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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just a thought on the OK Gubernatorial Debate presented by OETA. Mazzei largely fell flat and monotonous, with some of his points needing some fact-checking. Thumbs down for the typical GOP extremist rhetoric. Munson was articulate but wasn’t exclusively exceptional and left some plans unclear.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tomorrow is likely the start of a multi-day stretch of substantial heavy rainfall activity over portions of the southwest into the southern Plains as part of the impacts from Hurricane Polo (and its eventual remnants). Confidence in scattered/numerous flash flooding episodes continues to increase.

WPC Day 2 Excessive Rainfall Outlook issued at 1819 UTC. A MODERATE risk for excessive rainfall is in place for much of the Four Corners region.

WPC Day 3 Excessive Rainfall Outlook issued at 1713 UTC. A MODERATE risk for excessive rainfall is in place for portions of Arizona and New Mexico into the southern High Plains.

WPC Day 4 Excessive Rainfall Outlook issued at 1838 UTC. A MODERATE risk for excessive rainfall is in place for portions of Colorado and New Mexico, as well as an area between central Texas into central Oklahoma.

WPC Day 5 Excessive Rainfall Outlook issued at 1831 UTC. A large SLIGHT risk for excessive rainfall is in place for portions of the Arklatex region and Oklahoma.

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Alex Boreham @cyclonicwx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Recon is on the way to #Polo now! Reminder that on some NOAA missions like this one you can see new data minute by minute! Much faster than the normal HDOB

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is going to be such a solid panel discussion and what a way to kick off #AMS2027 proceedings!

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is going to be a really close call either way in a few days... Aside from the center's forecasted proximity to the Big Island, I worry that a slow and prolonged turn to the west will yield copious amounts of rainfall leading to mudslides.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hurricane Polo's rapid intensification is seriously impressive... A special 19Z update was issued by the NHC stating that reconnaissance aircraft found that Polo's central pressure is sitting at 892 mb, the 2nd strongest EPAC hurricane by pressure only behind Hurricane Patricia (2015; 872 mb).

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #WorldAlzheimersDay, and this was a pleasant and heartwarming surprise to receive on my doorstep courtesy of Alzheimer's Association Oklahoma Chapter. It’s these little gestures that can definitely go a long way!

Purple yard sign for the Oklahoma City Walk to End Alzheimer’s with the text “Start A Team”, okcwalk.com, Saturday, September 24th, Scissortail Park.

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The storm that would come to be known as “The Great Miami Hurricane” was 1 day and 450 miles from #Miami on the morning of September 17, 1926. It was a very large Category 4 hurricane that had just passed over and devastated the Turks and Caicos Islands...

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh so now she all of a sudden is trying to pull the villain-gone-hero narrative after pushing for ICE and immigration enforcement on her own people? Simple. She’s terrified of losing. Eliott Rodriguez has a solid chance of flipping that seat (dude’s practically a living legend in S. FL journalism)

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bruh. Plague Inc. was supposed to just remain as a VIDEO GAME…

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HydrologyNL @hydrology.nl · 17/09/2026

Avamet (Associació Valenciana de Meteorologia, Spain) clocked unprecedented torrential downpours of over 70 mm of rain in just 30 minutes. www.rtve.es/noticias/202...

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Las fuertes lluvias provocan inundaciones en Valencia y Barcelona y obligan a activar mensajes Es-Alert

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is probably going to be a hot take but honestly shouldn't be these days Re: AI throttling: The developers of AI platforms KNEW the possibility existed that AI could one day become self-autonomous and outpace human thinking, and yet they still had full buy-in because $$$$ and power talks.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So much time, money, and effort went by the wayside to force NCO to do the changeover to "Gulf of America" that this is likely going to be verse 2 of the same thing...

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I know it's crickets out there in the Atlantic, but I wanted to put this Starter Pack back out there as a reminder. Also, I may be missing some folks who should be in here, so please let me know!

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yeah that’s a pretty serious wildfire west of metro OKC… this has been burning for quite some time and, at least in the short term, doesn’t appear to be letting off.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Also, are these brake rotors for the Cup cars made out of cesium and tin? I get Gateway can be hard on the rotors but wow.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The race craft in this Cup race today makes some iRacing lobbies blush. 16 cautions? FFS.

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Familyguy Driver

ALT: Familyguy Driver

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

No surprise here with pulse storms going SVR when it’s 100°+ in most areas…

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Kenzie Krocak @mjkrocak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The ACE this year is at just 4.4, which is 7% of average for the date. The last time a season had less ACE than this year was 1941 and a handful of years before that. However, those were all prior to the satellite era. In the satellite era, this is the slowest start to a hurricane season on record.

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Record slow hurricane season reaches new milestone

Updates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thousands of lives gone way too soon at the hands of senseless violence. Crew and passengers of UA93 & 175, and AA11 & 77, as well as all of the front-line emergency personnel responding at WTC, the Pentagon, & Shanksville, PA. On this 25th year since, we honor all of the fallen on that tragic day.

Stock photo of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial (courtesy Wikipedia).

Tower Memorial at the crash site of United Airlines flight 93 in Shanksville, PA (courtesy AP Photo - Keith Srakocic).

Photo of the 9/11 Ground Zero and Memorial site with one of the reflecting pools in the foreground and some of the taller buildings in New York City in the distance.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not the time, Norman bubble. NOT THE TIME!!! 😑

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ICYMI, hotel blocks for the 2027 AMS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO are now open! Plenty of options to go around as downtown Denver is bustling as always, but these tend to go rather quickly. So if you want to lock in an attendee rate at any of the partner hotels, be sure to book ASAP!

