Reposted by Scott ThomasAlan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen 0418
Reposted by Scott ThomasJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 26/01/2026Last day to submit comments! 410154
Reposted by Scott ThomasClark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io · 26/01/2026@nws.noaa.gov Director Ken Graham presented on NOAA’s modeling grand challenge at #AMS2026 this morning. He announced that the NWS is moving to MPAS as its modeling dynamical core, with his #1 moonshot goal being a global, fully coupled 3-km Earth prediction system using MPAS. 47024
Reposted by Scott ThomasJeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The National Weather Service will host an onsite hiring event at the upcoming AMS Student Conference in Houston 11710
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 14/12/2025With the mental gymnastics to not overturn that Rams touchdown… send those refs to the Olympics… #LionsVsEverybody 051
Reposted by Scott ThomasDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/ 3664631961
Reposted by Scott ThomasAlan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 23/11/2025A horrific accident early Saturday morning left a car in the side of an NWS office and the office relying on the NWS service backup system. Service backup is important in situations like this - but also is being increasingly used due to NWS staffing and infrastructure issues. tinyurl.com/4txuyhbztinyurl.comTragic vehicle accident takes an NWS office offlineLooking at how the NWS offices back each other up. Severe weather and flash flooding in the south central US next couple of days. 23121
Reposted by Scott ThomasDr. Stephen Bieda III @drwildcatwx.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Day 40 of the shutdown, that’s 2 missed paychecks and part of a third. Federal employees (including my colleagues at the National Weather Service) continue working without knowing when they’ll be paid, or are furloughed. If you know someone affected, please check in on them. #GovernmentShutdown2025 0209
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 11/10/2025The Tigers have managed to age me by 5 years over the course of this series. 030
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 06/10/2025media.tenor.coma man in a blue shirt with the word guilty written on itALT: a man in a blue shirt with the word guilty written on it 040
Reposted by Scott ThomasNorthern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The CSSL/NTP assisted the US National Weather Service (NWS) with their upgrading of the official rating of the June 2025 Enderlin, ND tornado from EF3 to EF5. Announced by the NWS today, it’s the first EF5-rated tornado in the US since 2013. Details here: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202... Image B. Emfinger 35124
Reposted by Scott ThomasNational Weather Association @nwas.org · 10/09/2025Spoden: Our training trains us for everything, except how to live with a mistake. How do you handle that? 133
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025No better way to spend Labor Day than in the UP of Michigan :) 060
Reposted by Scott ThomasRay Wolf 🇨🇭🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱 @raywolf.bsky.social · 03/09/2025And before unknowing people jump to the conclusion that this was an adversarial relationship, it was quite the opposite. NWS management and the union together made the agency stronger resulting in improved services. 072
Reposted by Scott ThomasAnthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 02/09/2025INBOX: National Weather Service employees organization files federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive order to ban some federal unions. 17314
Reposted by Scott ThomasKim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Why do we care about continued investment in our weather radar infrastructure? Without a reliable, modernized radar network, we lose valuable time in seeing tornadoes *before* they threaten places and people. The below percentages indicate that radar prompts 9 out of 10 warnings! 12614
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Excited to see @wxkylegillett.bsky.social paper on Sounderpy officially published! Sounderpy has been revolutionary in getting and visualizing sounding data! [![DOI](joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...joss.theoj.org 030
Reposted by Scott ThomasRay Wolf 🇨🇭🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱 @raywolf.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Is it time to have a conversation yet regarding the impact of missing routine soundings PLUS additional special soundings that would typically be available to aid in forecasting Hurricane Erin? 14212
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 10/08/2025First tornado vs latest tornado vs favorite tornado 0102
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Heartbreaking to see Norris’ injury tonight. Respect for both teams for just letting the clock run and stopping play for the night. 020
Reposted by Scott ThomasFCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵 50577283807
Reposted by Scott ThomasDr. Stephen Bieda III @drwildcatwx.bsky.social · 06/08/2025The news is true, the @nws.noaa.gov has been authorized to hire additional #meteorologists, #hydrologists, and #electronics #technicians beyond the 126 previously announced. To receive notifications, set up job alerts on www.usajobs.gov. Next round of #hiring is on the way. #Meteorology #Hydrology 34929
Reposted by Scott ThomasAndrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 05/08/2025NEW: The NWS has received permission to hire up to 450 meteorologists/hydrologists/radar technicians after DOGE-related cuts. Agency also given a public safety exemption from federal hiring freeze after losing more than 550 people in those cuts. (1/2) 1214466
Reposted by Scott ThomasClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Reminder that the Tsunami Warning Centers are part of the National Weather Service. It would be nice to have them fully funded. 5437120
Reposted by Scott ThomasHarold Tobin @haroldtobin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025This is a VERY large earthquake, possibly/probably among the 10 largest ever recorded. A clear subduction zone megathrust event. And it is another M>8.5 event with a notable foreshock (the recent M7.4 in same location), like Tohoku in 2011. 14751276
Reposted by Scott ThomasNational Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 30/07/2025TSUNAMI ADVISORY 1: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M8.0 080mi SE Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka 1625PDT Jul 29tsunami.govU.S. Tsunami Warning Centers 215172
