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3xEmmy Nominee/Certified #Meteorologist + Outgoing #Fun Guy | Links & RTs aren’t endorsements opinions are my own | #ABQ #NMwx

Albuquerque, NM
Joined March 2009
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4 years
Picnic anyone? I brought ice cream cake! ❄️ 🎂 24.1” officially in Denver makes this the 4th biggest snowstorm on record. Records go back to 1874. #Snowmageddon2021 #snowpocalypse2021
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🌪 Whoa!! Check out this #snownado or #landspout #tornado that touched down near Tinian, #NewMexico on Sunday courtesy Lydell Rafael See & share your pics #NMwx #SevereWeather #WinterStorm
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Incredible #flooding video from Upper Canyon area of #Ruidoso #FlashFlood #Warning continues until 6 pm. Live weather now on @koat7news #NewMexico #Flood #Monsoon #NMwx
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6 years
#tornado in Hagerman taken by Shani Pitzer #NMwx #NewMexico
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2 years
21 years ago today, I began my relationship with @koat7news & made #NewMexico home #ThankYou for inviting me into your homes, saying hi at Smith’s, introducing me to chile, having me enjoy a wonderful feast day and opening my eyes to the most enchanting place on Earth!
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2 years
The #NorthernLights visible in #NewMexico thanks to an unexpectedly strong #solarstorm Ranking a G4 on the 5 level scale, it was the strongest storm in 11 years!See & share pics here: @koat7news #NewMexico #Space #NMwx 📸 Pam Dorner
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4 months
⛔️ I 25 closed in both directions near Algodones due to multi car pileup in severe dust storm. @koat7news #TravelAlert #I25 #ABQ #NewMexico #RoadClosed #NMwx
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@ByronKOAT
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7 years
#Severe #storm with lowering #wallcloud near HWY 550 & #ZiaPueblo courtesy Riki Grantham #NewMexico #NMwx
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4 months
Incredible photos from Gavilan Canyon Road of the South Fork Fire near Ruidoso. 🔥 Evacuations ordered for Upper & Brady Canyons, Ponderosa Heights, alpine Village & Cedar Creek. Get updates here @koat7news #Fire #NMFire #NMwx #NewMexico #SouthForkFire
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4 months
#SevereStorm hitting #ABQ South Valley captured by @koat7news viewer! See & share #weather pics/videos here: #Monsoon #SevereWX #NewMexico #NMwx
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4 months
#Flooding in Las Vegas , New Mexico . River walk also flooded right now courtesy @koat7news viewer. #NewMexico #FlashFlood #NMwx #Monsoon
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1 year
#Chile season is here!!🌶️🌶️🌶️ #NewMexico #NewMexicoTRUE
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3 years
#Snow this morning gone by the afternoon! These pics just 4 hours apart. #Spring in #NewMexico #ABQ #NMwx #Weather
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2 years
Looks like weak #tornado north of Lake Valley N.M. on highway 371 @koat7news #NewMexico #Monsoon #SevereWX #NMwx
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6 years
A #buck & #birds loving the #snow in Oak Flat south of Tijeras. #Video courtesy Tralene Embry #NewMexico #NMwx #NMSnow #WinterStorm
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2 years
Incredible #pyrocumuls from the #HermitsPeakFire Ernesto Garcia captured this pic looking from Espanola. #NMFire #NMwx @koat7news #Fire
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3 years
#Twister sisters! 🌪🌪 Look closely & you’ll see the 2nd #tornado on the left near Springer 🎥 Tracy Gurule #NewMexico #NMwx #SevereWeather
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7 years
#Incredible pics of #horses enjoying the 1st #snow in #Pecos #NewMexico | Thank you for sharing Charles Vigil! Share your weather pics here: #NMwx #NewMexicoTRUE @nm_outside
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2 years
A huge shout out to the hot shot fire crews helping to protect all of us! They’re battling horrible conditions. Keep them in your thoughts. See you at 5 pm on @koat7news #NMFire #Fire #Firefighters #NMwx
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Sustained 57MPH winds on the Cerro Pelado Fire in New Mexico. A Type 1 helicopter conducts bucket work for Hotshot crews trying to hold the ridge-line. 🎥: Aravaipa #wildfire #CerroPeladoFire #weather #fire #hotshots #helicotper #usfs
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6 years
🔥 #UteParkFire pic from 🔥4,500 acres 🔥Hwy 64 closed #NMFire #NMwx #NewMexico @NMFireInfo
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@ByronKOAT
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2 years
Carlisle & Candelaria toppled canopy. Damaging winds through tonight. Stay safe! @koat7news #SevereWx #NMwx
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2 years
