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NWS LCH Meteorology & GIS | Former State EM Meteorologist for MS | Ambisinister | HAIL STATE. | all thoughts and opinions are my own

Lake Charles, LA
Joined March 2017
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The painting urge has been fierce lately and tonight I gave in. Hurricane Laura as seen from the LCH radar at 5:33Z on 8/27/20. One of the final scans made before the radar failed.
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#Sneauxmageddon 2025 did not disappoint in south Lake Charles! Averaging about 6” across my front and back yards, but there were a not-small amount of 7” readings in wide open areas of the yard!
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Snow board has been deployed at WFO Lake Charles!
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The homemade focaccia-to-LCH-operations pipeline:
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Little back yard storm chasing this afternoon. Beautifully sculpted rotating cell! Sent out a few funnels but couldn’t make the magic happen. #LAwx
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First time in Yankee Stadium to watch our Bravos kick some ass!
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Tropical Funnel Season is upon us! #LAwx
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Our radar is setting off my trypophobia 😷
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Finally a “quiet” night on shift to crunch numbers. Since 4/9/24 12z, (only 38 days!!) our office has issued 274 warning polygons and issued 377 LSRs. This includes 2 FFEmergencies and 5 destructive SVRs. I’ve personally issued 80 separate warnings; not counting con/can/exp. 😵‍💫😴
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And a massive shoutout goes to ALL the NWS offices who have been as hard - if not more - battled as we have. Thankful for a break in the pattern ahead!
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So. Tired. Of. Severe. Weather. Someone please make it stop.
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Chocolate chip cookies for the men and women working our late night severe and hydro ops at LCH 🍪 🥛
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Having to issue the third Flood watch for the same area that’s been flooded out twice in the last 2.5 weeks is another kind of pain. Praying for the people of Deep Southeast Texas.
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Good morning 🌫️
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Recipe testing means homemade cookies for the LCH midnight crew! Maybe they’ll have a few left by my swing tomorrow…
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Just a stormy afternoon and a balloon 🎈
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Subsisting entirely off of quad shots at this point
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The cold is here!! 💙🩵 now for a night of DSS and ice road (Louisiana)truckers.
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I want a TDY for a single northern WFO balloon release like this so I can appreciate our 20-30° releases more 😂
00Z balloon launch in a -47° windchill. Woof. #sdwx
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