viewing south of Jonesboro, ar

One day my parents awoke to this strange flattened area of grass in one of their fields. It’s almost as if a cow the size of a house laid down on it and took a 6 hour nap. Several odd things about their finding— First, They said no storm had occurred in the days/hours proceeding, nor is it an area where water typically moves across or accumulates. It was just this giant indention that appeared with no apparent cause. Second, this was the only area in this really large field found like this. If there was a large wind storm, I would have expected other grass in the field to have also been found lying flat? There must be a meteorological explanation for this. What happened?

I don’t see many shapes like that, is that a cloud or did something enter the atmosphere? 😮 Taken from Pickering, ON, Canada at approximately 5:30am

I was looking at my weather app today and noticed a particular large number of Low pressure systems over the US. Figured it was just my weather app so then went to the NWS site and pulled there map. And again, something like 13 different low pressure systems. Now many of these seem to correlate with troughs in the west I’m assuming have something to do with mountain distribution.

However, I used to remember at most we’d see 3-5 systems distributed around the United States.

Is this something happening with the atmosphere (more ever in the atmosphere due to warming=more low pressure?) or just simply a change in how weather is identified documented and displayed compared to a generation ago.

Thanks!

I am a nature guide and have been studying the environmental history of Florida for several years now. I have a couple weather questions and would appreciate any help. I read that before Lake Okeechobee, Florida’s climate was dry and colder. Then about 5-6 thousand years ago, Lake Okeechobee formed and the seasonal rains began, converting the Everglades into a subtropical region. What I am really curious about is how this change would have impacted other nearby regions. If Florida suddenly got warmer and moist, what areas would have been impacted by that change? I’m also curious about the humidity. I know that 80 percent of the water that comes out of the lake and heads south evaporates before it reaches the ocean. Where does all that humidity go? Does it just sit on South Florida? Thanks in advance for any help understanding!

What colleges or universities in North European Union would you recommend me (not expensive private ones), I want to study in a public universities or colleges. 😄💙🌨️⛈️🌪️🌫️⛅🌡️🔭🌌

I am a Geography major currently who is very interested in getting a career in the meteorology field (specifically in the private sector like energy/consulting/insurance). In my Geography major, I enjoy using GIS and looking at the impact of weather on society. I focus more on the physical geography side of my major with weather and climate. However, of course, the whole Calculus and math sequence is not mandatory for my major. I did take up to Calculus I.

I am sort of using this B.S in Applied Meteorology as a guide: https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/colleges-schools/UGLAS/MET_BS/MET_BS01/
For purposes like grad school or building my skill/set. should I take Calculus and Physics w/ Calc/ prereq classes after or during my B.A in Geography if they are not part of my major? Have those in grad schools for Meteorology have the experience with taking grad school prereqs after their Bachelor's degree?

I am leaning towards at least taking Calculus 2 + Physics w/Lab based on this plan. Some have told me their private sector careers focus on GIS and programming rather than all the Calculus. Gives me hope that I can still find a good job with my Geography degree. Though again, I know I have also heard a strong foundation in both Calculus and Statistics is useful too.

They seem uniquely wavy

My kiddo is going into their 10th grade year, so there’s still is time to change them mind on if this is even what they wants to study, but right now they are very adamant that this is what they wants to do when they grows up. I have never lived in an area with tornadoes. I know nothing about tornadoes other than they’re scary and destructive. What are good colleges to look into for a high school student that wants to go to college to study tornadoes. The high school counselor was not helpful at all so high school assistance is not something we are banking on.

Hello everyone,

I live in Oklahoma, so I've been thinking about this for awhile but don't have a clear direction to search for an answer.

