Kit Thomas, Meteorologist

It's a great thing to be doing what you love. I'm thriving now at ABC24 and am thankful to Danielle and the whole team for welcoming me! Best part, I'm working with one of my closest friends @wxcory from the @unccharlotte Meteorology department!!

A dominant, persistent, and record-breaking heat dome. This satellite animation shows the evolution of the ridge over the last 6 days.

What does a #HeatDome look like on satellite? This water vapor imagery from @NOAA's #GOESWest (#GOES18) 🛰️ shows you! Learn more about the historic March heatwave baking the western U.S. in our #SatelliteSnapshot: bit.ly/4rCpraF

ICYMI: @unccharlotte's meteorology program was featured on @wsoctv Channel 9 to celebrate a new partnership. Students with the technology will gain the expertise they need to excel in a rapidly evolving field. ➡️ bit.ly/WSOC-METEOROLO…

108°F in North Shore, CA this week. That tied the all-time US March temperature record. It's March 19th. The equinox is tomorrow. Temperatures across Southern California are running 20 to 35 degrees above normal. Palm Springs is forecast to hit 110°F this week. 110°F is a number that normally doesn't show up until June. California's snowpack is already at ~38% of normal — one of the worst snow droughts in decades. This heat drains what's left in March instead of July. Wildfire season starts 4 to 6 weeks early. The science is unambiguous. Fossil fuels warmed the planet. That warming makes heat waves more frequent, more intense, and longer-lasting. Every degree we've added shifts the baseline higher. #HeatWave #SoCal #ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange #California

The analyzed central pressure at 7 am EST was 966 mb. This is an estimated 41 mb drop in 24 hours compared to yesterday's analysis at the same of 1007 mb.

Many locations in the Northeast US have received over a foot of snowfall since yesterday morning due to a relentless winter storm and blizzard from a powerful nor'easter.

Asteroid 2025 MH348 discovered last year is possibly a trojan of Neptune. #astro 🔭

ON THIS DATE IN 1884: The 1884 Enigma outbreak is thought to be among the largest and most widespread tornado outbreaks in American history, striking on February 19–20, 1884. As the precise number of tornadoes as well as fatalities incurred during the outbreak are unknown, the nickname “Enigma outbreak” has come to be associated with the storm. Nonetheless, an inspection of newspaper reports and governmental studies published in the aftermath reveals tornadoes (or more likely — long-track tornado families) striking Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with an estimation of at least 50 tornadoes. In Alabama these tornadoes affected at least eight separate counties across the state from around midday until late evening, resulting in at least 39 fatalities and 116 injuries.

That flow tho.

Sublimation of snow in southeast PA has generated about 30 W/m^2 of surface cooling, which along with snow's radiative properties exacerbates frigid temperatures

The 1991-2020 climate doesn't exist anymore 😟

4 years ago today, the eruption of #HungaTonga was captured by imagery from @NOAASatellites #GOES17/#GOESWest and JMA Himawari-8 -- details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog…

Infographic illustrating thermal wind balance

@memphisweather1 @weathertrevor Thank you so much!

@KitThomasWX @weathertrevor Congrats guys! Awesome work

I've been nominated for an Emmy Award!!! Along with @weathertrevor and Mikayla Morris, we were nominated for our work on our one-month-later special of the early April 2025 tornado outbreak across the Mid-South. This event was career-defining for me, and I'm proud of our work.

To all of you who have followed me over the years, thank you. From mentors to viewers, I have learned so much from so many, and I am proud to make this my life's work. Here is a link to our full speical: localmemphis.com/article/weathe…

The next goal naturally is to win an award (perhaps by year 12?), but whether or not the Academy chooses us or one of our talented fellow nominees, that's not important to me at this point. I'm so glad to have earned this recognition!