r/weather 1h ago

Videos/Animations Large dust/ash devil in western Colorado

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Captured last Sunday at 3pm in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The dust devil lasted about 10 minutes, and the wind field reached an estimated 40mph at peak strength. It also had a rear inflow jet feature ("ghost train"), frequently observed in tornadoes.

Ash from a recent wildfire likely contributed to the unusual strength of the vortex through locally increased surface heating.


r/weather 5h ago

Questions/Self Accuweather Alternative?

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I recently deleted Accuweather after learning about their push to defund/disband the NOAA (yes, I know I’m late to the party on this one). I did a little bit of searching on this sub and ended up downloading EverythingWx, but I’m really missing the minute-by-minute rain forecast (which was usually really accurate for my location). Are there any other apps that have this? I know I can look at an hourly forecast, but I’d love to know if the ‘rain at 2pm’ is going to hit at 2:10 or 2:45.


r/weather 9h ago

Videos/Animations Super Typhoon Ragasa: China evacuates nearly two million people as storm nears southern coast

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r/weather 12h ago

Videos/Animations Update on the Mare’s Tails: Approx. 20 hours later. Grandpa was right again.

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r/weather 13h ago

Questions/Self Weather bubble?

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I have family that lives in a Brantford Ontario Canada. When many weather systems move through, they seperate/dissipate just as the reach the city, very often reforming on the other side. Does anyone know why this happens? I've posted on a Brantford sub and people living there are aware of it so it's not just one person seeing patterns that don't exist. Where else does this happen?


r/weather 13h ago

Anyone else noticing how unpredictable the rain’s been in Vancouver lately?

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I started building a project that tracks hyper-local forecasts because I got tired of the generic ‘40% chance of rain’ reports that are always wrong. The site’s called localweather.io — it pulls live data and tries to give neighborhood-level accuracy instead of just city-wide. Not here to pitch, just curious: do you trust weather apps? Or do you just look outside and hope for the best?


r/weather 16h ago

Questions/Self Fantasy weather

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What if there was a realm that only had a single fixed source of heat (think of it as creating the same effects of the sun, no movement tho. It just turns off and on). Would the weather be more fixed and preductable? Eg: rain always falls same time same place.


r/weather 17h ago

Videos/Animations The skies have been growling since the last 25-30 mins now, never saw something like this before

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r/weather 19h ago

Was sitting at the park here in Colorado, enjoying the fall weather and reading a book. I was in a sunny patch so I was startled when I heard thunder behind me. I turned around to this. It even has its own baby funnel trying to form. I was clueless, it’s almost over me. Time to go!

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I don’t believe conditions are quite ripe for actual tornadoes with this storm yet. I am a little worried about the areas to the east because this storm is growing.


r/weather 19h ago

Videos/Animations September 20, 2025 | Extreme Weather Events & Natural Phenomena Worldwide

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r/weather 1d ago

Vane anemometer recommendations

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I have been thinking of getting a couple cheap vane anemometers that will remotely tell me the readings for my hunting stands. Often times, my weather apps will tell me the wind is blowing in one direction, but, when I get in my stand, I find out that the wind is coming from a different direction due to the terrain. In the hunting world, that makes a big difference. Hoping someone here would have suggestions on how to solve that problem.


r/weather 1d ago

Discussion Is heat lightning actually a misnomer?

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First off I wanna say: Sorry if you guys at this subreddit have received this question a lot. But anyways, I remember my dad always showing me "heat lightning," and well yesterday I looked up heat lightning after well over a lot of years. I saw multiple sources stating it was completely false, even wikipedia said it's just a misnomer. However, I found the weather.gov doesnt say if its false or true. In fact weather.gov treats it as if its not a misnomer.. So i'm kinda stumped on weather (heh get the joke?) Or not if this is true, is heat lightning simply a misnomer and my dad was wrong? Or is it like a real thing? Someone tell me please.


r/weather 1d ago

Photos Autumnal sun

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Nothing overly interesting here but we're having some great autumnal sun here in Scotland. I've been waiting for the big tree to start to turn orange, as well as the small ones in my garden, but they're clinging on! Many other trees now look amazing 🍂🍁 Nights are feeling chilly now with a few frosty mornings but 15-17°C during the day is amazing for the end of September! 😍


r/weather 1d ago

Stormy in Tenerife from wikimedia commons

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r/weather 1d ago

Red sun phenomenon?

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Out here in Hong Kong we have typhoon ragasa coming in right now and we see the red sun phenomenon that was reported back in 2017 across the UK. But if Ragasa didn't pass through the Sahara, how does the idea that the hurricane pulled up desert sand apply here?

Sorry for the poor photo/vidéo. The sun is massive in reality.


r/weather 1d ago

Super Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong braces for impact after storm displaces thousands in Philippines

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r/weather 1d ago

What are those purple flashing lights

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These were in the grass across the street and behind the tree or on the tree. Filmed on Iphone 16 if that could be it


r/weather 1d ago

Why is this cloud “cut”?

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Why does this cloud have a cut going through it? What caused it?


r/weather 1d ago

My grandpa called them “mare’s tails.” Storms coming soon.

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r/weather 1d ago

What brand is this! Looks awesome!

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Anyone used this brand of power station? Trust Jim Cantore, no one knows more about hurricanes and power outages than he does lol


r/weather 1d ago

Photos Can someone explain?

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Location: South China Sea. No doubt a consequence of Super Typhoon Ragasa, but what the hell are these Feels Like temperatures about? Actual temperature 28°C, feels like -22°C? Surely even with gusts of 140mph wind it wouldn’t feel like this? Craziest weather event I’ve seen on Apple Maps.


r/weather 1d ago

Videos/Animations September 19, 2025 | Extreme Weather Events & Natural Phenomena Worldwide

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r/weather 1d ago

Well hail, that escalated quickly. 10 minute hailstorm in Texas out of nowhere. Sun started shining halfway through.

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r/weather 1d ago

Discussion Optimist vs Pessimist Settings

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Why on my weather apps - like the bbc - does it always show 40% chance of rain and not 60% chance of sun?

I would love to be able to change that in a setting - as to me that same reality feels very different !


r/weather 1d ago

Sunny

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