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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When I don't write down review solicitations that I accept and end up committing to more than I want because I've forgotten what I've already agreed to... Glad I turned down two other requests last week!

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My house... Technically a trace since we have a few sprinkles but couldn't even make them out on the ground. The ground at the State Fair got wet though.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

OKC reached 106 (!) degrees today, beating the previous record high by 4 degrees; today was 21 degrees above normal! More than a few mesonet sites hit 108, and Grandfield got to 109. Both LAW and SPS set new record highs at 108 degrees. Pretty exceptional heat for mid September! #okwx

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Another day of record heat across the area. Previous record high for OKC today was 102 set in 1930. The 2pm temp is 103. Temps before 3pm are approaching 110 degrees in southwestern Oklahoma. As a reminder, it's mid-September. Gross.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Another brutally hot day (at least in southern and central OK). OKC airport tied record high of 108 (from 2011). It was even hotter just southwest of the city -- Chickasha mesonet hit 113, which would tie OKC's all-time high temp. Very hot weather the past 4+ weeks (2nd img from my back yard). Yuck

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Going through dusty boxes tucked away in a closet to declutter and ran across these bad boys. Spent a lot of time in middle and high school watching these tapes...

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Very hot day for much of Oklahoma (and elsewhere). Max temp in my backyard was 109.9 F. The OKC airport topped out at 109, beating the previous daily record high of 104. Beating a record high by 5 degrees is pretty impressive! Kingfisher mesonet site got to 112. Another very hot day tomorrow! #okwx

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We probably took our pictures within less than a minute of each other. Wild. Not 100% sure the GPS location was updating but the time should be right obviously

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Lol are you me?! My pics from seat 9A

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Late season supercells in central Oklahoma less than a week before July. Weather the past few months here has been quite wonky.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

What does your stats page look like after 5 years? I'm surprised I've missed 300+ days

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The Google search AI is not necessarily very smart. The simple Gemini Flash model got it right at least .

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Video after the tornado crossed the road to our south 2/2

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Video of a tornado this afternoon between St. Paul and St. Libory, NE, sampled by NSSL as part of LIFT field project 1/2

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I'm not sure which account you're referring to but doesn't look like I'm missing much

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

For comparison, here is the map from essentially two years ago:

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The upper level low/trough driving severe weather in the central US today is being poorly sampled by the (weather balloon) sounding network. We get lots of data from satellites & airplanes, but radiosonde data serve an important observational role, and errors in analysis reduce forecast accuracy.1/2

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Ta da! Downside: now you have an image that isn't actually a real photo, but 🤷 🙃 #gemini

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It's not as anomalous as many other locales in the west have seen in past few days but still disconcerting to see the first 100.0 degree reading in my backyard in central Oklahoma considering it's only March 21st. At least the dewpoint isn't high, though that's increasing fire danger, so... #okwx

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Impromptu chase with my oldest this evening after middle child's extracurricular. Got a great view to the west towards dusk from the Kickapoo TP (335) N of Harrah. Lots of outflow (persistent, huge area of outflow on radar and visually) save for a few minutes of a beefy bowl lowering.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Here's Guthrie @mesonet.org meteogram w/ similar pattern. Wind shift around 11 pm, temp and dew point dropped about 20 minutes later (Td plummeted into the 30s), and not long after Td rose a bit while temp took another leg down. Similar trend at Yukon. That's just my interpretation though!

