Mike Clay

Delta Air Lines to expand Los Angeles (LAX) to Florida: • LAX to West Palm Beach (PBI) new route 1 daily from November 20 • LAX to Tampa (TPA) 2 → 3 daily from November • LAX to Orlando (MCO) 4 → 5 daily from November

Hearing a bunch of Wendy's locations around #StPete closed today. What about yours? Wasn't so crazy about the changes to the burgers and fries over the last few years but I'll miss having a drive thru spot for chili and baked potato. The Frosty still was good too.

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Have spoken to a lot of people like this- these two became friends after waiting on the TSA line at IAH for hours next to each other. They both were also here yesterday and waited 6 hours and missed their flights. The airport camaraderie is real over here

As of the March 23rd climate report, we have reached 201.2 inches of snowfall at the Juneau International Airport, breaking the seasonal snowfall record. New Seasonal Snowfall Rankings: 1.) 201.2 inches: 2025 - 2026 2.) 197.9 inches: 2006 - 2007 3.) 194.3 inches 1964 - 1965

Airline pilot here: I’ve made a few posts, for posterity it seems I should combine them so here goes: I guess I should lead with the fact that I know LGA really, really well - And having 1 controller working both ground and tower; late… on a Sunday is straight up normal. Anything you’re hearing about a controller shortage is BS. Should there be 1 guy working? No - But it’s been that way as long as I can remember. Second, if you listen to the audio. You can hear the controller try to stop the truck. Which means a few things. The truck took too long to cross after the initial clearance was issued. In LGA shit happens quickly. If you can’t execute you’re immediately stopped. So looking at the truck. He took too long to cross.. which means that he was either in the wrong position when he first called, or he was going too slow. BOTH are wrong. That’s problematic. So if you listen to the guy IN the truck.. he’s nervous. Classic low confidence read back. What that says to me? He was in training. Let’s investigate that a little further? If the fire department was going to train someone… you’d do it when it’s “quiet” right? Well, LGA is never more quiet than late, on a Sunday - You starting to see it yet? Now, the controller. Was task heavy already (being by himself) working two frequencies in low weather. But again, nothing new there. Especially that guy. I recognize his voice. He’s a rockstar. He can handle it if anyone can. Now… BEFORE the incident with the truck. It’s important to understand the truck was rolling in response to an emergency. There was already a United flight that had supposedly aborted a takeoff due to a fume event on the other side of the field. Usually not something they roll CFR for, BUT if you listen to the earlier audio it’s pretty apparent the United flight crew was basically losing control of the cabin. The flight attendants were running that show. The United pilots, then respond by (incorrectly) pressing the Controller for a gate - That’s important to recognize the United crew was pressing the GROUND controller. Because it’s important to recognize that ground IS NOT in charge of gate assignments… so the United crew was pressing the wrong controller, which then put him (the controller) into a spot of trying to coordinate FOR THEM because apparently they don’t know how to do their jobs. The controller. Went from task heavy to what we call “task saturated.” Add that little fiasco into the truck moving slower than it should’ve been… poor radio discipline on the truck… We’re starting to create a scenario, yeah? Now finally the flight crew. Could they have gone around? Should they have gone around? Now we’re getting into Monday night quarterbacking. Yes to both… in hindsight. The reality is. The weather was low. So maybe they couldn’t visually verify that the truck had crossed. I will say, defacto; a go-around is always an option. Until It’s not. And it’s not once the reversers are out. So to be at 100kts ground speed… the reversers were out. To see what they saw, you’d have to be in the plane with them or re-create it in a sim. I will also say.. the truck. DEFINTELY SAW THE LIGHTS COMING DOWN THE RUNWAY. So, as usual. Multiple things played into it. …it’s never just one thing, right? But… There’s gonna be a lot of focus on the truck -

During a preliminary look through the lightning on March 15 over central Florida, this particular lightning strike is one of the most complex I have come across in my research. Spanning nearly 140km it features multiple branches and 11(!) cloud-to-ground events. #FLwx

@ThomasJFarrell7 When was this? Dang.

@PC_WeatherBoy Be careful what you wish for

Check out the rain totals so far for the month of March. As expected...FL style...some areas picking up more than others. The resounding theme is that, even with these rains...still not enough to bust any drought conditions state wide...WE NEED MORE!!!

🏆🌞New solar record in Texas today, first time over 33 gigawatts! Texas' new solar record is 54% higher than California's solar record. #txlege #txenergy

There is a seriousness of helium waste most people don't seem to comprehend. We can't make helium, there's no chemistry we can do - it's incredibly rare on Earth.

New TSA absences figures for Wednesday reuters.com/world/us/us-of…

The signal for a robust El Niño for the peak of Atlantic #hurricane season (Aug-Oct) continues to grow. El Niño typically reduces Atlantic hurricane activity via increases in vertical wind shear. We'll have lots more to say with CSU's initial 2026 hurricane forecast on 9 April

Would our engineers get upset if I called them into WX to ask them what channel is TruTV?

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Tired of the cold yet? The airport has yet again hit -40F this morning (3/18). This makes it the 31st occurrence of hitting -40F this season, putting us at 4th place regarding the number of times hitting -40F of all Winter seasons. This also ties the 3rd latest -40F.#akwx

Florida gets over 20,000 weather modification claims — but no evidence — since new law passed - E&E News by POLITICO eenews.net/articles/flori…

Well below normal temperatures will continue across Northern Alaska through the weekend. Coldest areas will drop to the 20s/30s to around 40 below zero, with even colder wind chills. Here's a look at our low temperature forecast over the next four days. Stay safe and warm! #akwx

Same view - 1977 & 2026. @fox7austin

@nickbannin In the apartments behind KXAN, there was water running out everywhere. You could hear it, like numerous waterfalls. When the students got back, all of the dumpsters were full of ruined rugs, carpet, furniture.

@Mike_Clay Incredible! Thankfully it wasn’t pipe bursting cold this time.

Austin just experienced it's biggest temperature drop ever within a 24 hour period! From 97º Sunday afternoon down to 39º Monday morning! Just incredible!