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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 1h

October 7 AM: The sun rises on a clearly organizing Isaias. It's starting to show "that look" as it feeds on extremely warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Anticipate a period of quick intensification today and tomorrow as it heads towards the northern Gulf Coast. AL / MS / LA / FL -- Prepare now.

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National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 5h

4 AM CDT Wed Oct 7 (Advisory 3) Key Messages for Tropical Storm #Isaias. Latest info: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 4 AM CDT miércoles 7 de octubre (Aviso 3) Mensajes clave sobre la tormenta tropical #Isaias. Más información: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 🔗 hurricanes.gov

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 19h

lil supercell hanging out in the gulf

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 20h

The 2027 AMS Scholarships and Fellowships applications are now open! Available Opportunities: ✏️ Graduate Fellowships ✏️ Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science ✏️ First-Year Undergraduate Scholarships ✏️ Senior Named Scholarships Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/3N7vZzr

2025 AMS Senior Named Scholarship recipient Sadie Morris with AMS past president Dave Stensrud and Todd Glickman, sponsor of the scholarship.

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Jared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of the top ten days of the year in Western North Carolina, when it's cool, dry, and fog is on the river. #NCwx @wxbrad.bsky.social @jasonboyercbm.bsky.social @spann.bsky.social @ncweatherauthority.bsky.social @rhyall.bsky.social

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 06/10/2026

Sometimes you just have to draw a line in the sand and say something is ready. I've spent the last month or so not only adding level II site functionality to Heimdall, but what I consider to be genuinely novel functionality and interactivity. It's live for you to try at heimdall.stormscale.io

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

While the Gulf Coast NWS comms issue appears resolved, with the growing tropical risk was seeing way more social media traffic about the radar outages that occurred over the weekend. Feel compelled to share a thread as seeing a lot of misinformation. (1/)

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Kevin Mahoney @kev13wx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Privatization isn't the answer. See the private radars going up right now from climavision. They're not freely available to the public while tax payers foot the bill.

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Chris Vagasky @coweatherman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Privatizing radars doesn't ensure access to radar data for anybody. And privatizing radars doesn't fix the communications issues that NWS has been having that is preventing the data from getting out.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026

Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.

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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 02/10/2026

Meteorologists have gotten really good at predicting disruptive events like hurricanes, blizzards, and tornado outbreaks with precision only dreamed of 30 years ago. Hurricane track forecasting has improved so that a four-day forecast now is about as accurate as a one-day forecast was back in 1991.

A chart showing the NHC's official track error trend in the Atlantic basin since 1990.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From a discussion of updating a department website...

A photo with baby Yoda and adult Yoda with the caption "Could it be time for a new photo?"

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There’s a lot to unpack here, not the least of which is that the benchmarks being measured against here aren’t that important? Oh good, “the market” beats the NBM on a high temperature forecast at day ahead, evening before, and morning of. Like…?

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Ryan May @dopplershift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Don’t let your life become being just a meat proxy. dontbeameatproxy.com Shout out to @lesserwhirls.bsky.social introducing me to this term, which has deeply penetrated my thoughts on AI.

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don't be a meat proxy

Please don't copy-paste AI answers at people. Read it, understand it, check it, then say it in your own words.

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WeatherMatrix @weathermatrix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is what NC12 looks like after the Nor'easter. This 1,000-foot section was damaged worse than any storm since Hurricane Sandy 14 years ago, NCDOT says. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement

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Casey Davenport @cedavenportwx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Incredibly proud to present newly-minted Dr. Logan Twohey! I have so much I could say about him and his journey to this milestone, but I will leave it at simply: I am so unbelievably proud of the work he's done. Mentoring students is just the best 🥹

Student standing in front of a podium by a projector with a slide that says "The Impact of Complex Terrain on Supercell Thunderstorm Evolution and Behavior"

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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Remarkable evolution of Hurricane Polo over the past 48 hours as it fluctuated between category 4 and 5 intensity during an eyewall replacement cycle (ERC) and subsequently re-strengthened to 180 mph (155 kt) as of the latest NHC advisory.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For the record: The University of California has never asked me for anything like this. But I am seeing this line of questioning arising in a rapidly growing number of American contexts. It has been asked of me, personally, elsewhere. And that is very, very alarming.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The human intelligence atrophy aspect of AI also deserves more attention:

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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hurricane Polo is looking extraordinary tonight. Sheesh.

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Brian Tang @btangywx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NOAA reconnaissance data coming out of Hurricane Polo are nothing short of spectacular and indicative of a very intense, compact, and tall hurricane.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The central pressure of Hurricane Polo is measured to be 889 millibars. That means more than 11% of the typical atmosphere at sea level is missing from the storm's center. It is the second strongest storm on record in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and one of the strongest in Earth's modern history.

A map showing aircraft observations inside Hurricane Polo. Credit: Tomer Burg/Polar Wx

A chart showing various weather data from an aircraft sample of Hurricane Polo. Credit: Levi Cowan/Tropical Tidbits

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026

“The arrangement would give Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, a direct role in determining how NIH distributes its $48 billion in congressionally-appropriated money.” Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions.