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A massive loss for the hockey world on quite practically the dawn of the new season. I wasn’t around for his time as a player, but I thoroughly enjoyed his analysis for ESPN. Let’s do it for Barry this season!

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alongside the stronger El-Niño, it's also important to note just how expansive this late-season Saharan Air Layer is across much of the low-latitudes in the North Atlantic. Storms already have had trouble firing off in this region, and this just compounds to the difficulty.

Map of Saharan Air Layer (courtesy of CIMSS) across the North Atlantic basin. Warm colors indicate presence of Saharan dust in the atmosphere which helps suppress development of tropical systems.

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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Only twice in the reliable records have we gone the entire week centered on the September 10th hurricane season peak with no tropical activity. This week marks only the 3rd time and the ongoing hurricane drought isn't about to be busted anytime soon. ⬇️

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Atlantic Hurricane Season Silenced by El Niño at Its Traditional Peak

It’s the most likely week to find a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin, but this year it’s crickets

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Should be noted this mainly affects one particular line of deli-style cream cheeses in bulk. NEVERTHELESS, this recall parade is getting old. As an alternative, take the time to make labneh. I did this weekend. Similar consistency to cream cheese and flavor options are nearly universal. 10/10.

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Pat Hyland @hylandwx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is the first ever Tornado Watch issued by NWS Honolulu

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

JUST IN: preliminary calculations suggest Summer 2026 was Earth’s Hottest on Record 🥵 🌍 ERA-5 data reveals June-July-August 2026 was the hottest summer on record for the Globe. In fact, ALL the hottest summers have been in the last decade! Europe, the US, and the El Niño Ocean region. 1/

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Elizabeth Blackstock @elizablackstock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If Kimi Antonelli does this, he'll be the first Italian driver to win the #ItalianGP in a German car since Tazio Nuvolari drove an Auto Union to victory in 1938 — the last Italian Grand Prix before WWII. #f1 #motorsporthistory

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

OK, I’m neither an OU nor MICH fan, but Michigan is lucky that they aren’t visiting Norman next week because if it were, I could probably hear the thunderous boos from my apartment on the other side of town.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is a damn joke. If you’re an unbiased football fan, this is an absolute embarrassment to the sport. Time clearly expired even before the ball hit the WMU player’s gloves.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

First light visible imagery reveals that Lowell has become extremely impressive structurally again, and USAF recon observations show it is back on the verge of category 5 intensity with max sustained winds of 150 mph and minimum pressure of 930 mb.

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amsearlycareer.bsky.social @amsearlycareer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy National College Colors day! Drop your School in the comments!

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Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io · 03/09/2026

Another job opportunity with @cira-csu.bsky.social to work collaboratively with GSL is now available! This one’s for a model developer, focusing on code development, implementation, management, and optimization. For more details: csusystem.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/fortcollins_...

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DJ Khaled: Another One

ALT: DJ Khaled: Another One

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Didn’t have UMASS taking absolute leather belt to Rutgers on my 2026 College Football bingo card…

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Imagine raising gas and diesel prices, introducing so much food instability with recalls galore, and gaslighting the country to all ends every waking day, all while promoting this pile of xenophobic garbage. The worst part? Many people still find joy in this. Are we ok? More like are we f*ck?

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

OKC’s @alzassociation.bsky.social Walk To End Alzheimer’s is on October 24, and I’ve decided to run it back again this year with the team “Brainiacs Wanna Have Fun (and a cure)”, honoring all who have fought/fight ALZ. Any support (join the team, donate, or sharing) is greatly appreciated! #ENDALZ

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🚨🚨🚨 Summer 2026 (Jun-Aug) tied for the warmest summer on record according to PRISM climate data. The average temperature of 74.2F tied with 1936. 🔥🔥🔥

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Rain totals approaching double digits now, if not over them north of Kountze in Hardin County and just southeast of Lake Livingston in Tyler County. Torrential rain continues in this area for at least another few hours. May see heavier rain push closer to Beaumont at times too.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Crazy how it's been one year since you've been gone. There have been so many moments since then that it would have been so awesome to have you here, but I know you're having a blast watching a NASCAR race, a baseball game, or fixing cars somewhere. Miss you my guy. Seguimos pa'lante, tigere!

Picture of my dad sitting at a table at the Windjammer Cafe onboard Independence of the Seas (2018).

My dad holding up a box of "Cubano Style Blend" Keurig cups.

Picture of my dad and I with Castillo San Felipe del Morro (Puerto Rico) in the distance.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Intense convection continues to spawn in the western "eyewall" of #Edouard, with base velocities near 70 mph at times from KLCH NEXRAD. Squalls look to be hammering Port Arthur pretty good as KBPT reporting wind gusts to 55 mph and sustained 37 mph, vis down to .75 mile in heavy rain.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Tropical Storm #Edouard is poised to make landfall within the next couple of hours between Sabine Pass, TX and Cameron, LA. The storm has maintained maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and continues to move to the NW at 8 mph as of the 12:00 pm position update advisory.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

TD5 definitely looking increasingly organized in the MRMS mosaic reflectivity loop. Pressure slowly falling at platform KEKE just northwest of center, down to about 1010 mb now.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yeah what about Lundgaard not being able to be competitive on ovals, McLaren?

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Astronauts, as federal employees and many ex-military, know they aren't supposed to appear partisan on duty and in uniform.

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