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Amy McGovern

@profamymcgovern.bsky.social
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Professor in Meteorology and Computer Science, Director of the NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES), mom to @wrmf.bsky.social and @agileschnauzers.bsky.social

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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Truth!! It is rough
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This looks fantastic. Especially speaking as someone who got hit very hard with the cuts!!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So just RadarScope is down. Ugh.
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is the entire network of radars down??
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ahh the science we could do 😭
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I completely reworked my ethical and responsible AI this semester to realize that it is here to stay and we need to focus on how to use it correctly and not lose our humanity in the process. It is a tool. Use it correctly. A lot of people see it as a hammer and think everything is a nail now!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I found a bald eagle on my way home from agility today!!
Bald eagle sitting on a pole
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Valid! I was more worried that I was going to get an extra set of reactions from it, but it didn’t bother me. The usual Covid one (headache and sore arm) but not compounded by the flu shot. 
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I did Covid in one arm and flu in the other
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thanks! No idea why it stuck that in there 
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Also, I have no idea what that particular character means
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Why is Claude giving me kanji in the reply today??
Screenshot of some claude output with a Kanji character in it
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Tornado harbinger 🤣 xkcd.com/3267/
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Types of Tornado Alert
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The journal I am EIC: AMS's AI for Earth Systems just got our impact factor and we are a 4.5! Keep sending great AI for ES papers our way! journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Used the NYT "Lost Science" story about @profamymcgovern.bsky.social and NSF funding loss for AI2ES to take another look at how AI is making tangible progress to improve weather forecasts & warnings, making the admin's decision to cut funding for research even more enraging. tinyurl.com/3ynwwcyc
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Meteorology is one area where AI shows real promise - so why is the Trump Administration cutting research funding
Severe weather risks remain elevated today across central US, and for East Coast on Sunday
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Well, it is part of their lost science series that is all about the cuts to science
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
NY times covered our cut today (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...
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She Used A.I. to Improve Forecasts for Extreme Weather
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Good post storm clouds #okwx
Sunset in storm cloudsMamatus clouds lit from behind
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Introducing a new framework for evaluating AIWP and NWP models on a standardized set of extreme weather cases! arxiv.org/abs/2605.01126
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Extreme Weather Bench: A framework and benchmark for evaluation of high-impact weather
Forecasting the wide variety of high-impact weather events experienced globally is a challenge for both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models and it is critical th...
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Inky is so cute! We had fun with her in class today (though I had to turn her off when I derived back prop because she kept hovering over the math LOL)
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Honk! Inky is Back
The story behind Notability’s most chaotic, most beloved, and most unexpected feature.
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Should meteorologists apologize for the recent Washington DC area severe weather forecast? My thoughts. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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The Curious Outrage Over A Storm Forecast In Washington D.C.
A weather expert reflects on the recent Washington D.C-area storm forecasts and whether meteorologists should apologize.
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Had this dream that I went to an AMS banquet and they served us all shrimp stuffed with escargot. Eww. That woke me up fast!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
And my son is going to ski in this 🤣 spring skiing!!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Storm was pretty as it dropped insane hail on OKC tonight #okwx
Supercell Supercell lit up by sunset
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
That looks like a robotics team!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Oklahomans are getting ignored, but one of our state senators is going to hand-deliver letters to DC next week!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Second talk diving into some more examples #AMS2026 Check out: Applications of Extreme Weather Bench 1.0: Case Studies of High Impact Weather Events @ 106th AMS Annual Meeting ams.confex.com/ams/106ANNUA...
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Applications of Extreme Weather Bench 1.0: Case Studies of High Impact Weather Events
Extreme Weather Bench (EWB) is a robust and adaptable open source framework des...
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We are releasing extreme weather bench today!! Come see our pair of talks on it. #AMS2026 Check out: ExtremeWeatherBench 1.0: A Flexible Evaluation Framework for Extreme Weather Events @ 106th AMS Annual Meeting ams.confex.com/ams/106ANNUA...
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ExtremeWeatherBench 1.0: A Flexible Evaluation Framework for Extreme Weather Events
Properly evaluating AI and NWP models before deployment will help to ensure tha...
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
lol I definitely keyed on the hair. Bad assumption. Still cool!!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
All women?? How cool is that??
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Dallas from above on my way to #AMS2026
Clouds lit up from a big city below
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
AI2ES has a huge presence at #AMS2026 this year - this is a list of all ours talks along with a copy of my slides for the summary of AI2ES over the last 5 years! www.ai2es.org/ams2026/
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AI2ES AMS Talks 2026 - NSF AI2ES
AI2ES talks at AMS 2026 AI2ES talks at AMS 2026Download AI2ES Update for AMS 2026Download Sunday, January 25, 2026 7:00 - 7:15 PM (25th Annual Student Conference): GRB, Hall B3 - A FourCastNetv2 Tutor...
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Thanks! Yes, I did make it last year. This year has been chaos and I was hoping one was done - so thank you!!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Anyone made an #AMS2026 feed yet?
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yeah, I guess but it makes people just ignore them
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yeah, why did they blow the sirens all over town when that was clearly east???
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
What does NCAR do for you? Made your life a lot better and safer!! Help fight for weather science! Read this and call your representatives and senators!! www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
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Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Science! We have a new deep learning precipitation nowcasting paper under review! arxiv.org/abs/2512.09059
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A Diffusion-Based Framework for High-Resolution Precipitation Forecasting over CONUS
Accurate precipitation forecasting is essential for hydrometeorological risk management, especially for anticipating extreme rainfall that can lead to flash flooding and infrastructure damage. This st...
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
More ways we are killing science (gift article)
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A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The decimation of science continues www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
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His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I'm so sorry. As the leader of another center hit by NSF cuts, I truly feel your pain. We are also working to find a way to keep doing critical stuff and it is really challenging in today's times!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
From what I see, AMS isn't in this greedy cycle. They don't operate the journals as money makers (but they do have to break even and pay their staff to maintain quality and that seems to be missed by this!) #science www.zmescience.com/science/news...
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We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage
Your tax dollars fund the research. You pay again to read it.
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Office is toasty today 🔥
Temperature graph for my office
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This is quite disturbing- I know LLMs are a problem but the extent they discovered is really concerning for science www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
nytimes.com
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Thank you! Won’t be quite dark at zero UTC but shortly thereafter!
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Anyone know what time to look for aurora tonight? I was planning to head to a more rural part of town for less light pollution.
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Oh yours is green! Ours is pink
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Northern lights tonight! #okwx
Pink Aurora with treesPink Aurora and trees in house
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