Jeff Berardelli
@WeatherProf
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WFLA-TV (Tampa Bay) Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist. BS Atmospheric Sciences Cornell U. MA Climate Columbia U. Past CBS News NY and Miami, Tampa, WPB
Tampa, FL
Joined November 2012
A common criticism of the global warming narrative is: “It’s only a few degrees”. It may not sound like much but consider this… Compare Earth’s escalating warmth to your body’s fever. Now all of a sudden a few degrees is the difference between life and death. That’s because
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NHC has now outlooked the Caribbean. Low chance over 7 days but that will increase. #Melissa is the next name.
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35 years ago. Sagan’s argument still holds water today. Except now it’s not some future possibility, it has come to fruition and is undermining our future as we speak.
Carl Sagan in 1990 with a very compelling argument still relevant today.
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Nearing 100 ACE for the season — which puts 2025 near-normal. Could squeak more ACE as models are hinting at the Caribbean next week. Certainly a little comeback story in the ACE department from that peak-season lull.
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As of today, models are still showing Caribbean development. NOAA climate prediction center has a 40-60% chance next week. But many questions remain: How strong will it be? Models vary from weak tropical storms to strong hurricanes. Certainly the water temps support any
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Unlock human potential: AI as your ultimate teammate! 💡 In a new webcast, Michi Alexander (VP, Product Marketing at @Adobe) joined @MelodyBrue and @Keith_Kirkpat to detail Adobe Acrobat Studio. She explained how AI assists with summaries and next steps, freeing users to focus on
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Direction wrong the in going are we... New Report: "From 2023 to 2024, CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased by 3.5 ppm, the largest one-year increase since modern measurements began in 1957. This increase was driven by continued fossil CO2 emissions, enhanced fire
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At some point we should probably start caring about AI data centers consuming all of our energy and water
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Wow Bob Ross was a sage. He died in 1995 (in Florida no less) yet he was able to forsee opportunistic inter web hot rods trying to gain clicks by posting the GFS (first released 7 years after his death) deterministic 15 day forecast. Still, I must say, I am NOT HAPPY about the
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Worst place to be a car? Kansas and Nebraska!
Hail is very non-uniformly distributed around the world. For much of the world, you almost never see hail large enough to damage solar panels. The central USA does have some issues though. https://t.co/LB3lohEdRn
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Media’s Beloved Jan. 6 Cop Insurrection Rant Slams Trump’s Guard As Gardeners — Then Admits It Works On MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, Nicolle Wallace invited Michael Fanone, a former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer who was on duty at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 — not to
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The emails are flying in!! “Where’s all the rain? My grass is dead!” It has been very dry. The last 60 days has been the driest (lack of rain) on record on the Nature Coast. And unless we get a tropical system (please no!) I don’t see any meaningful rain for a while. In fact,
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The Great Lakes are very warm. Some of this is just forced by natural oscillations. But clearly the baseline is warming. Below is Lake Michigan. It’s warmed by 2-3 F since 1940. That means less ice and, contrary to what may come to mind, it often means MORE Lake Effect Snow at
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You may see some alarmist posts of big hurricanes in the Caribbean. People posting one model run or another. They almost never verify. So I want to address the elephant in the room before disinformation kicks in. It’s still a decent way off, but the model signal is strong for
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Congratulations to @reedkauderer Reed Kauderer Week 8 MVP Had a great game on Senior Night on both sides of the ball for the Norsemen! Great job Reed!
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It’s true. Alaska does need help. It was a devastating storm. But this photo is AI. If it looks too scary to be true, it probably is.
We need to help to Alaska NOW! ALASKA EMERGENCY — Massive Flooding After Typhoon Halong Western Alaska is facing catastrophic flooding after the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into the coast, destroying homes and displacing families. Floodwaters have risen up to 6 feet above
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“The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), highlighted here in green, could slow by a further 20 percent [by 2050] due to the effects of human–caused climate change”
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160 scientists, 23 countries, 1 report: The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, together with @UniofExeter, highlights mounting risks across Earth’s systems, from melting glaciers & ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure. Watch now👇
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Hence, he would be very disturbed.
Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity. - Carl Sagan
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Sharing an official Vertical Format video for my latest song Kadhal Travels We amalgamated reels made by so many people out there from Chennai to Madurai to Japan and Malaysia too and made a video for the song. Massive thanks to all who made reels with our song and kindly
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Cool season - as defined by sub-70 degree mornings - is shrinking in the Tampa Bay Area. We now have nearly two months less of mornings below 70 degrees than we did several decades ago! This is due both to greenhouse warming and, in cities, urban heat island. Here's more in
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