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Erik Creighton

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Atmospheric Sciences ☈ Stony Brook University PhD Student. BS UAlbany ‘23. Easily distracted via poofy cloud. Researcher of stuff. He/Him

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NOOOOOOOOO

09.03.2026 22:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

This storm went very tornadic right as it hit the surface warm front where there was substantial shear in the lowest 1km (veering from a SW to SE to E flow).

The storm has since crossed into the cold air north of the front.

Look at all the ice on the water!

06.03.2026 22:30 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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The most march severe weather setup ever

06.03.2026 16:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Excited to share my updated results on the vertical alignment of supercell mesocyclones at today’s Stony Brook BRIDGES conference!

19.02.2026 17:28 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
LP Supercells in New Mexico | May 19th, 2023
LP Supercells in New Mexico | May 19th, 2023 YouTube video by Erik Creighton

From the archives… Photogenic Twin low-precipitation supercells in southeastern New Mexico
Check it out below!

youtu.be/79SQwAHxuG0?...

04.02.2026 02:19 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I totally agree. That said, if the options are either

1. Sunny frozen tundra
2. Eternal overcast and 40s

I will take what's behind door 1 everytime

01.02.2026 15:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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we're really just gonna be stuck with this pattern for the next decade huh

01.02.2026 15:11 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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man

29.01.2026 23:47 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Long Island Snowstorm (1/25/2026)
Long Island Snowstorm (1/25/2026) YouTube video by Erik Creighton

youtu.be/ug0E-vgH5hU?...

25.01.2026 20:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Had impressive snowfall rates and wind over the last hour on Long Island. We have unfortunately now switched over to sleet.

25.01.2026 20:14 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Goddamn it was a cold night in Upststate NY. The NYSM Philadelphia site got down to -37.6°F!

This is 1.7°F short of the network minimum temperature (39.3°F, also set by PHIL)

24.01.2026 16:30 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

24.01.2026 00:06 👍 23628 🔁 11507 💬 1100 📌 707

the Titanic, a ship that famously turned around

22.01.2026 20:03 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

22.01.2026 19:22 👍 38451 🔁 9738 💬 2630 📌 1300
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Substorm this evening shortly after 6:30pm EST from East Setauket, NY

21.01.2026 01:53 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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First aurora of 2026 didn't quite reach its potential, but still had a fun night out. I also captured two great horned howls on the barn in the foreground. What a hoot.

20.01.2026 16:46 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cute little LM in southern Alabama

03.01.2026 21:06 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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So far, it has been a pretty snowy winter at KISP. As of 1/2/26, the running total snowfall for this season is 12.9". This is exceeds the seasonal total snowfall from each of the last 3 winters!

02.01.2026 21:40 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I DO

02.01.2026 00:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Corresponding radar imagery for each of these

01.01.2026 23:13 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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A picture from each storm I chased during 2025

01.01.2026 20:37 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Quite the moisture gradient advecting across eastern NY this afternoon. I look forward to not living inside of a cloud.

29.12.2025 20:48 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The NYS Mesonet's anemometer at Buffalo Harbor State Park is getting absolutely walloped. During the last 2 hours, every 5-min observation period has had a wind gust over 60mph. So far, the peak gust is 72mph.

29.12.2025 17:40 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Holy moly

28.12.2025 15:41 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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RAHHHHH

26.12.2025 19:47 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It's pretty obvious by my top 10 gusts that I did not really use my anemometer very much between 2022-2024.

20.12.2025 18:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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These wind gusts were very different experiences.

During the 7/3 event, I was in an intense downdraft which allowed for me to actually see the wind while hunkering down in the car.

Yesterday, on the other hand, I was standing outside and the footage was visually underwhelming.

20.12.2025 18:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Pretty insane coincidence, I tied my all time recorded wind gust to the tenth of a mph yesterday (66.2 mph).

Both of these happened this year (partially because I have been making an effort to actually use my anemometer more and partially dumb luck).

20.12.2025 18:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh shi

19.12.2025 02:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NWS New York currently has the CWA under a Wind Advisory, with forecast gusts on the upper end of WA criteria.

I may be wishcasting a little bit here (I definitely am), but I have a feeling this might end up having a little more bite than folks are expecting.

18.12.2025 23:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0