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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 25/09/2026

I’ve got a few more pictures of the sedimentary structures

Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 25/09/2026

Had some flash flooding last night in Grants. The ripple marks are in sediment deposited on the road above a culvert. We had 1+ inches of rain in less than an hour on top of the mesa. Gravity took charge after that. #nmwx

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 25/09/2026

So, my games are just a little old. I think the median release date is the 1990’s. my9games.com/en/s/56c7bb0...

3x3 grid of games with a median release date in the 1990’s.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 14/09/2026

What it looked like from my house

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 14/09/2026

This linear storm in Grants is LOUD: malpais.app#v=3&s=KABX&m... #nmwx

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 17/08/2026

This little pipsqueak made the first thunder of the day in Grants. #nmwx

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/08/2026

I've heard reports of snow on Mauna Kea as #Lala passes through. This cross section of reflectivity from PHKM on the north side suggests that's it's snowing HARD. We now have terrain in malpais.app thanks to @mapterhorn.com malpais.app#v=3&s=PHKM&m...

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/08/2026

RHI of the eyewall of TS #Lala as it's passing south of the Big Island of Hawaii. #wx #hiwx malpais.app#v=3&s=PHWA&m...

PPI and RHI of TS Lala as it passes south of the Big Island. The eyewall isn't that impressive in reflectivity, but that's expected as Lala has been moving over cooler water.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 14/08/2026

@stormscale.io Since there's a live Flash Flood Emergency, I thought I'd share how my app handles the IBW tags. Basically, Emergencies float to the top of the warning list and the borders are very thick. I'm open to suggestions/comments since I'm not a UX guru. malpais.app#v=3&s=KJKL&m...

Screenshot of malpais.app showing active Flash Flood Emergency

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 02/08/2026

I've added the TIGER road shapefile to malpais.app to help people track the #Spokane wildland fire. #wa #wawildfire #wawx malpais.app#v=3&s=KOTX&m...

Radar reflectivity of KOTX overlaid on Spokane County roads showing the fire/smoke plume relative to Spokane.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 30/07/2026

Recently, I added support for select MRMS products so I could understand the flash flood risk. Here's the recent QPE/FFG ratio for the Cibola county storm, where the ratio's >1, the radar estimated precip exceeds the estimated threshold for flash flooding. malpais.app#v=3&m=l2&p=R... #nmwx

QPE/FFG ratio for the Cibola county storm on July 29. It shows that estimated precip is approaching or exceeding the threshold for flash flooding.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 30/07/2026

And here’s a picture of a IC flash from this storm

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 30/07/2026

The gust front from this storm is more prominent than what we usually see in storms out here. #nmwx malpais.app#v=3&s=KABX&m...

Gust front visible in radar reflectivity.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 30/07/2026

I've been watching this storm from the kitchen window for the past hour or so, it's been a great lightning producer. On the 3D radar view from malpais.app, you can clearly see how multiple updrafts are feeding the same stratiform layer. Really neat. #nmwx

3D radar view of the storm in eastern Cibola County, NM on July 29, 7PM MDT. You can see the multiple cores feeding into the same stratiform layer.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 24/07/2026

Permalink to scan here: malpais.app#v=3&s=KABX&m...

3D view of reflectivity of a thunderstorm near Grants, NM

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 24/07/2026

We have a gorgeous monsoon thunderstorm SW of Grants right now. It looks great in the 3D radar visualization I'm working on for malpais.app

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 21/07/2026

Velocity/Reflectivity panels of the TOR warned storm near Munsfordville, KY. malpais.app#v=3&s=KLVX&m...

Doppler velocity/reflectivity scans of the TOR warned storm near Munfordville, KY

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 21/07/2026

Now that TS #Bertha is active in the Gulf of Mexico, I've added some new features to malpais to help track tropical storms. We now have links to NHC products, tropical watches/warnings, and peak storm surge forecasts. malpais.app#v=3&s=KMOB&m...

Forecast cone of uncertainty with forecast track for Tropical Storm Bertha with radar overlay and watches/warnings polygons active.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 19/07/2026

Well, I'm under a flash flood warning thanks to the first storm of the day firing off of Mt Taylor. Look at how good the polygon boundary matches the precip extent. #nmwx Permalink: malpais.app#v=3&s=KABX&m...

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 17/07/2026

First monsoon season in Grants, and I’ve already got my first rainbow over Mt Taylor.

Radar reflectivity of a thunderstorm producing a rainbow over Mt Taylor.

Rainbow over Mt Taylor, Cibola County NM

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/07/2026

Monsoon thunderstorm near Mt Taylor at 237 MDT. Radar and photo are valid at the same time. Link goes directly to archived scan. malpais.app#v=3&s=KABX&m...

Reflectivity scan of monsoon thunderstorm.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/07/2026

KIWX: Michigan's earliest-on-record EF3, strongest in 49 years, through Union City and Branch County. Link's pinned to the tilt showing peak intensity malpais.app#v=3&s=KIWX&m...

Radar reflectivity showing a hook echo for the March 6 EF3 tornado in Michigan

Unfolded radial velocity scan of the March 6 EF3 tornado in Michigan at time of peak intensity.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/07/2026

June 21, an EF3 tornado in Jefferson County, IL. Link is at the time when the rotation was coincident with the EF3 damage location. malpais.app#v=3&s=KVNX&m...

