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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family and friends! We're roasting like a turkey south of the border with temperatures around 30C. 🦃🔥

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In situ K-H obs near Detroit on my flight back from the UCAR Members Meeting.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I harvested this 572.8 pound giant today with the help of awesome neighbors and friends! 34 days until it's carved on Halloween!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's been a busy couple days weather-wise in central Michigan. This was my view yesterday morning as an undular bore was about to pass through.

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WooooOoOooOendy 👻 @wednesdaygj.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In 4 weeks the smallest pumpkin in my patch has gone from an estimated 4 to 390 pounds and is now the largest. Dry weather is holding things back some, but it's still been a decent growing season.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

STORM participants got to interact with astronomers who are visiting Beaver Island to take advantage of the dark skies. Outstanding views of nebula, Saturn, and the partial solar eclipse!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We're a few days into this year's STORM (student training for observation research in meteorology) program up on Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan. So far, we've had beautiful and calm weather that allowed for clearly defined convergence on the island.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'm missing #32SLS this year for a family reunion up on Prince Edward Island. Have a great conference! You can catch me at the UCAR Members Meeting and the AMS Annual Meeting instead.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I'll be at a family reunion on PEI then. Hopefully in Denver for the annual meeting!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

How funny would it have been if we ran into each other there?!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's been another great summer for fieldwork! When home, I've been working on another type of field work - growing my giant pumpkins! Introducing this year's patch of friendly (soon to be) giants: Hagrid, Sweetums, and Fezzik. Current estimated weights range from 8 to 23 pounds, but that'll change!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Sorry it's been such a rough 6 years, Jackie. Enjoy Colorado! It's a beautiful state.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

AQI over 400 currently in Mount Pleasant. Definitely a day to stay indoors!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

FLAG: The Postmaster General confirmed at a Senate hearing that under a new proposed rule, the Postal Service would not deliver mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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Postmaster general confirms plan to block ballots in states that balk at Trump’s demands

That it’s even possible that the Postal Service might refuse to deliver ballots unless states comply with Trump’s demands is breathtaking.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Happy Caturday! 11 year old Merlin had a burst of kitten like energy playing with his favorite toy this morning.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'll report back if we end up going!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Jordan and I are driving to Toronto next month and might have to make a stop on the way!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'd make sure that the pot is draining and try try a light fertilizing. You may also want to throw a seed into each pot. Squash tend to have more transplant shock than other plants. If the new plants end up healthier, just cut the old ones off at their base.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

There could be a couple things going on. It's possible that they were rootbound before being transplanted, which would explain the compact growth with small leaves. I was going to say that they may ne nitrogen deficient, but the compost should have been enough.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What type of soil is in the pot? Were they transplanted or directly sown in the soil?

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Another successful deployment - looking forward to digging into the data!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Looking north from Zion, IL at 6:17 pm CT along the Lake Michigan shore.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

CMU and UIUC teams are near the IL/WI border for our second consecutive day sampling Lake Michigan's influence on thunderstorms using a Doppler lidar, two different radiosonde systems, and a mobile mesonet. Very interesting outflow and lake-breeze frontal structures observed so far!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The spring semester is almost over, which means it's time to get ready for giant pumpkin growing! These seedlings all come from 2,000+ pound pumpkins, so they have some serious genetics in their favor! 🌱🎃

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David Demko @davedemko.com · 11/04/2026

NOAA GOES 18 weather satellite’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument detected the atmospheric re-entry of NASA’s Artemis II Orion capsule over the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and southern California just before 23:56 GMT — too cool! #ArtemisII #NASA #NOAA

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Science is good. We should fund it.

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 11/04/2026

Reminder

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/04/2026

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

GOES-19 and GOES-18 captured the prominent exhaust plume left behind by Artemis II when it launched from Florida today. Atmospheric winds dissipated the plume as sunset approached.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Tonight marks 5 years since the Newnan, GA EF4 tornado. I'm so thankful that the tornado missed my brother's home (by less than a mile). I'm keeping the family of the one person who passed in my thoughts.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Obligatory excited gardener post, since these are the first blooms in my yard this year!

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It looks a lot like friction-based shoreline convergence you get in lake-effect snow events. The water-air temperature difference looks large enough to support this, too.

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Gulf of St. Lawrence is beautiful from on the ground, too - in both winter and summer. Photos are from the north shore of PEI, near where my husband grew up.

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David John Gagne II @djgagnedos.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The full complaint is worth a read. There are several additional overreaches in there that I wasn't previously aware of.

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 16/03/2026

JUST IN: A consortium of universities filed a lawsuit Monday to stop the Trump administration’s planned dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR, alleging that the planned reorganization violates the Constitution and federal law.

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Dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR by Trump administration is illegal, universities allege in new lawsuit

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Chris ☈ozoff @agitatedcu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

For those short on time, I had Claude do an executive summary of the entire lawsuit and I thought it did a good job (though, if you do have time, the source material is better).

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Today's cold and damp weather motivated me to get my St. Patrick's Day cooking done early. Guinness beef stew and two loaves of Irish soda bread. ☘️🇮🇪

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 13/03/2026

On the good news side for #saveNCAR, last week the Senate science committee reported the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026 (S. 3923) with a @rosen.senate.gov amendment to block NSF from breaking up NCAR for at least 60 days.

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Markup of NASA Reauthorization, NOAA Weather Bill

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee executive session on W...

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 12/03/2026

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a cornerstone of U.S. weather science. AMS urges a transparent, community-driven review before restructuring such critical infrastructure. Read our response to NSF's "Dear Colleague Letter": bit.ly/4bglx16

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AMS Responds to NSF Regarding the Future of National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

News: Congressman Neguse of Boulder CO region says whistleblower reported to him that OMB is already negotiating specific transfers of pieces of NCAR to private companies, raising legal/ethical issues and undermining NSF process of requesting input on NCAR reorganization. tinyurl.com/2s4jftv3

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Boulder Congressman calls for investigation of NSF processes to reorganize NCAR

In weather, significant outbreak of severe storms and potential intense tornadoes expected today, focused on lower Great Lakes region

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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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Alyssa Stansfield @astansfield.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Reminder for everyone to submit your response to the NSF DCL about NCAR by this Friday! Tell your friends. Also call your representatives while you’re at it 😅 agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...

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Share your comments on NCAR with NSF

Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March

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Jason Keeler @chasinjason.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

70s on Monday and freezing rain today. Yep, it's spring in the Midwest.

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