Jack Sillin 🇺🇦

@webberweather @jhomenuk is that really -eamt though?

La Niña finally decided to wake up and along with Eq RWs, is trying to throw the brakes on the MJO in the warm phases. Normally, the MJO slows down in the maritime continent & west pacific as zonal MSE advection becomes weak. Doesn’t help we haven’t see a good E Asia cold outbreak in a while. I also don’t like how we’re getting all this -EAMT in week 2 (still), but the pacific jet extends. Usually means there’s a poleward shift in the works (which is needed to offset the angular momentum losses upstream to maintain said stronger jet). Said poleward shift is less conducive to -EPO.

Seeing these maps makes me wanna throw up. +EPO/+NAO? 🤢

@VORTEXJeff Yep no surprise there ahead of the shortwave. Man the environment along and NE of the boundary is 👀👀👀

@JackSillin Pretty good signal on satellite for ascent coming in from SW Kansas

Heading to Fairbury, Nebraska, for now

@WxByte FYI the dewpoint contours on SatSquatch haven’t seemed to update since … April 15th? Cc @tempestchasing

@NickLilja @shawnmilrad Biggest ball of yarn, biggest ball of twine, biggest ball of string, biggest ball of wire, biggest stack of unused sling psychrometers… gotta catch em all

@JackSillin @shawnmilrad Me: "Okay, Google. Where is the biggest ball of yarn?"

@chriscarleton let's go! see you saturday morning!!

After two days of seller drop off for our Bike Swap (5/18), it's apparent that the used market is absolutely flooded with bikes, and the sellers know it! We are seeing really nice bikes at prices lower than we've ever seen. If you're a buyer this is great news!

@BillKarins Will keep you posted from Rockwood Maine! If these clouds can break up a bit more

Just about time for these images to appear from North America. Canadian Maritimes and Northern Maine up first

@CharlieWGME Broken stratocu north of Waterville, hoping it can thin out a bit as we head north

@CharlieWGME Aiming for moosehead hopefully this is just diurnal CU and the protons keep a comin

It's as good as it gets for viewing aurora. 3 hour estimated planetary K index is 8.67 which is the highest I've seen. Usually I get excited about a value of 6. Clouds should be thinning out tonight. Best viewing should be after midnight.

@NWSGray Broken stratocu overhead north of Waterville, hoping it thins out up in Moosehead! This is probably remnants of diurnal convection and should fade?

For those hoping to see the aurora tonight here is our latest hourly sky cover forecast. It will otherwise be a cool night with lows into the 30s to lower 40s. Frost is possible in the more sheltered interior locations. #MEwx #NHwx

@TamithaSkov what are the odds it's still going strong after sunset in the eastern US? is this too early?

The first #solarstorm in this train has hit! The storm is quite fast so the initial impact has caused a G4-level response momentarily. (See the red bar showing Hp30 exceeding 8). The magnetic field is strong and southward, but wildly fluctuating. Expect substorms to cause #aurora to brighten and dim suddenly.

Happy Appomattox Day— Slavery and treason: buried in the same grave!

@milankloewer which mountain?

Okay totality is a million times cooler than a partial eclipse. But on top of a mountain in Maine: Even more woaaaa, like a 360° sunset for 3min

@CameronJNixon Two years on the plains and I’m still noodleless lol

@JackSillin Triggered

Hey chasers, what's your best example of a discrete supercell that was just chillin in a crazy environment and couldn't produce a tornado? (radar appreciated)

@chriscarleton Thanks man! Heard the loaf was madness but hope you had fun too! What a surreal experience indeed. And man I miss the Maine woods ha cannot wait to be back

@JackSillin Nice Jack! That was truly an amazing experience. What a great vantage point for you!

My favorite little corner of the world in the (anti) spotlight

@capitalweather 👋 from the other side of the lake!

Ten minutes before totality and totality in Eustis, Maine. - Jason, CWG

@hurricanetrack @VORTEXJeff Friend of mine owns the backcountry hut system up here so we’ll have a fire and soup and games while waiting on the lakeshore

@hurricanetrack @VORTEXJeff I’ve got a prime spot on flagstaff lake

I cringe thinking about the traffic tomorrow on these remote highways through the wilderness of northwestern Maine