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· 2026-10-09T12:05:33.481000+00:00TIL Under tightly-controlled conditions, a dark-adapted human eye can detect a single photon. It's described as not like seeing an object, more of a cursory feeling that you've seen something.
· 2026-10-09T10:03:58+00:00Thousands of Red Ants Swarmed This Sand Boa… Then It Tried to Escape!
· 2026-10-08T23:49:19+00:00We haven't had any hurricanes to track in 2026, so the new A.I. weather models (ECMWF AIFS, Google Deep Mind) have not been able to show off their skill. Amazing results so far with Isaias. 48-hour forecasts verifying at 18z
· 2026-10-08T14:54:23+00:00California is now ground zero for tropical storms as Super El Niño has shifted the climate so much that former Hurricane Rachel will barrel through San Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix bringing nasty conditions. Also, two other hurricanes: Isaias in Gulf + Simon near Mexico.
· 2026-10-09T02:14:12+00:00This isn't talked about much in the media but there's been massive fires burning in Indonesia since mid-summer and much of the rest of Southeast Asia has been looking like this for weeks. The "haze", as it's called, has gotten so bad in Malaysia that the King just called for
· 2026-10-09T02:45:49+00:00Since GFS is actually really good with tropical storms and hurricanes, the RRFS should be too because they share the FV3 core.
· 2026-10-09T12:52:04+00:00A massive tornado tore through Marsala in western Sicily.
· 2026-10-08T14:29:50+00:00Rachel to bring strong tropical storm conditions to far Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada. Rachel will not substantially weaken prior to landfall in Mexico ... perhaps only 50 miles south of San Diego. Severe potential impacts from inland flooding & very gusty winds
· 2026-10-09T01:10:26+00:00Want to see the Super El Niño hurricane fuel in the Pacific? Thankfully, no hurricanes develop out here. Plenty of climate fuel in the Caribbean and Gulf (Loop Current)
· 2026-10-09T10:47:09+00:00Hurricane Isaias Forecast Update The forecast point is shifted east from Perdido Key to Gulf Breeze, and the landfall intensity is raised from 85 kt to 90 kt. Timing is unchanged. Landfall is expected to occur around 9 p.m. CDT on Friday. The offshore peak is raised to 110
AI visual note: NHC hurricane forecast track map from 4 AM CDT Friday showing Hurricane Isaias at 26.4°N 89.0°W with 110 mph sustained winds moving NNE at 15 mph, with the white forecast cone indicating landfall along the Florida Panhandle near Pensacola/Gulf Breeze around 1 AM Saturday, accompanied by hurricane warnings (red) and tropical storm warnings (blue) along the coast.
· 2026-10-08T21:09:18+00:00I feel like this density of FOX reporters along the Gulf Coast could actually introduce enough surface friction to weaken #Isaias during landfall I think you know where to get the best hurricane coverage in 2026 @foxweather @FoxNews
AI visual note: A Fox Weather Hurricane HQ graphic overlays a satellite image of Hurricane Isaias with headshots and locations of 14 Fox reporters and meteorologists—including Mark Sudduth, Bryan Norcross, and Amy Galo—stationed across the Gulf Coast and Southeast, humorously suggesting their sheer numbers could weaken the storm.
· 2026-10-09T01:50:37+00:00Atlanta TV meteorology got a huge upgrade ... Masters degree in atmospheric science from U Mass, Air Force combat weather forecaster.
· 2026-10-09T00:50:54+00:00Loop current --> ocean heat content Global ocean models at Forecast Currents forecastcurrents.com/explorer/carib … More GIS for Thursday.
· 2026-10-09T12:59:25+00:007:58am CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook Slight Risk: across northern Florida, southeast Alabama, and southwest Georgia spc.noaa.gov/products/outlo …
· 2026-10-08T14:16:18+00:00Isaias showing the classic signs of dry air impacts as bands of outflow driven low level clouds race away from the center on the western side. Dry air will likely continue eroding the west half keeping the hurricane lopsided through landfall. Recon is also finding this with
· 2026-10-09T12:14:17+00:00I am making sure people know about this, The gulf has been hit by dozens of major hurricanes. If this is right on Rachel, its as rare as it gets. Again it fits a pattern that may not return for a lifetime, but knowing that pattern could be there before hand was a point
AI visual note: An ECMWF weather map dated October 21, 2026 shows predicted 10-meter wind gusts across the Gulf Coast, with intense red/orange bands indicating hurricane-force winds (90+ mph) approaching the Gulf region around Monday, October 31, 2026—highlighting a rare major hurricane threat to the area.
· 2026-10-09T13:13:05+00:00The Florida Big Bend (including Tallahassee) will be outside the "core" of Isaias, but will be on the "dirty side" to the east of the center, with a lot of training bands coming in. Mesoscale modeling suggests that these bands could have cells capable of producing tornadoes.
