Kevin Lu

Hurricane #Francine NE eyewall wind data collected from Houma, LA with a sampling interval of 2s. The strongest winds occurred around the edge of the eye rather than the heavy precip portion (16:00 to 17:30). Pressure data has no evidence of meso-vortices.

Just found an infinite money glitch

Temperature near LAX just spiked 10 degrees in a couple of minutes. This is not sensor error because all the nearby private stations picked up on it as well. Any guesses on what happened? #wxtwitter

@jacobvscitadel The source is my brain.

@KevinLuWX on kalshi for the 1 december austin where did you find your source for 47 or below? On the official NWS website, they say the maximum temperature will be 49.

Hurricane #Francine NE eyewall wind data collected from Houma, LA with a sampling interval of 2s. The strongest winds occurred around the edge of the eye rather than the heavy precip portion (16:00 to 17:30). Pressure data has no evidence of meso-vortices.

Welcome to my weekend. I'm back home. My first task is documenting what happened in #Hurricane #MELISSA. That means compiling my data & reviewing my footage, clip by clip, to create an impact chronology. I'm rushing to get this to the NHC—they're already doing postanalysis, & any data from the inner core are highly valued. I'll release a preliminary report, with pressure data (which everyone's been asking about), Monday. 👊

@tbrite89 @iCyclone Have to push back on this though. The low level eye diameters seems much smaller than IR upper eye diameter judging from the radar. And the pressure data from Josh's image inferring high 930s suggest that there is still maybe 2 miles to go before the eye.

That infrared satellite image (on the computer to your left and the one attached below) clearly show that you couldn’t have gotten much (any?) closer to the eye without actually getting inside of it. As such, there’s zero doubt in my mind that you and those with you in Crawford experienced peak wind gusts of *no less* than 200 mph and very likely around 210 mph! If I’m correct in that educated guess, it would constitute the highest wind gusts ever captured on video by about 5 mph. Although that unexpected last-minute jog (to the north) took you out of the eye, it also put you into the innermost portion of the eastern eyewall where the strongest winds were likely located. Consequently, I’m very much looking forward to seeing the full video compilation of hurricane #Melissa! I’ll add that only the residents on Galleon Beach probably saw higher *sustained* winds given they were on the coast and within 500 meters of the immediate shoreline…with Black River seeing about the same as your intercept locality, it appears. Naturally, I’m just as eager, if not even more-so, to see the data you collected as I am the historic video you obtained…which is arguably more important from a scientific perspective. Lastly, I know I’ve said it before, but it’s certainly worth saying again: you truly did an exceptional job on this chase, Josh! 👊

Inversion layer just north of LA.

Man. #Hurricane #MELISSA. Incredible power. Perhaps the mightiest hurricane of the 83 I've witnessed. My location (Crawford, a tiny beach town in St. Elizabeth Parish #Jamaica) took the full force of the inner right eyewall and may have seen the peak winds in this historic, record-smashing hurricane. First pic: as it started to get scary. Bone-rattling gusts were making roofs explode into clouds of lethal confetti. The grand palm tree out front was starting to bend obscenely—in a way I found unnatural. Second pic: after we bolted the door shut because it was getting too dangerous even to watch the storm. (I'd randomly ended up in the hotel's kitchen with a local family.) The hurricane's inner eyewall was a screaming white void. All I could see through the cracks in the shutters was the color white—accompanied by a constant, ear-splitting scream that actually caused pain. (Notice the woman in the pic holding her ears.) The scream occasionally got higher and angrier, and those extra-screechy screams made my eardrums pulse. Meanwhile, water was forcing in through every crack—under the floor and between the window slats. I remember shuddering at the thought of what was happening to the town—what this screaming white void was doing to people, homes, communities. My fears were well-founded. The impact in this part of coastal St. Elizabeth Parish is catastrophic. Wooden structures were completely mowed down and in some cases swept from their foundations. Some concrete structures collapsed. The well-built ones—like my hotel—survived, but even they had major roof, window, and door damage. The landscape has been stripped bare—the trees just sticks. The roads are blocked with rubble and utility poles. Nearby Black River—a unique old historical town right on the water—was smashed beyond recognition: historical sites destroyed, main streets filled with rubble, the town market twisted like a pretzel, even the regional hospital destroyed. It's a good thing I wasn't in my hotel room during the storm because one of the windows blew out, showering the bed with glass and wood. The hotel lost most of its roof, and several third-story rooms were smashed open. But in the lower flooors, those grand old concrete walls protected us. And so far I'm aware of only two deaths in Crawford—a fellow who had a heart attack at the school next door (his body was still in his car and unclaimed the next morning, a sad and disturbing sight), and a woman who drowned in the storm surge in Gallon Beach. While walking down the devastated streets of Black River, I ran into the Jamaican Member of Parliament for this region, @floydgreenja. He's a great dude and I appreciate that he already has a gameplan for turning this catastrophe into an opportunity—to build this region back better. And I vowed on the spot that I'm going to make it my mission to spread awareness of this catastrophe and get that aid flowing in. I'll be talking about MELISSA a lot over the coming months—because it is both a fascinating meteorological event and a human disaster that demands an international response. (And I swear an epic video is coming out of this.)

