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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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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I just tried to unlock my office door with the unlock *button* on my car key fob… Yeah, I need more sleep.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm at the point where the biggest bottleneck to my productivity is how long it takes for the cursor to get to the part of a long command line that I need to edit when I hold down the arrow key...

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Surbhisoon's Endless Wait

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wait, how did @theonion interview @tornatrix.bsky.social without me knowing about it? 😜

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Gahh.... I'm so far behind on *everything*!!! Again!!! So I'm going to whine about it on social media because that definitely helps!

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Thats Not How It Works Disagree

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Indeed. “Forecasting where weather systems are headed rather than simply assessing where they are” is literally the job of the NWS, and they are exceedingly good at it.

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Brian Matilla @bxmatilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hurricane Polo's rapid intensification is seriously impressive... A special 19Z update was issued by the NHC stating that reconnaissance aircraft found that Polo's central pressure is sitting at 892 mb, the 2nd strongest EPAC hurricane by pressure only behind Hurricane Patricia (2015; 872 mb).

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is a widespread problem, and not just in the tech sector. People with success and expertise in one area assuming that makes them experts in another, if they are even aware of it’s existence to begin with. We need to encourage a more well-rounded education in higher ed, along with humility.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap for the orig Sega Master System was the first I recall that captured my imagination in ways that very few other games have been able to match. My aunt gifted it to me when I was -9, and I still remember the first time I played it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_...

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Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Wikipedia

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Exciting news! Our manuscript, "ZDR Column Behavior in Real and Simulated X-band Radar Observations of Potentially Tornadic Storms" based on my Master's research with @tornatrix.bsky.social is now published in the Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology. ejssm.com/ojs/index.ph...

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View of Vol. 21 No. 3 (2026)

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

At first I thought that “Rapid Response 47” must just be one of a horde of MAGA troll accounts. Then I learned it was an official WH account. Then I realized that my first assessment was no less accurate…

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well worth a read. Kelton’s experience with and nuanced approach to AI-assisted coding largely mirrors my own. A huge part of me that feels like the advent of the latest generation of AI coding agents is exactly the “spare brain” my single ADHD-addled one has been looking for for so long.

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Patrick Marsh @pmarshwx.com · 09/09/2026

New offerings from SPC. You can check them out on NOMADS. Including, for the first time, our mesoanalysis grids (in netcdf format). We also use our mesoanalysis code to post-process the entire RRFS domain for every forecast hour and every initialization. nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/ncc...

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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 25/08/2026

It is not up to the president what the Kennedy Center is called. It is not up to the president what the Department of Defense is called. It is not up to the president what the Gulf of Mexico is called. It is not up to the president what Lake Ontario is called.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Members of my research group are presenting this week at the @ametsoc.org Madison summit for #32SLS! First up tomorrow (Tuesday) morning is @shearcoincidence.bsky.social on comparing observed and simulated rain and hail size distributions from @nsficechip.bsky.social: ams.confex.com/ams/2026Summ...

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Comparison of Simulated and Observed Surface Rain and Hail Size Distributions in the 6 June 2025 Supercell during ICECHIP

The microphysics of hail melting and shedding and its effect on the size distri...

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Hi all, #32SLS is just around the corner (a week away)! It's not too late to make a submission for a video or slideshow, and we need more! It doesn't have to be professional-grade or even particularly polished. See the submission portal linked below for details and @tornatrix.bsky.social

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Today's FORTRAN tip. When editing IF statements, make sure that you don't add "THEN" to what is actually a *logical* IF statement with a continuation "&", so that it *looks* like it should be a standard block IF (i.e. IF-THEN-ENDIF). Confused the hell out of me, the compiler, *and* an AI agent.

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Justin Gehrts @justingon10tv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Want to see how smoke affects temperatures without seeing any temperatures? Away from the thicker smoke, enough sun came through to warm up the ground to create cumulus clouds (and even storms). But areas with thicker smoke weren't as warm, and so those puffy clouds didn't form.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Awesome example of convective initiation from a differential heating boundary!

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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

UPDATE: NOAA has fixed the issue with GOES-19 and is planning to restart the satellite. My sources tell me it should be back online in the next 4-6 hours --> www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/message...

