Ryan Vandersmith
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Ryan Vandersmith
@ryanvandersmith.com
Software engineer and cloud enthusiast.
Another day, another dusty mid-latitude cyclone.
#wxsky #ilwx #mowx #inwx #coldcore #tornado #severeweather
March 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Incredible satellite view of today's bomb cyclone.
Credit: College of DuPage
#wxsky #wavecyclone #severewx
March 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Cloud iridescence near Boulder today #COwx
March 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Subsun" optical phenomenon this morning near Boulder, Colorado. #COwx
February 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Forecast visualization of the cold front sweeping through eastern Colorado today.
#COwx @bianchiweather.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Cross section view of the arctic front interacting with a mountain wave today, inverting the vertical velocity field. #cowx #wxsky
January 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Visualization of the cold front moving through Colorado this afternoon through tonight based on HRRR forecast data. Blue lines indicate boundaries / horizontal wind shear.
#COwx #Colorado #WYwx #Wyoming #WxSky @bianchiweather.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yet another sunset cloud inversion earlier today! Denver city lights in the background. #cowx #timelapse #freezingfog #cloudinversion #bouldercounty #denverco #photography #abovetheclouds
January 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Time lapse of a winter shortwave trough passing above a cloud inversion yesterday on the Front Range.
#cowx #wxsky #cloudinversion #coldfront #snowstorm
January 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Time lapse of fog above the city lights of Boulder, Colorado last night. #cowx #wxsky #cloudinversion
January 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reanalysis cross section of the mountain wave amplification during the Marshall Fire. Today's setup is less potent from a downslope wind standpoint but still worth taking seriously due to the elevated fire risk. #COwx #COfire
December 30, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Time lapse of rotor clouds spinning over the Front Range foothills yesterday, produced by a trapped lee wave. #cowx #wxsky #cofrontrange #colorado #mountainwave
December 23, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Cross section of the mountain wave structure overnight. The ~100 mph gusts were suggested at least 4-5 hours ahead of time by the RAP forecast model, which showed extreme amplification with similar downward velocity to the windstorm which caused the Marshall Fire in 2021.
#cowx #wxsky
December 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM