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And there it goes. The last total solar eclipse until 4/20/2023 occurred this morning over Antarctica. You can see the elongated shadow swinging around the terminator of nightfall.
Totality lasted up to 1:54 in a path 260 miles wide. Berkner Island to Shepard Island. @MyRadarWX
Strong winds in the wake of our continental cinnamon bun storm are resulting in a bonafide dust storm in patches from the Colorado Front Range to the Texas Panhandle and Red River.
Instrument flight rules for aviators there. (Graphic on left courtesy @UWCIMSS)
For the first time in history, a tornado warning has been issued for a likely *fire tornado*.
These are not "firewhirls." This is a rotating smoke plume being ingested into a pyrocumulonimbus cloud that could produce a bonafide fire-induced tornado.
Tornadic wind speeds.