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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hello world!
I’m a meteorologist who works in catastrophe modeling and lives in Boston. Hopefully I can find other people who want to chat about the weather or data science. R is my primary programming language.

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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 7h

Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)

The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 4h

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 4h

#Melissa damage

#wxSky #weather #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica

Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.

Black River — near total destruction.

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 4h

Here is a great overview of #Melissa

#wxSky #HurricaneMelissa

Tomer Burg @burgwx.bsky.social · 5h

Multi-panel view of the last few days of Hurricane Melissa:

↖️ GOES-19 infrared brightness temp
↗️ GOES-19 visible satellite
↙️ Hurricane hunter planes & flight paths
↘️ Recon-derived flight level wind swath
⬇️ Estimated minimum pressure from recon dropsondes

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Laura Kranich @laurakranich.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible shot of the eye of Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa just moments before landfall in Jamaica yesterday taken by ESA's Sentinel 2 satellite. The amount of detail is breathtaking!

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 1d

Melissa Records:
Strongest Atlantic Landfall (Tie)
3rd Strongest Atlantic Hurricane (Tie)
World Record Driest/ Clearest Eye
3rd 2025 Cat 5 (2nd most)
4th Extreme Rapid Intensification Episide of 2025 (tied for 1st place)
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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 16h

This is breathtaking #Melissa #wxsky

Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 1d

This is footage taken earlier today of the eye of Hurricane Melissa.

The entire view is remarkable, of the core of one of the strongest Atlantic basic hurricanes in recorded history, and a catastrophic hit to Jamaica and the central Caribbean.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

Brian Krassenstein

“New video shows the catastrophic damage from Category 5 Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica.

So sad.”

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 1d

Hurricanes feed off of warm water. Watch how quickly the eye of #Melissa collapsed as it moved onto land and over the mountainous terrain of Jamaica, and how quickly it is reforming now that it has moved back over water! I will be adding this radar loop to my earth science lectures.

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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 1d

Melissa was a Category 5 hurricane for 36 consecutive hours. Only 4 other hurricanes in the satellite record – Irma (2017), Ivan (2004), Mitch (1998), and David 1979 – lasted as long as a Category 5 hurricane. Typically Cat 5s last about 18 hours before weakening.

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🎃ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🎃 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 1d

Eye wall of Hurricane Melissa

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 1d

The Sentinel-2 satellite captured this view into category 5 hurricane #Melissa's eye just before landfall today... what a shot!

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 1d

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 1d

#climaterisk #Melissa

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

To understand the climate connection to Hurricane Melissa, check out our real-time attribution page at @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...

"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."

Screenshot that says "Melissa has passed over waters made 1.4°C warmer, on average, by climate change." and "Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely." along with a map of Hurricane Melissa's path.

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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 1d

Meteorologists are sounding the alarm on Hurricane Melissa: "It makes you wonder if this is going to become a new normal going forward when we get storms like this." from @mollytaft.com

Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified

The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 1d

Video shows major flooding along Santa Cruz Bypass in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Medical facilities in Black River, Jamaica destroyed following Hurricane Melissa, senator says. - NBC

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 1d

😮
#Melissa

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Terrifying video from the town of Black River in Jamaica.

The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa

(📸 Yung Senshi)

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 1d

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections

At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 1d

AUDIO: Listen to the roar of powerful winds pounding Treasure Beach, Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches Caribbean island.

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 1d

#Melissa continues to intensify as it makes landfall. This is a terrible scenario for #Jamaica

#wxSky #HurricaneMelissa

Elisa Raffa @elisa-raffa.bsky.social · 1d

“Total structural failure is possible near the path of #Melissa’s center.”

185 mph winds, 892 mb central pressure - ranking top 5 strongest hurricanes ever in the Atlantic basin, but the most heartbreaking part…we are just hours away from landfall 😢💔

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 1d

Hurricane Melissa will make landfall in Jamaica in a few hours as one of the two strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall anywhere in the Atlantic Basin -- on par with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in south Florida.

Just horrific. The stuff of nightmares.

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 1d

This is frightening
#Melissa #wxsky

Chuck Copeland 🌀 @nchurricane.com · 1d

This meso loop of #Melissa from CIRA is absolutely stunning at it makes its closes in on landfall in southwestern Jamaica.

rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/...

#hurricanemelissa

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Kurtis M. @stormorknot.bsky.social · 1d

And winds of 180mph!!

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 1d

October 28 9:00am ET: #Melissa is now a 180 mph storm with a central pressure down to 896 millibars.

Only 5 other known Atlantic storms have had stronger wind speeds (Allen, Dorian, Wilma, Gilbert, Labor Day (1935)).

2024 & 2025: First back-to-back years with <900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record.

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