Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦

Formerly @thewxhunter | Weather Enthusiast ☈ | Storm Chaser | Developing research tools for Ontario’s angry clouds | Views/opinions expressed are my own

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

Was able to get out to some of the hardest-hit areas in Newmarket and document some of the more significant wind damage.

Damage is consistent with severe straight-line winds, likely in the 88-101 km/h range locally.

Hope everyone is safe #onwx #onstorm

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

Seeing a lot of significant straight-line wind damage here in Newmarket.

Radar showed a fairly well-defined bowing segment associated with the storm as it tracked across the area #onwx #onstorm

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

@CityNatasha @StormhunterTWN @westernuNTP @weathernetwork Hi Natasha, please send me a DM to discuss. Thanks!

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

Seeing a lot of significant straight-line wind damage here in Newmarket.

Radar showed a fairly well-defined bowing segment associated with the storm as it tracked across the area #onwx #onstorm

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

@OHWXisweird @225MPH_EF4 Is this done in AE?

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

@PaulMSmithphoto

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

@North44storm This aged well 😅

[James Pettus @PettusWX]

Well this is certainly a first 😭

This meteorologist stayed on air keeping his composure and continuing coverage while there was a fire in studio. This was at KFSM in Fort Smith, AR.

[Chris Wicklund @WickyDubs2]

Top 3 tornadoes this year
Webb Iowa
Enid OK
This shot

[Garret Hartung @HartungWx]

Captured some upward lightning emanating out of a few of the wind turbines near Rufus, Oregon yesterday evening as the main line of storms drifted into the eastern slopes of the Cascades. #orwx #wawx

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

Not sure why X/Twitter dropped the attached image from the original post, so I'm reposting it here for reference:

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

After months of work, I’m excited to publicly announce SOMCAS (Southern Ontario Mesoscale Convective Analysis), a tool designed to improve our understanding of severe weather climatology in Ontario 1/ 🧵 #onwx #onstorm https://t.co/yXUH5vk5mI

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

I will be rolling out an open beta in the coming weeks. If you're interested, I’ll be posting updates here as things progress, along with details regarding the beta application process. Feedback and ideas welcome! 3/ 🧵

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

After months of work, I’m excited to publicly announce SOMCAS (Southern Ontario Mesoscale Convective Analysis), a tool designed to improve our understanding of severe weather climatology in Ontario 1/ 🧵 #onwx #onstorm https://t.co/yXUH5vk5mI

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

Alongside standard HRRR products, SOMCAS includes parameters designed to capture boundary-driven and lake-modified processes, reflecting the well established role of mesoscale boundaries in severe weather environments, as highlighted by Dr. David Sills @westernuNTP 2/ 🧵

[WxOntario @WxOntario1]

An additional Tornado has been confirmed by @westernuNTP from the May 19th storms that impacted SW #Ontario!

An EFO tornado occured in the #Saltford area ( south of #Ingersoll)

More details:

https://t.co/ZNNbesfRdM

This brings the total to 3 tornados!

#OnWX #ONStorm

[Josh Simmonds 🇨🇦 @JoshONWx]

@ChasinSpin Did your mini weather stations ever become publicly available? I seem to recall a crowdfunding initiative for the project several years ago, but I never learned what ultimately came of it 😅

[wxKobold @wxKobold]

Storm-following radar loop from KFDR and KFWS of the entire lifecycle of the massive tornadic supercell in TX last night, with one of the wildest reflectivity evolutions I have ever seen