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Severe WX Severe Weather Threat June 19-28

Nope, like I thought after some suspicion, this is a photo that is real that got tweaked to feature a AI tornado in the back. While the RV park in question appears to have been genuinely hit, the tornado in the back is AI generated. This is gonna become a serious issue as AI gets better at generating tornadoes...

Also, it's been confirmed it was actually SLW that caused this at the RV park. But I'm still curious if it was a mix of sorts. 100+ mph SLW can do this absolutely, for sure.
Good catch. It definitely seemed fishy to me at first but I didn’t really think twice of it myself. The fact that the tornado is so far away and still fully condensed despite the fact that tornadoes on this day were not long tracked at all was a big red flag that crossed my mind but I didn’t really think to explore more into.

My question is, what is the point of doing this? Why would people prompt AI to make it? It just doesn’t make any sense. Is there genuine personal gain to be had here?
 
Good catch. It definitely seemed fishy to me at first but I didn’t really think twice of it myself. The fact that the tornado is so far away and still fully condensed despite the fact that tornadoes on this day were not long tracked at all was a big red flag that crossed my mind but I didn’t really think to explore more into.

My question is, what is the point of doing this? Why would people prompt AI to make it? It just doesn’t make any sense. Is there genuine personal gain to be had here?
I had a gut feeling it was. AI generates tornadoes in the background awfully blurry and slender like that. Your last point is why. Personal gain, attention and marketing. It looks like a cool, eerie photo because a RV park just got demolished (by SLW BTW) by a supposed tornado in the background. It looks like one of those stellar, once in a lifetime photos. I also know it's AI because these odd AI engagement farming accounts are the only ones to have posted this in particular. It's annoying. And concerning to see.
 
X checkmarked accounts can make money from interactions. A photo like that will get more engagement and thus earn them more money.
I’m not a twitter/X user so I wouldn’t know. Thanks for the clarification. Pretty naive of me to believe that this didn’t have some sort of monetary or engagement bait level motivation to it.
 
StormNet been on Monday for a bit and HRRR got into range and it has a interesting post frontal/surface low setup in NE/SD. Certainly could be interesting potential as 300mb flow impinges into the region.

Guess what caveat this setup has as it's in Nebraska and it's June? Genuine question and if anyone gets it LOL
 

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Monday could be a very volatile day near the warm front/triple point in ND/MN, especially if the moisture/LLJ hangs back west underneath the stronger flow aloft. One of those crazy parameter space days that actually may have a chance to initiate given the amplitude of the trough.

StormNet notably uptrended in its most recent run.
 


DILY STRENGTHENING DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AS
THE INITIAL STORM MODE WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD BEING LARGE TO VERY
LARGE HAIL. LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING
IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE LOW IN NORTHWEST SD AND SOUTHWEST ND
WITH A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO. HOWEVER,
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE MODE AT THAT TIME AS
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR VECTORS TEND TO BACK TO A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION
IN THE VICINITY OF A STALLED SURFACE FRONT ALONG THE MT BORDER,
WHICH WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR MIXED STORM MODES.
 
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