Carson Eggert

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@WickyDubs2 Not get a setup with a crashing cold front

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@MidwestWeathe_r This type of post is exactly why I have a grudge against you. This ain’t even this year bruh. Post relevant information. Smh.

[Joe @joeydeca]

Fireworks and lightning name a better duo

#sdwx

[Joe @joeydeca]

Was a gnarly cell near Madison, SD today

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@NWSSiouxFalls Damage to the trees in the second picture is towards the west. The building had debris scattered into a tree grove on the north side of the road. Both photos taken while driving east. Both photos taken within a 1/4 to 1/2 mile of each other

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

Damage along 250th St, between 477th and 476th. @NWSSiouxFalls

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@NWSSiouxFalls Baltic, SD at 4:30am on 6/28/26

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

Have weather forecasts seemed less accurate lately? There's a major contributing factor: nearly half the morning weather balloons in the Lower 48 are "missing."

This is an ongoing crisis that is degrading critical severe weather forecasts that we all rely on. It's having real, tangible impacts on degrading forecast quality.

If you work in transportation, agriculture or commerce, this should matter to you.

Regardless of the causes, this negatively affects people of ALL political backgrounds. Weather affects everyone. And it's impacting ALL of us negatively.

We can't look at weather balloon data that doesn't exist. We can't pump nonexistent data into models. We can't rely as heavily on models that don't "know" what's happening above our heads.

This is especially concerning for severe weather forecasts. We can't go 18 hours without ascertaining how the atmosphere is layered, how much storm fuel has built up and if severe thunderstorms are going to erupt. The Storm Prediction Center has even acknowledged forecasting frustrations in at least one public bulletin.

As an atmospheric scientist myself, I can say firsthand – the forecasts I'm able to offer you are less accurate than they would otherwise be. I'm not able to predict severe weather with the confidence I normally would. That is extremely concerning.

The United States is "supposed" to launch balloons at 0Z and 12Z ideally – a.k.a. around 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern time. That's not happening. Many sites, due to staffing issues stemming from broader political and organizational issues, have pushed to 18Z, or early afternoon. That's not helpful for morning severe weather forecasts. In other words, you get less lead time. Less advanced notice. Quicker ramp-ups and ramp-downs to the forecast.

We're not able to get jet stream, temperature, moisture or wind profiles of the atmosphere each morning like we otherwise would.

Moreover, the World Meteorological Organization encourages 12Z soundings; that data is shared via the Global Observing System (GOS) under the World Weather Watch (WWW). That's not happening.

[Ryan Scholl GBR (4-0) @WxScholl]

What the hell did I just run into…

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@WxPaulS

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@WxPaulS Same here man! My first and only

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@OhioanVlogsYT If you wanna get smacked by an ef3 moving at 80 mph sure

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@WhiteWeather_ Alex resel is one of them!

[Alex Resel 📸 @aresel_]

South Dakota magic! #sdwx

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@Simcoe12_Wx Main reason I targeted sodak in the 15% yesterday. I think we all know how that went lol

[Brandon Payne 🥋 @brandonwxOK]

Imagine getting a tornado warning on your phone and looking outside and seeing the dominator deploying in your driveway

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@MattSchlicht24 @AdamLucioWX Tell me you’ve never been chasing without telling me you’ve never been chasing. I know for a fact he ain’t gonna go straight! I was a mile south of that intersection on an east/west road and that tornado was moving due east.

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

Bagged my first ever tornado North East of Truman, MN last night around 6:30PM! 😎@NWSTwinCities #mnwx #wxtwitter

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@willardsharpwx I’m up here in Fairmont. Debated staying in Spencer considering that’s where I’m based, but I have options every direction here. Getting stoked to bag my first ever Tor

[Carson Eggert @FlightPlanWx]

@WickyDubs2 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️