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Jeff Berardelli

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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

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1Jun 6, '23Life-threatening heat today in Puerto Rico so hot that some meteorologists are astonished. And more of the same to come this week. Heat index numbers as high as 115-125 today!! So 162×7M6.9k2.4k474
2Apr 17, '24The massive rain bomb in #Dubai - 6”- almost 2 years of rain in a day, was due to a very blocked pattern and slow moving southern jet stream with embedded disturbances. That’s the 59.8×2.6M4.1k1.2k1.2k
3Jun 20, '23When I look at this jet stream the word insane comes to mind. It's even more astonishing when you consider it's mid June! This configuration, likely enhanced by climate heating, is54.7×2.4M8.7k3.6k825
4Jul 23, '23Unfortunately our fears are now real. This is patch reef in Newfound Harbor SPA, lower Florida Keys (near Big Pine) Photo taken by Lauren Toth Thu July 20, 2023. Many reports now o34.8×1.5M2.7k1.1k141
5Jul 17, '23This is the definition of compound, concurrent heat extremes! What you're looking at is the pressure pattern & wind flow at the 500mb level (5600 m, 18K ft). This is why Death 34.7×1.5M5.4k2.8k333
6May 21, '24Relentless heat dome will not only continue for at-least the next 10 days, and intensify by later this week, with a 4+ Sigma (standard deviations) peak. It will be most intense ove30.8×1.3M2.6k1.1k415
7Oct 11, '24What if #Milton went 25 mi north? Disaster for #tampabay! Milton’s eye went south of the bay and winds on north side forced 2-5 ft of water out. Reverse surge. But landfall 25 mile30.2×1.3M2.4k278471
8May 13, '23A monster, borderline category 5 equivalent. #Mocha Let’s hope for a miracle.29.7×1.3M1.6k26334
9Sep 6, '23Europe is having one of the most textbook Omega blocks in memory. A heat dome flanked by two strong storms. A true atmospheric stalemate/ traffic jam, dumping Epic rains in Greece.28.1×1.2M5k2k563
10Jun 6, '23Amazed by how wavy/ extreme this jet stream structure is. Record warm oceans, developing El Nino, Typhoon Mawar wave breaking, climate change ice melt & uneven heating of the A24.2×1M3.7k1.1k235
11Jun 20, '23Remarkable heatwave across Mexico & Texas. Temps 110+. Heat Index 120+. This map shows the upper level ridge “Heat Dome”. Maxes out at 4.5 sigma. This means in a normal “histor23.8×1M3.6k1.5k170
12Oct 9, '24Neighbors: Cat 5 #Milton is now just 100s of miles away, pushing huge surge toward our coast, promising to be the most devastating storm here in 100+years. The exact landfall locat22.1×957k3.4k710270
13Oct 6, '24Tampa Bay is the most vulnerable city in the US to hurricanes, because of the extensive water front population/ property and a huge bay that funnels surge. A worst case scenario is21.5×932k4k849587
14Jun 16, '23Quite a few meteorologists in disbelief at the pattern across the US. Strong subtropical jet stream feeding widespread severe weather in the south. A winter El Nino pattern in summ21.4×928k2.5k772240
15Nov 4, '25No, your eyes are not deceiving you! Next week's cold blast is going to be “near” historic in #Florida for early November. The models are very aggressive and if they are right we m20.8×902k2.5k344466
16Sep 29, '23The potential for historic flooding tomorrow - perhaps 1-in-100 year rain event - in or around NYC is growing. Flash flooding likely. Here’s a combined future radar followed by rai20.1×869k1.4k441105
17Aug 21, '23A testament to how extreme & overwhelming the climate is this summer is, this Record “Shattering” heat dome has been barely covered by the national media. It’s largest US heat 18.9×819k3.5k1.3k209
