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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Being stuck at Logan yesterday was suboptimal but the sunset definitely made up for it

Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A bit late to the Blueskies but I'm excited to announce that last week I successfully defended my Ph.D.! I'm so grateful for the support from my advisors, committee, family and friends! I'm also excited to announce I will be moving to Huntsville, AL to start an NPP at MSFC*!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tornado warned supercell as it approached Champaign, IL. #ILwx

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We haven't explicitly looked at this yet, but in response to your first point, cross-sections show really robust vertical velocities all the way into the stratosphere. We used 20 m/s to define our UCs so definitely already quite high W values. This is Fig. 2 from our GRL paper

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Excited to be in Madison this week to learn about some incredible science and share the second chapter of my dissertation! If you need something to do at 1:45 on Wednesday, I'll be discussing how internal supercell dynamics impact vertical velocity in the upper troposphere and OT depth! #32SLS

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

That is a VERY rough T/Td in Macomb, IL right now

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Happy insane amounts of capped CAPE to all who celebrate. While impressive, this sounding is still ~2000 J/kg away from the record I've seen for KILX (closer to 7000 J/kg)

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Tornado warned supercell outside of Mattoon, IL earlier today. Hoping everyone impacted by the tornado and the storms are okay. #ILwx

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

An OT plus some fun with ice crystals!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Just the start but one of my favorite projects yet!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

A small portion of the cookies I made for my department seminar on Tuesday because I will be extra 😂

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Jaw dropping imagery of the tornadic supercell outside of DFW tonight. Really intense rotation on velocity (bottom panel) with a distinct CC drop on the TDS and visible low CC inflow wrapping around the right side of the low level meso (top panel). Hoping everyone is safe and in shelter.

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This will probably never see the scientific light of day, but sometimes science is art.

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Genuinely obsessed with this picture of a groundhog (prairie dog?) I took earlier today

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today is the International Day of #WomenInSTEM. Proud to be living my dreams every day and grateful for those women who came before me. I hope to make the path easier for the next generation of women scientists!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It's currently so cold in the Great Lakes/Midwest region that the ground looks like clouds (in IR bands at least)! Notice the blue/purples over Illinois, Indiana and Ohio don't really move like the clouds, but are currently reading ~-20C to GOES! It's is very cold here, send warm thoughts! #ILwx

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I recently learned about the existence of Monkey Puzzle Trees and I'm obsessed with them. Also lupines. Lupines are an amazing flower.

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Was looking through some old plots and found this gem: the Skew-wind!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Bye radar snow hole! Waiting for another 3-4" of snow on top of the 7-8 we got over the weekend! Flakes are probably now hitting/close to the ground in CIL close to the radar!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Just returned home from an outstanding week of science in Utrecht at the 12th European Conference on Severe Storms organized by @essl-ecss.bsky.social! It was great to share our OT work as well as grow connections with our European colleagues! Thanks to all who made this possible!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This is definitely my favorite picture from last night:

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This substorm!!!! Definitely a rival to October 24

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Unreal aurora now outside of Champaign, IL!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Clouds today are trying to eke out every last drop of snow before we warm back up to 70! by the weekend

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Sunrise from somewhere over Utah on Saturday was STUNNING

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Some mammatus over CU earlier today ahead of the rain!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

One of my most favorite days of the semester: launching weather balloons with the @climasillinois.bsky.social undergrad thermo class! So much fun to help them learn how to radiosonde and collect their own data!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Apparently I've about that meteorology experiment life since 5th grade 😂

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

We must have a decently strong inversion tonight because whoever came all the way here from Oakland was rather loud!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

10° temperature gradient in less than 20 mi between Rantoul and Savoy. Can really tell who had a brush with the earlier storms and who didn't #ILwx Note these obs were taken ~20 mins apart but still a strong temp gradient within the county!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Very impressive #pyroCb/#pyrocumulonimbus plume from the Dollar Lake Fire this afternoon in Wyoming! It's currently stretching nearly the entire length of the state with activity still ongoing near the fire. #WYwx

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Found the prettiest blue jay feather today! But left it for others to enjoy and because collecting blue jay feathers is apparently illegal!

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

This is the only video I have of him because I got too excited and forgot to hit record 😂

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

TIL that double headed sunflowers are somewhat rare but it was so cool to see this and go to the sunflower maze! FT some distance storms tnat also gave us a nice light show

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

One week later and I stand corrected:

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Please bring us some relief, friend. It's too heckin humid.

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Melinda Berman @melindaberman.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I think I've hit the apex of my NYT crossword career. First Saturday solve with zero help and done in 10:17!

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