@SimonStormRider @BradArnoldWX The IR eye is bigger than the actual low level eye though.

Anyone know if a chaser(s) was located near New Hope or White House, Jamaica??? Lowest pressure of CAT 5 Hurricane Melissa would've occurred near that area. October 28, 2025

@NolaMike23 @ktkutthroat @iCyclone I wouldn't say so. The IR measure upper level, it's always more narrow at the bottom.

@ktkutthroat @iCyclone He’s in the eye right now but not for long

10:25 am. Frightening power. Whiteout. Roofs teaing off. Gusts like bombs going off. Painful ears. Praise the lord for solid concrete. 962 mb

@MavenSunrise @iCyclone Melissa is almost double the strength of Wilma at landfall.

@iCyclone Florida meteorologists compare 2025 Hurricane Melissa to 2005 Hurricane Wilma. I experienced South Florida was without power for 1-2 weeks (longer in remote areas). The only temporary relief was the cooler temperatures after the storm. Like y'all, hoping to hear from Josh soon!

@s_gatkins @iCyclone Comms usually go down several day until he leaves the disaster area. This is normal having chased hurricane myself. Anything stronger than Cat 3 has a good chance of knocking down comms.

@iCyclone Has anyone heard from @iCyclone? I don’t remember him being out of comm this long before.

@iCyclone Josh about to become the first person in history to measure sub 900 pressure on land.

7:45 am. Good morning from Crawford, St. Elizabeth Parish #Jamaica. Wind starting to really howl. 991 mb. #Hurricane #MELISSA is coming.

@casarellaai Planes lining up to land at LAX

What thr fuck is that? Over LA, now is 20:20 11 september 2025 Ufo over LA? Drones?

@iCyclone I thought Macau was not an option due to China visas? Or do they have an exemption like HK?

@KevinLuWX More than last ditch. It is a real option. Or Macau. Everything is on the table with this one. Keeping my options open.

Hey from 35K ft over the Pacific. I'm on the long leg of the journey as I hunt down what's gonna be #Typhoon #RAGASA. My plan now: there ain't no plan—yet. Too soon. I'm just gonna land in Manila & look at it. From there, I have 6 distinct paths I can take. This is a tricky one.

@liamlev88 I got too busy with life but I'm working on it again.

@KevinLuWX What happend to the hyperloop game

The data I got in Typhoon #Danas were nuts. Pressure increased by 9.2 mbr in 5 minutes. Not sure if that's even the steepest part. My rough calculations yield a 7-8 mbr/nm pressure gradient. I'll do a more precise calculation once I piece together everything on a time series.

@Mckinley_4th @_geopolitic_ The US gun policies make it possible for people with idiotic decisions to follow through with their idiotic plans. And the rest of the world do not.

@KevinLuWX @_geopolitic_ Shut up! How are you blaming half the country for one persons idiotic decisions

🇺🇸⚡️- The moment Charlie Kirk was shot. Viewer discretion is STRONGLY advised.

@UnequivocallyB @_geopolitic_ Mentally unstable liberal who could not have gone through with the shooting in a country with guns abolished.

@KevinLuWX @_geopolitic_ Who was the shooter Kev?

@MooseMilk1985 @JaneDaisyPain @Dreslen1 @58bugeye To be fair. The difference is mentally unstable people in the rest of the world can't go on killing sprees even if they want to. In the USA they can do it any day of the week.

@JaneDaisyPain @Dreslen1 @58bugeye Its mental health, moron. Stable people don't go on killing sprees

10 years ago when Tyler Robinson was just 12 years old, his conservative Republican family started grooming him with guns. Of course they had no idea that their son would turn out to be an assassin and murder Charlie Kirk. Isn’t this the model for most mass murderers?

@TerrorBite03 @_geopolitic_ Simply not true. In countries like Japan/Taiwan with guns abolished, pretty much all premeditated murder are with knives. It's impossible to get a gun unless you have backing of underground criminal organizations. A random crazy guy won't be able to get one even if he wants to.

@KevinLuWX @_geopolitic_ No matter the gun laws ppl will always find a way. You can’t control that. Drugs are illegal but everyone has them