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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 2h

Fall foliage from the Adirondacks in 2018

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bird's eye view today. Go Illini!

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Beautiful day for the homecoming football game!

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Penn State is losing to Northwestern 31-7 early in the 4th quarter. James Franklin wasn't the only problem at PSU. #PSUvsNW

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Outflow from leading precipitation can sometimes mask a cold front. Tonight, outflow from precipitation veered winds to northwesterly ahead of the cold front. The cold front is father NW and exhibits a wind shift to NNE and a significant decrease in temperatures and dewpoints.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Currently 5 tornado warnings in the Texas Panhandle

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great to welcome back three-time alum Dr. Troy Zaremba for a visit!

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Strong surface frontogensis analyzed on the north side of the nor'easter, typical of an extratropical cyclone.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The anticipated rout is finally on! Illini blowing out Southern Illinois 48-10

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Showers hung around a bit longer than expected, but kickoff is dry as advertised

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Model soundings were quite favorable for elevated convection this morning

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The storms should clear Champaign-Urbana in about 45 minutes, well before the 1pm kickoff

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Models are more optimistic this morning, but I still can't rule out a shower or thunderstorm around noon today

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Most model soundings near Champaign-Urbana support elevated convection, with a deep moist layer and little inhibition for parcels lifted from ~850 mb

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Storms don't always miss your house, even if you're a meteorologist

Radar image of a small storm right over my house

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The HRRR was the only high-res model failing to produce storms in Champaign-Urbana before sunset today and was a clear outlier. It was also wrong.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pregame tribute at Memorial Stadium

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The 9/11 Memorial on a rainy October day in 2018. #NeverForget

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dramatic come from behind victory in the facility vs grad student volleyball game - and a great sunset

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ten years ago, I observed a somewhat unexpected tornado in southeastern Champaign County

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You should have waited until 50 minutes past the hour to post this

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin and Hailey Gray!

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The largest scoreboard in college football

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An already-hostile environment across much of the Atlantic is forecast to become even moreso by next weekend, with strong shear forecast across most of the tropical Atlantic from the Caribbean to Africa. This is at least partially owing to El Nino in the Pacific

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Me: It's Friday evening after the first week of the semester. I'll relax and compare flood damage in Nepal to damage from the Joplin tornado. Atmosphere:

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Parking stops (heavy, low to the ground, and anchored with steel rods) at the hospital were displaced and structural damage was so severe that the hospital had to be torn down, but the building still stood after the tornado. The site is now a memorial.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This flood was more destructive than any tornado. To put this in perspective, the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, was an EF-5 damage indicator after the 5/22/2011 tornado, with winds estimated at over 200 mph.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Before and after pictures of the six-story building on the China/Nepal border, featured in many widely-circulated videos of the catastrophe. This large building was erased from the face of the earth, and, unfortunately, I fear that many of the victims will never be found.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This makes zero meteorological sense

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rotating wall cloud over Lake Ontario on June 11, 2011, viewed from Sodus Point, NY.

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nearly total lunar eclipse last night

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#Dolly should be a short-lived tropical storm as it is forecast to encounter stronger shear beginning tomorrow

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Beautiful altocumulus wave clouds!

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Model output is now available on @radarscope.app Tier 2!

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

About to become a stormy evening in Champaign-Urbana

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Beautiful day for the department curriculum retreat

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

6th day in a row with a thunderstorm. Fortunately, the storm is a little later today

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I love storms, but I'd rather not get an early wake-up call from Mother Nature between 3-4am for the third straight night

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The neighbor's pinned oak tree is no more! The Bradford Pear in the front is going too

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Training overnight storms have led to a flash flood warning for Champaign-Urbana

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The HRRR initialized at 12, 18, and 00Z yesterday did quite well depicting the storms this afternoon in Champaign-Urbana (18Z shown). The model "lost" the storms overnight, with all runs from this morning incorrectly dissipating the storms instead (14Z shown).

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Another day, another upstream storm cluster over Iowa

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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Fortunately for Champaign-Urbana, the southern end of this line looks disorganized with the gust front surging ahead of the precipitation

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