AI visual note: A Pivotal Weather composite reflectivity (dBZ) map from the F024 forecast valid Sat 2026-10-10 00z shows intense storm activity (50-65+ dBZ) across the Florida Big Bend and Tallahassee region, with training rainbands east of a tropical low's center. The accompanying caption notes that while this area will be outside the storm's core, its position on the "dirty side" east of the center brings a heightened tornado threat from these training convective cells.
· 2026-10-08T22:09:57+00:00From NHC discussion : The eye of Isaias has become apparent on visible and infrared satellite imagery. Interestingly, this is the first eye noted on satellite pictures in the Atlantic basin during the 2026 Hurricane Season. I beg to differ. Comparison of No Name, Isaias, Rachel
AI visual note: Satellite view of Hurricane Isaias displaying a clear, well-defined eye near the U.S. Northeast coast, marking the first visible eye formation of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season according to NHC discussion.
· 2026-10-09T13:03:00+00:00Anthropic Commits $150 Million To White House-Backed AI Science Mission.
· 2026-10-08T14:00:00+00:00October 8, 2024: After weakening slightly, Hurricane Milton reintensified to Category 5 strength north of the Yucatán Peninsula. This peak saw Milton attain 1-minute sustained winds of 145 kts and a minimum central pressure of 902 millibars. #wxhistory
· 2026-10-09T12:11:51+00:00Our power and impact scale is much better on a storm like this with wind, wind gusts,size of hurricane, 50, 34 kt wind and pressure tendency all used to compute a scale that gives ratings in tenths. I will start showing that at 11 am. AT LEAST. we should use fractions in tenths
· 2026-10-08T21:45:07+00:00FAREWELL MARGARET HAMILTON, APOLLO ENGINEER Software engineer Margaret Hamilton passed away on September 30 at the age of 90, according to MIT. She led the team that created the flight software for the Apollo missions, responsible for guiding the astronauts to the Moon. During
AI visual note: The black-and-white photograph shows software engineer Margaret Hamilton smiling inside an Apollo spacecraft cockpit, reaching up to interact with the extensive overhead switch panels that contained the flight software her team developed. The image visually connects to the post's tribute by depicting Hamilton at work with the very command modules and navigation systems she helped program for NASA's Moon missions.
· 2026-10-09T12:16:45+00:00The eye of Isaias is now ~230 miles south of Pensacola Beach, FL. Check out the surge of lightning in the eyewall within the past hour. The eyewall is now visible from the KMOB and KEVX radars!
AI visual note: A WeatherFront super-res reflectivity radar from KMOB in Mobile, AL, dated 10/09/26 at 7:14 AM, shows Hurricane Isaias's eyewall located 236.3 miles south of Pensacola with a striking cluster of lightning strikes visible at the storm's center, confirming the eyewall's appearance on radar as referenced in the post.
· 2026-10-09T12:36:19+00:00Smacks sign….jet interactions with boiling gulf waters is a very dangerous combo. A lot of folks discredit trough interactions because the old tactics are shear + dry air = bad. But we are quickly learning time and time again that’s not the case and honestly never been the case.
AI visual note: A screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Black (@backinblack_wx) reading, "Once a gulf coast forecaster...always a gulf coast forecaster. While this was 100% hyperbole/joking (sorta) rule number 1 is do not trust the Gulf in early October and all it takes is the right jet interaction for things to escalate quickly even when shear is involved."
· 2026-10-09T12:21:52+00:00NEW: Hurricane #Isaias is now a major Category 3 Hurricane. Insane.
AI visual note: A CBS News Weather Impact graphic shows Hurricane Isaias advisory at 8:20 AM, located at 27.0°N, 87.6°W, moving NNE at 15 MPH with 120 MPH winds, 240 miles south of Pensacola, Florida.
· 2026-10-09T13:17:20+00:00#Isaias continues to intensify this morning with maximum sustained winds now of 120 mph, making it a category 3 hurricane. Despite the presence of 30-40 knots of shear (which is clearly evident on satellite data), the storm has been able to hold itself together. Wouldn’t
AI visual note: Satellite image of Hurricane Isaias dated 09-Oct-2026 10:30:00, showing the storm's eye and spiral structure over the Gulf of Mexico with Vmax: 80 kts and 00:11 away timestamp from CIMSS.
· 2026-10-09T13:11:20+00:00Good morning. Windy because of pressure gradient between high pressure to North and cat 3 #Isaias to South. 8am low-mid 80s. Winds gusting 38 mph Lakefront, 54 mph South of mouth of river. Highs near 80. 20% rain, but go up as go East #nola #lawx
AI visual note: A screenshot from weather.gov showing a National Weather Service map of Louisiana and Mississippi with various temperature readings and wind barbs.
