Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NYTimes: We sat down with 3 independent Erie, CO voters at the Old Mine cafe. After the ECMWF has failed to to deliver on precipitation on a regular basis, DOGE checks, and lower prices, they are willing to give yesterday's 12Z ECMWF forecast of rain in Erie another chance. 181
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In case anyone's wondering why I'm increasingly a disgruntled meteorologist, I live in the white speck of nothingness in Erie. 4190
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffMathew Barlow @mathewabarlow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hourly mid-stratospheric temperatures over Hurricane Polo, from yesterday in the GFS. 1215
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It sprinkled hard enough to briefly dampen our sidewalks in Erie, CO. #ElNino 1160
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffNSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory @ncar-ral.bsky.social · 25/09/2026👏 Congratulations to RAL scientist Cenlin He, recipient of the 2026 AGU Global Environmental Change Early Career Award! Well deserved, Cenlin! 🥳 Congratulations on this wonderful achievement and to all this year’s AGU honorees! Read more! ral.ucar.edu/news/cenlin-... 083
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026German chemist Dr. Ida Noddack co-discovered Rhenium (element 75) in 1925. She died #OTD in 1978. She was the first to propose the concept of nuclear fission (1934). Her theory was met with fierce skepticism and outright dismissed by contemporary physics giants. But 4 years later...🧵 #WomenInSTEM 291522502
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Polo. Simply incredible. 511587530
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026The world has made real progress in steering away from some of the darkest climate futures where global emissions doubled (or more) this century. But as David Wallace-Wells and I note in today's NYT, we are not out of the woods yet, and climate uncertainty is not our friend: www.nytimes.com/2026... 417774
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffBrendon 🐻🌪️❄ @brendonme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Absolutely zero expectations of anything cool today and then I run across this 512030
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Reading my horoscope before I go into the office. 050
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Some brilliant cloud textures illuminated by the sunrise this morning. 0130
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffRuss Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 19/09/2026West slope September stunner. east of Rifle #cowx 47111
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffTrent @trnt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Very nice ground rotation around 4:31, would lean towards a gustando considering the conditions #COwx 192
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A software engineer I work with put together this 3D rendering of one of my simulations of hurricane airflows around buildings. 2161
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffRobert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Trump's strategy for reducing global oil use wasn't what I would have recommended, but it does seem to be effective. 0243
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 15/09/2026spirit halloween is JOINING the ed sheeran tour 311203141
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffQuentin Young @quentinyoung.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In light of two more Colorado bear attacks in recent days amid an extraordinary number of bear encounters this year, re-posting this commentary from earlier this month: Bear attacks in Colorado are climate attacks.coloradonewsline.comBear attacks in Colorado are climate attacks | Colorado NewslineColorado wildlife managers have failed to be forthright in citing a key reason for adverse conditions for bears: global warming. 1145
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026new policy bad for air quality, climate, ecosystems, economy, human health, families, communities, businesses, taxpayers,wri.orgSTATEMENT: US EPA Repeals Climate Pollution Rules for Power PlantsWASHINGTON and HOUSTON (September 14, 2026) — Today at a gathering of G20 energy ministers in Houston, Texas, the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule repealing carbon ... 22610
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The cats are enjoying open window season at least as much as me, though I haven’t had their apparent desire to hunt neighborhood birds or small game. Yet. Maybe after the AGI apocalypse I can learn from them. 090
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It's easy to forget what is within an hour's drive of the house. Scenes from Bob, Betty, and King Lakes. 0111
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffDavid Blanchard @davidblanchard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Brilliant sunset followed by great lightning! #azwx #weather #landscape 📷 1192
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We wanted to understand the AI solution to the Navier–Stokes problem. So we talked to three unvaccinated Joe Rogan listeners at a Beef 'O' Brady's in Fort Myers. 1041741
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Here are the temperature categories for summer (Jun-Aug) in the Contiguous U.S. Above Normal categories are 83.3% of the map area. Near Normal (middle tercile) areas account for 16.4% of the map area. A paltry 0.3% ended up in the Below Normal category. 45715