Now this is looking more like it! #Skiers & #snowboarders have a lot to smile about! @SkiSantaFe showing off! ⛷ 🏂 ❄️ 🏔 @koat7news #SkiNewMexico #NewMexico #Snow #NMwx
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5 years
🌧 Isn’t today just awesome! By the way...it’s the #coolest day since May 21st...in nearly 4 months! #FeelsLikeFall #RainyDay #Finally #coolday
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2 years
Shovel anyone?? #Snow is nearly covering the @koat7news transmitter building on the Sandia Crest! Our Director of Engineering says it’s the most skow he’s seen up there in more than 20 years! #Snowmageddon #SandiaPeak
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4 months
Aftermath of #flooding along Sudderth Drive courtesy @koat7news viewer. #FlashFlood #Warning continues until 6 pm. #NewMexico #Flooding #Monsoon #NMwx
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6 years
Did you see this on Friday? CJ Walton captured this #dustdevil turned #landspout along Paseo Del Norte in #ABQ It was short-lived, but looked like a mini #tornado for a time. #Wow #NewMexico #NMwx #severeweather
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4 months
Crazy #flooding in Las Vegas Friday courtesy @koat7news viewer. 🌊🌊🌊🌊 #NewMexico #Monsoon #NMwx
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5 years
One more of the #funnel near #SantaFe courtesy David Ortiz Can't tell if it made contact with ground, but definitely can see multiple funnels #NewMexico #NMwx #severeweather #tornado #funnelcloud
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2 years
A fantastic Farewell #MassAscension underway now at the @balloonfiesta We’ve got live coverage now on @koat7news #BalloonFiesta #ABQ
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2 years
Does this help your holiday spirit? A very snowy ❄️❄️❄️ Taos does it for me! Thanks for sharing Elijah Rael! See & share your weather pics here @koat7news @VisitTaos_NM #Taos #NewMexico #Snow #NMwx
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Huge flakes ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ @koat7news #FirstSnow #Snow #ABQ #NewMexico #NMwx
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2 years
Incredible #sunset pic from #SandiaPark this evening courtesy Laura Salem. See & share weather pics here @koat7news #WinterStorm #NewMexico #NMwx
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2 years
Check out that evening sky! #Venus #Jupiter and the #moon lining up in western sky! 🌌 🌙 #nightsky #moon #planets #abq
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Check out these beautiful pics from #SantaFe It looks like Kona the labradoodle is loving the #snow Thanks for sharing Rita Martinez-Purson! You can see and share pics: See you at 10 pm on @koat7news #NewMexico #WinterStorm #NMwx
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8 years
Incredible pic of #Tornado south of Hope #NewMexico earlier today Courtesy @EddyOEM #NMwx #KOAT
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4 years
💫 Awesome pics of #NEOWISE courtesy Steve Allen See & share pics here @koat7news #NeowiseComet #comet #space #astronomy
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5 years
Incredible #timelapse of the heavy #rain that hit #ABQ Watch the #SandiaMountains disappear, then reappear See you @ Ten on @koat7news #NewMexico #NMwx #Monsoon2019 #crazyweather
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5 years
🌪 #Landspout #tornado 🌪 South of Farmington on #NavajoNation @ approx. 2:13 pm courtesy Lydell Rafael #NewMexico #NMwx @NWSAlbuquerque
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@ByronKOAT
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2 years
Meanwhile…it’s still #Winter in #Colorado I-70 west of #Denver is a slush fest #Snow #SpringSnow #DenverSnow #COwx
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5 years
#Snow from the East Mountains to the Southern Mountains Be careful on the roads! Live #weather @ 6 pm on @koat7news #NewMexico #WinterStorm #NMwx
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4 years
⛄️ Looks like the holidays in #NobHill I’m live from the #snow 5 to 7 am on @koat7news #Snowtober #NewMexico #WinterIsHere #NMwx
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4 years
#BREAKING #New Public Health Order $100 fine for not wearing mask in public @koat7news #NewMexico #MaskUp
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2 years
🌧Who else is loving this rainy & cool day? ☔️ #RainyDay #Rain #Saturday #ABQ #NewMexico #NMwx
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5 years
Arroyo rescue just happened in the North Diversion channel near Menaul #ABQ #Flood #Advisory #severewx #NewMexicoTRUE #NMWater @ABQFloodControl
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5 years
⛈ That’s all #hail between Clines Corners & Vaughn around 7:45 this evening. #Video courtesy Karen Herrera #NewMexico #NMwx #Monsoon #Storm
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1 year
Recycling plant fire near Kirtland Air Force Base will likely burn for a while. @koat7news #Fire #Albuquerque 🔥🔥🔥
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5 years
