Erik Creighton
@ecreightonwx
Atmospheric Sciences ☈ Stony Brook University PhD Student. BS UAlbany ‘23. Easily distracted via poofy cloud. Researcher of stuff. He/Him
This gust/speed discrepancy is even larger than the lighthouse park ob 😭
Someone in the comments appears to have had an 86 mph gust on their personal station, no idea what kind of station/anemometer.
I’m a little skeptical as well. Although the damage in the immediate vicinity of the gust appears pretty intense (www.facebook.com/share/p/1EuJ...)
Beautiful thunderstorm complex crossing the Long Island Sound tonight.
Super excited to present my work on vertical supercell mesocyclone alignment this WEDNESDAY at the #AMSMadisonSummit! If you’re attending and want to check it out, this will be part of Session 11A - Supercell Dynamics and Hazards II at 2:45 pm 🌪️ (Previous post said Tuesday)
Had a nice line of cumulus develop along the surface trough but things weren't quite right, no spoots
Supercell transitioning to a powerful linear complex near Lisle, NY on 7/18/26. This line produced an EF1 QLCS tornado not too far downstream that was on the ground for ~16 miles.
Shelf cloud and fireworks with a powerful linear complex (7/4/2026). This storm was warned for 80 mph winds and produced widespread wind damage across Long Island. A wind gust of 87 mph was recorded further east.
Lovely return to northeast storm chasing today in southern New Jersey. One of those “go here stupid” setups on the warm front, with convection firing off the Delmarva. I was able to stick with a pretty supercell for about an hour before it got vaporized by the marine layer.
Yep definitely had spouty conditions in place! (itpa.somas.stonybrook.edu/sbuwrf/models/)
Some shots from a less organized cell earlier in the afternoon. While this cell was far less steady, the frequent updraft pulses often were capped with a prominent pileus cap (before getting sheared over)
Supercell approaching Lake George yesterday evening (4/16/2026). As the sun dipped below the horizon, a layer of fog developed above the cold lake surface. The storm weakened somewhat on approach, but still had beautiful structure and lightning. Sure didn't feel like April in New York.
Some exposures of a hailstorm approaching State College, PA at ~8pm on 3/22/26 The precip core passed immediately to our north (<1 mile) and could be heard at a distance!
Excited to share my updated results on the vertical alignment of supercell mesocyclones at today’s Stony Brook BRIDGES conference!
we're really just gonna be stuck with this pattern for the next decade huh
Had impressive snowfall rates and wind over the last hour on Long Island. We have unfortunately now switched over to sleet.
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)
Substorm this evening shortly after 6:30pm EST from East Setauket, NY
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.
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!
Quite the moisture gradient advecting across eastern NY this afternoon. I look forward to not living inside of a cloud.