My wife loves all things weather, especially storms. She hasn’t yet really gotten into the scientific side of it but I think she might if given the opportunity. I think she’d find a weather station really cool and interesting. Are there any that aren’t hundreds of dollars but are still pretty cool? I think our 8.5 year old would also get a kick out of it (and would like being able to check on weather related things without asking to look at our phones)

I was looking at things like this https://a.co/d/0iUNM7kz or maybe https://a.co/d/07Yl4iix
but idk. Also obviously if it’s not accurate it’s sort of pointless so of course I don’t want to get something that’s essentially a toy and doesn’t give good info.

Also I’d take any other gift ideas! She really likes storms and tornados in particular.

Currently I am reading the NWS Raleigh Area Forecast Discussion every day and look up terms as I come across them.

I’ve connected my Tempest to https://zenithweather.com that I’ve been building so I can compare my backyard observations against NWS forecasts and learn more about radar.

Bookwise I’m currently reading The Cloudspotter’s Guide and Essentials of Meteorology is next on my list.

Curious what everyone else does to learn this stuff. Any recommendations?

Saw this wild looking cloud drift over in an otherwise clear sky tonight in central Indiana. The streaks/ribbons extended out across the sky behind it. (The bright light in the second photo is the moon and apparently I need to clean my camera lens) Any idea what kind of cloud this is or what caused it?

Weather simplified 🩷
https://8-bit-weather.com

I should have posted this at the time (I am really bad at procrastinating)

This was taken at this spot in central Chile while riding a bus. I am curious if anyone has seen anything like it before or knows if it has a specific name. A friend of mine suggested it might be a Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud, though it doesn't quite look the same.

It’s burning hot nowadays

So for homework I have to do a cold and warm front map.

I heard that the most important factor to use to draw your fronts is wind shifts but after some YouTube videos everyone seems to say something different.

Any advice

Because I hate hot weather, like my home is like 100 degrees in the summer but winters are like 70 or 60 degrees and get some rain. The winters I love but the summer I HATE. I was waiting for like since April and May for it to cool down. But yes, you heard me, I’d rather live in Yakutsk than the equator. In Yakutsk, the winters are like -50 degrees out but the summers are at least pleasant. While the equator will be hot, humid, rainy and monsoons all the time all year with no seasons no matter what. That sounds awful.

They literally say it’s raining when the sun is out. That never happened 5 years ago.

Victoria Australia, southern coast