Storm surge from Hurricane Isaias is increasing on the Florida Gulf Coast. Apalachicola and Panama City Beach tide gauges are showing water 3 to 4 feet above normal and rising.
Tim Armstrong
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NWS meteorologist in Wilmington, NC, USA⛈️ Environmentalist, retro gamer, gardener, birder and space afficionado🚀 Perhaps the oldest Hatsune Miku Colorful Stage player Loves: democracy, empathy, Star Trek, Epcot, anime, and cuddly housecats 😸
I do like seeing well-collaborated watches and warnings. Good job Gulf Coast NWS offices, and good luck over the next 36 hours.
Zoom Earth@zoom.earth · 2d ago#Isaias is now a Category 3 Major Hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph, pressure down to 959 mb. Track the hurricane live here: zoom.earth/storms/isaia...
3 to 5 inches of rain is forecast to fall across coastal North and South Carolina over the next few days. Although Hurricane Isaias will make all the headlines, Hysplit ensemble back-trajectories show moisture feeding the heavy rain here should originate from the Caribbean & Atlantic, not the Gulf.
youtu.be/r__Dk4oWGJQ My elementary school music teacher played this each year for Halloween
IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING - Grieg.avi
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Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 7d agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
I visited the NC Agricultural Research Station near Whiteville this week to present them with an award for providing 15 years of daily cooperative weather observations to the NWS in Wilmington. Their staff were beginning to harvest peanuts in the surrounding fields.
I finished up a project this morning documenting tropical storm and hurricane peak wind gusts in Wilmington back to 1871, and in Myrtle Beach back to 1941: www.weather.gov/ilm/Tropical...
Lots of different bird species are stopping in my yard this morning as fall migration is peaking
Did you know a Moon impact creates thermal 'cold spots'? Data from NASA's LRO reveals a 4-mile-wide zone around the new McGetchin crater that is 16°F cooler at night. The crash fluffed up the lunar soil, making it less dense and less able to hold heat! 🌡️🌕
Went with a friend for the Pokemon 30th Anniversary card release this morning.
Record highs were broken today in Wilmington (95 degrees) and in Myrtle Beach (94 degrees)
At this point the EPA should just change their name. They've certainly abandoned their mission...
This turbolift exchange between Mark Twain and Counselor Troi sums up what Star Trek means for me: one day humanity really will leave our medieval past behind us and figure out how to build a better tomorrow for all people. #StarTrek #StarTrek60
A portion of Carolina Beach Pier has collapsed in the surf.
4.31" of rain from Sunday's thunderstorms made yesterday the wettest day in my backyard since Hurricane Dorian dumped nearly 8" back on September 5, 2019. Shown here: MRMS average return interval and radar precipitation estimates.
Facts that make me feel positively ancient
ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · last mo.43 years ago today, ‘Inspector Gadget’ premiered on TV.
My Fall climate outlook for eastern NC/SC. El Nino has practically shut down the tropics for Atlantic hurricanes this season, but we still need to watch the nearby subtropics. And I'm hopeful November rain will help end this year's persistent Carolinas drought. www.weather.gov/ilm/FallOutl...
Fall 2026 Climate Outlook from NWS Wilmington, NC
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I love R.E.M., I love R.E.M.-related content, and I love librarians 💜
We're coming up on the 30th anniversary of Hurricane #Fran, the last major (cat 3+) hurricane to directly strike this portion of North Carolina. My office is hosting a free webinar with audience Q&A Tuesday September 1 at 7:30 pm EDT. Sign up here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/778...
This morning's Roman telescope launch wasn't visible from here (bright sky, too late after sunrise) but watching NASA's livestream reminded of this January 2023 Falcon Heavy launch I did get to see from Wrightsville Beach. This launch happened just after sunset and had perfect illumination
Our local newspaper (Wilmington Star-News) printed this awesome photoshop on September 8, 2016
PeterTrek1🖖@petertrek1.bsky.social · last mo.#HeatTrek Day 25: Friction - The Enterprise-D crash lands on Veridian III, "Generations" A lot of friction was generated when the saucer section of the Enterprise-D crash lands. youtu.be/FpgyrIlhoyw?... #StarTrek #Treksky
Almost every NWS office across the southern U.S. has issued an extreme number of Heat Advisories this year relative to normal. This year's departure from 2005-2026 is shown here.
Big storms east of Cape Fear are putting on a spectacular lightning show tonight. The view from Wrightsville Beach is memorable.
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it).
@abbymsommer@abbymsommer.bsky.social · 2mo agoNo cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it).
Anywhere from 4-6 inches of thunderstorm rain earlier this weekend kicked Wilmington's drought in the teeth, but also washed out at least one road in town www.wwaytv3.com/flooding-was... Plenty of runoff cleaned out all the hot, salty water from Smith Creek as measured by UNCW's gauges wl.cormp.org
Little bonus thunderstorm just before sunset gave us a nice rainbow
🚨🚨🚨According to NOAA NCEI, July 2026 was the warmest month on record for the Contiguous U.S. - beating out July 1936. This is devastating for climate deniers, who love July 1936 as a faux counterfactual. More importantly, it is devastating for all of us. 🔥🔥🔥
Six years separate these two pics of Longleaf Pines I planted in my yard back in 2019. Over 90 percent of the historic Longleaf population has been lost across the Southeast US due to pressures from logging, suburban sprawl, and fire suppression.
