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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Beat the rain to make it to my first Grand Forks French Fry Feed, as part of the 60th Potato Bowl USA festivities! Super tasty and screaming hot out of the fryer, served up by UND student athletes... needless to say, I've never met a potato I didn't like! 🍟🥔

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yesterday we celebrated the retirement of Cathy Finley & Bruce Lee from UND DAS. Their profound impact on the department was reflected in the packed room of people, buzzing with energy (even after a long 1st week of the semester) to see them off and share warm memories of their tenure... (1/3)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

➡️ Research Group Intro #4: Ending the week with the youngest addition to our group, Evan Gustafson! Already a BAMS co-author (tinyurl.com/2fkfjnpa), Evan will be diving into the complex intersection between radar-derived storm attributes, socioeconomic vulnerabilities & storm damage. (1/3)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

➡️Research Group Intro #3: As a 2nd year MS student, Amy Conner has the pleasure of being the "middle sibling" in our group! A 2-time NASA ND Space Grant Consortium research fellow(!!!), she has been diving into satellite observations of cloud-top features through the storm merger process. (1/3)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

➡️ Research Group Intro #2: Thrilled to introduce my 1st PhD student, @wxkylegillett.bsky.social! Besides being a former broadcast meteorologist & the brains behind SounderPy, Kyle is a severe storms fanatic who will be diving into the environmental controls on storm merger outcomes using CM1. (1/3)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

➡️ Research Group Intro #1: I guess I can't introduce my research group without introducing myself! My name is Matt Brown, and I am a newly minted Assistant Professor here at UND Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences! I'm a south PA native, whose work has taken me through TX, OK, and now ND. (1/2)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This one *truly* hurts. Even if you put aside her long and fruitful career, her legacy as a public figure, philanthropist, and humanitarian will live on long after her departure. What a beautiful human being - the world needs more Dolly's, especially now ❤️ www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

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Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80

Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today marks the beginning of my journey as a professor with UND Atmospheric Sciences! Through the course of the week, I will be introducing you all to the amazing graduate students I'll be working with, and give a sneak peek into our group's research foci. So excited for this new adventure ⛈️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Even 2 days removed from the AMS Madison Summit, my heart is still overflowing. This past week was a whirlwind of incredible science, conversation, and individuals that I am so immensely blessed to call my community - including more dizzyingly brilliant STUDENTS than I can ever recall ⛈️ (1/2)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Going to the poster session today at #AMSMadisonSummit? Check out my OU MS student's (Gabe Cenker - Poster 249) CM1 sims of TC Beryl rainband supercells! Initial results reveal fascinating impacts of low-level dry layers, pushing back on traditional views on their role in TC supercell outbreaks.

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For those at #AMSMadisonSummit who missed our @ametsoc.org BRAID/Coriolis QG coffee break, feel free to reach out (or find me) for a Madison LGBTQ+ Local guide and info about social events later this week! 🏳️‍🌈

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For QLCS lovers at AMS Madison, you're in luck! @drkelsbritt.bsky.social will be sharing her innovative WoFS QTor work and later, I'll be talking about the current state & limitations of QLCS mesovortex forecasting. Come join us! Britt (10:45 AM) - Madison Ballroom A Brown (1:45 PM) - Hall of Ideas

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I had the honor earlier today to present at the last @nws.noaa.gov Foundation Friday webinar diving into the evolving landscape of QLCS mesovortex prediction. Hoping this is just the beginning of many future discussions on how to advance QLCS hazard forecasting and extend lead time ⛈️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

So overjoyed to be part of a community that embraces the full tapestry of its membership! There once was a time when I kept quiet about my identify in professional spaces, for fear of judgement or retribution in my career endeavors - as it once had been for many decades 🧵 (1/2) bit.ly/4vbj1lp

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month Spotlight: Matthew C. Brown

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month. This week, we spotlight the career of Matthew C. Brown, vice chair of the AMS STAC Committee on Mesoscale Processes and member of AMS Braid and Coriolis.

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Absolute monsters, utterly unfit for the uniform. If you can't handle an excited pupper showing you his jersey without using deadly force, you should not be a cop. In addition to legal action, may they always get stuck at red lights and never find the cool side of their pillows.

