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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I’m sorry, but how can you have a probationary period after a red card is suspended? Are they just making up rules on the fly?

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Is anyone actually rooting for Argentina?

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is incredible. The greenest of Verdes

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Explain that red card to me like I am seven

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Come work with us! Purdue EAPS is looking for a VAP or visiting instructor to teach several atmospheric science courses starting as soon as Fall 2026. Details: careers.purdue.edu/job/EAPS-Vis...

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EAPS Visiting Assistant Professor

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Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 01/07/2026

happy to have this paper published with @draaronhill.bsky.social We looked at extreme rainfall (up to 1000-yr storms) in gridded datasets and the CONUS404 simulation. Continuing the theme from other work, there are many nice things about CONUS404, but it is not a reanalysis of extreme precip. 🧵

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Isn’t Germany supposed to win at soccer?

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Congratulations to Christian McGinty on the successful defense of his Masters work today on forecasting tornado-flash flood events! Couldn’t be more proud to see student success! Christian receives extra recognition as the first CHAOS student to defend their masters/thesis - job well done!

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Bump this up to the top of your podcast feed! My postdoc adviser, Dr. Pam Heinselman, talks about the last decade-plus of severe storms research at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory. youtu.be/ztPhSlIwC9Y

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NSSL: Inside America's Severe Weather Research Lab

YouTube video by Atmosphere with Emily Gracey

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Austin @gingerwx.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hi everyone! We recently decided to re-open the AMS WAF/NWP Student Travel Award applications to award the remaining two grants we have left for supporting travel to the 2026 AMS Joint Summit (with increased award amounts). Please share far and wide, and get application materials to us by July 6!

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

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Jason Furtado @wxjay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

About to embark on a climate (S2S or longer) prediction problem using AI/ML? Well, you might want to check out this brand new BAMS paper by my colleagues and I on the recommended steps for how to preprocess your dataset before making those predictions. journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Just going to drop this here since we haven't talked about NSF strangling geoscience for about a month. It's still strangling geoscience (and everything else) with 9% the number of grants issued compared to the 2021-2024 average. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

Plot from link showing the cumulative number of awards for the NSF geosciences directorate for 2021-2026. 2021-2023 are nearly identical, 2025 is significantly below those years and 2026 is *way* down. We're almost to the last quarter of the federal fiscal year (ends Sept. 30th)

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This team. One win away from a chance at a natty. #BOOMER

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Gardening officianados, I need some help determining why my zucchinis look like this. I have three potted in tall planters and they all look tall and stunted. I don’t know what is going on

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AMS Committee on Tropical Cyclones & Tropical Meteorology @amstropical.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Know an outstanding early-career scientist in the tropical meteorology field?🌀🌦️ Nominations are open for the TMTC STAC Outstanding Early Career Award, which recognizes significant scientific contributions and emerging leadership in the field. ⏰ Submit nominations by June 12. @ametsoc.org

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This TV in our room is giving off Michael Scott vibes. “I finally broke down and bought myself a plasma TV. Check it out”

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Nothing quite like St Andrew’s

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Can I just give a shout out to the @ethz.ch researchers who initialised an AI weather model with a cat picture. 👏🐱

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Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io · 02/06/2026

The @ametsoc.org Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (for which I am the Commissioner) is soliciting nominations for 13 Board and Committee early-career, distinguished science or tech accomplishment, or service awards! Most deadlines are June 12th! www.ametsoc.org/stac/awards/...

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Stephen Nehrenz @stephennehrenz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A couple of landspouts last week in far southeastern Oklahoma kept May 2026 from being just our second tornado-free May in the last 75+ years... But this May will still end up as one of our quietest on record in terms of the lack of tornadoes and the lack of overall organized severe weather!

A list of Mays in Oklahoma that produced the fewest tornadoes. May 2005 is the only May since 1950 that didn't have a single tornado in the state of Oklahoma.

Several other Mays only had 2 to 4 tornadoes.

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David John Gagne II @djgagnedos.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If you wish to submit a public comment on this, you can do so at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM.... Public comments regarding the legality of the rule, how arbitrary and capricious the changes are, negative impacts on cities and states, etc can be used as evidence in subsequent lawsuits.

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going destroy American Science

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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The second module in the COMET MetEd Radar Meteorology course is published! "The Radar Equations" demystifies common forms of the single point target and distributed target equations for backscattered power. Free registration required: learn.meted.ucar.edu#/online-cour...

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Online Course:
The Radar Equations
1h 30 m - 2 h
Start
Overview:

Description
The weather radar equations quantitatively describe the process by which an electromagnetic pulse departs a radar antenna, interacts with scatterers in the atmosphere, and then returns back to the radar. In this lesson, we derive the radar equations step by step, demystifying each term. Learners will gain a complete understanding of both versions of the radar equation – one version for a single target, and another version for distributed targets – and be able to describe how changes to each variable impact the amount of power the radar receives. These equations inform both the design and use of weather radars and their data.
Objectives

Define the terms in the radar equation for a single target
Define the terms in the radar equation for distributed targets
Anticipate how adjusting terms in the radar equation affects the power received
Explain, step by step, how the two radar equations are derived
Convert radar variables and equations between linear and logarithmic units
Provide typical values of backscattering cross section for common scatterers
Distinguish between several different variables that are commonly called “reflectivity”

Published: May 20, 2026

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So are the Thunder flopping like fish because they don’t think they can beat them straight up? This is a terrible look

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AMS Severe Local Storms STAC @ams-sls-stac.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Nominations are open for three STAC-level awards. Help us recognize deserving contributors to our SLS community! Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

And with grades posted, we are off to summer!

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Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 17/05/2026

superb bow & arrow overnight in the Great Plains

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David John Gagne II @djgagnedos.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Around NCAR, WRF has become a cautionary tale on attempting to maintain a sprawling community-contributed codebase. It’s a multi-million dollar investment just in people time to keep these codes running.

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Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io · 14/05/2026

Downstream users don’t appreciate the significant undertaking it is to maintain these legacy systems on anything close to modern hardware. Many of the people who developed them have retired - there just isn’t the expertise to maintain or further them at this point. (cont.)

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

First field project sticker despite many years in the field!

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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Come and do a PhD with me! Understanding the Risk of Damaging and Disruptive U.S. Winter Weather in a Changing Climate Drop me an email if you're interested and find out more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Academic friends please share!!

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Trying to sell this in OKC makes me want to yell

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Aaron Hill @draaronhill.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The complete reliance on Canvas for everything class related should be seriously reconsidered after this fiasco. Even though I can grade my paper exam next week, I don’t even know my students cumulative grades now without Canvas

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