18Jul 10, '23Lots of talk about the very warm Gulf of Mexico, specifically focused on South Florida. Sea “surface” temps in the Florida Keys are 92-95 degrees. That’s boiling for them! More typ18.1×785k1.3k476107
19Jul 13, '23I think we may have a new winner. Garfield Bight in very shallow water in Everglades Nat'l Park, SW corner of Miami-Dade county just hit 98.1F for two hours straight. Head scratchi18×780k1.8k60687
20Oct 5, '24Alert: #Milton may threaten #TampaBay midweek. I’m not an alarmist, it takes a lot to get my attention. This has it. If Milton landfalls at or just north of Tampa Bay as a cat 2-3 17.1×739k4.7k1.4k456
21Jun 15, '24Massive flood event forecast for Central America over the next 2 weeks!! Certainly possible some locations will receive >4 feet of rain!! Terrain makes it life-threatening with 16.4×708k2.1k909264
22Aug 17, '25#Hurricaneerin is hungry. It will feast on hot water up to 88 degrees. After using this heat to power its engine, it will dissipate said heat. Leaving a cool ocean wake in its path16×693k1.8k261172
23Jul 28, '23Think July was hot in the desert SW? Aug says hold my beer. A monster heat dome likely by next weekend - the most intense yet this summer. Magenta indicates where all-time record h15.9×689k2.3k849132
24Aug 19, '23While all eyes are focused on Hurricane #Hilary, the nation's middle is in for an epic #heatwave. While it will be intense with highs 105-110, the biggest aspect is it's size and l15.6×674k1.5k67050
25Jun 23, '23The North Atlantic Ocean continues to defy logic. Anomalies are still spiking. Now .7C above record territory (1.26F) and 2.5F above normal. It's hard to put into words how difficu14.6×632k2.9k1k218
26Sep 28, '24One of the most surreal shots of #Helene from Kat P in Pass-a-Grille14.1×609k6.5k903674
27Nov 13, '25Get ready to rock and roll! A Sudden Stratospheric Warming is on the way. In about two weeks, temperatures 12 miles up over Canada and Greenland are forecast to spike by 50°F or mo14×608k2.2k497665
28Sep 13, '23The Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the World - nearly 50 feet! #HurricaneLee may make landfall miles from there, which would be not only very dangerous in terms of sur13.2×570k1.7k520137
29Jun 8, '23Global Sea Surface Temperatures are at record levels, and not just by a little. The North Atlantic is a whole 1 degree F above record territory. From a meteorologist perspective th13×564k3k1.1k266
30Oct 30, '24Once again Europe has found itself a victim of severe blocking, resulting in 13” of rain in just 4 hours near #Valencia #Spain, with devastating flooding! Below you can see the sto12.3×534k3.2k1.5k393
31Sep 30, '25Some rare and remarkable processes are taking place this week, that we are not likely to observe for a long time! These 2 Atlantic hurricanes are closer than any since at least the12.1×524k2.6k484444
32Sep 8, '23Breaking: #HurricaneLee is now a Cat 5 storm, with winds of 160 mph. In 30 hrs it intensified 90 mph, 2-3X the criteria for rapid intensification. In the past 8 years, there have b12.1×523k2.1k879103
33Jun 22, '23The "Ring of Fire"... it's a term meteorologists use when the edge of a heat dome helps feed intense severe weather like the violent tornado yesterday in West Texas and the 97 mph 11.8×510k2.3k867169
34Aug 1, '23Holy moly cannoli (I’m Italian). 102 degrees Fahrenheit in WINTER in Chile. “Rewriting the climate books” “One of the most extreme events the World has ever seen” No Doubt. That’s 11.7×507k2.8k1.2k164
35Sep 29, '24Remarkable. Before the floods, seems the bears climbed way up in the trees to avoid disaster?? Can someone with some animal expertise weigh in? If so, that’s extraordinary11.7×505k3.2k461448
36May 22, '24This is outlandish. The Tropical Atlantic Ocean heat content is so far above normal it’s now normal for Mid August. The stored potential energy in the Atlantic is unreal this year,10.7×465k2.6k1.1k354
