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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is this the saddest case of Mohawk-Hudson Convergence in history?

Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

TFW you know you're a good meteorologist, and so are positive you can take your daughter on a one mile walk to a playground. Bonus points for the rain waiting until we arrived.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If the prerequisites for renaming a lake "Lake America" is that most of the water is in the US and the deepest part is in the US, then we're going to have to rename thousands of other lakes. This would be like Russia trying to upset us by renaming Lake Baikal, "Lake Russia". Equally stupid.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The supreme court can not be considered anything but an extension of the Republican party at this point. They consistently overturn lower courts & ignore prior precedent (Purcell principle, etc). The one constant is rulings that make it easier for Republicans to win elections. Pack the court.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The English ambassador must be calling up Trump right now, asking how much of his cryptocurrency they need to buy to reverse that decision.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sure, it was literally the warmest overnight in 10+ years in NYC, which by definition happens no more frequently than 1/(90*10) days, but go ahead, trivialize it as "it's called summer". Oh BTW: this will likely be the most deadly weather event in NY this entire year.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

There's no good reason these should not be the same decision, but the corrupt Supreme Court does whatever it wants. Here they're basically saying "Trump can do whatever he wants as long as it doesn't risk affecting rich people's finances", which is very on brand for them.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I'm issuing an extreme "It's called summer" warning this week, as mouthbreathers online everywhere are expected to reply to social media accounts posting about heat this week.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons meme

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is a really impressive line of thunderstorms across NY, right? Numerous severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. But are they thunderstorms? There has been no lightning across southern NY! The IR satellite doesn't even show any "colors" in the line, indicating these are shallow storms. #nywx

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm not sure our spammers are sending their best. In this installment, they literally created a fake email address named "noreply" .... and asked me to reply to it. 🤔

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The evolution of this *very* slow-moving band of precipitation is really interesting on radar (this animation is ~7 hours long). The band's northeastern gradient sharpens while sitting over the radar site (black dot), which is probably both real and magnified by its location relative to the radar.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I have an important update on the topic of @cnn.com article headlines about the hantavirus:

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

It's subtle, but the showers over Albany seem to be coming from two sources: note how some move to the southeast, whereas others move the opposite direction. The former seems to be due to weak Mohawk-Hudson Convergence (+low-level saturation) while the latter is due to above-surface processes.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I have an unending morbid fascination with bad @cnn.com headlines. This article is apparently about the scourge of people telling others *not* to freak out about hantavirus, and how that itself is causing a freakout. 🫠

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

There are 2 sets of rules: those that apply to democrats, & those that apply to republicans. In VA, their SC overruled voters who wanted to change their maps. In FL, their SC is about to allow their legislature to change their maps, despite voters *banning* mid-decade redistricting. Rinse/repeat.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Nick Bassill tells Bluesky he considers dad bod "terminated" despite presence of flab around his waist.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Not exactly your standard 6-7AM radar animation, even by midwest standards.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

There's something morbidly metaphorical about a collection of generally syncophantic journalists at the Whitehouse Correspondents' Dinner reporting (incorrectly) that the shooter was dead, while also largely being in the same room as the event in question. Let's just end this event please.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This is an immensely dystopian story about layoffs at Meta because of AI. There is a WIDE OPEN lane for a political party to go all-in hammering increased job losses, utility bills, environmental harm, and bloated corporate debt due to the quest for pervasive AI. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/behi...

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It's somewhat taboo to discuss, but *an* issue for (federal) democrats is that they have a massive gerontocracy problem. While 80+ year olds *can* be effective (see my last post), counting on them to be is unwise. Having 4 deaths in 15 months is insane, & not good for opposing Trump's lawlessness.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Truly remarkable that an 82 year old woman in Virginia is such a more effective politician than the literal Democratic house and senate leaders.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Has anyone else had an explosion of linkedin "friend" requests in the past two weeks? I don't post there, and am a relative nobody, but I've had ~3 requests per day for about 10 straight days. Only one has been from someone I know or have heard of. Some sort of algorithm change?

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

What's the awful almost-typo you frequently almost-do, but catch before sending that email? Mine is typing "busy" but accidentally hitting the "t" next to the "y" to make it "busty" (e.g. "It's been a busty week").