· 2026-10-09T12:35:00+00:00‘It’s not an obvious retrosynthetic disconnection. Nitroalkanes to form a double bond, it’s not the first thing people think of, right? That brings some excitement,’ says Marvin Parasram. @nyuniversity @uni_regensburg @J_A_C_S @RoySocChem #photochemistry
· 2026-10-09T12:45:26+00:00BREAKING: HURRICANE ISAIAS IS NOW A MAJOR CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE! As of 7:20 AM CDT Friday, Hurricane Isaias has strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 MPH! Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters confirmed the intensification this
AI visual note: A satellite view of the hurricane approaching the Gulf Coast, showing lightning strikes (blue and orange symbols) occurring in a storm cell to the east of the hurricane's center.
· 2026-10-09T13:38:15+00:00Hurricane #Isaias will carry a substantial risk for tornadoes as the storm makes landfall later this evening. Models indicate a band of supercells moving ashore at landfall around Panama City/Tallahassee in a potent environment. The SPC has issued a 10% tornado risk as a result.
· 2026-10-09T13:01:16+00:0010/9/26 Friday: CAT 3 now. Hurricane #Isaias Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092026 720 AM CDT Fri Oct 09 2026 ...ISAIAS BECOMES A MAJOR HURRICANE... Just-received data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that
AI visual note: A satellite image shows a large hurricane with a visible eye in the Gulf of Mexico, positioned off the coast of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, with timestamps indicating it was captured on October 9, 2026.
· 2026-10-09T12:26:18+00:00Hurricane Isaias: Now a major cat 3 hurricane! Max Winds of 120mph. Remnants from the hurricane bring our region a soaking rain on Sunday
· 2026-10-09T12:26:11+00:00Category 2 Hurricane #Isaias has maximum sustained winds of 110mph and wind gusts of 130mph and a minimum central pressure of 958mbars and it is moving north northeast at 15mph. #lawx #mswx #alwx #flwx #gawx #tropicswx #tropicalupdate #wind #severewx #wxtwitter #rainfall
· 2026-10-05T17:40:26.145000+00:00STOP pollution in Gabes Are people aware of the environmental crisis in the Golf of Gabes and how it is affection people lives and making them sickly
· 2026-10-09T13:18:55+00:00Buoy data showing that Tropical-storm-force wind gusts reaching the northern Gulf coast. @wsvn @7weather #flwx @abcmiami18
· 2026-10-09T13:25:52+00:00Another disquieting note: Nearly all the morning modeling -- deterministic, dynamic, AI -- all underestimated #Isaias' strength this morning, some by as much as 20 mb.
· 2026-10-09T13:16:32+00:00Hurricane Isaias will make landfall near Pensacola, FL later today (Fri, Oct 9) with damaging impacts from hurricane force winds, heavy rainfall, and tornadoes expected inland across the Florida Panhandle into southern portions of Georgia and Alabama through early Saturday AM.
· 2026-10-09T13:25:23+00:00Widespread thunderstorms across #Kerala today. Apart from hotspots, interiors/coastal areas are also experiencing rains, with few places reporting heavy rains Conditions will persist tomorrow as well, followed by a gradual slowdown in activity thereafter #KeralaRains
· 2026-10-09T12:27:11+00:00BREAKING: #Isaias becomes a Category 3 major hurricane with 120 mph winds—the first major hurricane of the 2026 season. Landfall expected later this evening near Pensacola, FL.
· 2026-10-09T13:05:23+00:00Hurricane Isaias is now a Category 3 MAJOR hurricane and is expected to make landfall near Pensacola, FL as a strong Category 2 storm later tonight! #hurricaneisaias #hurricane #FLwx #weather
· 2026-10-09T12:14:51+00:00All models this morning showing Cat 3 intensity with some even getting to Cat 4 before landfall. Isaias says WHAT EL NINO!!!
· 2026-10-09T12:58:44+00:00#FLwx #GAwx #ALwx #tropicswx #severewx | Dangerous conditions are likely w/ up to 9ft of storm surge along the #Florida shores. I also want to mention the winds of #Isaias will be damaging & even well into #Alabama & #Georgia where a sting jet could form on the backside of Isaias
· 2026-10-09T12:04:27+00:007am has Isaias at 110 mpg going to major hurricane status. Deep convection circumnavigating the eye wall.
· 2026-10-09T13:09:00+00:00A SHARK SWIMS RIGHT PAST A WATERFALL OF LAVA 10 seconds. two things that should never be this close together. shot from above a tropical coastline. bright orange lava pours down a black volcanic cliff into crystal-clear turquoise water, slowly forming a dark crust along the
· 2026-10-09T13:11:56+00:00Convoys of utility crews are on the way to the landfall zone ahead of hurricane Isaias.
