Craig Birnie

storm chaser, aurora chaser, landscape photographer, and drone enthusiast.

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@KOTAWeather @mark_tarello @JimCantore #WUTV best #lightning display I've shot so far! From last nites storms #sdwx

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@MattKerney @ReedTimmerUSA Junesanity!

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@wonderofscience They are called hole punch clouds with falls fallstreaks. A form of Altocumulus

[Tanner Charles 🌪 @TannerChasing]

Lightning bolt was so close, I saw the dirt get flung up, and the smoke cloud afterwards! Taken near Wahoo, NE! #lightning #pumped #heckyeah

[Dan Whittaker @severeforecast]

Explosive lightning on the ground in front of me! Parts of the road hit my arm as I filmed it in slow motion out of my window 😳 all I still see is the lightning strike ⚡️ North of Pawhuska on the tornado warned storm

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: Watch as additional footage from earlier during the Tornado Emergency shows a violent tornado passing dangerously close to multiple people filming as it strikes near or at Vance Air Force Base in Enid Oklahoma. Dozens of reports indicate numerous buildings have been flattened, with cars violently thrown through the air as the tornado rips through the area. This is an extremely dangerous and destructive storm unfolding in real time.

[UW-Madison CIMSS @UWCIMSS]

On Saturday 3/28 you may have missed these vertically-propagating standing wave clouds over northeastern South Dakota. As seen by @NOAASatellites #GOES19 true color visible imagery generated by @UWSSEC CSPP GeoSphere. More on the Blog: https://t.co/mdhAzmkcJa

[VanRaalte, Agro-Nationalist @AgroNationalism]

Remember one of the world's largest aquifers sits underneath Nebraska. It's draining at a rate of 3 ft a year.

Industrial monoculture fully intends to suck out every last drop and turn the great plains into one giant desert.

Zero chance this system exists in 2050.

[Ari Sarsalari @AriWeather]

Full breakdown on the Alaska "Snow-i-cane"

[Jaden Pappenheim @PappenheimWx]

MAJOR FIRE north of Hooker, OK continues to GROW… this is a LIFE THREATENING SITUATION

[Jaden Pappenheim @PappenheimWx]

OMG. Absolutely terrifying pyro plume on the wild fire southeast of Tyrone, Oklahoma currently. Firenadoes ripping on the leading edge…

[SRRadarLoops @LoopsSr]

Multiple fire whirls near Woodward! Must be a vortex sheet induced by differential heating!

[wxKobold @wxKobold]

Truly a beautiful show from our atmosphere! Here is a full 21-hour animation of the Lake Michigan snow mesovortex train that happened yesterday into early this morning! One of my most favorite things to catch on radar, the atmosphere is really showing off its stuff here.

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@wxKobold Can you kindly explain the physics about its structure and how it plays into tonight's Bz??

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@MattKerney Doesn't say the cause. These systems are fragile and something as intense as the other nights solar storm could've caused a cascade effect

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@edwanx @theauroraguy Eerie face 😬

[Kevin Palmer @krp234]

Here is a time lapse of STEVE merging with a SAR arc. Lots of meteors as well

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@krp234 @landon_wx Incredible views! I was in disbelief, it was my first time seeing him

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@Vincent_Ledvina I was in awe...

[Craig Birnie @Cgstorm5]

@TamithaSkov @Vincent_Ledvina #STEVE came out to play last night around 11:30pm MDT in western #SouthDakota one hour after the big event. Im speechless...#sdwx #auroraborealis #northernlights #spaceweather #solarstorm