Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 11hHere's the @weatherapplied.com Wind Impact Report for today's Week 4 NFL games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5R...youtube.comNFL Wind Impact Report, 2026 Week 4 from Weather Applied Metrics.YouTube video by Weather Applied Metrics 021
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We got a game-winning wind-aided homer in the first game of the playoffs in Atlanta, so that was exciting. My hopes are pretty low for the second game of the playoffs in Houston. 011
Reposted by Ken ArnesonSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Braves’ postseason motto is #LetItFly Apparently, the elements are on board with that: Austin Riley’s home run was wind-aided per @weatherapplied.com It was blown out +3 feet. Calm conditions ball hits a foot below the top of the fence. 47020
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wind Impact Report from @weatherapplied.com for this weekend's NFL games. New York and Cleveland are the ones to watch for wind today. youtu.be/vTO-tq9mS0gyoutu.beWAM NFL Week 3 Wind Impact Report, 2026YouTube video by Weather Applied Metrics 031
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I saw Justin Verlander's first game in Oakland, on April 18 2006. I distinctly remember it for the scoreboard overflowing from the name length of the winning and losing pitchers. Poor Justin Duchscherer and his superfluous ER. I blogged about it here: catfishstew.baseballtoaster.com/archives/353... 071
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yesterday was, by several measures, the windiest day in all of @weatherapplied.com MLB data. When you have a nor'easter, and your ballparks face northeast, the winds are going to come in over the shorter structures in the outfield, and knock back fly balls toward home plate with less obstruction. 012
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'm doing some weekly wind impact reports for NFL games for @weatherapplied.com. The game in Chicago is the most impacted today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hy6...youtube.comWAM Weekly Wind Impact Report; NFL Week 2, 2026YouTube video by Weather Applied Metrics 011
Reposted by Ken ArnesonPhilip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This week's newsletter is here and free as always. Is this the end of the Oakland Coliseum? For me it is, at any rate. So let's unpack some feelings about that together. get-your-phil-newsletter-ccdfef.beehiiv.com/p/get-your-p...get-your-phil-newsletter-ccdfef.beehiiv.comGet Your PhilVolume 1, Issue 31 233
Reposted by Ken ArnesonSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wilyer Abreu 6/30/25 Patrick Bailey 7/8/25 Daylen Lile 9/20/25 (also at Citi) 0164
Reposted by Ken ArnesonSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Coby Mayo’s inside-the-park home run was actually a wind-prevented over-the-wall homer, per @weatherapplied.com It’s the 4th ITP HR in their dataset (starting 2023) that was wind-prevented from going out traditionally, with: 1446
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In popular media, every place you see in the Bay Area is either a sports venue, a high tech office, or a tourist attraction. In Geoguessr, every place you see in the Bay Area is either a mountain road, the parking lot of a shopping mall, or a suburban cul-de-sac. 120
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We @weatherapplied.com forecast #MNF #Broncos @ #Chiefs tonight with 91st percentile FG impact. Only 9% of games see wind move FGs more. The path indicates where wind moves a center-aim FG at each distance from 20-70 yds, northwest end zone. A 48 yd FG hits the left upright. Longer FGs miss left. 152
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I don’t suffer from that particular earworm, but I spend way too much brain energy debating in my head the best way to translate Skattebo from Swedish to English. There are sooooo many options. Currently atop my brain scoreboard is “Treasure Nest”. But “Tax Haven” wouldn’t be completely wrong. 110
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sad little @weatherapplied.com anemometer Still pooling wind data Cried for no one 040
Reposted by Ken ArnesonPhilip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Goodnight troughs Goodnight Sell signs Goodnight to broken sewage lines Goodnight massive parking lots Goodnight Ray Fosse's Dipping dots Goodnight drummers by bleacher stairs Goodnight Coliseum everywhere 22411
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026From the great minds think alike category, ran into @philipmichaels.bsky.social and @lschmeiser.bsky.social entering the Oakland Coliseum to take in one last sporting event at the old haunts before it goes away. 1121
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Shatner definitely leans into it. I went on the Star Trek 60th anniversary cruise earlier this year and my top highlight was him performing Rocket Man with as much over-the-top gusto as a 95-year-old man possibly could. 020
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Yes, the Lux drive had a very similar wind direction to tonight. We at @weatherapplied.com didn't have sensors installed at Dodger Stadium back then, but we estimated Lux's drive got pushed back 35 feet by the wind. It was over twice as windy on that night (about 24 mph) than it is tonight, though. 131
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 07/09/202699% of the time Dodger Stadium weather is just plain boring. Today is the other 1%. Not just for the rain, but for the wind direction. Dodger Stadium behaves like Wrigley Field when the wind blows in over the LF bleachers like today. But that only happens once every couple years during the season. 2524
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Remembering the time I sat next to Jeremy Guthrie's aunts when he was pitching: catfishstew.baseballtoaster.com/archives/979...catfishstew.baseballtoaster.comBaseball Toaster: Catfish Stew : All These Boys Try Their Best 000
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026HR: Henry Aaron (6, off Glenn Abbott, 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF, career homer #751). www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OA...baseball-reference.com 030
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A relative of mine wrote a massive book detailing a family tree dating back to a single couple named Bågenholm in Sweden in the 1700s who have several thousand current descendants. From that book, I know that I can wish a happy birthday here to my fourth cousin once removed! 321
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I have a very important question for the good folks at @nebula.tv. Why, in these outtakes, when Amy and Sam are in a rental car shuttle at Boston Logan airport talking about Ubering home, is a goofy version of the Swedish national anthem being used as the background music for the scene? 000
