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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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Petty Ranch / Chris Sayer @pettyranch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We have been feeding this to our barn cats for months, yet their ability to do even basic tasks (like oil and filter service) remains unimpressive. One star.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Good. Humans deserved to be chased by marmots. I can think of many humans in particular I would watch gleefully as they fled legions of marmots

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My name is Neil the Seal and I have a little hat It's a tiny transmitter to tell you where I'm at. Scientists may track me, and those who see me smile But I think it's very obvious: I'm swimming with style.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The glass is half full Pessimist: The glass is half empty Meteorologist: * continuously swirls glass to make a little tornado *

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Question for bluesky weather people: does anyone know where RAP analysis data from 2019 might be stored? It's missing from NCEI's TDS server (www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/cata...), and I haven't been able to find it on AWS either (which only seems to have data from late 2020 onward).

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Billy Faletti @mesoanticyclone.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Exciting results from my #32SLS talk include the ability to faithfully represent rapid, near-storm environmental response to supercells. Our 3-minute analyses yield a dang near spot-on inflow evolution of the 23 May 2022 Morton, TX storm over a multi-hour window.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This fairly impressive dust devil on the DIA tarmac is a good start for my trip to the AMS Madison Summit.

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 31/07/2026

this is my new favorite diagram

Brachiosaurus projectile vomiting: forces generated and resulting traces
Assuming 50 kg (110 Ibs) of regurgitant, impact velocity from 14 m (45 ft) height, and hard-packed sand as impact site.
h = 14 m (45 ft)
Impact velocity = V = V 2gh = 16.6 m/s; kinetic energy before impact = 6,860 J
Average impact force = 68,600 N

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In case you also needed tiny friends.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Unfortunately the lightning seems to have sparked a small fire.

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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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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

With CC that low aloft I wouldn't be surprised to see some 4"+ hailstones from this storm.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Might be a debris fallout signature from the earlier tornado here.

Radar image of a debris fallout signature.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thank you for coming The plan is to make the Reflecting Pool full of saltwater and then fill it with sharks. This will cost millions of dollars and will not really help anything other than putting some sharks closer to where I live. I will not be taking questions at this time.

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Charlie Day: Always Sunny Pepe Silvia

ALT: Charlie Day: Always Sunny Pepe Silvia

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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is something I have never seen before on satellite. Clouds perfectly outlining roads. Just incredibly neat imagery of Houston, Texas this morning. Massive shoutout to Ethan Mok who discovered it (on Twitter).

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN!!! @standupforscience.net activists sent 5,347 letters to Congress telling them to stop the dismantling of NCAR.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Breaking: Judge Jackson blocks NSF from dismantling NCAR. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496...

For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction,
ECF No. 18, is hereby GRANTED. Defendants are hereby PRELIMINARY
ENJOINED from divesting UCAR or NCAR of any rights, resources, or
responsibilities related to the NWSC.
SO ORDERED this 1st day of June, 2026.

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I don't want to watch this bit. I want to watch the one where the worker drops a box and knocks the lever that speeds the machine up and before you know it there's a mile long snake of neopolitan ice cream bursting out of the building

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Cleansing your feed.

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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

if you’re in the montgomery, alabama area have i got a DEAL FOR YOU

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My goodness this is cute. Short & Harasti (2026) named a new pipefish species after Snuffleupagus (the giant elephant muppet) Image of Solenostomus snuffleupagus sp. nov. by David Harasti. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Solenostomus snuffleupagus, in situ, Papua New Guinea, 2003 (photograph by David Harasti).

Showing a very ‘hairy’ reddish seahorse

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 01/05/2026

We are now hiring early-career meteorologists at most offices across the country! Through an improved, streamlined hiring process, eligible candidates will be entered into pools to be continually considered for vacancies. Interested? Here’s what you need to know: (1/3)

NOAA’s National Weather Service: We Are Hiring! Meteorologist GS-5/7/9 early career positions at Weather Forecast Offices across the nation! Closing September 30. Apply early to increase your chances. See all current openings: https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?k=national%20weather%20service&a=CM54&p=1

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Ran SPORK for this case for comparison and got a ZDR column area of 89 km2! I did have to turn off the random forest QC since it has trouble with ZDR columns that extend a long distance down the flanking line.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Decided to have some fun plotting meso-relative PMM composites of low-end tornadic (EF0/1) and false-alarm warning (TOR warned / never produced a tornado during its whole lifecycle) supercells. Each storm's rotated so its forward flank Z gradient is in the x direction. Differences are pretty subtle.

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

incredible photos of a walrus falling off a pontoon in scotland. source www.facebook.com/groups/scotl...

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

i realized a long time ago that setting this video to the nfl primetime music would be the best thing i ever do on the internet i'm okay with that

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

MiniCOW packs MegaPOWER! Observes birth and ingestion of satellite tornado and Fujiwara effect deflecting tornado. Tornado transitions 2x between clear eye and debris ball. Prelim data from most powerful mobile radar, 1 MegaWatt C-band storm-penetrating miniCOW in Braman, OK 🌪️

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Steve Paluch @brewcitychaser.com · 17/04/2026

Got bored tonight, so I downloaded 3 hours worth of Earthcam replay / archive footage from their Skydeck camera atop of the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) in Chicago and made a time lapse of the fog rolling in off Lake Michigan. Good illustration of how our atmosphere behaves like any other fluid. #ilwx

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This is really neat! I wonder how it'd change if it was the percentage of all obs with measurable precipitation instead of the percentage of all obs?

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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Side-by-side perspective of Typhoon Sinlaku's satellite appearance and its estimated intensity as it strengthened from a tropical storm to a category 5-equivalent hurricane. Satellite data via Himawari-9's AHI as provided by NOAA. Intensity estimates are from JTWC hosted by UCAR's RAL.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

If you’ve been moved & inspired by Artemis, NASA needs your help. Literally during A2, the president proposed cutting NASA science 47%, canceling 54 missions, including many already in-flight. To help stop these cuts, check out @planetarysociety.bsky.social www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...

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Save NASA Science Action Hub

Updates and actions on the proposed cuts to NASA science in FY 2027.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This man belongs in a padded cell. Instead, he's in the Oval Office. God help us indeed.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

If you turned off the NASA livestream, turn it back on. They're troubleshooting the toilet.

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Austin @gingerwx.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Only a few days left to apply for student travel grants! Students in undergrad and graduate school are highly encouraged to apply if you're planning on attending the Joint Summit.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Insurers want to protect NCAR: "NCAR has long supplied the foundational capabilities that enable catastrophe modeling and climate-informed pricing. Disruption would heighten uncertainty in risk assessments, and undermine the stability and affordability of insurance coverage for U.S. consumers."

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

We have a super easy letter campaign to save NCAR. Takes 30 seconds to yell at your Congress Critters and you’ll can do it every day! @standupforscience.bsky.social fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/152...

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Me, looking at Longs Peak from Coffintop Mountain today:

Darth Vader "I find your lack of snow disturbing" meme.

Sad photo of Longs Peak with almost no snow.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Statler and Waldorf show up to heckle the evening session at Severe Local Storms. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew gives a talk describing an attempt to launch Beaker across an SVC with a kestrel to collect data. Beaker ends up in the lights from OU's hail camera and bursts into flames.

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mattwilsonwx.bsky.social @mattwilsonwx.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Quite the absurd temperature gradient between Gunbarrel and Longmont this morning.

Surface observation map showing temperatures in the 50s in Gunbarrel and 30s just down the road in Longmont.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Perfection

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