Valarie Mares

Mother. Activist. Warrior.

[Thomas Centolella @TomCentolella]

@Elaine__Beckett To illuminate & to entertain (in the profoundest sense). To remind us of what we have forgotten. To inspire us toward the possible. To connect us in our solitude to other kindred spirits. To return us to wonder, feeling, and mystery. Other than that, I have no idea.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

I found this swirl and wanted you to see it.

Enjoy.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

It's my favorite time of the year...

Big, beautiful, cold swirl season.

Aren't they pretty?

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Beautiful evolution of the Pacific low impacting the North American Northwest.

A fantastic visual.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

There's a gravity wave party off the Southern California coast and we're all invited.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Hurricane Ian's incredible, dramatic journey to Florida.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Three straight years of destructive, category four hurricane landfalls on the Gulf Coast.

Laura (2020) - Ida (2021) - Ian (2022)

All rapidly intensifying storms as they approached landfall.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Finally dipping my toes in doing on-air interviews.

They are a little nerve-racking but a ton of fun!

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

NEW: Aerial imagery shows the destructive power of Hurricane Ian.

The Sanibel Causeway, washed out and partially collapsed.

[Valarie Mares @vmares11]

https://t.co/IdOiPTYDDq

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Whoaaaaa, here's a gif of it.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Hurricane Ian beginning to look pretty impressive this afternoon.

More strengthening to come as it continues towards Cuba and Gulf of Mexico.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

A fierce Fiona heads towards Atlantic Canada.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

My oh my, Typhoon Hinnamnor is putting on an incredible display of power right now.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

This definitely wins the award for "fakest-looking cloud that's actually real".

Really freaking cool.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

An extremely satisfying animation of a swirly, atmospheric wonder.

Our planet does some really freaking cool things.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

I can finally share a project me and my colleagues at CIRA have been working on...!!!

The Satellite Library: https://t.co/GkaUymcWg1.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Really impressive pyrocumulonimbus plume early this morning.

I'll share some daytime imagery of this fire, later today.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Two "thousand year floods" just two days apart.

A catastrophic week of flooding in the Midwest.

[Dakota Smith @weatherdak]

Satellite stream returns... TONIGHT!

Join me at midnight ET (in ~90 mins) for a chill, Earth-exploring stream: https://t.co/r4YVyWQySC.