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The leading fine line is a wind shift. A 2nd, diffuse fine line is associated w/ drop in dewpoint and modest drop in T. IMO 3rd fine line behind the precip is main front associated with stronger winds and much cooler air. From my back yard - 1st passes around 11:50 pm, second around 12:20 am.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Ongoing tornado passing less than 3 miles S/E of KVNX. Somewhat complicated evolution with a cell merger ongoing as small cells develop south of the nature supercell and move into it. #okwx

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Maybe he just likes this part of Michigan and thinks you should visit?! 🫠🫠🙃

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

We went on 9/15/24! Plot was a bit different from the movie, but I won't give any spoilers. If you liked the play, you should watch the movie.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Several large wildfires occurring today in the central US, where very windy (with wind advisories and high wind warnings in place as gusts over 65 mph are being measured) and very warm conditions (temps in the 70s and 80s) are occurring.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Went to Tinker on Sunday because I got word that there were F15s and F35s departing later that day. Winds were light from the NE, so went to N end. After ~2 hr wait, the 4 F15s ended up taking off Sbound as winds slowly shifted to E. Did get S to see 4 F35s depart (and an E6B doing patterns) tho.

F15s departing southbound on Rwy 18 at Tinker AFB

A F35 from Tyndall AFB banking left upon departing Tinker AFB

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The area in a winter storm warning is remarkable; the size of the area that'll see warning-level winter wx (e.g., heavy snow, sleet, and/or freezing rain) is astonishing. As much as snow, sleet, and freezing rain will cause massive disruption (travel, power, etc.), the SIZE of this is just as wild.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Is this a TBSS on volcanic ash/steam/lava? It looks like it, but I don't have a lot of familiarity with radar data of Kilauea

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Here's the progression of the camera getting hit

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This was that same tornado a little later than that pic. As a new chaser at the time watching my 1st tor, I was quite confused by the structure of the tornado/storm, but I'm glad it was unique. I don't think it even had much of an anvil at this time - def look like cumulonimbus calvus IIRC.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

OK, this is totally inconsequential, but that second image (which was actually the first tornado) should be this one (which is still potato quality, but not quite as bad!). Had to explain to my oldest that this was the best that 8 mm camcorders could do...

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I'm pretty sure I've digitized it, but I can't find it. I have some video stills from it, though that's not what you're asking. I pulled my site down yrs ago, but here's a Wayback Machine view: web.archive.org/web/20130607... . It didn't archive the specific page for the 8/9/1999. I'll keep looking!

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Aurora visible in the Oklahoma City metro now. Think those are some lingering clouds blocking some of it

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Been there, done that, unfortunately... 👎 Mine was a trim nail (missed the stud) through a pex line that went undetected until the nail rusted enough for the water leak to saturate the adjacent carpet and pad, which took about 7 years.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

An absolutely A+ weather day here in Oklahoma! Temps near 70, dewpoints in the low 50s, light winds, under partly cloudy skies... Considering we are still in early September (!!), I don't think the weather can get much more pleasant than we are seeing today!

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

<BoomingBaritoneRadioVoice>The man. The myth. The legend. </voice>

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

A bumblebee kind of morning in my backyard...

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

The headline here neglects to mention today also sets a new all-time high temperature at Tampa, but it's noted in the second paragraph.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

An 80 deg dewpoint in my yard this afternoon with a temp in the mid-90s makes for gross conditions. I live in a ~40 yr old neighborhood w/ many mature trees (lots of vegetation & less mixing), so the daytime Td tends to be several deg higher than nearby mesonet sites with more open exposure. Yuck.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

My tipping gauge is at 3.50" now, while my Climalytic CoCoRaHS gauge is ~3.95". Radar estimate at my place is very near 3.75", which is a good match with my gauges. Other areas of the N and W metro have seen >5". (In attached radar image, magenta starts near 4.25" and purple/blue near 5.5"!) #okwx

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Very heavy rain across the northern and western OKC metro. Peak rainrate at my house has been above 3"/hr. I've gotten nearly 2" (reasonably close to radar estimate), and the rainrate is still >2"/hr here.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

NSSL and GSL are in the Weather Laboratories section, which also gets zeroed out.

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SRHelicity @srhelicity.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I think it's important that people realize that line items like "Tornado Severe Storm Research / Phased Array Radar" (6 FTEs) and "US Weather Research Program" are very small (17 FTEs). The vast, *vast* majority of tornado, severe storm, radar, & weather research occurs at the labs and CIs.

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