37Jun 8, '23El Niño has arrived officially! @NOAA has issued an Advisory with a 56% of a strong episode by winter. Let the “not so” fun begin.10.3×448k2.1k71380
38Sep 15, '23Yah, but what about 1936? A common denier talking point. NASA: summer of 2023 was the hottest summer on record globally at .41 deg F above RECORD. Yes, 1936 summer was VERY hot in 10.3×448k2.9k1k194
39Sep 28, '24An incredible 3 to nearly 4 feet of rain estimated by Doppler radar over the last 3 days on the peaks of the mountains near #Asheville North Carolina from #Helene #Hurricane Helene9.9×426k3.3k1k449
40Aug 21, '23There’s so many extreme weather and climate stories this weekend, with #Hilary’s impact, many are flying under the radar. This summer we are 1.5C above preindustrial and here’s jus9.6×416k1.9k552176
41Jun 13, '23“Spike in ocean heat stuns scientists. But have we breached a climate tipping point?” A very detailed analysis from the experts: @WFLA9.3×403k1.8k692229
42Jun 20, '23Global Oceans are severely hotter than we have ever observed since records began. There are several ocean heat waves. El Niño = danger for Galapagos marine life. Boiling Tropical A9.3×401k1.4k787116
43May 20, '24I've seen very little coverage on the historic heat dome in Central America. Highs have reached up to 124, Florida has had heat index #'s to 115. It's only May! Climate change is m9.2×398k1.6k687118
44Jul 22, '23Ughhhh "On July 20th, CRF™ teams visited Sombrero Reef, a restoration site we've been working at for over a decade. What we found was unimaginable - 100% coral mortality. We have a8.8×380k1.8k1.2k123
45Sep 16, '24Everything is stuck! That partly explains the 20” of rain along the Carolina Coast and extreme rains and snows in Central Europe. Take a look at the jet stream in the US and Europe8.5×368k3k959461
46Jun 12, '24Sarasota's 3 hour rainfall today was a ~1-in-1000 year event and also a new all-time record for most rainfall in one hour with 3.93" Here's more:8.5×367k1.5k401192
47Sep 27, '24Record levels at ALL Tampa Bay Area gauges eclipsed and still rising. Surge has been ~6 feet so far in Clearwater. Record broken by almost 2 ft at Clearwater. These are measured ag8.2×354k2.1k502180
48Nov 19, '25Big Polar Plunge across Europe as the jet stream takes a nose dive! Temps 10-20C below normal! Lots of snow in the mountains!!8.2×353k2.3k507227
49Oct 8, '23The extent of the drought in Amazonas. The top photo is now. The other, from July.8.0×345k2.1k1.1k91
50Sep 9, '23That blue dot… that’s 75 ft waves. Not a maximum wave height… a significant wave height. This is a forecast from the GFS Wave Global Model. These long track systems build huge wave7.7×334k1.6k33868
51Jul 19, '23Update on the multiple ocean heat waves... And make sure you Wait for It. Global oceans reached 21C today (~70F) that's 1.4F above norm & .5F above record. North Atlantic even 7.3×318k1.3k70254
52Jul 23, '24July 21st (Sunday) was the hottest day ever on record on planet Earth. The most anomalously warm places were Antarctica and Western Canada where several hundred wildfires blaze, ma6.9×301k1.4k69789
53Jul 12, '23The atmosphere is a fluid and it's all connected. Waves of energy ripple through the upper levels as the jet stream with ridges (heat domes) and troughs (cool pools). We see TransA6.7×292k1.3k59380
54Jul 6, '24Rare event! Competing heat domes in the Southeast and Southwest US crank out two huge all-time record highs. Palm Springs 124 and Raleigh=Durham 106 with a heat index of 118! Las V6.5×280k1.7k796135
55May 28, '24Drought in Mexico & C America is off the charts. Extreme in dark red. This is making a long term water shortage much worse, turning it into an acute emergency. Mexico City is r6.2×266k1.5k783108
56Sep 28, '24Can't say that I've seen a more devastating flood in the US5.9×256k3.4k710163
