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Dakota Smith

@weatherdak

Digital Meteorologist at @CNN丨Bluesky: https://nitter.cf/t.co/Izf5GJF24s | Twitch partner: https://nitter.cf/t.co/OxuambPhUB | TikTok: https://nitter.cf/t.co/KikHyc5YdB

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Joined June 2009
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Ok! I am absolutely thrilled to announce I've joined @CNN as a digital meteorologist. I'm so grateful for this opportunity and cannot wait to help the team accomplish some cool stuff!
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Super Typhoon In-Fa has that forbidden donut look.
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A year ago I made this wild animation of Hurricane Melissa. It broke my brain a little.
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Storm Austen looking pretty cool from space.
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at some point i discovered that posting hot weather takes on twitter was pointless and began posting only pretty satellite imagery. 10/10 decision, can recommend.
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Really cool view of Subtropical Storm Josephine today. Some lightning in the outer bands.
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The sun rises on an incredible Super Typhoon Champi.
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My oh my... Super Typhoon Champi is a beast.
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The sun is about to rise on Champi... gonna get some wild views, I imagine.
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michigan did what campbell couldn't, replace the inept qb
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i am so over the dan quinn experience
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call it a failed experiment and push restart
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Hurricane Isaias at sunset.
Image from Dakota Smith (@weatherdak)
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Hurricane Isaias on its final approach to the Gulf Coast.
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Thunderstorms wrapping around the eye of Hurricane Isaias. Few things make me happier than 30-second satellite imagery of hurricanes.
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Thunderstorms wrap around Hurricane Isaias' developing eye.
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The coverage of Hurricane Isaias by the weather team and other folks at @CNN has been exceptional and a testament to the talented people doing it. Grateful to be a part of the team. cnn.com/2026/10/08/weather/l…
October 8, 2026 — Gulf Coast evacuations underway as Hurricane Isaias strengthens | CNN

October 8, 2026 — Gulf Coast evacuations underway as Hurricane Isaias strengthens | CNN

Isaias has rapidly strengthened into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane en route to landfall on the northern Gulf Coast by the weekend.

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Can't stop watching the lightning within Hurricane Isaias. Just a phenomenal view from space.
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Hurricane Isaias is putting on a lightning show tonight. Sheesh.
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Isaias looking swirly.
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Hello Isaias.
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cool technique here, that I think should be applied more... The meso box is small so the landscape view gets cut off. If you layer the meso imagery with the conus imagery, you can get the broader view and it still looks pretty good!
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