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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If this is any indication how snowstorms go this winter, this is going to get real depressing

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Notes for later: Google DeepMind can be wrong...

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

El Niño doing El Niño things with Pacific hurricanes. Polo back up to a high end category 5, and I remember when Odalys was going to be a weak cat 1 ... now a cat 4.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's basically Google GenCast and EC vs the world right now in terms of TD15's track toward Hawaii. I mean, DeepMind and EC is a team I wouldn't bet against. We'll see - tricky forecast! www.polarwx.com/tropical/

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The news articles on explosively deepening hurricanes always feel so behind. Just because of the time scale of the event, and how glued we are to realtime data. Like, guys, that was so 6 hours ago.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This disturbance southeast of Hawaii is looking awfully convincing this evening. If this keeps up, TD coming soon. EC and AI models take a hurricane near or into the Big Island this weekend.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spoiler alert: They were right.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hurricane Polo about to get crazy

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For the same time window (in this case 24 hours), probability should monotonically decrease with increasing wind change thresholds that are harder to achieve.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

These SHIPS RI probabilities for Polo are incredible www.polarwx.com/tropical/#ep...

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

People who install parquet flooring are evil. Sincerely, Someone currently trying to remove parquet flooring

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kiddo only woke us up once last night, and I drank a entire glass of water this morning. I feel like a whole new person. Turns out, sleep and water, kind of a big deal

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

All part of this weird war on plotting information. I don't get it.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another record-warm morning in the books for Denver.

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Colorado Climate Center @climate.colostate.edu · 09/09/2026

NOAA data confirms that we just went through the warmest August and the warmest climatological summer (June-July-August) on record for Colorado. Stay tuned for our monthly summary (coming soon!) which will include stats on the many, many records broken this summer. #cowx

"Quadrant chart" showing precipitation on the horizontal axis and temperature on the vertical axis for all June-July-August periods since 1895 in Colorado. 2026 stands above all other years as the warmest summer on record. It was also the 22nd driest summer.

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Pat Hyland @hylandwx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is the first ever Tornado Watch issued by NWS Honolulu

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Super impressive consistency during a period of heightened uncertainty and impact-sensitivity to the track.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Please just lie to me and tell me we're getting 200" of snow in the Denver area this winter.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hurricane Lowell has such classic category 5 signatures tonight. Satellite estimates falling short I assume because the surrounding cloud tops aren't cold enough. But one look at that eye is a dead giveaway.

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James Franklin @franklinjamesl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’m going to be pedantic and say that there’s no such thing as “hurricane conditions in gusts”. If you have hurricane conditions, you have to have at least a minute’s worth, because that’s how a hurricane is defined. “Gusts to hurricane force” is technically correct, however.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I kinda like this one though - looks like a fireball coming our way

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Every cool lunar event — Okay I know my phone can’t capture this, so I’m just going to enjoy the moment and be present. 100 blurry splotchy pictures later…

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

877 days. Like drawing tally marks on a prison wall.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just don’t understand how/why/when it became cool to display data without units or grids or even values. Feels like a lot of bank/brokerage apps have started displaying history like this. Somehow became popular with scientists too — looking at you, ShowYourStripes 🙄 (I will die on this hill)

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It makes me really sad that as a result of AI, I can't appreciate any extreme weather footage anymore without having some level of doubt.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Lala is the perfect level of organized and unorganized to make the interaction with the big island super interesting.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So the start to I Am Legend

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

OU promoting this, with the sloppiest AI slop, is … a choice.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sox are 31-6 since June 24th. Insane

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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New record: 90° in Denver today = 27th 90°+ day this July, tying the record for most 90° days in any month on record. #COwx

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The giant hole in precipitation between Denver and Boulder this week is getting old fast

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I've never heard so much thunder, with so little rain, as this summer in Colorado.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Incredible level of confidence in the forecast of an extreme cat 5 (cat 6, if you will lol) in Typhoon Dolphin

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thanks for sharing this James! Yeah it's definitely harder to demonstrate statistically in the Pacific with limited recon data. But sounds like notable results in the Atlantic

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I feel like this is likely a case of satellite intensity estimates falling short. The symmetry of the eye, stadium, warmth, is classic cat-5. Too much weight on how cold the CDO is - will underestimate intensity every time. Classic example - Dorian.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's wild how egregious the GFS warm bias during these heatwaves.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In the climate spectrum, is there a scenario in which the western third of the country is not baking under a ridge all summer? Or is this just the new norm.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Genevieve is a meteorological marvel

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

103 with overcast skies in Denver is insane

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Denver is up to 89F at 10AM, under full clouds ... Help.

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Michael Bennet @bennet.senate.gov · 25/07/2026

Colorado has lost another firefighter. Five lives have now been taken by this relentless fire season. Our hearts are with every family, every crew, and every community carrying this unimaginable loss. We will never take their service and sacrifice for granted.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Fausto not caring what any forecast model says

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Fausto: Dry air eroding my core? No biggie, I'll just turn this into an eyewall replacement cycle.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What is the record for the most number of saves in a World Cup final…

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Two unrelated things 1) This is an epic halftime show. Can’t beat BELIEBE. 2) This is one of the most fun times to be a Red Sox fan in my life, which includes 4 WS titles.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Realtors using AI on Zillow has gotten so egregious that they‘re basically just making up new impossible rooms. Slowly rendering Zillow useless. If they knew what was good for them, they’d ban AI generated images.

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Sam Lillo @samlillo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Every single device in the nursery also has a thermometer, because why not. And so there‘s 4 different readings in this one small room … with a range at any given time of about 15 degrees … So now I never know what the temperature is.

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