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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

50 laps around the sun…yeah feeling it today!

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Lake America unleashing havoc already on Western NY!

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

What if it were all snow? ❄️

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Apropos of 2026 in Illinois, my first Dean’s cabinet meeting was interrupted by a tornado warning

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Come see our poster at the AMS Madison Summit. TL/DR Even in a region famous for extreme thunderstorms (Central Argentina), extreme floods can be promoted when warm rain processes are tied to orography.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Good thing the Black Canyon of the Gunnison outshone the disappointment of our new national park pass.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Albion Basin in Utah was just showing off yesterday

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Looking like we’ll have an extended fireworks display this evening in east central Illinois #ilwx

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

We spoke with the founder of @standupforscience.net Collette Dellawalla about the damage to the US Scientific community and what may still be to come on Weather Realness, the podcast about Illinois weather and climate by @climasillinois.bsky.social and Illinois Public Media.

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How politics is reshaping scientific research in America | Illinois Public Media

The Trump administration's proposal changes how scientific research is funded. We learn how this could affect the future of science and the public.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Working on an analysis of radar coverage for the State of Illinois, including beam height and wind farm contamination relative to recent severe weather reports. 2026 has been a year in Central Illinois!

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

NEXRAD in Central Illinois showing three body scatter off of moving freight trains this morning. Anomalous propagation from shallow cool airmass keeps the beam low, and radar energy is bounced repeatedly between the high reflectivity train cars, making it look like it is coming from further away.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Having fam in upstate NY and living in Illinois often means an extended 48 hour period of nowcasting 😰

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

@climasillinois.bsky.social students launched a sounding at 20:15z from the UIUC campus

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

NEXRAD vertical wind profiles at KILX (thx @plustssn.autumnsky.us) reaching ridiculous levels - question for Champaign-Urbana will be whether the environment can recover from earlier crapvection...sounding at 3 pm CDT coming up!

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Finding toxic waste in Niagara Falls shouldn’t be a surprise, as industry went wild there for decades. Love Canal on repeat. But will we have an EPA that can address these? Reminder that corporations (and now gov’t?) really don’t have your interests in mind. www.audacy.com/wben/news/lo...

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Ortt addresses Cayuga Island concerns

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Does this qualify for an LSR?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/06/2026

"In the end, we’re right back where we started in January 2025: an administration asserting that Trump’s election meant he has the right to completely dictate all government policy and spending unilaterally."

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The murder of expertise

Russ Vought as science czar would just about do it.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Still a work in progress, but I wanted to give Claude Fable 5 a little workout over lunch on a project idea snesbitt-nexrad-level2-browser.hf.space

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NEXRAD level 2 browser

Gate-native WebGL browsing of archived WSR-88D 0.5° scans (SAILS-aware) from the AWS NEXRAD Level 2 archive.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

At 45 Beacon Street this week for the AMS Publications Commission meeting

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Sometimes a hometown hot dog just makes the weekend better

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

How the heck did I end up with two adult children? HBD T-man!!!

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Midwest splendor on a Saturday morning

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I spoke with @ewolffwx.bsky.social about the importance of weather balloon observations on Weather Realness this week! Weather Realness is a production of the U of I's Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences and Illinois Public Media. will.illinois.edu/weatherrealn...

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Why meteorologists still rely on weather balloons | Illinois Public Media

Meteorologists observe the weather with satellites and aircraft. But, scientists still use weather balloons, one of their most reliable instruments.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Ported Dr. Bob Hart's 1995 MATLAB mountain-wave teaching tool to the modern web with Claude: Rust compute core, browser UI, live HRRR profiles over CONUS. Drag θ(z) and u(z), watch trapped lee waves form. huggingface.co/spaces/snesb... 🧵

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Mountain Waves - a Hugging Face Space by snesbitt

Interactive 2-D mountain-wave visualizer (Rust + Dash)

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Proud advisor moment with Alfonso Ladino Rincon, putting open source software to work to enable easier radar data analysis arm.gov/news/feature...

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

My trip to Boulder helped solidify my thoughts on the proposed restructuring of NCAR.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We might be talking about a different hail record than just the Illinois state record…

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Hail 5, to possibly 6 inches reported near Kankakee, Illinois, midway between Chicago and Champaign-Urbana. If verified, would set the state record. (on March 10 no less)

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I’m often asked “did you see the storm over X - what’s going on?” I would then scramble to one of the many wx sites to make a sounding. What if there was a site that specialized in soundings? Look no further…announcing the beta launch of illiniweather.web.illinois.edu/skewt-intera... Feedback plz!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

$1,005,000 That is the amount of federal funding that was already funded and withdrawn, plus the funds recommended by peer review and would have been awarded to my research group if the status quo were in place at NSF, NOAA, DOE.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This week on the Weather Realness podcast, it’s U of I System President Tim Killeen. Timely interview on the importance and future of NCAR, science and higher ed policy, his career, and his views on the future. Available on YouTube this weekend and on WILL AM 580 at 11 a Sat/8p Sun.

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

After a very low year, few new NSF awards in Geosciences in 2026. There is a budget in place now, hopefully there is some recovery.

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CliMAS Illinois @climasillinois.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Today we honored Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@katharinehayhoe.com) the Distinguished CliMAS alumna for 2025-2026. Katherine is a great example of a distinguished scientist, teacher, communicator, and leader who brings curiosity to impact!

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Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

It’s 10:30 AM on a Sunday and I’ve already been to the hardware store twice for the same project. How’s your Sunday going?

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