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Researching my ballot for Swedish elections. There are 147 different parties to choose from, including: AI Party Regulate AI Now Party Evil Chicken Party Squirrel Party Johannes Party with Extra Moose Donald Duck Party Button Pushers Cool Angels of Paradise 99 Black Balloons It's a lot to take in. 530
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Found the Djungelskog at the Malmö #IKEA. #jetlagthegame 050
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026At 2:10 PM ET, Newark Airport reported a 310° NW wind with a 28 mph gust. 310° is NY NJ Stadium's chaos direction. At 28 mph, south end goal kicks (camera R-to-L) would blow it 8 ft (2.6 m) farther, and 17 ft (5.2 m) sideways. By contrast, nearby 330° is almost calm on the field. #WorldCup #ESPARG 031
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Since @weatherapplied.com has Citi Field modeled, I was hoping I could give some wind insights about this game, but even though there's about 10 mph winds outside the stadium, the wind on the field is only about 1-2 mph. I don't know no wind is good or bad when the air is full of smoke particles. 000
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026#USA vs #BEL World Cup round of 16 coming soon! I made a weather impact preview for @weatherapplied.com about how the weather will affect ball flight during the game. It's not the most weather-impacted game of the tournament, but there's some ball movement happening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IZW...youtube.comUSA Belgium WAM Weather Preview, World Cup Round of 16, Seattle Stadium, July 6, 2026YouTube video by Weather Applied Metrics 032
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The weather in this afternoon's game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia will be interesting, so I made a video about it for the brand new @weatherapplied YouTube Channel. If you want to see us make more such videos, subscribe to the channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRA5...youtube.comWAM Weather Impact Preview: France v Paraguay, Philadelphia Stadium, July 4, 2026YouTube video by Weather Applied Metrics 3129
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The same comparison occurred to me. The worst part is, I’m not sure I want to watch any more of this World Cup because there’s no way the sequels will be as good as the original. 010
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 02/07/202670 F (21 C) temps, 340 NNW 18 mph winds for #USA-#BIH. That's a wind that hits the scoreboard on the north side. On the field, there's a 1-5 mph swirling clockwise eddy on the north side (left on TV), and a 5-10 mph crosswind on the south (right on TV side). 084
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The country that lies farther west has won all four games in the round of 32. I am hereby reestablishing the Kalmar Union to help Norway and Sweden in tomorrow's matchups. That's as good a reason to lay claim to Greenland as any. 020
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026There's an article here about PNC Park that mentions @weatherapplied.com. The way the sentence is constructed it makes it sounds like WAM says that the wind blows out at PNC Park 58% of the time. But that's not from us. We wouldn't talk about it in those terms. lancasteronline.com/sports/mlb/w... 111
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Obituary for my mother-in-law, who would have turned 100 years old on Monday. 010
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Levi's weather report at kickoff for Jordan vs Algeria: 333 degree NNW wind, 16 mph. At field level, this means 1-5 mph winds, with a clockwise eddy on the north (left to camera) side of the field centered at the top of the 18 yard box. The south (right) side of the field has a crosswind. 041
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Fun fact: not infrequently, I mistype "Weather Applied" as "Weather Appier." That makes me think of a time during a 2000 ALDS pregame warmup, where New York Yankees players were in the outfield, taking turns to see which one of them could imitate Kevin Appier's distinctive pitching motion the best. 020
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026There’s a reasonable chance that USA will play against Sweden on July 1 at Levi’s^H^H^H^H^H San Francisco Bay Area Stadium. I can’t go, but that would be a helluva thing for a Bay Area Swedish-American to miss. 030
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Weather at the start of #PAR vs #TUR : 68.8 F (20 C). Wind: 15 mph from a quite unusual for Santa Clara in the summer: 120 ESE wind direction. At field level, that creates a 5 mph crosswind on the north side (left on TV) and a headwind for Paraguay while defending the south side (right on TV). 000
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026LOLOL Grok said I was a “Former Oakland Athletics Assistant GM” 010
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Yes, and @weatherapplied.com also supplies pitch-by-pitch temperature and pressure to MLB. I could be wrong, but I don't think that's made its way into the drag calculations, either. 110
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I'd take Savant's drag numbers with a grain of salt, because the calculation uses velocity relative to the ground instead of velocity relative to the air. To use the latter, you need pitch head/tailwinds, which @weatherapplied.com supplies to MLB but hasn't yet been incorporated into Savant's drag. 220
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The weather at kickoff inside "San Francisco Bay Area Stadium" for #AUT vs #JOR is 63 F (17 C), with 13 mph (21 kph) winds from 334° NNW, according to our @weatherapplied.com data. 101
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I guess if I put Sweden's 5-1 win in the middle, I can get some 4-1 victory symmetry by putting USA on one side and Norway, which I consider my third country because my mom was born there, on the other. 000
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Here I was all prepared to post how cool it was for this dual citizen that both USA and Sweden won their first games 4-1, but then Sweden had to go and score another one right at the end to ruin the symmetry. 050
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I thought the orange vs blue game was over, why are they still playing on my TV? #FIFAWorldCup 010
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Wirtz ist das Nübel git und Schlotterbeck? Ja! Beier Raum das Anton die Havertz Karl gersput! 100
Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026One hour before kickoff at "San Francisco Bay Area Stadium", and it's 69 F (20.5 C) with 2-3 mph (3-5 kph) winds. So that's nice, unless you're weird like me and you root for the weather to do weird things with the ball. #FIFAWorldCup 240
