Chuck Copeland 🌀

The NWS Storm Prediction Center's severe weather outlooks will be changing slightly next week.

Meteorologists Evan Bentley and Liz Leitman, our experts at SPC, provide an update about the new conditional intensity outlook.

Graphic showing temperatures across the United States, but the numbers are so large and overlapping so much, that they obscure the entire map. In the lower right are pictures of Williard Scott and Al Roker of the morning show "Today" from the American TV network, NBC. #wx #wxsky #weather #uswx

"And here’s what’s happening in your neck of the woods..."

I thought about SatPy, I may have to give it (and GOES-2-Go) a second look. 🤔

Using FastAPI

Running it in python 3.14 venv in VSCode.

*fun 🙃

Screenshot of a python-backend, local-dev website that polls various weather data from NWS, NOAA, and other free sources.

Lots of UI and other stuff to do, but it's been playing around with it.

I finally got around to getting MRMS data in my work-in-progress alpha-stage dashboard.
My biggest hurdle that I can't seem to get over is the colormap for IR and WV GOES images. I just can't seem to get it to look like I want.

I wonder why it went partners-only? Cost?

That last sentence. I've never known why that wasn't/couldn't be implemented. iNWS is simple and effective,

If you see this, quote-post #StarTrek

A prominent Bluesky elder already hosts Jeopardy

Screenshot of the iNWS text alert system showing past alerts sent. #wx #wxsky #weather

iNWS says "Hi y'all."

Screenshot of an X post from Ryan Hall, announcing the start of a service where you get a phone call if severe weather threatens your address. Only $20 a month. #wx #wxsky #weather

Hmmm...

I think we saw a "few" snow reports on Saturday and Saturday night across North Carolina... #SpectrumNews1 #ncwx

Checking out the NOAA-20 VIIRS images, it's cool to see the barrier islands coated in #snow, too. #wx #ncwx

ge.ssec.wisc.edu/viirs-today/...

A map of total snowfall in North Carolina from January 30 to February 1, 2026

Here's our analysis of this weekend's snowfall totals across North Carolina. ❄️

Notably, portions of all 3 regions of the state (Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain) received more than a foot of snow!

Stay tuned for our full blog post writeup about this storm tomorrow. #ncwx

That's a lot of #snow coverage. Epic storm for most of the Carolinas. #wx #ncwx #wxsky

Drone footage over Winterville, NC showing #snow as far as the eye can see. A snowstorm to remember.

Officially measured just a touch over a foot at my location, with higher drifts. The biggest storm since March 1980 (December 1989 for the coast) for many parts of North Carolina.

#wx #wxsky #ncwx

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The Greatest NC Winter Meme ever lol.

The @NWS has an awesome dashboard for finding pretty much any weather data for thousands of locations.

weather.gov/forecastpoints

You should bookmark it!

#ncwx #wx #wxsky #weather

Here's a Level2 loop from my dashboard.

Working on a personal dashboard using MetPy to produce satellite and radar loops.

Currently using THREDDS, but I want to know which source is better and faster to download (AWS, Google, etc)?

I'm also curious about how to get the colormaps correct for the colorized ABI channels. #ncwx

Graphic showing several weather models of the storm affecting NC this weekend. All of them show a slot of no precipitation, known as a dry slot, which is hard to predict and can affect forecast totals. #wx #wxsky #weather #ncwx #encwx #snow #winterstorm

Phrase of the day - "dry slot".

Who's forecast will bust because of this enemy to #snow lovers?

#ncwx #wx #wxsky

Graphic showing the initial forecast snow totals for the upcoming winter storm in the Carolinas. 4-8" for western NC, 6-10" for central NC, 8-15" for northeast NC, 8-12' for the inland sound counties, 3-6" for southeast NC, and 10-16" for the Albemarle/Pamlico pennisuls and Outer Banks. #wx #weather #wxsky #winterstorm #snow #ncwx

Initial snow forecast totals for the upcoming winter storm that will impact us in North Carolina this weekend.

Totals taken from the Winter Storm Watch text for each NWS office that serves NC.

#ncwx #wx #wxsky

She didn’t make it that far outside before turning around 🐾

Fake watch graphic: Exploding Tree Watch, showing highlighted areas in Minnesota and Wisconsin in the USA. The text states "Valid Until all the trees are gone (or social media moves to next weekend's fantasy storm. At the bottom of the graphic: "Disclaimer: This is not an actual watch. Turn off your phone." #wx #wxsky #weather #joke #notreal

PRELIMINARY MAP SHOWS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHADED RED SIGNIFYING 10-20", THE SOUTHWEST CORNER & EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS PINK SIGNIFYING 16-24", & THE SOUTH SHORE OF RHODE ISLAND & SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS & THE CAPE & THE ISLANDS SHADED GREEN SIGNIFYING 6-14" EYE JUST DON'T KNOW 4 CERTAIN 1 FEVERISH VIZION TELLS ME 1 THING & THE NEXT TELLS ME SUMTHING ELSE ITS JUST 2 EARLY 2 KNOW 4 SURE BUT AS BEST AS EYE CULD MAKE NE SENSE OF IT ALL THIS IS WATS GOING 2 HAPPEN SUNDAY THRU MONDAY. STAY TUNED 4 UPDATED SNOW TOTES MAPS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SNOWTOTES MAP SUN 1/25 - MON 1/26 ISSUED: 20260123 07:39

/ A *PRELIMINARY* SNOWTOTES MAP
/ 4 SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BTWIXT SUN 1/25 & MON 1/26
/ THESE VALUES WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY CHANGE
/ & ITS BEEN DIFFICULT
/ 1 FEVERISH VIZION SAYS 2 THING
/ & THE NEXT SAYS ANOTHER
/ HARD 2 MAKE SENSE OF THESE V RAW, V POWERFUL VIZIONS

I don't doubt it. We've sold over 50 generators at work so far

An image of two slices of bread in a plate. On top of each slice of bread is an unbroken egg. The bread an plate is soaked in milk and there is a glass of milk sitting behind the plate. #wx #wxsky #weather #ncwx #encwx #winter #winterstorm #snow #snOMG

Can the hear the roar of the shopping carts yet?
#ncwx #WinterStorm