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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

That white peg amidst the tree is all that remains of my weather station. 😅 RIP AWS

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Well that was interesting. 90mph wind gusts in Norman. I have a 40 foot cottonwoods down in my yard. It took out our fence and, ironically, my weather station. It also somehow blew out the pilot light in our gas fireplace. I’ve never been spooked by wind. That one freaked me out.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic film! Anyone with even a small interest in weather should see it. Anyone with no interest in weather should see it. I think meteorologists in particular will have a deep appreciation for this film and the true story it depicts.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A movie about one of the most consequential weather forecasts in history? I am sat. Waiting for the movie to start! I’ll update with my thoughts after.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Do I know anyone here who is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist?

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I’ve seen chatter about SPC’s forecast not being good yesterday in Oklahoma because there wasn’t a CIG2. Reminder that CIG1 doesn’t mean there won’t be tornadoes greater than EF2. Each CIG bin has a target distribution for each EF intensity. Each CIG bin also has target parameter values. (1/2)

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This pretty much sums up the past 5 overnight outlook shifts (issuing outlooks for days 2-7). 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Forecasts aren’t always satisfying. We can’t always perfectly anticipate what’s going to occur. Sometimes environments are conditional - if it happens, it could be intense/impactful - but we aren’t sure the storm will develop. Welcome to the severe risk for parts of the Plains the next several days.

Severe weather outlooks Friday through 4/10 thru 4/17. Slight risk (level 1 of 5) forecast Saturday thru Wednesday for portions of the Plains into the Upper Midwest.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Going to escape from the world for a few hours this evening with Bad Omens, Beartooth, and PRESIDENT. 🖤🤘🏼

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Updated graphic with latest outlook and timing information.

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Oklahoma Mesonet @mesonet.org · 15/03/2026

Never a good sign when a weather map turns purple! Widespread winds of 50-65 mph being reported through 1pm, with a few stronger local gusts! #okwx #okmesonet

Graphic titled “Purple Wind, Purple Wind,” referencing Prince, with a photo of the musician in the upper left. A map of Oklahoma shows 24-hour maximum wind gusts from the Mesonet as of 1:00 PM CDT March 15, 2026. Most of western, central, and northern Oklahoma are shaded purple, indicating very strong gusts generally around 50–65 mph, with several sites in southwest and central Oklahoma reaching the mid-60s and one near 67 mph. Eastern Oklahoma shows lower gusts, shaded red to orange, generally around 25–45 mph. A color bar indicates wind speeds from 0 to 45+ mph, with purple representing the strongest values.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Latest outlook and timing information from SPC for severe storms today and tomorrow.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Conversation with my husband when I asked him to vacuum the storm shelter: J: Do you really think we’ll need it? Me: Well it’s not zero. J: Ok but do you think we’ll have a tornado here? How likely is it? Me: Well it’s low. It’s always technically low at any given location because it’s a very…

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Removing my meteorologist hat for a moment to absolutely freak out with the rest of the ACOTAR fandom. It’s finally happening!! ✨Cauldron blessed✨ See you beyond the wall in Prythian this October and again in January!!!

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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 04/03/2026

GWC is proud to announce our partnership with the American Weather Enterprise Association (AWEA) because weather impacts literally everyone -- and it's time for an organization to advocate for the weather enterprise in a sustained, unified way. More info in thread ⬇️

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A new era for SPC Outlooks & severe storms forecasting begins today! If you haven’t seen the new outlook (severe & fire weather) graphics yet, check out the SPC website. www.spc.noaa.gov Increasing severe risk in the coming days will give a first live look at the new conditional intensity levels.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Spring storm season has arrived in the Plains very active pattern expected this week.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

If you thought Oklahoma felt particularly warm this winter (especially February), you’d be correct.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Here’s our short explainer video for conditional intensity outlooks!!

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

SPC Conditional Intensity teaser video dropped on YouTube. We’ll have another explainer video (around 3 min length) coming soon! Outlook changes coming March 3rd. youtube.com/shorts/uWzMP...

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Storm Prediction Center Conditional Intensity Teaser

YouTube video by Storm Prediction Center

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Happy National Weatherperson’s Day!

