WDEF Chief Meteorologist Austen Onek
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Chief Meteorologist WDEF News 12, Chattanooga TN; science journalist, emergency communications, consultancy available. Amateur Radio KG4GKE, #RockChalkJayhawk https://austenonek.home.blog/
"A picture tells a thousand words'' but in the right hands true words can turn into deception; here's an example via a hoary old #climatechange denying myth recently brought back to life on social media. - Zeke Hausfather, Skeptical Science, Jul 27, 2026 skepticalscience.com/hot-days-col...
Hot days, cold thermometers
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink
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Turning down the faucet where rain is concerned into the weekend, heat and humidity remain for the foreseeable future. All that and much more in tonight's WDEF News 12 exclusive video #weatherblog #WeatherOvertime sponsored by Epikos Comics Cards & Games. #ShareAndEnjoy youtu.be/2yhqjUBcrvw
Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Shena Flowers from Chatsworth for a view of stormy skies over Eton... Wednesday's HEP Heating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay. Got #weatherpix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Dinner & A Movie weather for Wednesday evening.
#ScienceRules "But when they looked at the results, they realized they’d photographed the sun’s bright outer shell at higher resolution than ever before. What’s more, they saw strange feathery patterns rippling across the surface. " AP NEWS apnews.com/article/sun-...
New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet
Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet. Researchers were able to peek with the help of a telescope on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
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Doubleheader of the Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Knoxville Smokies with first pitch at 5 PM EDT. Wandering showers and thunderstorms could cause delays again this evening. Otherwise, warm and humid so dress cool. #PlayBall
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Evening Rush Hour conditions for Wednesday
#SomewhereDeepInTheNight "The #cometaryknots have masses similar to the Earth but have sizes typically several times the orbit of Pluto." NASA APOD apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26080...
APOD: 2026 August 4 – Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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Not much changing in the forecast for the next several days: just below normal temperatures (not bad for August) All that and much more in tonight's WDEF News 12 exclusive video #weatherblog #WeatherOvertime sponsored by Epikos Comics Cards & Games. #ShareAndEnjoy youtube.com/live/Sjbv3Zh...
WDEF TV NEWS 12 WEATHER OVERTIME -TUESDAY AUGUST 4, 2026
YouTube video by Meteorologist Austen Onek
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For those of you - like me - who are fans of #RayBradbury: "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake." archive.org/details/brad...
Ray Bradbury read by Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy reads two of Ray Bradbury's classic stories from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.1. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS2. USHER IIThese recordings were originally released on Caedmon Records (TC 1466).
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FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT / 1015 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHERE...NE Bledsoe County, Rhea County in east Tennessee. Some locations that will experience flooding include Dayton, Spring City, Evensville, Stinging Fork Falls State Park, Old Washington, Piney Falls State Park
NWS Peachtree City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East Central Fannin , NE Gilmer in north central Georgia... * Until 1145 PM EDT. * At 742 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2-3 inches of rain have fallen.
Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Steve Frontiero for a nice #sunrise from Cleveland... Tuesday's HEP Heating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay. Got #weatherpix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos
"The impact is unlikely to be visible from Earth with the unaided eye. However, space-based telescopes — and possibly some observatories in the Americas — could detect it." EarthSky earthsky.org/space/falcon...
#wdefWeather #News12Weather - Heavy cloud cover and rainfall passing through downtown #ChattanoogaTN early Tuesday evening on the EPB Fiber Optics Weather Cam Network.
"“The costs should be shared by Exxon and the Suncor Defendants because they knowingly caused and contributed to the alteration of the climate by producing, promoting, refining, marketing and selling fossil fuels at levels that have caused and continue to cause #climatechange,"
🚨 JUST IN: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County on Monday, October 5. Suncor and ExxonMobil want the Court to stop Boulder's climate deception case against the oil companies before it goes to trial. Here's what you need to know👇
"Even though below-normal activity is predicted, it is not a guarantee, & it only takes one bad storm to change a community forever. Stay alert and have a plan if you live in hurricane-prone regions and inland." Dr. Marshall Shepherd, TV Personality, Professor, Author www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
The Atlantic Hurricane Basin Is Quiet — Here Are 3 Reasons Why
Here are three reasons why activity in the Atlantic hurricane basin is so quiet right now.
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FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Western Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... South Central Monroe County in east Tennessee... * WHEN...Until 800 PM EDT.
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - Warm, humid with a light breeze for tonight's matchup between @ChattanoogaLookouts and the visiting Knoxville Smokies. Wandering early showers/thunderstorms could delay the game for a bit. Otherwise, #PlayBall
Quick update of Tuesday evening's headlines that you'll see more about tonight on @WDEFNews12
Sol 1939: Left Navcam, imaged at 17:33:33.820 (local mean solar time)
MIDDLE EAST HEAT WAVE Brutal conditions with over 50C daytime and over 35C nightime continues. Widespread records allover the area. Some of the most extreme MINIMUMS tonight in the EMIRATES: 38.5 Swiehan 36.8 Al Ain Next days,we might see some MINIMUMS of 40C. Absolutely brutal
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather - Just past 5 PM EDT / 4 PM CDT with wandering showers and thunderstorms, expected to last until just after sunset.
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