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Jordan McLeod

@mcweather1989.bsky.social
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Meteorologist / Climatologist / Geographer; Proud UNC and UGA graduate (#TarDawg); ATL sports fanatic; Follower of Jesus Christ; Views are mine only

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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🚨 WEATHER GEEK POST 🚨 It's very rare to see a 600+ decameter ridge situated over Minnesota. In fact, the 00Z sounding for MPX observed a 6,012-meter 500-mb height, which is a new all-time record for that RAOB station! This is the summer of record-breaking ridges!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My meteorology friends will definitely appreciate this classic heat wave sounding from Salt Lake City. The well-mixed boundary layer extends all the way up to 400 mb! An analysis of this sounding would make for a great question on an undergraduate Synoptic Meteorology exam!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Possible urban-generated thunderstorm just downwind of New Orleans this evening. Nothing else in the area to generate it, but it might have been influenced by a lake breeze off Pontchartrain. Tough to say for sure, but very interesting! This is exactly what I will be studying in grad school at UGA.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Great view of downtown Winston-Salem, NC from my Delta flight to KGSO yesterday evening.
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
ALERT Rare "high risk" for excessive rain has been issued by National Weather Service for Gulf Coast due to remnants of Arthur. This is issued 4% of the time but such days cause 80% of flood damage. My explanation at link. Who is at greatest risk and why? www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Here it is! I put together this map showing the storm total snowfall accumulation for the recent winter storm. The data used is based on the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center's National Gridded Snowfall Analysis. Not perfect, but a nice gridded approximation. Please share!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Random: I have a feeling that social mediarologists and modelologists are about to flood my timeline with misguided hurricane posts. The models are starting to heat up with projected hurricane activity as we head into the more active part of the Atlantic season. Consider the source!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
You know, if MLB invested so much money to play this game in Bristol Motor Speedway tonight, you’d think they could have hired a meteorologist to provide forecast guidance. #JustSaying
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
For the first time since July 5, 2012, Atlanta International Airport has recorded a temperature of at least 100°F during the month of July. It's actually surprisingly hard for Atlanta to observe triple-digit heat because of its relatively high elevation of over 1,000 feet ASL.
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Daily melt area on the Greenland Ice Sheet this summer has been quite variable, with a few days when melt occurred over a larger area than usual in NSIDC data. Overall, average melt area thru mid-July is notably lower than the 1991-2020 average. #Arctic #Climate #Greenland @ruthmottram.bsky.social
Time series plot May 1-Sept 30 of the daily percent area of the Greenland Ice Sheet with melting conditions. Shown are the smoothed interquartile range, the maximum daily values 1979-2024 with some of the peaks annotated, and the 2025 daily melt area through July 16.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I think the weather enterprise is going to have a big and unnecessary fight on our hands regarding all of this weather modification nonsense. It has now penetrated to the political level in several states and will likely continue to spread like a virus. Time to start developing a vaccine…oh wait…
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The Texas Hill Country floods have now caused more fatalities (over 100) than Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Helene. This is a good reminder that unnamed weather systems can be just as impactful and deadly as named hurricanes.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Another extreme rainfall and flooding event took place yesterday. Check out this map of central North Carolina showing 1-day rainfall totals with white pixels exceeding a 1,000-year average recurrence interval. A total of 9 pixels located east of Burlington exceeded this exceptional return period!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Here's a map I created that shows 3-day precipitation totals (spanning 1200 UTC on July 4th through 1200 UTC on July 6th) across the Texas Hill Country, with white pixels indicating totals that exceeded their 100-year average recurrence interval according to NOAA Atlas 14.
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
My deep dive on whether there were adequate weather warnings for the catastrophic flooding in Texas. Mentions Alan Gerard Balanced Weather and Jordan McLeod. I am really interested in your thoughts on my take. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Catastrophic Flooding In Texas - Were There Warnings?
Deadly flooding in the flash flood alley of Texas is raising questions about warnings. Here's a preliminary (but not conslusive) analysis.
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Did you hear about 20 people injured yesterday in a "bolt from blue" lightning strike while at a lakefront beach park near Columbia, SC? My breakdown of what may have happened and cautionary notes about summer lightning. Thanks Jordan McLeod, South Carolina Weather www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Why A Massive Lightning Strike In South Carolina Was So Dangerous
20 people were injured in a massive lightning strike in South Carolina this week. Witnesses say it came "from the blue" without rainfall. Our experts explain.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It’s over. Congrats to OKC for an epic championship, but there is unfortunately an asterisk next to it due to Haliburton’s injury.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Y'all, I finally figured out how to compile and run the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model on my Mac. It took countless hours, but it was well worth the effort. Shout out to ChatGPT for helping me along the way because I could not have done it without some AI assistance!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Nothing else on the KFFC radar except this urban-generated shower drifting southward. The Atlanta urban heat island at work, y’all.