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Thank you to Jen and Raychel, with @girlswhochase.com and Tornado Titans for allowing me to talk about the upcoming SPC outlook changes. If you missed the live, you can view the discussion here. www.youtube.com/live/G0Nml1L...

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GWC live: Discussing changes to SPC outlooks with SPC Forecaster Elizabeth Leitman

YouTube video by Girls Who Chase Storms

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Don’t forget! I’ll be joining @girlswhochase.com LIVE on YouTube tonight at 6pm CT. Tune in to learn about changes coming this spring to the SPC severe storms outlooks.

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Girls Who Chase @girlswhochase.com · 01/02/2026

GWC LIVES ARE BACK! 🥳 We're looking forward to having SPC Forecaster Elizabeth Leitman with us to talk through some exciting changes to the SPC severe weather outlooks and answer your questions, LIVE -- on our YouTube or Facebook channels! We'll see you at 6pm CT on Tuesday Feb 3!

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Many of you have now seen the announced changes coming to SPC severe weather outlooks. I’ll be going live Tuesday evening with @girlswhochase.com to talk more about the new intensity format. Tune-in to the YouTube or Facebook channels Tuesday at 6pm CT!

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

🧵: My 8 yo daughter joined Girl Scouts this year and it’s officially cookie season! If anyone is looking for cookies, you can order via the QR code or going to her webpage. She spent all morning making this flyer in Canva and asked me to share it with “your weather friends online”. (1/2)

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🗣️NEW: In collaboration with our SPC/CIWRO research scientists, the new Severe Hazards Data Viewer is available: spc.noaa.gov/climo/datavi.... On this webpage you can view a 30-yr record for severe storms, wildfires, and lightning in the dynamic and customizable data display.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🧵SPC will be introducing new information in Convective Outlooks starting in early March. The following thread will offer some basic information regarding these changes. The TL;DR: outlook categories are not changing! But there will be more info for peak hazard intensity.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If you still have an X account, more info is now on the NWSSPC page there. Facebook will be updated later when I’m done doing Day 2-3 outlooks. 😅

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Hey weather fam! Keep an eye on SPC socials tomorrow for more information on our conditional intensity roll-out on convective outlooks beginning in March. Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing lots of info on this new addition to the outlooks, so stay tuned and have patience. It’s good stuff.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Best guess for snowfall is 7” on a flat, non-drifted surface. We had drifts to 15” though. Very powdery snow. My 8 year old was an excellent helper for taking measurements!

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth, TX is looking for student volunteers this summer. This is a great experience if you are interested in a career with the NWS or more broadly within operational meteorology, research-to-operations, and related fields.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Just bought some flair for my work bag.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Find yourself a friend like @jenwalton.bsky.social, who buys you a matching SPC 5% tornado (avocado) onesie. 😂🥑🌪️ When are you coming to visit so we can get a picture together, Jen? 💀 (yes, I’m holding a pet tornado)

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Since SPC isn’t on BlueSky yet, I’ll share these fun “Wrapped”-style graphics here. Here’s a look back at SPC product issuances in 2025. Stay tuned for a more thorough review of the severe storm season coming in the new year.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

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AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

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James Franklin @franklinjamesl.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

NCAR’s Vin Lally (1922-2005, under the balloon) was a pioneer in the field of atmospheric measurements, and a generous mentor to me when I was a green NOAA lad learning about dropwindsondes. Few were more important to my career development than Vin. Thank you, Vin, and thank you NCAR.

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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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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I’m reading a book and this quote had me absolutely cackling. Anyone in academia or who has ever done research/presented their work understands. 😆

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Our administrative staff decorated the office and made everyone ornaments. It’s so festive and just a total mood booster after a rough year. I was so excited that my ornament had a tornado on it!

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Thinking about never returning to Norman. 🏝️☀️

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

One of the best nights ever! 😍🚀✨

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

First Blackstone meal success! Fajitas for the win.

Beef, chicken, and bell peppers with onions cooking on a Blackstone griddle.

Beef and chicken fajitas with bell peppers and onions on a serving tray.

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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I’m seasoning my new Blackstone on this cold, and very windy afternoon. All the weather nerd in my can think about as I watch the oil burn off is fire weather. 😂🔥🌬️

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within #Melissa’s eyewall earlier today — when the simulation matches reality. Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.

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