· 2026-10-09T13:10:45+00:00STORM SURGE: The combination of storm surge and tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at
AI visual note: A "Peak Storm Surge Forecast" map from the NWS National Hurricane Center for Hurricane Isaias, dated Friday October 09, 2026 at 07 AM CDT Advisory 11A, showing storm surge heights along the Gulf Coast.
· 2026-10-09T13:06:19+00:00Steve getting debriefed on Big Picture weather map so he can help answer all the questions
· 2026-10-09T12:15:00+00:00Surge now forecast increased to around 6-9 ft for some areas in the western Panhandle this morning.
AI visual note: A NWS/NHC Peak Storm Surge Forecast map for Hurricane Isaias, dated Friday October 09, 2026 (07 AM CDT Advisory 11A), showing surge predictions ranging from 1-3 ft up to 6-9 ft along the Gulf Coast.
· 2026-10-09T13:22:25+00:00Don’t ignore areas like Tallahassee for heavy rain. Far removed from the center of #Isaias, training cells over the next 36 hours are expected to pile up rainfall totals and increase tornado potential. Isolated 10” totals possible.
· 2026-10-09T12:15:36+00:00Peak Surge Forecast has officially increased for the Emerald Coast. If you are still on the beaches, you need to be out by no later than about Noon. #Isaias
· 2026-10-09T13:11:49+00:00Major Category 3 Hurricane #Isaias is taking aim at Pensacola, Florida. A low-end Category 2 or high-end Category 1 hurricane is expected to make landfall around 9:00 PM ET. Although shear will weaken its overall intensity, a widespread 5 to 7-foot storm surge is forecast for
· 2026-10-09T13:25:57+00:00Red Sprite event from last night over Iowa. I was originally about to go to sleep when I saw a friend post about the ongoing event. I slowed the clips down some so you could actually see the sprite.
· 2026-10-09T13:04:35+00:00Today is a First Alert Weather Day. Be sure to stay ahead of the storm with the WJHG streaming app. Your First Alert Weather team - Always Ready... Any Device, Anytime.
· 2026-10-09T13:23:00+00:00Out now! The latest episode of the Understory podcast, recorded during #ClimateWeekNYC, is now live! Listen or watch as our hosts talk to @AdamAJRbrothers and @MonicaMedinaDC about why nature is treated as a footnote wedonthavetime.org @TF_Global @swetac @JadDaley
· 2026-10-09T12:55:44+00:00If Hurricane Isaias makes landfall before midnight tonight on the Gulf coast, it will be the first land falling hurricane in exactly two years to this date in the U.S. The last hurricane to make landfall was Hurricane Milton on October 9th, 2024. Milton was a category 3 storm.
· 2026-10-09T13:19:02+00:00When the earth decides to make popcorn
· 2026-10-09T12:52:11+00:00JUST IN: Massive Tornado Rips Through Marsala in Western Sicily, Italy, Sending Multiple Cars Flying Through the Air.
· 2026-10-09T13:07:24+00:00Jim Cantore is on the ground in Florida and just said that the development of the hurricane is “not good” chat am I cooked
· 2026-10-09T12:03:04+00:00*Hurricane Isaias on the verge of “major” category 3 classification…landfall tonight likely near the far western part of Florida’s Panhandle…impacts to the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, NE US* arcfieldweather.com/blog/2026/10/9 …
· 2026-10-09T13:01:20+00:00In addition to being the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, Hurricane Isaias has become the season's first major hurricane as well reaching Category 3 status. I'll have the latest as we enter our final hour of WXXV News 25 today on FOX right now. - Ryan
· 2026-10-09T13:10:17+00:00Sábado 10 de octubre: Islas más orientales, intervalos con lluvias débiles y mod., que podrán ser en forma de chubasco en la madrugada. En el N de las más montañosas, nuboso con lluvia y, en forma de chubasco por la tarde, en el S de las islas centrales y W de La Palma (1/2)
· 2026-10-09T12:49:55+00:00In the wake of last night's weak cold frontal passage, WNW winds of 7-14 mph will usher slightly cooler air into northern MD, southeastern PA and the LSV today. However, high temps will still be a bit above normal and in the comfortable low-to-mid 70s under mostly sunny skies.
AI visual note: Weather map of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada showing wind speed data (in knots) with directional arrows, valid 2026/10/10 at 09Z from NOAA NAM.
· 2026-10-09T12:31:38+00:00Tres aviones volaron a través del centro del huracán Isaias durante la noche. La presión cayó de 973 a 962 en cinco horas mientras estaban allí dentro. Menor significa más fuerte, y ahora está a 1.60 km/h de la Categoría 3.
· 2026-10-09T12:50:00+00:00My god look at this thing! #Isaías
AI visual note: Colorized infrared satellite image showing a powerful tropical cyclone with a well-defined eye and intense red convection bands.
· 2026-10-09T13:24:07+00:00A few tornadoes are possible this evening and tonight as Isaias makes landfall.
