few of our favorite meteorologist friendships... 👫

Thread ⬇️ You know them, you love them, and they really love each other, too! Your @AMHQ trio whose faces greet you every weekday morning: @JimCantore, @StephanieAbrams, and @JenCarfagno.

While social distancing has made it a bit more difficult to appreciate the full beauty of spring, there are still plenty of ways you can enjoy the season while being safe.

THREAD ⬇️ Take a virtual tour of 113 National Parks! From caverns and canyons to monuments and mountains, at least one is bound to have good weather 😉

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[Thread] Water comes slowly at first. Skies open up in the afternoon now. People start avoiding certain streets at high tide. The nuisances pile up. Houses get raised, then raised again. Insurance people are talking about “repetitive loss properties.” Homeowners are worrying. Or the water comes suddenly. In the high tide during a nor’easter that breaks records. Or in the sudden downpour that causes rivers to overrun their banks yet again. Or in the hurricane that floods neighborhoods that never flooded before.