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Dilly Dilly Dalton retweeted
I’ve seen a lot of discourse lately of “how awful the models been”
Anecdotally, I’m sure there are cases where storms were forecast poorly. But is there concrete evidence of a measurable decline in performance? If so, I am not aware and would appreciate data to back this up.
Me getting a suntan-level dose of UV rays on 5/6/2024 when the tornado-producing EDS storm hit Norman and Moore
Fantastic documentary, great work constructing a story that felt like a movie with a beautiful, powerfully-climatic narrative. Astonishing audio work as well, it makes full use of the theater sound system
And I appreciate the reverence to Tim Samaras throughout the film 🙏🏼
Never Stop Chasing the movie dominates @AMCTheatres across Tornado Alley and the new new Tornado Alley starting August 21!
We need your help! You can find showing details at NeverStopChasingFilm.com
Storms this August in Colorado have been slower than the past few years, so I’m here reminiscing about June
Especially this storm with a probable dusty tornado, wind damage to 113mph in Akron, hypnotizing structure, and the best thrill I had this summer
6/22/2026
Otis, CO
View of the Simla severe thunderstorm looking east from Parker
Low clouds come in to crap on the view but storm tops hit 56k ft
#cowx
The tornado-possible severe-warned thunderstorm viewed from Parker earlier at 21:57z
#cowx
2024
Substantial outbreaks widespread across the country, from early January through the last week of December, with photogenic tornadoes most times. The 2nd highest total on record.
2025 was exceptional, but crashed quickly. Last 5 months of year only saw 163 tornadoes-
Despite the local fireworks ban, I got some nice explosive energy from storms earlier today
Happy 250th to the undisputed severe storm capital of the world 🇺🇸🌪️
#cowx #4thofJuly
Was watching these storms as they began over the house
Didn’t think that this time they would pop off this hard, decided to go after them too late 😞
Colorado has had tornadic storms every day this week despite no SPC risk areas lol
Dilly Dilly Dalton retweeted
While probably not intended, this sort of spotter/chaser questioning from an authority (in this case NWS) fosters misconceptions: mainly, that the condensation funnel has to be full for a tornado to be there.
Wrong.
Tornadoes commonly happen without full condensation.
All condensation (funnel) represents is where pressure has dropped enough to cool the temperature to the dewpoint and condense cloud. A “dry” tornado may still be present under that, capable of killing people and doing damage.
NWS mets: let’s not encourage mythology (the bogus idea a tornado needs full condensation) that the science, and our own spotter-training efforts, have spent decades rightly opposing.
A better question to ask is this:
Are damage, debris or vortices visible at ground?