57Jun 22, '23It’s ridiculous that simply relating fact based evidence based on peer reviewed science can bring death threats, but that’s apparently the society we are living in. Chris I’m sorry5.8×251k2.3k55977
58Aug 24, '23Competing historic Heat domes across the Atlantic. As intense as the US dome is, France may have it beat on the ground, with dozens and dozens of all time records today. It’s not c5.8×250k1.9k96154
59Jan 16, '25Ya'll ready for a full country Arctic press?!5.6×243k1.6k17991
60Aug 12, '23I've posted a lot lately about how hot the Gulf of Mexico waters is. The question I always get is, how may this impact hurricanes? I'll answer that and show you just how "off the c5.6×241k1.3k351110
61Dec 14, '23Clever depiction of global climate warming for each month of each year since 1940 from Copernicus5.5×239k1.7k730165
62Sep 4, '23As an Italian, this is the last straw. Now I’m motivated. Heatflation: due to heat in Spain they’ve lost half this crop this year. “Worldwide, olive oil now costs $8,600 per metric5.5×237k1.9k870126
63Dec 15, '22Wow. Sound Up!! Via Brittany Labonte Madeira Beach around noon. They are fine. @WFLA5.4×233k1.5k32788
64Jul 8, '24All-time record shattered today in Las Vegas, beating the former record by 3 degrees F. Records that once seemed impossible, made possible - if not likely - by climate heating. As 5.3×231k1.4k56273
65Nov 8, '23The Amazon is in trouble. That's been the case for years. But this winter -now spring- the region is in it's worst drought on record due to El Nino, a warm Atlantic & climate c5.3×228k1.5k67898
66Jul 6, '22Global temperatures from 1880-2021. @NASA visual using @ed_hawkins Warming Stripes.5.1×05.8k2.8k486
67Jul 11, '23In case you missed it. “The temperature soared as high as 100 degrees in the Northwest Territories on Saturday, the hottest temperature ever measured north of 65 degrees latitude i5.0×216k1.4k81456
68Oct 6, '24Heads up: Residents of #Tampa have never experienced a storm of this magnitude with this track. Latest GFS is a worst case scenario for Tampa Bay. This specific track as a cat 3 wo4.7×205k1.9k470121
69Oct 5, '23One of the smartest climate scientists in the 🌎4.5×193k1.3k39762
70Dec 16, '23If you told me last year, that we’d see this in 2023, even with the knowledge that El Niño was coming, I would not have believed you. The extent of the jump in one year is somethin4.2×182k1.6k644128
71May 22, '24The Tropical Atlantic is not just record hot overall, it’s record hot in each basin.4.2×182k1.8k892110
72Oct 30, '252X increase in the most extreme hurrucanes! Yesterday’s post connecting Melissa’s extra intensity to warmer ocean temperatures ruffled some feathers. Some complained that “one stor4.1×178k1.6k490245
73Sep 30, '24If everyone was aware of how many flood disasters are ravaging the planet lately, people would have a much better awareness and understanding of the climate challenge humanity face4.1×176k2.6k1.1k303
74Apr 13, '21Report says world's wealthiest 1% produce double the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50%, according to the UN. The wealthiest 5% alone – the so-called “polluter elite” - c3.9×04.9k1.8k259
75Nov 22, '20The Arctic is more than 12 degrees above normal. Repeat: the average for the entire Arctic is 12 degrees above what was normal in 1990. Would be even more extreme compared to pre-i3.8×04.9k1.9k64
76Jun 22, '24Very well done video showing the simultaneous, compound climate shocks going on all over the World. If people could only see how much extreme weather is happening daily in all part3.7×158k2.7k1.3k322
77May 16, '24And climate change said, hold my beer.3.5×151k1.6k48653
78Jan 23, '25Oh just your average 140 mph wind gust, 938 mb storm, clocking Ireland Friday morning.3.5×150k1.7k301100
