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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 2h

One of his doctoral students is the infamous (in the Weather Community) Dr. Greg Forbes.

A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 2h

Today's Weather Fun Fact: The Fujita Scale (and EF Scale) is named after Dr. Ted Fujita.

He pretty much 'discovered' downbursts & microbursts, plus the concept of multi-vortex tornadoes. He ALSO helped publish a model correlating to pressure and wind in tropical systems.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Weather 'Fun' Fact:

The most extensive tornado outbreak in history happened from April 25-28, 2011. A total of 367 tornadoes, most on the 25th thru the 27th.

All EF5s (4) occurred on the 27th.

The 2011 Super Outbreak holds the record for the largest # of tornadoes in 24 hours at 218.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 2d

Today's Weather Fun Fact:

The closest any tropical system has ever gotten to the Equator is 1.4 degrees North, or 156 km (97 mi) from the Equator. This was achieved by Tropical Storm Vamei around the 26th of December in 2001.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 3d

Note: The IF Scale was officially adopted in 2023.

Note Again: There ARE IF5s, but these are re-rated tornadoes and not technically counted. It's weird, this is a brand new system.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 3d

Today's Weather Fun Fact:

The International Fujita Scale is the "newest Fujita Scale", introduced in 2018. It's primarily used by the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) and other European weather agencies!

The strongest tornado rated with this scale (so far) is an IF4 with winds of 236 mph.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 4d

Today's Weather Fun Fact:

The Fujita Scale has a thing called 'Fujita miles' which we are definitely NOT gonna discuss further 'cause it's weird.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my, I forgot some daily facts didn't I?

Well here's a make up:

There have only been two (E)F5s in October on record in the U.S., one in Iowa in '66 and the newly upgraded one in ND.

There has never been an EF5 in November in the U.S. on record.

Hurricanes can produce tornadoes!

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 8d

*Chicago TO Boston

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 8d

Today's Weather Fun Fact:

2012's Hurricane Sandy is the largest tropical system ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, with Tropical Storm-force wind diameter of 1,150 miles (1,850 km).

That's the distance from Chicago the Boston.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 9d

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Patricia occurred in the East Pacific Basin, a region which lacks means of direct observation as compared to the Atlantic and West Pacific Basins.

This behemoth could have surpassed Tip's pressure record, but this cannot be reasonably judged.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 9d

Today's Weather Fun Fact:
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Hurricane Patricia of 2015 holds the record for the largest 1 minute sustained winds WORLDWIDE, at 215 mph (346 kph), and the second lowest pressure at 872 mb.

It is worth noting these were not directly observed measurements, but are quite sound estimates.

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jarbles | ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ | Nuclear Powered Bnuuygirl @jarblesvtv.bsky.social · 10d

www.twitch.tv/jarbles_ waiting room open <3

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Welcome to my channel! I’m a variety vtuber, and try to do both solo and group streams. Ty for tuning in!

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 10d

Typhoon Tip will absolutely be getting a Fun Fact day eventually. It deserves one.

It IS worth noting there are a couple hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones that potentially beat even Tip's record, but those data are estimates.

A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 10d

Today's Weather Fun Fact:

1973's Typhoon Nora is tied for 3rd in all time reliably recorded tropical storms reaching a minimum pressure of 875 mb.

At the time this was at the top until '79's Typhoon Tip.

With 1-min winds of 185 mph it is also in the top echelon of tropical storms by wind speeds.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 11d

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It is worth noting how this helps set precedent for "contextual" damage and non-standard DIs to be used. Math can (and was) applied to figure out the wind speeds required.
If you ask me, if "clean math" can be used, and you know a car didn't ram into a house let's say, then MEASURE IT, USE IT.

A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 11d

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This tornado is the first (E)F5 in ND since 1957, one of the northernmost (E)F5s ever, the 2nd ever example of a non-standard Damage Indicator (DI) used for EF5 strength, and among other records: one of the most intense tornadoes ever reliably documented by the NWS. History was made yesterday.

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A☈ilyx - ADHD Powered Wyvern 🧡🍀 @foursidedhexagon.bsky.social · 11d

Today's Weather Fun Fact:

Yesterday (technically June 20th), the longest "EF5 Drought", at 12 years 1 month long, ended. A tornado in North Dakota reached instant wind speeds in excess of 250 mph (402 kph) to do the things it did, just scroll a little bit through my re-Skys to see it lol

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jarbles | ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ | Nuclear Powered Bnuuygirl @jarblesvtv.bsky.social · 12d

Stream today w/ @experimentr41n.bsky.social for some modded stellaris at 3pm pacific :3

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Connell Miller @connellmiller.ca · 12d

Excited to announce that my method for estimating wind speeds based on lofted debris in tornadoes was used as contextual evidence for upgrading the Enderlin, ND tornado to an EF5!

doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...

#NDwx #Enderlin #EF5 #Tornado