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is such an embarrassing time to be an American. Every headline worse than the one before it. Worse of all, this was an easily predictable result of electing Trump.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If it helps enhance the happiness of the moment, Stephen Miller went to Duke.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Alternate headline: Republican justices seem skeptical of allowing people to vote on or before Election Day.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is why people hate Duke basketball. Regardless of the skill disparity, opposing teams of lesser name cache are routinely just not allowed to try to win against them in March Madness due to call disparities. There's a reason my bracket is called "2015 Championship Truther". 😂

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Every #MarchMadness: CBS: Yo, for your viewing pleasure, for the next minute we're going to switch to the most random camera angle possible, where you can't tell what happens and have no depth perception. And we'll do it at random a few more times this game! Enjoy!

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The cold front that swept across NY yesterday afternoon & evening was extremely impressive. This animation of 3-hour @nysmesonet.org temperature change highlights the pre-frontal warm-up followed by the dramatic cool-down, where some locations dropped 30F+ in 3 hours! #nywx

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Those for-profit phone calls are going to go just great if this counts as "NWS Confirms". <narrator: it was not>

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thought provoking thread here. Regardless of your position, probabilistic intentions + deterministic outcomes are a messy combo. Also, an opportunity to "brag": Ethan is one of our meteorologists at the @nyswrcc.bsky.social. I love that we have people this passionate about weather communication.

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NY State Weather Risk Communication Center @nyswrcc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

With melting snow and ice, alongside some rain and warming temperatures, we're seeing numerous river rises leading to some flooding. Did you know our website has a community stats page (nyswrcc.org/community-stats)? There's ~168K people and ~63K residential buildings in a flood warning in NY.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

An easy way to alter the implication of a story is improper use of the passive voice (vs active voice). Once you see it, you can't unsee it. There's been countless examples from the Israel-Palestinian war. In this @nytimes.com example, "Slurs" should have no agency. They exist, but they can't act.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Fun with @nysmesonet.org data + topography: Today we saw an unusual pattern where temperatures warmed 20-30F in just 3 hours as of 11AM, confined exclusively to the Adirondacks, with basically no change elsewhere. By 2PM, this resulted in the #ADK being much warmer than nearby lower locations.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

If NY really does set 4 (!) new county snowfall records, that is an *extremely* rare occurrence!

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Guys, this map appears to have busted. The 15"+ ranges across eastern Long Island were too conservative 😂

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This should go in the map hall of fame.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This severe thunderstorm warning, and associated plentiful cloud-ground lightning, is *just* a bit outside SPC's general thunder outlook. Like, 3 states away outside. 😅 #nywx

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

#Badgers absolutely robbed by Big 10 refs there. Shameful.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

If you're still at #AMS2026 and looking for something to see this afternoon, I'll be presenting progress we've made at the @nyswrcc.bsky.social at the 1st Annual Disaster and Emergency Management Symposium, at 2:15 in 352A. Guest appearance by NY Governor Hochul (sort of).

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The radar correlation coefficient at 1.5km nicely highlights where the transition zone is between sleet and snow. The brighter zone north of #NYC shows where sleet and snow is likely occurring at the same time, and since they look different to the radar, the correlation is lower. #nywx

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

For those attending #AMS2026, you'll note there aren't nearly as many NOAA/NWS folks as normal - largely driven by the impacts this administration has had on our field. While perusing the many private company booths, recall none of the big players did so much as issue a press release in opposition.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

If you hear some quiet sobbing in the distance, it's definitely not coming from me, who will be missing what is likely going to be Albany's best snowstorm in 5 years.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The democratic infrastructure in Nevada seems to have cratered in Nevada since Harry Reid retired. In a very likely dem-leaning environment, even a poor candidate would likely have been a tossup again an incumbent republican justice. And the courts are arguably the most important bulwark right now.

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Nick Bassill @nickpbassill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This is just so embarrassing. -Machado, a Venezuelan, wins the Nobel Prize -Trump overthrows Venezuelan president -Machado gives Trump her Nobel Prize, because she wants to be president -Trump says his threats to conquer Greenland are because he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize (that he now has)

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