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

One of the most reprehensible decisions ever made in the history of college football. Any who cares about CFB, or the integrity of sports *period*, should shudder at this. It undermines so many of the core tenets of team sports - integrity, trust, accountability. Just unbelievable...

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Great discussion this afternoon w/ @amsearlycareer.bsky.social about navigating career highs/lows and cultivating passion in a challenging science landscape. For any students or early career folks who couldn't attend, I encourage you to watch the recording and reach out to panelists with questions!

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Join us tomorrow 11 AM CT (12 PM ET) to dive into an exploration of discovering your passion and navigating early career challenges in atmospheric science! Register Here: bit.ly/4npmDgN

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📢 One more day to submit abstracts to the AMS Madison Summit - including our joint session with @ams-sls-stac.bsky.social & Cloud Physics exploring recent advances in severe storm/high impact weather microphysics. We're accepting oral & poster submissions & have already seen topics such as... (1/2)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

We're less than 1 week from the deadline for the 2026 AMS Madison Summit! As you finish (or in some cases, just start 😅) your submission, don't forget our joint session between @ams-sls-stac.bsky.social & Cloud Physics exploring recent advances in severe/high impact weather microphysics 🧵 (1/2)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'm ecstatic to announce that I will be joining the UND Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences this fall as an Assistant Professor! This huge milestone is the culmination of a dream over a decade in the making - one that's taken me across 3 (soon 4) states, 3 degrees, and 2 postdoctoral experiences... (1/2)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Though AMS Annual is still fresh in our minds, the abstract deadline for deadline for the @ametsoc.org Madison Summit is rapidly approaching. With that in mind, I'm excited to share our joint session hosted between @ams-sls-stac.bsky.social & Cloud Physics! (1/2) ⛈️🌧️❄️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

With AMS over, I'm excited to share that my recent QLCS modeling work has been posted in its final form in AMS MWR! This study builds on prior work, showing how line-parallel shear plays a critical role in modulating inflow vorticity and QLCS updraft forcing ⛈️ journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

And in a blink, another AMS has come & gone! From getting an Editor's Award, to sharing new research, and reconnecting with countless friends - the week was a joyful whirlwind. With each passing year, I hold onto these moments a little longer, thankful for the folks I get to share this field with ❤️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

For all my QLCS enthusiasts, come see my poster this afternoon (going on now until 4:30), synthesizing some recent project to reassess how we look at bow echoes within the context of mesovortex formation! 🌪️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🚨 QLCS fanatics attending AMS, here's your daily homework (1/2): 1. Attend @drkelsbritt.bsky.social's talk @ 2:00 PM (381A) about her innovative work creating a QLCS mesovortex forecast framework in the Warn-On-Forecast System. 2. Go read her related paper (doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...) ⏬(1/2)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

📢 Fellow LGBTQIA+ peeps attending #AMS2026! 🏳️‍🌈 Coriolis has compiled some local resources to help optimize your experience here in Houston! Check out our local guide for more info (including our events this week), along with other community resources/maps 🗺️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Ecstatic to share that our newest QLCS work led by @drkelsbritt.bsky.social has hit EOR on AMS WAF! What started as "crazy idea" has evolved into something that could be a game-changer — probabilistic forecasts of QLCS mesovortex tornado potential in WoFS (1/2) journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Though a small milestone to some, today I passed the century mark in citations! Since my 1st paper, I've grown immensely as a scientist - in my interests, my writing, and so on. As I move into the next phase of my career (details coming soon!), I'm excited to see how my science continues to grow ✍

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Embarrassment of a decision, from an embarrassment of a university. Even as someone with deeply-held faith, this decision fundamentally undercuts the ability of instructors to hold students to fair, rigorous, and fact-based standards. Inexplicable for an R1 public institution...

