The Weather Thread

So far from this storm 5.2 inches of rain in the bay area

@NWSBayArea
24 Hour rainfall reports. As expected the highest amounts are in the Santa Cruz mountains

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@US50chains
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HELD: South Lake Tahoe(94) to South Lake Tahoe(98)
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CHAINS: 4 Mi East Of Placerville to Echo Summit
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@LakeTahoeUSFS
Considerable #avalanche danger across the Tahoe Basin today! Follow @sierraavalanche
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Forest / Wild Fire in Ukraine on April 05 2020 06:14 AM (UTC).


A fire has broken out in a Ukrainian forest within the thousand-square-mile exclusion zone of the abandoned nuclear power plant at Chernobyl. Two firefighting planes and a helicopter were deployed to the scene. A forest caught fire in the exclusion zone around the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in Ukraine on Saturday.

Around 90 firefighters were deployed to extinguish the blaze, which quickly spread over 20 hectares, according to the civil protection agency in Kyiv.A helicopter and two water-carrying aircraft were also called upon to help battle the fire. Chernobyl was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster when in April 1986, the No.4 reactor exploded, causing large quantities of radioactive material to disperse in the atmosphere...

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@TropicsWeather
#CycloneHarold, much weaker, has exited #Vanuatu, and is undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle. It now possesses winds of 115 kt and pressure of 942 millibars while moving east. Pinhole has appeared again, but that tiny eyewall will be spinning around the larger eye.

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100 percent fruit losses in many parts of central Europe and the Balkans
One of the coldest April mornings in decades.

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@tan123
April Blizzard Buries Iceland Under 5 ft (1.5 m) of Snow: Hveragerdi residents called it "the largest snow they had ever seen in their town" - Electroverse

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@weatheroptics
Violent line of severe thunderstorms pushing southeast of Indianapolis and Bloomington, IN right now. #Tornado warning in place but nothing confirmed yet. Regardless, gusts easily 75+ mph near Franklin, IN. Damage likely.

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@NWSHanford
Widespread light to moderate precipitation continues acrosst the southern San Joaquin Valley and the Kern County Mountains and Desert. Use extra caution driving as roads will be slick. Activity will shift south through the day, affecting mainly Kern County this evening.

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It has been raining for close to 4 days now. 2 inches in the rain gauge for the last two days. Unbelievable for this area!!

Starting tomorrow night, up to a foot of snow in our area! Ready for it!

@ReedTimmerAccu
GORILLA HAIL destroys Subaru, blows out windshield, sunroof, back window, side mirrors with baseball garage in CRANE County, TX! Top 3 core punch in all my time storm chasing. Part 1 /4 hail insanity. Never stop chasing. Check out the storm on radar, hail sizes at @RadarOmega_WX

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@NWSHanford
Here is a picture of snow rollers as seen yesterday (4/10/20) in the Southern Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 8,700 feet.
Snow rollers are rare and usually only a few inches wide.
These snow rollers were up to two feet in diameter.
Picture submitted by Brice Jury

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We are having a blizzard today, really coming down. About 10 inches of snow and blowing hard. Storm warning until midnight!

I was born and raised in southern Ohio near Portsmouth.

@crankywxguy
Upton projecting an extreme wind event.

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@NWSGreatFalls
630 pm - Falling / blowing snow with northerly wind gusts up to 25 mph continue to reduce visibility to less one mile over Central MT mountain passes. Roads will become very icy as the sun sets. Be careful driving out there! #MTwx

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The weather is sunny, with cold nights and medium warm days for Russian Spring. Flowers and other greens springing to life. Weather station showing +4.9C outside now. Talking about weather stations, mine is a professional one with rain gauge and all from Misolie on ALiExpress, hasn't failed me in these six months of service yet, survived the winter just fine. FineOffset and Ecowitt compatible.

@livewxradar
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TORNADO WATCH to 8 PM CDT for AR LA & MS A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes Wind gusts to 80 mph & 2" Hail
Get Radar w/ warnings at [link to weather.pub]

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@VortexChasing
Tornado debris signature just southeast of Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

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@livewxradar
SEVERE STORM OUTLOOK
for this afternoon
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@breakingweather
All flights at Monroe Regional Airport are cancelled until further notice after a tornado-warned storm ripped through the area. Planes appeared to be tossed around with significant damage reported:

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@weatherdak
In this loop is the storm that produced a tornado in Monroe, LA.

Damage:

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@WeatherNation
A SEVERE T-STORM WATCH has been issued for parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, & Texas until 8 PM CT. Wind gusts of 70 mph, hail up to 2" in diameter, & an isolated tornado are possible.

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@hector2X
Hail on US 95 @NWSVegas
#Hail #nvwx

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@weatheroptics
Mesoscale models continue to paint a grave picture tomorrow across the biggest cities in the Northeast –Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston all have the potential to see peak wind gusts in excess of 60 mph. Gusts 70+ mph along the coast. Peak winds 9 AM - 5 PM W to E.

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@DanZarrow
A TORNADO WATCH has been issued for 16 NJ counties until 6pm. A watch is a formal heads-up to potentially dangerous weather - including wind, hail, and even a tornado.

Here's a quick weather blog update with watch details and the latest storm timeline.
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@gdimeweather
Shout out to the National Weather Service. From 7 AM CDT yesterday - 7 AM CDT today,
@NWS offices issued 141 separate tornado warnings

According to @akrherz
, this is the most within the 7a-7a (12z-12z)24-hour period since March 2-3, 2012!

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@NWSNewYorkNY
[1:16pm]: The Long Island Buoy 44025 30 nautical miles south of Islip just recorded a 76 mph wind gust. Be on alert for strong and damaging winds across Long Island the next few hours.

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