Brian Lada

Meteorologist & Senior Content Editor for @AccuWeather focusing on astronomy & space. Hiker. Highpointer. Photographer. Typos are my own.

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

Mercury, Venus and the crescent moon lined up in the evening sky outside of Altoona, PA 3/18/2018

[Dar Tanner @dartanner]

Incredible!! -28°C temps last night brought these light pillars to Red Deer, Alberta.🥶❄️
#TeamTanner #shareyourweather #wx
@treetanner @mikesobel @spann

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

Over 88 million are under a “Cold Weather Advisory”
32 million are under an “Extreme Cold Watch”
2 million are under an “Extreme Cold Warning”

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

Just, wow.

https://t.co/ju1U22ON57

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit. Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit.

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

Some California neighborhoods are turning red and pink from fire retardant being dropped to help contain the raging wildfires: https://t.co/O1loPbmz4j

Here's what it's made of: https://t.co/MKgYmK7w7M

[USGS Volcanoes🌋 @USGSVolcanoes]

This morning, around 2:20 AM, a new #Kilauea eruption began within Kaluapele (the summit caldera). It was caught on camera by #HVO's B2cam. Images taken by the webcam were compiled into this timelapse video that shows lava fountains feeding lava flows across the caldera floor.

[Jonathan McDowell @planet4589]

The commercial imaging satellite 高景一号02星 (GaoJing 1-02, Superview 1-02), operated by Beijing-based SpaceView (北京航天世景信息技术有限公司) reentered above New Orleans at 0408 UTC Dec 22 (10.08 pm CST Dec 21) heading northbound towards MS, AR, MO and was widely observed

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

Here's what the West Coast #earthquake looks like on the East Coast, via the seismograph in Princeton, New Jersey:

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

⚡️❄️ Thundersnow last night as an intense squall line moved through central PA. It was the loudest thundersnow I’ve heard since 2007!

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Cosmic fireflies. Actually, these are Starlink satellites momentarily flashing sunlight towards @Space_Station.

[Space Weather Watch @spacewxwatch]

No new NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory data will be available for an extended period of time as the server room in the Joint Science Operations Center at Stanford University is currently flooded.
Here are the last pictures taken of the Sun. Hopefully it doesn't go nuts now...

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will not soon be forgotten, and without a doubt, #Beryl, #Helene and #Milton are the 3 storms that define the season: https://t.co/QaowPOe0s8

[SolarHam @SolarHam]

A likely X-Flare was just detected off the northeast limb peaking at 07:42 UTC (Nov 25). Although the solar X-Rays reached M9.4, the event was possibly stronger due to the source region not yet being in view. We will get a better look at the source during the next 24-48 hours. Stay tuned!

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

Close to 18 inches of heavy, wet snow piled up in the Poconos. Tree limbs are down everywhere from the clingy snow weighing down branches, which has caused power outages going on 24+ hours #PAwx

[CIRA @CIRA_CSU]

The swirly center of the 'bomb cyclone' spinning off the Pacific Northwest coast.

[NWS Portland @NWSPortland]

A view of our rapidly strengthening weather system off the coast today - a nearby buoy is reporting a pressure drop of ~1mb every 10 minutes!
For western OR/WA expect:
🍃Strong winds at the coast, gusty winds inland
🌧️Moderate to heavy rain 🌬️
❄️Mountain snowfall
#orwx #wawx

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

Silas enjoying a frosty fall morning.

The temperature dipped down to 21.9 yesterday morning, the coldest it has been in the backyard since March 22nd #PAwx

[Brian Lada @wxlada]

Aurora Borealis and the Pleiades

[ARCHIVED: NASA Commercial Crew @Commercial_Crew]

Following NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission’s safe splashdown and recovery off Florida’s coast early Friday morning, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation. The crew exited the Dragon spacecraft onto a recovery ship for standard post-flight medical evaluations. Out of an abundance of caution, all crew members were flown to the facility together. NASA will provide additional information as it becomes available.

[Rob Wright Images @RobWrightImages]

The best Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds I've ever seen were just after sunrise this morning from the summit of Mt. Major.
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October 23, 2024
Alton, NH
#NHwx #stormhour