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Topic: GOES-19 All Products and derived products delivered to AWIPS, GRB, PDA, SWPC

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Um… Thats… not good? Hope it’s nothing serious…

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Smoke forecast for tomorrow afternoon. Seems lovely.

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Brian Tang @btangywx.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's like dusk in Albany right now with a very thick layer of smoke blocking out the sun and an orange tint to the sky. Approaching the same feel as June 2023. Smells like campfire outside.

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#32SLS attendees: Do you have amazing, interesting, or unique weather video or slideshow to share? Please submit it to SLS Video Night! forms.gle/Eb1mo58rcwVY... As SLS is part of the AMS Summer Meeting this year, we'll have an extra-large audience! @meteodan.bsky.social @ams-sls-stac.bsky.social

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Submission portal for Video Night at 32SLS

This form is the submission portal for Video Night at the 32st AMS Severe Local Storms Conference in Madison, WI. If you have an amazing severe-weather themed video or photos to share at Video Night, ...

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Two years from today Dragonfly will be sitting atop a rocket at the cape. With any luck weather will be green, the go no go poll will be all go and we will be on our way to Titan.

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 17/06/2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center will be going live on YouTube at 3PM CT this afternoon to discuss today's severe weather threat. Be sure to subscribe to their channel to be notified when the live stream begins: www.youtube.com/@NWSSPC

Storm Prediction Center YouTube Live Stream announcement for Wed June 17, 2026 around 3p CT.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The ongoing MCS in IL is quite a bit more robust and intense than previous CAM depictions. At this point I think it is likely to pay a much bigger role in today's severe potential than I had thought yesterday, especially in IN where there may not be enough time to recover ahead of the second round.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The severe wx setup in the Midwest for Wednesday is one of the more impressive I have seen in a long time, with a springlike system mixing with summertime heat and instability. PTC1 also is a big flash flood threat for The Gulf region, particularly from SE TX up into MS. tinyurl.com/bdekjztt

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Serious severe weather and tornado outbreak likely in Midwest on Wednesday

NHC initiates advisories on disturbance near Texas/Mexico border, expected to bring major flash flood risk to Gulf Coast region next few days

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Forecast soundings along warm front in IL and IN tomorrow are insane. Don't recall the last time I've seen > 100 kts of 0-6 km shear with an unstable thermo profile (below is from NAM 3km, but HRRR is similar). Multiple CAMs showing intense supercells training along or just north of the warm front.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A few unprocessed photos from our chase yesterday in northwest IN. Not my best. Distance and lighting were problematic, and was dealing with a fogged up lens at times. It was tough keeping up with the storm. But it was a good chase nonetheless.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We are doing teamwork training in our SPOTTR class today, but privately I’m wondering why we just can’t have the students watch the training videos online by themselves…

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Wake low... what happens when you fall out of bed in the morning -- Bob Schlesinger. Also an interesting feature of many MCS an example signature of which can be seen in my home weather station's pressure and wind time series:

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Great, just what we need on top of everything else. Weather station fraud.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Testing. Does everyone here see my handle the same as before? I noticed just now on my profile page that it had “Invalid handle”. I went into the settings and set it to my original handle and it seems fine now… weird.

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Thanks for visiting and for the excellent talk! It was great to catch up!

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This new dog toy provides infinite levels of fun!

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 06/04/2026

✅#Artemis II update: 6 April, lunar flyby day! See nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/ @exploration.esa.int

Times BST/CEST:

18:00/19:00 - NASA coverage begins
18:56/19:56 - Crew surpasses Apollo 13 distance record
19:45/20:45 - Lunar observation period begins
23:44/00:44 - Loss of communications (behind Moon)
00:02/01:02 - 7 April, closest approach to the Moon
00:05/01:05 - 7 April, max. distance from Earth
01:35/02:35 - 7 April, eclipse period begins
02:20/03:20 - 7 April, lunar observation period ends

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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the dark side of the moon and the far side of the moon are two different concepts. Far side: side always facing away from Earth. Dark side: always changing as the moon rotates on its axis once every 27.3 days. They coincide only when the moon is full.

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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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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This essay is fantastic. It articulates almost perfectly my feelings about both the promises and pitfalls of generative AI in scientific work. So many excellent points, but to sum up: genAI can be a great tool, but cannot replace true learning that comes from trying (and failing) at doing science.

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