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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You know you’re a Cubs fan when you stay up late to watch their playoff games because you believe! In a playoff run despite our pitching destroying any hope inning after inning. 🐻⚾️🧢

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Ben Zobrist Pensive in Cubs Dugout

ALT: Ben Zobrist Pensive in Cubs Dugout

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Exciting news! Our manuscript, "ZDR Column Behavior in Real and Simulated X-band Radar Observations of Potentially Tornadic Storms" based on my Master's research with @tornatrix.bsky.social is now published in the Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology. ejssm.com/ojs/index.ph...

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View of Vol. 21 No. 3 (2026)

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This was not a good time for my car’s AC to fail. 🥵

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For anyone going to the Madison Summit AMS, all are welcome to join!

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Slowed footage of a a baseball, or perhaps softball-sized, hailstone hitting the back of HailCam during our deployment with LIFT near Stratton, NE on June 20. Original footage courtesy of Thea Sandmael.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Lots of lightning and heavy (90 mph+) winds in Nebraska/Kansas on June 20.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Crazy hail deployment with LIFT and HailCam near Stratton, NE on June 20 where we deployed in the core of a supercell and got baseball and softball-sized hail for nearly 20-30 minutes!

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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 10/06/2026

Today’s AMS feature covers our work with the DOW Facility this season! 🌪️

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Some photos with LIFT and LiDAR from yesterday of our tornadic supercell.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The best still shot I was able to recover from my Saint Libory, NE tornado videos.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Attempted to take some still shots from my full video of the Saint Libory, NE tornado. As we and the tornado were moving fast, it was hard to get any stills that didnt blur. But the evolution is still incredible.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Saint Libory, NE tornado after it crossed the road

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Impossible to top yesterday, but got a few photos of some pretty circulations and a little tornado today in Kansas.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Here’s some video of the Saint Libory, NE tornado from our HailCam deployment.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our view of the Saint Libory, NE tornado. More to follow when I have time to go through the footage.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Got a good shot of a low precipitation supercell today in Nebraska.

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AMS Women @ams-women.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Happy National Meteorologists Day! ⛅️

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A few shots from an impromptu chase in the our “backyard” here in Oklahoma. Largest hail we measured was 2.5 inches.

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Analyzing large debris with LDR for 1st time ever in a tornado (!) & learning how vortex mergers affect tornado intensity from data I collected during the active 2024 tornado season then going out again for more 2026 tornado & hail data!

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ICECHIP @nsficechip.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

🚨CALLING ALL CHASERS🚨 If you’re out chasing, you’re in a unique position to capture some of the most valuable hail observations available. We invite you to contribute your hail reports to the ICECHIP database and help improve our understanding of severe hail events. icechip.niu.edu/submit_repor...

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

MiniCOW packs MegaPOWER! Observes birth and ingestion of satellite tornado and Fujiwara effect deflecting tornado. Tornado transitions 2x between clear eye and debris ball. Prelim data from most powerful mobile radar, 1 MegaWatt C-band storm-penetrating miniCOW in Braman, OK 🌪️

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

George getting some learning in this morning. 🤓 (And batting at the screen when kitties come on). 😻

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/04/2026

Yesterday, four astronauts swung around the far side of the moon, traveling farther from the Earth than any humans had ever gone before, taking some spectacular photographs along the way. theatln.tc/19ze00pK 📸: NASA; Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP / Getty

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University of Oklahoma @ou.edu · 23/03/2026

Hello, Sweet 16! #BoomerSooner ☝️

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Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety @ibhs.org · 18/03/2026

Illinois has a new #hail record. 🧊 This week, IBHS joined scientists at NIU to confirm the largest hailstone ever recorded in the state, using our advanced 3D scanning technology. From the March 10 storm, the stone measured 168.05 mm at its max and 93.03 mm at its minimum, weighing 557.2 grams.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

George keeping his eye on the chase in Illinois. (Very near where I grew up!)

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The face I get when I leave the house for work. Pulls at the heart strings…. 🥹

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Two of my students won awards at #AMS2026! Mia Smith (@maliyah-wx.bsky.social, current URA) won an Outstanding Student Poster award in the Student Conference. Lindsey Peterson (former URA) won 1st prize in the Societal Applications Symposium student poster competition. I'm super-proud of them both!

A woman standing in next to a poster titled, "Influence of QLCS Merger Types on the Frequency and Timing of Tornado Production"

A woman standing next to a poster titled, "When Thunder Roars: Increasing Lightning Safety Awareness Across Southern Colorado"

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I guess in his mind, women and ‘radical leftists’ fall into the same category — people he thinks he’s entitled to ‘force himself upon.”

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Shawn Milrad @shawnmilrad.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Seeing Obama at big sporting events is great but it’s also a reminder that a decade ago we were largely on the right path as a country and we threw it all away for an entire era of boiling hot racist rage.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

In January, an EF2 tornado was photographed 1 mile from my apartment complex while I slept peacefully through a barely audible siren. That felt like a sign to get a NOAA weather radio. The only issue now is George, who seems determined to test its durability by chewing the antenna into oblivion.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

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What the National Center for Atmospheric Research means to the atmospheric sciences

Born out of a time of great need for the federal government, NCAR plays a role with few analogues.

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Cuddle puddle initiated. Glad it’s just snowing so far!

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Weather briefing for ice/snowmageddon at the NWC provided by Jedi Tom … ❄️☃️🌨️

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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 19/12/2025

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), an operational research center crucial to furthering our understanding of weather and helping to save lives and property, is at risk of being dismantled. We must not let that happen. 🧵⬇️

Five ways NCAR has changed our understanding of weather (& saved lives)

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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 10/12/2025

GWC training season is here, ya'll -- and we're kicking off with a new kind of event to answer your requests for more time to learn about radar! 🥳⛈️📡 More info in thread ⬇️, but all the details also at girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Can see the Aurora all the way down in Norman tonight!

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Some sunset colors on the developing storms NE of Norman earlier today. ❤️

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Weather radar people: I’m on the steering committee for a Radar Technology Community Workshop to be held at NCAR in early 2026. We’re trying to nail down dates and topics to attract a good cross section. Please fill out this 5-minute survey and share the link! www.eol.ucar.edu/Radar-Techno...

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I am so excited to announce that one of the radar meteorology courses that I developed with @comet-meted.bsky.social is now available! "Dual-Polarization Fundamentals" picks up where "Weather Radar Fundamentals" left off! learn.meted.ucar.edu#/online-cour... (Register on learn.meted.ucar.edu first.)

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"Online Course
Dual-Polarization Fundamentals
1h 30m - 2h
Description
Once an experimental type of weather radar, dual-polarized (“dual-pol”) weather radar is now deployed across the United States and many parts of the world. This lesson will introduce the basic principles of dual-pol weather radar. By the end of this lesson, learners will understand physical meanings of several commonly used polarimetric radar variables, including differential reflectivity, correlation coefficient, differential phase, specific differential phase, and linear depolarization ratio. Examples will be presented demonstrating the distinctive polarimetric signatures of different scatterer types, both meteorological and non-meteorological. Note: This lesson has as a prerequisite the prior lesson, Weather Radar Fundamentals. It is strongly recommended that beginning learners complete that lesson before starting this one."

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Jaime Herriott @wxjaime.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Presented my Master’s thesis research today at @ams41radar.bsky.social characterizing ZDR column behavior using X-band radar observations and simulations in potentially tornadic storms. Huge thanks to @tornatrix.bsky.social for all her guidance and contributions along the way. #radarnerd

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