kqedscience:

A humbling map of real-time wind patterns in Tornado Alley

“Wind Map” is a stunning interactive datavisualization that presents wind patterns across the continental U.S. in real time. Picture above is what it looked like last night at 10:59 CDT, in the aftermath of yesterday’s devastating Oklahoma tornado.”

Read more here from io9.

NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center

Another day of active severe weather is expected across parts of the Southern Plains into the Arklatex. Tornadoes (possibly strong), large hail and damaging winds are all possible.

Yeaahhh, NO. Some of these are insane, especially the take-offs. Bravo to these brave pilots and crew.

youlikeairplanestoo:

45mph crosswinds + icey runway = no thank you! Fun to watch the action safely from the ground, though.

Big winds across the northeast tonight - 40 to 80 mph! Move your vehicles away from trees and do other safetyly things. Via

At 1040 miles across, Hurricane Sandy is the largest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Jeff Masters estimates $55 billion in damages, second only to Hurricane Katrina.

wbotd:

Sandy’s massive wind field

I’ve never seen anything like this and I’m at a loss for expletives to describe what this storm could do.

a “very prominent and respected National Weather Service meteorologist” on his Facebook page last night, regarding Perfect Storm Sandy. (via washingtonpoststyle)

nrdc:

Each major wind farm in America creates 1,000+ jobs and adds millions of dollars to local communities.  Today, wind farms generate about 50,000 megawatts of clean, renewable energy — the equivalent of the energy produced by 12 Hoover Dams.

Read more in two recent NRDC reports:

• At Wind Speed: How the U.S. Wind Industry is Rapidly Growing Our Local Economies

• American Wind Farms: Breaking Down the Benefits from Planning to Production
  

barackobama:

“Over the past four years, we’ve doubled the amount of electricity America can generate from wind—from 25 gigawatts to 50 gigawatts. And to put that in perspective, that’s like building 12 new Hoover Dams that are powering homes all across the country. We doubled the amount of electricity we generate from solar energy, too. And combined, these energy sources are enough power to make sure that 13 million homes have reliable power and support the paychecks that help more than 100,000 Americans provide for their families.

“That’s not imaginary. That is real. And that’s what’s at stake in November. Thirty-seven thousand American jobs are on the line if the wind energy tax credit is allowed to expire like my opponent thinks they should. And unlike Gov. Romney, I want to stop giving $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies to big oil companies that have rarely been more profitable so that we can keep investing in homegrown energy sources like wind that have never been more promising. That’s part of the choice in this election.”

—President Obama in Iowa today

http://www.barackobama.com/wind

Hope those tickets are refundable.

nbcnews:

Tens of thousands evacuated as high winds threaten music Lollapalooza fest

(Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong / AP)

The Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago was suspended and tens of thousands of fans were evacuated to shelters on Saturday as the city braced for dangerous storms with high winds, organizers said.

Organizers stopped at about 3:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. ET), and many of the fans were told to go to one of three underground parking garages designated as “emergency evacuation shelters,” the Los Angeles Times reported.

Read the complete story.

(via nbcnews)

wnyc:

futurepredictor:

America’s wind flow patterns mapped

Wind is an invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future.

Chicago: living up to its monicker. —A.P.

Clever

rhamphotheca:

Wind Energy, find out more: http://www.sierraclub.org/windworks/

(via: Sierra Club | Facebook)

Meet Tropical Storm Beryl. Next step up is category one hurricane. Expected to weaken as it slowly drifts west/northwest. Read the warning here.

Over half of the U.S. can get all its power from wind. And at least 32 states can get 25 percent or more of their electricity from wind power within their own borders.  This map is updated from a 2009 report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Energy Self-Reliant States. Green is well over 100%, yellow, 75-100%, orange 25-50%, red less than 25%.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has announced a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) to consider commercial wind energy leasing in an area offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). ›

Rhode Island implements U.S.'s first ever Ocean Coastal Zoning Plan. Zones separate ocean for archaeology, marine conservation, wind, recreation, commercial, and fishing. ›