Reposted by Scott ThomasDr. Stephen Bieda III @drwildcatwx.bsky.social · 28/07/2025The @nws.noaa.gov will be #hiring shortly for #Meteorologists, #Hydrologists, and #PhysicalScientists. If you recently graduated or are seeking employment in these fields, set up job alerts on www.usajobs.gov to receive notifications. #Hiring #Meteorology #Hydrology #WeatherForecasting #Operations 1179
Reposted by Scott ThomasNick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 23/07/2025Hey, #WXsky, NOAA/NWS is soliciting comments on the potential use of Bluesky for disseminating information. You can take the survey right here www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...surveymonkey.comNWS Use of the Bluesky Social Media Platform (Prototype)Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free. 22920
Reposted by Scott ThomasSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18/07/2025Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better. 41263571454
Reposted by Scott ThomasPat Hyland @hylandwx.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Putting a plug out there for an incredible weather app (EverythingWx) that was developed by Cory Mottice (Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NWS Corpus Christi) It’s ad free, pulls information directly from the National Weather Service, and has a beautiful design! apps.apple.com/us/app/every...apps.apple.comEverythingWeatherEverythingWeather utilizes the NWS API to get current conditions and forecast data for anywhere within the United States and it's territories. What can be found in the app: - Current and forecast c... 14313
Reposted by Scott ThomasKim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Few things get under my skin like implications of not caring about people. Scientists, civil servants, emergency managers, and so many more are folks who prioritize serving the public. Like it's part of every single thing we do. We're not here for the clicks or the followers. We're here for people. 111224
Reposted by Scott ThomasMatt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 09/07/2025This is so frustrating because it almost certainly played no role in this specific disaster. However, over the long term, this is a problem. And the active and proposed budget cuts further imperil this work. But trying to separate the two is impossible. 57317
Reposted by Scott ThomasJayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 09/07/2025Look. I know you think you've got reasons to still be on twitter but you're no longer just hanging out at a Nazi bar, you're buying drinks. Leave. 29319
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Absolutely disgusting and a good reason for people to leave that hell site. It’s not even just some users anymore. The site itself/its software is now extremely racist. The sheer racism out of Grok is absolutely horrifying. No reason to stay when this is what you’re up against. 090
Reposted by Scott ThomasTravis Koshko @traviskoshko.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Amazing how as a meteorologist I've (we've) gone from not being able to forecast anything to somehow controlling the weather in the span of a few months. 2347
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 07/07/2025media.tenor.coma man wearing a blue sweater is sitting in front of a window .ALT: a man wearing a blue sweater is sitting in front of a window . 040
Reposted by Scott ThomasDr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 06/07/2025To me this feels like a similar moment to Sandy Hook. If republicans aren’t willing to accept responsibility and change policy to protect young white christian girls in Texas, they won’t do it for anyone. 36691199
Reposted by Scott ThomasCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 06/07/2025Science institutions, scientists and science communicators still on Twitter …. not really sure how much more evidence you need to leave that awful place and stop giving it your time, content and knowledge which it uses as a commodity to build its evil house upon. The time to leave was long ago. 🤷🏼♂️ 3398
Reposted by Scott ThomasMarshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Need more accounts like this to counter false narratives out there about warnings 59337
Reposted by Scott ThomasFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 06/07/2025we need to have a hard, serious conversation about the *profusion* of Amber, Silver, and Blue Alerts many people get, and how they may be pushing people to turn off vital emergency alerts on their devices entirely. 51987161
Reposted by Scott ThomasDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Another issue here is mismatch between public expectation & scientific reality re: what's possible in predicting localized convective extremes (i.e., severe/torrential t-storms). Days/environments supportive of such risk are predictable; exact timing/location/intensity of subsequent extremes is not. 11459138
Reposted by Scott ThomasSteve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025All true: - NOAA funding cuts prohibit the agency to run at full capacity - Remaining NOAA employees doing exceptional / heroic work - Extreme events happen; sometimes unexpectedly - 20th century infrastructure is inadequate for today's climate - Finger pointing as an event is ongoing? Shameful. 314732
Reposted by Scott ThomasTomer Burg @burgwx.bsky.social · 05/07/2025In response to the tragically devastating floods in Texas yesterday & today, I've seen questions asking how is it possible that the NWS was able to predict floods from Helene days in advance, but yesterday's storms did not have nearly as much of a lead time. Short answer - very different phenomena: 711027
Reposted by Scott ThomasMarshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 05/07/2025My deep dive on whether there were adequate weather warnings for the catastrophic flooding in Texas. Mentions Alan Gerard Balanced Weather and Jordan McLeod. I am really interested in your thoughts on my take. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...forbes.comCatastrophic Flooding In Texas - Were There Warnings?Deadly flooding in the flash flood alley of Texas is raising questions about warnings. Here's a preliminary (but not conslusive) analysis. 1713755
Scott Thomas @scotttgl1.bsky.social · 05/07/2025While the NWS isn’t to blame, it’s as bad to blame political affiliation. The flood was a worst case scenario of a highly vulnerable area at night with a hazard that models can’t pinpoint accurately in advance. Are there lessons to be learned? Sure. But focus on improving for the future (1/2) 150
Reposted by Scott ThomasDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am. 572068860
Reposted by Scott ThomasDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025The second is that the NWS historically has done a very good job at that forecast contextualization (outreach to local governments, emergency managers, outdoor recreation facilities, etc.). But that's one of the first things to go away when offices are critically understaffed. 5500104