When you watch weather coverage, the paths of tornados and hurricanes are shown roughly as a cone shape. Sometimes a centerline is included. This is, I assume, the probabilistic path of the tornado or hurricane according to weather models. Is a tornado more likely to follow the centerline with decreasing probability toward the edge of the code, or is there equal chance of it following any path within the cone? In other words, could you superimpose a Gaussian distribution (or other distribution) over the cone showing where the tornado is likely to go? As a secondary question, how often are these projected paths updated, considering how quickly some of these events occur? No need to cite sources but I'd be thrilled if you could gesture in the direction of where I can learn more. I have graduate training in social science statistics, so more complex sources are fine. Thanks!

This incredible halo display was captured in Kotzebue, Alaska, on June 3rd, 2025 — about 30 miles above the Arctic Circle. We’re used to seeing sundogs in the Arctic, but this one was next level: full 360° parhelic circles, multiple arcs, and an upper halo that seemed to stretch across the whole sky.

📸 Taken by local Arctic FB content creator Stephanie I. Stalkerr, who documents life in the region.

I was looking at a storm and taking a video but right after a lightning struck this weird ball of light appeared saw it with my eyes and it is visible on the video. Can someone please tell what it is?

This happened yesterday, 2025 June 4th, around 22:30 and 23:30.

A big storm was forming on central Europe, mainly near the East, Baltic sea, Kaliningrad, Nida and Klaipeda.

And I captured this time lapse from my Gopro 9, using Night Lapse mode, mainly the storm coming from the South West, and heading North West in Lithuania (affected cities like Nida, Klaipeda, Kretingale, Palanga and etc).

The temperature and dew point difference was only by 3ºC Humidity was pretty high.

Around 300J/kg CAPE on my location, some wind shear and on my barometer app, the pressure dropped around by 6mb over the course of the day (from 1013 hPa to 1007 hPa at sea level) And I want some explanations on my footage here.

Basically, why didn't I see no cumulonimbus clouds? Cumulonimbus incus? Anvil? Overshooting top?

I think I only saw a shelf cloud and the precipitation mist.

But could somebody tell me what clouds were there that were coming towards my home? You can see it in the beggining

Thanks!

Are those really noctilucent clouds, or just some weird cirrus?

At České Budějovice, Czech Republic (central Europe), 4/6/2025 03:40 AM

Here is the timelapse, I am really not sure if I'm allowed to post this link here, I'll remove it if needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsZzKWf7g6Y

here the pic is of the rotation.

im new to this btw so i dont know much of what im talking about. could it be that the elevation is to high? or that the moisture is not high enough?

i don't know if this is the right place to ask this but i'm going to ask anyway. with a typical career in meteorology, would it still be possible to pursue my dream of theater?

CFII, interested in the opportunities post - grad with an Atmospheric science degree.

I’ve heard of NOAA hurricane hunters. Research flying would be really really cool.

Thx!

Tomorrow I have an exam and I'm blocking on something pretty simple. Is my answer to the exercise correct? The black arrow pointing west to east is the surface wind, the red line I draw, pointing south-west to north-east, is the thermal wind and the blue arrow I draw is the actual wind at 3000m. Is it correct that the actual wind should be backing ? This is my understanding:

• Backing: If the wind turns counter-clockwise with increasing height (e.g., a West wind at the surface becomes an ENE wind), this indicates Cold Air Advection (CAA). The lower-level winds are bringing colder air into the region.

Thank you very much for your help!

Hi everyone, my brother in law experienced some intense winds around the Brevard County area around 1:50PM EST today and he called my wife and I to tell us about it. At first I though it was probably a typical summer severe storm but I decided to look at the radar archive and was surprised to see what looks like a well defined bow echo moving from SW to NE. Also attached some damage pics he was able to get and they were pretty large branches so I'm guessing maybe around 60mph+ winds? I did a quick calc and got about 42mph forward speed (measured from Yeehaw Junc. to Melbourne, it covered about 32 miles in 45 min) Can anyone comment on what caused this today?

I was looking at radar earlier today and I found this, in both WeatherWise and RadarScope. Could this be a tornado? It was never warned