With ample illumination from a Full Moon, the #SuomiNPP#VIIRS Day/Night Band provided a vivid "visible image at night" of the large smoke plume from the #CedarCreekFire: https://t.co/erZpic7bM0
With warm, dry air moving into (or staying in) the southern US, the Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) forecast for the next 2-4 weeks is concerning.
Really, for much of the Lower 48, the air looks especially thirsty. So less water for the ground and more drought. @NOAA
Highest-res drone footage of the Andover, KS #tornado which has received a preliminary rating of EF3. Note how the tornado propagates via vortex dynamics and likely terrain. Incredibly, no lives were lost by this tornado