Radar reflectivity with storm damage overlay of the June 21 EF3 tornado in Jefferson County, IL.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/07/2026

April 23, KVNX: a tornado emergency for Enid, OK, a long-track, violent supercell. Linked at the reflectivity core/velocity couplet co-location on the volume nearest the TOR warning issuance: malpais.app#v=3&s=KVNX&m...

Radar reflectivity of the April 23 EF4 tornado near Enid, OK. Storm damage overlaid on top

Doppler velocities of the April 23 EF4 tornado near Enid, OK when the tornado emergency was issued.. Storm damage overlaid on top

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 12/07/2026

No filters on this view:

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 12/07/2026

Virga at sunset in Grants, NM.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 09/07/2026

I was running a time lapse video of Mt Taylor to catch the onset of orographic convection when I got this dust devil.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 02/07/2026

It’s the start of another clear day in NM, with this sunrise over Mt Taylor.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 26/06/2026

RHI/PPI view of the SVR warned storm near Gallup. KABX might be far away, but it gets a good view of the reflectivity core. (Made with malpais.app) #nmwx

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 26/06/2026

It's new feature Friday for malpais.app! You can now look at the last 5-30 minutes of GLM lightning flash locations as an overlay. It's useful for assessing storm intensity trends and motion at a glance. Just go to the Fire/Lightning tab on the left and click the Enable toggle under Lightning.

Map of reflectivity overlaid with GLM flash locations.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 25/06/2026

Now we're getting good downdrafts from the weak stuff W of Milan (so now we're downwind of Homestake, yay!). At the airport, 10m gusts of 38 knots, we measured peak gusts of 26 mph

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 25/06/2026

Nice cross-section on the RHI view, good reflectivity core, echo top around 10 km. (If anyone has advice on building a good PPI with a L2 file in SAILS mode, I'm happy to listen)

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 25/06/2026

Some dime size hail in Grants just now. Looking at malpais.app, it looks like the reflectivity core was just to our north. #nmwx

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 17/06/2026

If wildfires are your area of concern, malpais.app has more features for you. In addition to the RAWS data, we have incidents and perimeter data from WFIGS so you can know where the current fires are. malpais also includes federal agency/tribal jurisdiction boundaries.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 17/06/2026

Of course, once one has surface observations, one would like to analyze them. You can use objective analysis techniques (Barnes/OI/Cressman) for temperature, dewpoint, winds, RH, and altimeter. We have even have streamlines available for winds. (3/x)

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 17/06/2026

You have the ability to plot current METARS courtesy of AWC and/or the current RAWS. At high levels, RAWS are colored by RH, and METARS are flight conditions. Once you zoom in, the station model appears and if you click on the station, a detailed popup appears. (2/x)

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 17/06/2026

With TS #arthur, now is a good time to announce some new features for malpais.app, my Nexrad viewer app. You can now load current surface obs (METAR/RAWS), plot the objective analysis of T/Td/RH/altimeter/winds, and for the wildfire monitors, we have incident locations/perimeters. (1/x)

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/06/2026

There must be something about evaporation shifting the dropsize distribution towards big drops for virga

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 16/06/2026

When you’re at the little league game checking the suspicious looking virga shaft on your radar app, malpais.app

Virga, maybe reaching the ground, w of Grants

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 12/06/2026

Oh I forgot, how the day started, and how it’s going #nmwx #sunrise #showers

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 12/06/2026

It's an air-mass thunderstorm kind of day here in Cibola County, NM. Some orographic convection tried to form over Mt. Taylor, but just didn't click. The biggest storm right now is over Acoma Pueblo lands. KABX L2 data visualized using malpais.app

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 11/06/2026

Dual-pol scan of the smoke plume from the Bear Fire in #NM earlier today using malpais.app . The smoke plume was visible from Grants, which is over 100 km from the fire.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 09/06/2026

So, a few updates for malpais.app 1) You can have up to 4 panels at once to look at different moments or Level 3 products at the same time. 2). You can load RHIs (range height indicator, a cross section along the radar beam. (This is from a weak storm over my house today)

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 23/05/2026

My wife adores ST:VOY, but acknowledges that the writers had certain tics...

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 22/05/2026

To help orientate yourself, malpais.app includes US county borders, interstate highways, airport locations, airspace boundaries, VOR locations and runways. malpais has been tested on Chrome and Safari on both desktop and mobile browsers. (Honestly, desktop is better for now).

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 22/05/2026

In addition to the radar data, malpais.app includes displays of the current severe weather related watches and warnings from the NWS and the current aviation hazards: SIGMETS, G-AIRMETS, and AIRMETS, from the Aviation Weather Center.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 22/05/2026

malpais.app can be used to look at realtime Level 2 or Level 3 data products, or you can use it to look at archived radar data. If you think a storm looks like something from May 3, 1999, you can punch in the date and look at the historical data.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 22/05/2026

I'm happy to announce the launch of malpais.app, a free NEXRAD/TDWR radar viewer that lives in your browser. malpais downloads Level 2 or Level 3 data from NOAA's Open Data Dissemination archives and renders it in WebGL on your desktop or mobile device. For free.

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Rob Carver @wundersooner.com · 20/05/2026

Some virga from earlier in the evening. Radar is from an app I’ve been working on

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