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Ian @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Project of recent weeks -- raced to get it done for today's start of hurricane season! 157mph.com/annual-maps-... @157mph.com
Map of Hurricane Andrew as part of a simple interactive and mobile friendly set of season maps I've created on a new website.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Heads up Atlanta and Athens area friends: Some severe storms are heading your way from the northwest! These northwest flow severe storms are capable of producing strong winds and large hail. The large hail is probably the biggest hazard. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Braves game is delayed soon.
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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Dust, fires, and smoke today in Oklahoma. An apocalyptic scene.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Jay Bilas likes to say that the UNC/Duke basketball rivalry “always delivers”. I’ll be absolutely shocked if this edition delivers. Hope I’m wrong. #GoHeels
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The Weather Channel is firing some shots over on Threads, I noticed.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Americans are going to learn a lot about the concept of tariffs in the coming weeks.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I would love to see a Commanders vs. Bills Super Bowl, which means we will get an Eagles vs. Chiefs Super Bowl.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
What do we think, meteorological community? Is #StormEowyn a traditional Norwegian cyclone as advertised by NOAA (left) or a Shapiro-Keyser cyclone as shown by the UK Met Office (right)? I lean towards the latter.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
PSA: If you’re looking for a good series to watch and have access to Peacock, check out the new release called Lockerbie. It’s a crime series about the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, back in 1988. Really well done!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This morning, I put together this Python-generated map of total snowfall accumulations for the recent winter storm, using data from NOHRSC's National Gridded Snowfall Analysis. This is a winter storm that we will not soon forget!
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Tomer Burg @burgwx.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It's no exaggeration to say today brought a truly historical weather event to the Gulf Coast - lots of places all the way down to the water got over 6-8 inches of snow, shattering records going as far back as 1895 in some places. Let's review what caused this historic event 🧵
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My snowfall prediction for my apartment in Midtown Mobile: 4” Let’s rock and snow!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Final forecast for the impending winter storm tomorrow. These snowfall amounts are simply jaw-dropping for the Mobile area. Let’s make history and break some records, y’all!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Random thought: Snow is not football weather. It severely impacts so many aspects of the game, like player footing and catching ability. Give me sunny skies and warm temperatures any day of the week.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I will not wishcast for snow in Mobile next week. I will not wishcast for snow in Mobile next week. I will not wishcast for snow in Mobile next week. I will not wishcast for snow in Mobile next week. I will not wishcast for snow in Mobile next week.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I couldn’t make it to the @ametsoc.bsky.social Annual Meeting this year due to teaching responsibilities, but I enjoyed listening to @drshepherd2013.bsky.social’s talk in the Presidential Forum via livestream. His main point was the enhanced vulnerability of the Gulf Coast region to climate change.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Since I had some free time, I decided to plot the annual precipitation totals, departure from average precipitation, and percent of average precipitation across the Southeast region for 2024. Some interesting patterns! What do you see?
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Jonathan Erdman @wxjerdman.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
On this date in weather history: The "closest to equator" tropical cyclone on record.
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On Today's Date: Closest Typhoon To The Equator | Weather.com
Here's what made this typhoon one of the weirdest weather phenomena we've seen on Earth. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
This is outstanding!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Proud of the Jags for their victory in the Salute to Veterans Bowl tonight! We won despite being down our starting QB, the #1 WR, and our starting RB. #WeAreSouth
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Nice view of Stone Mountain on my approach into Atlanta this morning!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Once again, I have no respect for the Wolfpack. Some clown tries to plant their flag on our field after beating Mack Brown in his final game for UNC. A big fight ensued. Go back to Raleigh, State.
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
It’s time for some Clean Old-Fashioned Hate in Athens on a Friday night. Georgia Tech would love nothing more than to knock UGA out of the playoffs with a win tonight. Go Dawgs!! #WRECKTECH
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Classic radar signature of lake-effect snow across all five of the Great Lakes this evening. Fascinating meteorology at work!
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Jordan McLeod @mcweather1989.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! Enjoy the food, family, fellowship, and other festivities.
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