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Super excited to share that the 2nd part of my NSF AGS work has finally hit EOR on AMS MWR! This paper has been a lesson in resilience & standing up for your science, even when it challenges established theory. Feel free to DM me if you need a PDF (1/3) 🧵 journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This is hard to fathom, let alone stomach. NCAR has been one of the leaders in the atmospheric science community for over half a century. Their scientists have pioneered countless advances in observing, modeling & understanding the weather/climate systems. (1/2) www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

When @alexismasters.bsky.social gives you farm fresh eggs you farm fresh eggs, you put them to good use!! Improvised a crustless quiche, with turkey sausage, caramelized red onion, spinach, sundried tomatoes, and feta 🥚🐔

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I think this EF-5 upgrade marks an important shift towards long term *accuracy* over maintaining status quo. One brave WFO kicked down a door that others have been hesitant (and perhaps pressured) to not open, giving other offices the latitude to revisit and revise prior events.

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Well even though PSU football is a perennial disappointment, my gameday goodies weren't 🏈chicken bacon ranch dip, PSU old fashioned's with PA rye, and a whiteout vanilla creme cake (Side Note: who's down to go in on Franklin's buyout? 😅 💰)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Not sure if it was a complex shelf cloud or an embedded mesocyclone, but the sights in north Norman early this morning were other-worldly 🛸⛈️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Just as with the assassination of state representative Melissa Hortman earlier this summer, the horrific violence carried out today is a vile display of hate which goes against our country's fundamental principles. This is *not* a partisan matter - when free speech is met with violence, we all lose.

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Well, the cat is out of the bag - I'm beyond honored to receive an AMS Editor's Award from MWR/WAF! I take peer review very seriously, especially for student authors, so it is immensely gratifying to be recognized for the time and thought that I pour into the review process ✍️

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Earlier this week I entered a chocolate cherry cake at our local Elizabethtown fair - it didn't end up placing, but I still thought it was too pretty not to share! 🍫🍒

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Gotta brag on Kayla Wheeler (OU SoM PhD candidate), as her work on extratropical transition (ET) & tropical cyclone tornadoes has hit EOR. In addition to changes in tornado location & diurnal cycle , environments undergoing ET have slower decreases in... (1/2) journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

One of the biggest takeaways from the joint session at the recent AMS Meso/Broadcast meeting was that our community *doesn't do enough to amplify forecast successes*! Our forecast ability - while not perfect - has become the expectation, such that the public only notices when things break or fail.

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Outflow and waves....name a better combo ☁️🌊

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Get you friends whose dessert game is as 🔥 as mine. Our spread has: 1. A stunning fruit tart (from @arianaelena97.bsky.social ) w/ a silky vanilla cream 🍓 2. A luxuriously smooth, cinnamon-kissed flan (from @bxmatilla.bsky.social) 🍮 3. Honey butter cornbread cookies (from yours truly) 🌽

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🧵A decade ago, I went to my 1st @ametsoc.org conference. The enormity of the going's on was almost dizzying - a sensory overload for a junior excited to carve out a path in the field. Fast forward to this past week, when I chaired the AMS Mesoscale Conference w/ Dr. Daniel Kirshbaum in Boise (1/5)

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

So immensely proud of ALL our students & early career presenters at #AMS21Meso this week! Their enthusiasm and big ideas are truly an inspiration - a bright sign for the future of the field. I think I speak for everyone when I say the best is to come for these future leaders! 🙌

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Teamwork makes the dream work! Conversations between researchers and broadcasters are *critical* to ensure that the newest science is disseminated to the public in a way that is engaging and spurs folks to action! Hope this synergy only grows and deepens with time 🙌

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A truly special experience, one that I hope continues and grows moving forward. Multiple generations of LGBTQ+ scientists, sharing stories of past obstacles and reflecting on how far the field has come in terms of community and acceptance. My heart is so full ❤️🌈

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

To all my AMS Meso/Broadcast folks, please join us this afternoon! All are welcome - we'll have some swag to 🌈 up your lanyard, share some LGBTQ+ friendly spots in Boise, and make a new friend or two!

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Day 1 of #AMS21Meso is in the books! Lots of awesome science shared and discussed, with beautiful Boise weather to boot. Plus, it's always a good day when you get to brainstorm QLCS tornado science with @jimcantore.bsky.social 🌪️proud of the @ams-meso.bsky.social team - onwards to Tuesday!

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Matthew Brown @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

If you view this and the last 6 disastrous months as anything but a gradual decline of this nation and descent toward post-truth authoritarianism, then I kindly suggest you remove me. The history books are clear, time and time again, what these and other recent events lead to...

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