Storm chaser and photographer. Live-tweeting random thoughts of the day. Building @chase_archive
Joined July 2008
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Jim Tang retweeted
This morning between 3:20-4:00 @markskaggs10 and I captured noctilucent clouds above Seattle! These clouds are the highest clouds on planet earth. I have been after this composition with them, Mt Baker and the Space Needle for close to a decade now! We finally got it! #wawx
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For @skydrama specifically it's 8 PM: Oh cool, a TOTY again
Storm chasing is..
8 AM: Oh boy, I can't wait to chase a storm!
1 PM: I hate myself and every decision I've made that led me to this moment in time
8 PM: Oh cool, a storm!
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Inside our minds there are two creatives: one creates for the sake out of creating something out of nothing, the other creates to solve a problem.
I am convinced social interaction, dating, etc. thrives in the former and gets smothered by the latter.
Jun 12
a few years ago my friend and I were both single, and we had a conversation about “elevating dating to an art form”
it started out mostly joking but eventually a clear picture emerged: we would strive to make the experience as beautiful as possible for the other person
that meant clear communication, exceptional effort & presence, and, if things weren’t a match, letting them down in a gentle, honest way
it was successful (both of us are now in relationships) but also it made dating fun again. it made it a creative pursuit - how do I create something beautiful here - and dispelled any fatigue or disillusionment
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Jim Tang retweeted
Jun 12
Red sprites from last night.
Last night was crazy. I captured over 60 individual sprite events.
Captured from southern Minnesota looking toward the storm over Missouri / Illinois.
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Jim Tang retweeted
A massive medical warehouse is burning in Tracy, California, and putting up a gnarly cloud of toxic smoke. This smoke is going to settle into the Valley overnight, and is also reaching into the Santa Clara Valley near Morgan Hill. If you live in an area which is being impacted by smoke, close your windows and doors, and run your AC. Consider evacuating yourself if you can smell it strongly. Satellite image from 1pm thru 5pm, 6/11/2026. More info on our livestream on The Lookout YouTube Channel, link in comments.
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*taps sign*
Pretty crazy how visible tors have been today with 2 PW values.
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LP is halfway between no storm and a classic supercell.
HP is halfway between classic supercell and slop/convective complex.
Jun 11
I think many of us would like to believe that forecasting HP vs LP supercells is a simple function of a few environmental parameters, but the reality is that it’s much more complex and nuanced than that
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Damnit
Jun 10
The hustle bros won't tell you this, but swimming upstream against your nature is always bad strategy.
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It was written ✍️
Jun 10
I really gotta hand it to you @wxmann , this is the single most prophetic thing I have ever heard you say
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