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffRobert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Let's talk about the weather and climate changes that preceded the Nepali glacier collapse and landslide. It's well known that Nepal is warming, but we can do better and estimate the changes at the 5200m elevation site where the mass of ice and rock ultimately broke loose. A thread. 🧵🧪 412768
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This was a top-notch NCAR explorer series session. This one focuses on wildfires and their prediction and modeling and stars RAL's Jason Knievel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlMi...youtube.comScience in the Spotlight: Forecasting wildfire behaviorYouTube video by NSF NCAR & UCAR Science Education 082
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hungry bear seen here rerouting me to another trail option. 070
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I think I missed peak mammatus display but here’s the tail end of something that was probably more spectacular 15 minutes before I noticed it. 0100
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Supernal lighting on Arapaho Peak (back on Sunday). 180
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026You can tell it’s getting closer to fall now that temperatures are in the 80s at 8:30am along the Front Range. 060
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I forgot how good this album is and it hits just right in late summer. Perhaps for fans of the Flying Burrito Brothers and Emmylou Harris. tobaccocity.bandcamp.com/album/horsestobaccocity.bandcamp.comHorses, by Tobacco City12 track album 030
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026“But oppositions have the illimitable range of objections at command, which need never stop short at the boundary of knowledge, but can draw for ever on the vasts of ignorance” - Middlemarch (~1871) by “George Eliot” (Mary Ann Evans; meditating on an issue that remains esp. pervasive today.) 000
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Never good when they pull out the coffin shaped flood warnings. 090
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Like a lot of the summer, but today especially, we have so much humidity in Erie, CO to once again give away to our neighbors for beneficial rain production. 140
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Just like storms named "Chris" (except 2018, I guess), my Spanish storm version is also living up to its usual expectations. 080
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 11/08/2026Non-hydro renewables (primarily wind and solar) are on track to pass gas this year as the second largest source of electricity generation globally. The rapid over the past 10 years is pretty remarkable! Hat tip to Michael Liebreich for the plot idea. 1018554
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I had Claude put together a program to plot CO statewide daily averages of ACIS GridData with an area mean. The plot using ACIS only goes back to 1951, but the program can also go back to the 1800s using GHCN stations (with limitations in spatial coverage). You can see how warm 2026 (bold black) is. 040
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffThe Needling @theneedling.com · 06/08/2026Local Woman Just Thinks Flaming Forest Could Find More Peaceful Way to Protest Climate Change: tinyurl.com/k8dmr9d7 319153
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffNSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Curious about air quality during wildfire season and how it can impact our health? NSF NCAR scientist Forrest Lacey shares insights in our next Science in the Spotlight webinar. 📅Thursday, Aug. 13 from 3-4 p.m. MT 🌐 Virtual webinar More details: edec.ucar.edu/events/wildfires-AQ 0116
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This DJF El Nino-related seasonal prediction is accurate because it captures the permanent Erie, Colorado precipitation hole. 150
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Urban firestorms like the one that devastated Spokane Saturday have been growing more common because of increased development in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and climate change. In this post, I document 9 such fires since 2016 in the U.S. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/urba...yaleclimateconnections.orgUrban firestorm devastates Spokane as dense smoke envelops the Northwest » Yale Climate ConnectionsClimate change, combined with development in high-risk areas, is making urban wildfires more likely. 623992
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This is a really nice overview to share with climate change curious family members and friends. 020
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This smoke is thick enough it may mask fire radiative power that drives the smoke source info the model requires for good forecasts, and therefore, this may lead to underestimates of smoke in coming days. We saw this in the models for Sept 2020 in the same region. 1183
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Here are by year and by decade plots of record lows and record highs over time in Denver. I used Claude and xmACIS2 to create this plot for the official Denver observing site (which has moved, but does not explain the monumental changes in time). 251
Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026More signs it’s an intolerably hot summer. #FridgeCats 1140
Reposted by Chris ☈ozoffChris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Well, it's official...Denver just hit 90° for the 28th time this month, setting a new record for most 90-degree days for any month on record. Old record: 27 days (July 1964 + 2012). #COwx 08520