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Tony Lyza @tlyza89.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is one of the wilder tornado videos I’ve ever seen

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A thunderstorm enhances the reading experience by at least 52%.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Andy Snyder @wxandbiscuits.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NOAA’s 00Z analysis confirms the strongest late season high pressure ridge on record for the Southeast. It appears the Nashville sounding observed its highest 500mb heights in its history, while Atlanta’s was only 2 meters under the previous all-time record, which occurred on 8/24/1954.

An analyzed 500 millibar weather map over the US. A large 600+ decameter ridge over the Southeast is the strongest on record for so late in the year and is driving record heat to its northwest

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 16/09/2026

🧵 We’re continuing to hire a wide variety of positions throughout the National Weather Service! New vacancies are being posted all the time. Here’s a sample of what’s open as of today:

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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ahh the science we could do 😭

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Gareth Funning @gfun.earth · 15/09/2026

NSF GEO webinar summary: we have reduced programs from 15 down to 3, we have no deadlines, we have no guidelines on project size, duration or budget, we have no money

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.

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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The National Weather Service is proceeding with renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America in all forecast products and maps. These sort of changes require extensive coding time for NOAA and NWS personnel to implement across so many different products that regularly reference them.

NOUS41 KWBC 141530
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD
1130 AM EDT Mon Sept 14 2026
To: Subscribers:
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPort
Other NWS Partners, Users and Employees
From: Courtney Draggon, Director
Business, Operations and Accountability Office
Subject: National Weather Service (NWS) Implementation of Updated Naming
Conventions per Executive Order 14422
NWS is in the process of implementing Executive Order 14422, “Honoring
the American History of the Great Lakes and Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake
America”. Work is underway to update naming conventions as quickly as
possible on online maps, weather products, websites and other materials
across the NWS. Caution will be exercised to avoid disruptions to
operations.
Users may notice a phased implementation of these changes as the agency
works to update all products, services, and documentation with the utmost
expediency. Service Change Notices (SCNs) will be issued as needed for
modifications made to NWS products and services with additional details
for users.
If you have any questions concerning these changes, please contact:
National Weather Service Web Feedback
nws.webfeedback@noaa.gov
National Public Information Statements are online at:
https://www.weather.gov/notification/

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year

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Casey Davenport @cedavenportwx.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you work in higher education, have friends or loved ones in higher ed, or just care about higher ed, this blog post hits on a lot of critical points on the state of things with regards to the student experience. A few quotes that stuck out to me below. wonkhe.com/blogs/studen...

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Students are not disengaged, they are adapting to a thinner university

For Fredrick Agboma and Andrew Doyle, the question isn't whether students are less committed, but what culture they're asked to inhabit

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

Long time, no post, but I have to share a cool job opportunity: Social Science Research and Testbed Support Specialist in Norman, OK. Please pass along to folks who may be interested! Happy to answer questions or point you to someone who knows more. careers-fedwriters.icims.com/jobs/2456/so...

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Unlock a world of opportunities with FedWriters. Our active recruitment is your gateway to dynamic careers where talent and innovation come together.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Schools are not a business and a student is not a customer and this is the framing that encapsulates everything wrong with higher education. The “solution” of running universities like businesses rather than a public good was always the problem.

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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 11/09/2026

Congratulations! It's now past 8:00 a.m. This is officially the longest we've waited for the Atlantic's first hurricane since the satellite era began in 1966. No tropical systems are expected in the Atlantic in the next 7 days.

The nhc's 7 day outlook showing no storms expected

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The National Science Foundation has not had a director since April 2025, but is undertaking very significant structural changes in how it funds US science. No permanent leadership appears anywhere in sight.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our planet is very old. We, on the other hand, are not. And when I say "not", I probably cannot convey to you how astonishingly, eye-swivellingly, knee-tremblingly non-old we are compared to the Earth under our feet. But I'm going to try. Please wish me luck. 1/

Photo of the Earth seen from over the crater-pocked brown-grey surface of the Moon, from Artemis II.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/09/2026

AI companies: This technology we’re developing is dangerous and might destroy humanity and we don’t know how to stop it Other people: So we should strictly regulate it, create legislative guard rails, and monitor its development? AI companies: lol no the opposite of all that & give us more money

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Patrick Marsh @pmarshwx.com · 09/09/2026

New offerings from SPC. You can check them out on NOMADS. Including, for the first time, our mesoanalysis grids (in netcdf format). We also use our mesoanalysis code to post-process the entire RRFS domain for every forecast hour and every initialization. nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/ncc...

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Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Statistical confirmation that a majority of small children are agents of chaos.

Chart confirming that a majority of children want to let the pigeon drive the bus (9-7 in favor).

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Daniel S Helman, PhD @helmandaniel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NSF is consolidating its geoscience research grants into a new program, GEOcore and reducing annual grants to $110 million total in 200-350 awards. Typical was about $300 million in 1,200 awards. Not including institutional grants ($1.3 billion/yr) and those may be gone. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)

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