79Jul 29, '25I don't think you can understate just how impressive this heat dome is. It covers 2/3 of the nation in which 80% of the country's population over the 7 day heatwave period will hit3.3×145k2.4k769241
80Aug 9, '25“Monday’s forecasts remain unanimous and alarming across all models. With raw temperatures of 40 to 44 °C (111 F) across vast regions, we will far exceed the tolerance thresholds o3.2×139k1.6k710129
81Sep 4, '20Rarely if ever do you see a swing in temperatures like this. From historic heat to record cold.3.2×04.3k1.5k105
82May 19, '24This is not an easy statement for a meteorologist to make, as there is a lot of pressure to not wade into these climate waters. Big kudos to Steve for being bold and honest.3.1×133k2.7k771137
83Jun 7, '21This week’s update on the Western drought compared to one year ago, which ended up being the worst fire season on record. 53% of West now in extreme drought. 26% in exceptional. It2.9×03.2k1.4k107
84Oct 30, '24At first you’re like, “what is this guy doing?” Then…2.9×124k2.1k49786
85Jan 2, '24Attention media orgs. We are way past both siding climate change. The climate is warming. It’s due to the burning of fossil fuels. Those who claim differently are either blinded by2.8×120k1.7k37242
86Jun 20, '20Likely the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic happened today-100.4 F- What's happening in Siberia this year is nothing short of remarkable. The kind of weather we expe2.7×02.1k1.8k87
87Nov 4, '24Spain is under climate siege2.3×98k1.6k47067
88May 9, '22Wow! Sound up! #Lightningstrikes in Sebring, FL2.2×03k832151
89Sep 16, '25It's hard to overstate just how off the charts warm the Pacific is right now. The swath of the basin from California to Japan (a HUGE area) from 25N to 60N is ~3F (1.6C) above norm2.2×96k1.6k655212
90Mar 9, '20“Bears all over the world are coming out of hibernation more than a month ahead of schedule after one of the hottest winters in human history.”1.7×01.4k67848
91Jul 13, '19Major power outage in Manhattan. Subways are dark. Everyone walking.1.6×01.8k81040
92Sep 28, '22#Ian is now at 155 mph, 1 mph shy of a cat 5. Only 4 US storms have made landfall that strong. It may be taking a similar track to Charley, but it’s no Charley. Ian’s eye is 40mi w1.6×01.6k85562
93May 21, '24"How worried are you about climate change?" Pope: "Unfortunately, we have gotten to a point of no return. It's sad, but that's what it is. Global warming is a serious problem," Fra1.6×68k1.4k540101
94Aug 29, '21Vital: If you live in SE Louisiana and you think you've rode out the strongest of storms - you haven't. #Ida will be the most intense hurricane you have ever experienced (stronger 1.4×01.6k73724
95Jul 17, '21You often hear us talk about the wavy jet stream. Here’s a good illustration of how this manifests in extreme weather, connecting the Europe flooding to the Heat Dome in the US Wes1.3×01.4k70697
96Sep 29, '2214” of rain in 12 hrs is considered a 1 in 1000 year event in this part of Florida. Southern Sarasota County exceeded 14” in 12 hours. This recurrence is based on historical climat1.2×01.6k57643
97Aug 24, '22Forced ascent… air hits mountain, forced to rise, cools, condenses and forms cloud. Amazing1.2×02.1k35985
98Jun 21, '22Well that escalated quickly. The Arctic is the fastest warming region on Earth. As ice disappears , nature’s cooling mechanism does too. #ShowYourStripes1.2×01.3k72523
99Feb 10, '21I have not checked, but I don't think there have been any solar or wind spills today.1.1×01.6k48410
100Jun 26, '21“If you could live 1000 years in this spot, you’d likely only experience a heat dome like this ONE time” … “It’s not coincidence, it’s climate change” ….“Extreme heat waves like th0.9×01.3k42318

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