C'mon #Canada support this Parliamentary petition to reverse cuts that impact #weatherforecasting, #meteorologicalresearch and #climate science and recognize #weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential #publicsafety infrastructure. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465

Island and storm cloud.

June 9, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.

#photography #weather #cloud #clouds #reflection #sunset #michigan #summer #art #MastoArt

Alt...

Photo of an island in shadows to the left and a bright storm cloud to the right, both reflected in a still lake.

UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather https://phys.org/news/2026-06-world-el-nino-extreme-weather.html

#environment #weather #ElNino

Welp, at least now I know that not only does my #weather radio go off when some bad stuff is coming our way, my phone will also bleat out critical emergency alerts, even on silent.

That's what woke me up, right before the weather radio went off. So of course I spent about two hours overnight watching #MaxVelocity until he told us that we could go back to sleep. 😮‍💨

My area was the star of the stream!

To my knowledge, no touchdowns, but there were three or four areas of rotation in the huge bow of thunderstorms that came through. It was pretty spectacular to watch all that on radar and hear it all come through so quickly. We didn't have any damage, thankfully.

And, oddly, we just had one blip of the power going out.

Normally, when our power goes out it's usually during a light, steady rain -- and then it's out for hours.

During these intense thunderstorms, it's actually been more rare to lose power unless a tree falls on a transmission line.

I don't understand that at all. Then again I don't understand electricity -- or the energy company -- either.

I figure when it's a light rain, it's just particularly good for dissolving the squirrel spit that they keep our transmission lines together with up here (because they hate us, and they of course need to make sure that their CEO can still fly around the country in a jet and eat steak and send his kids to private schools or whatever).

Must be different magical physics when it's a thunderstorm with high winds and heavy rain vs a light rain. 🤷⚡️⛈️

Today's mood...
#actuallyautistic #AutoimmuneDiseases #weather #rainyday

One weather app is still saying there’s a high probability of rain today, while the other one predicts clear skies.

I wonder which one will be correct?

#Toronto #Weather

Finished my (hopefully) precision outdoor temperature & humidity sensor. I made a small case for the esp32-h2 to mount it outside of the screen to have it far away from the sensor but still protected.

Still have my old unprotected sensor up to be able to compare measurements.

#esphome #diy #electronics #homeassistant #weather

Alt...

Adafruit SHT45 sensor board mounted on a holder next to a esp32-h2 microcontroller in a small 3d printed case

Alt...

completely assembled outdoor temperature and humidity sensor

Alt...

3d model of a case for the esp32-h2 mounted at the bottom of the sensor's screen

Eagerly watching my sensors.
Yellow is a switchbot bluetooth sensor in the shadow but allegedly with too much influence from the house.
Blue is a ds18b20 that jumps up as soon as it's in direct sunlight.
Red is the new sht45 in a stevenson screen that will also see direct sunlight for the next ~two hours.
Thinking about building active ventilation into the screen.

#esphome #diy #electronics #homeassistant #weather

Alt...

temperature graphs in home assistant

So the air and sensor inside this screen heats up as bad as the unprotected sensor. 💩

To be continued…

#esphome #diy #electronics #homeassistant #weather

Alt...

White round temperature/humidity sensor screen mounted outside a balcony rail.

I post a photo like this at least one time each summer, but today is only June 4th. It's going to get much hotter.

Granted, this was inside my car after it's been parked with the sun shining through the windshield, but the ambient temperature is still 105º F at 5:35 PM.

#LasVegas #Heat #Weather #ClimateChange

Alt...

This is a photo taken inside a car that shows the outside temperature of 112 degrees fahrenheit in the sun.

praying for rain

Perhaps the seedlings were better off inside,

Really. She's never sure what's best for them,

All down the years trying peat pots, blocks,

Yanking down flats from storage, penciling markers,

Ingratiating herself with baked soils,

Now trying perlite, vermiculite, moss,

Getting out lamps and heaters, rotating flats,



Fighting intruding snails, mice and rats

Or even knotweed, and bindweed

Running its tendrils up through brick.



Right now, she wishes she hadn't hurried.

All her helpless babies in cracked clay!

If it doesn't rain tonight, she tells herself,

Never again shall I call April May.

waiting for the rain to stop

While watching forests comb those wet bellies,

All grey and louring, of the heartless clouds,

I wondered how the heavy earth breathes

Thus more than dampened, more than drowned

In so much rain. The very snails could gasp,

Nudging toward such daylight as they might,

Grudged them by the endless drops, dropping.



Fear for my crops, standing in chill pools

Or bent, prostrated, shambled, lying left and

Right, I feel, yet not enough to go and see.



There are tree branches, if I go, ready to pull

Hair, poke eyes, and shower me to my skin,

Every direction, along each path and bed.



Running streamlets ease a darkening land

All river-bound, discovering the slightest slope,

Inland being anathema to them,

No place like home, their wide and welcoming sea.



There all streams meet, mingle, and play.

Ocean the lowest place, where rain may end in



Stillness some times, or leap about, yet bounded.

There it may stop awhile, then one day mist forth

Over the waves and shores, plains and mountains

Putting forth life and death again, a cycle.



-- shonin #poetry #acrostic #dyptich #seasons #weather #drought #climate #homesteading #gardening

Weather tracker: deadly May heatwave shatters records across Europe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/29/weather-tracker-deadly-may-heatwave-shatters-records-across-europe

#Europe #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #may

On June 4, the rainy season (tsuyu in Japanese) appears to have started in the Kinki region including Osaka. This is 2 days earlier than usual and 18 days later than last year. #tsuyu #rainyseason #tenki #weather #osaka

The Capital Weather Gang just left the Washington Post to work independently under the banner of their original domain, capitalweather.com. They've been the best and most reliable source of weather reporting in the DC area since the turn of the century.

They offer both free and paid subscriptions, and are also accepting donations through the non-profit Tiny News Collective.

https://www.capitalweather.com/

#weather #dmv #washingtondc #journalism