Just gorgeous! #Snow coated slopes @TaosSkiValley Your weekend #weather now on @koat7news #NewMexico #NMwx
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⛄️ May 10th or January 10th?! Red River looks like the middle of Winter this morning! Track the #snow ❄️ & #rain ☔️ @RedRiverSkiArea #NewMexico #NMwx #WeatherNOW
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@ByronKOAT
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3 years
#SandiaPeak #sunrise 9" of new #snow Hoping to open soon! Live #weather now on KOAT 7! #SundayMorning Track weather here: #NewMexico @koat7news #NMwx
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2 years
A trailer box ripped off of the frame Taken right around noon in the road in front of Isleta Casino 📸 Mark Podeyn @koat7news #Severewx #Wind #Damage #NewMexico #NMwx
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❄️6.8” of snow so far for this storm propels us into the record books! It smashes old #record for month of #October of 3.2” set in 1986. It’s also more than 70% our normal annual snowfall of 9.6” @koat7news @NWSAlbuquerque #NMwx #NewMexico @newmexicotrue
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Pretty incredible #video showing how fast things change during #monsoon season. This video from #Ruidoso area courtesy JoAnn Dennis DeNitto. See you @ 6 pm on @koat7news #NewMexico #NMwx
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#Snow falling on the #SandiaCrest & in the Tijeras Canyon this morning along I-40 See you on @koat7news #NewMexico #NMwx #WinterWontLetGo
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Whale gives people at Newport Beach, CA a little hello! #SoCool
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Whale gets up close and personal with onlookers at Newport Beach, California
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4 years
#Snow POSSIBLE in #NewMexico next week! Huge model discrepancies, but snow IS possible, especially in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. Watch @JoeKOAT for full details on @koat7news #NMwx #WinterIsComing
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Tennis ball #hail storm Saturday in Watrous NM at 530 pm 📸 Lee Baca @koat7news #SevereWX #NewMexico #NMwx
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6 years
The #BeaverMoon #FullMoon from Springer #NewMexico courtesy Yolanda Leal-Jensen. It’s called the Beaver Moon, because this is the time of year beavers build their Winter dams. See & share cool pics #NewMexicoTRUE @newmexicotrue @nm_outside
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#Flooding in Portales That white is #hail too Never drive through water See you @ 6 pm on @koat7news 🎥 Julissa Melendez-Rivera # #NewMexico #PortalesFlooding #NMwx
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2 years
Fall flourishing in the Manzano Mountains! 🍁 See & share Fall pics here: 📸 Claudia Chavez Serafin @koat7news #FallColors #NewMexico #NMwx
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5 years
On this tough morning of horrible breaking news...we all need to keep our heads up. Let your family & friends know how much you love & care about them. #StayStrong See you on @koat7news
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4 years
Me trying to fan myself in 100° #heat while wearing a #mask doing live shots for @koat7news 🥵😷 #ABQ #NewMexico @newmexicotrue
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Trees stripped bare by a destructive #hailstorm in #Hagerman Chris and Sara Barker captured this #video driving through town & it looks like the middle of Winter! #NMwx #SevereWeather #NewMexico #Hail
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2 years
Please join me in welcoming @koat7news newest meteorologist @OlgaBreese Welcome to the land of 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ #NewMexico #ABQ #meteorologist #NMwx
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#Ruidoso area #flooding from @koat7news viewer #FlashFlood #Emergency continues until 4 pm Get to higher ground immediately! #NewMexico #Flood #Monsoon #NMwx
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The #Chicago #River is #Shamrock #Green for this #StPatricksDay This is a snapshot of a helicopter camera from @fox32news in Chicago #ChicagoRiver
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5 years
Congratulations to the new #MissIndianWorld Cheyenne Kippenberger! It was an honor visiting with you this morning @koat7news #Indigenous #NativePride #ABQ #NewMexico #NewMexicoTRUE @cabq @newmexicotrue
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“Wolf dog Spirit Wandering Boy looking West towards the Ruidoso fire. Looking West towards Ruidoso” Thinking of all the animals also impacted by the fires. 🐕 🐈 🙏🏻 @koat7news #Pets #Fire #SouthForkFire #NMFire #Ruidoso #NewMexico #NMwx
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Meanwhile @RedRiverSkiArea says it’s still Winter! #Snow ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Watch @koat7news now for updates! #NewMexico #NewMexicoTRUE @NewMexico #NMwx
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