First tanker drop of 2026 in Colorado occurring in February...there truly is not a fire season here anymore #cofire #cowx

CSU’s Christman Field gusted to 90 mph just after noon #cowx

First "extreme" fire weather risk anywhere in Boulder County in over 3 years (4/22/2022). First extreme fire weather outlook anywhere in Colorado in over 20 months (4/6/2024). #COwx

Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for the Boulder and Jeffco foothills tomorrow, via NWS Boulder. Warning text at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph... #cowx

Good work by our senators!

President Trump is delivering on his promise of retribution against Colorado for the state's mail-in ballots and refusal to release his ally Tina Peters from prison. The Trump team says it plans to close America's foremost weather lab: NCAR. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports.

Reposting this great article ahead of a likely PSPS event here in Colorado on Wednesday. Let’s see if Xcel actually made the improvements it said it did. Coloradans are going to have to get used to this. #psps #cowx #wildfire

Wildfires are getting more destructive in the US, especially in conifer forests of the Northwest...10% of exposed buildings were destroyed in 2002–2012, but this percentage more than tripled, to 32% in 2013–2022. Nice work @amandacarlson.bsky.social and co-authors! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

This action also grounds the Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs) in the US. While this is the quiet part of the wildfire season, any long duration of this AD will cause issues for wildland firefighting

Aurora has gotten even better here in Fort Collins #cowx

Aurora from Fort Collins tonight @bianchiweather.bsky.social

A sold-out Wrigley singing “Go Cubs Go” is a glorious thing.

Evolving situation on the #LeeFire as it continues to push east. Evacuations expanded eastward to the south side of Meeker and heat signatures picking up in that same area

So we going to go back to PL4 anytime soon? Seems like things have blown up quick again in CA/CO, with many moderate-sized fires popping up in the PNW. Could really use the MAFFS again + all of the contract resources. New CA start (Rosa Fire) unable to get helos as none available in the state

Red sky at night Wildfires alight Red sky at morning Air quality warning

They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.

More than 14 million acres of public lands in Colorado, including popular mountain biking and hiking areas, could be eligible for sale under Republican budget bill.

Has Lutnick actually visited a WFO? What does he think actually goes on at these (very important) offices?

Love a good DEN thunderstorm, particularly if you get out just before it #cowx

OMG PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG COMEBACK GRAND SLAM www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/05...

The loss of 5 CIMTs will be felt massively if we reach PL4/5 this year. The risk to our communities, forests, public lands, and economy, cannot be understated.

Greensburg 2007 are some of the first EF5 tornado damage photos I remember seeing as a kid. Can only hope they make it through this one ok

Just gonna assume today was a billion dollar weather day.

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New wildfire start near Berthoud, CO showing up on radar #cowx

What isn’t on fire in central OK right now? #okwx #okfire

This seems bad... #okwx #wildfire

Wildfire outbreak already starting in TX panhandle and western OK. #txwx #okwx #wildfire

Climate change continues to be a real threat to the DoD, despite what the SecDef might say. Schriever AFB now under an evac order (or will shelter in place) due to the #MeridianFire outside of Colorado Springs

Embarrassed for my former home state. How she continues to remain in office is beyond me.

Every single individual in the weather enterprise should be utterly furious today.

New: Layoffs underway of probationary employees at @noaa.gov Unclear so far how many were exempted for public safety reasons at the Nat'l Weather Service, NOAA Satellites and other units. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

REUs were how I got my start in research, which led to grad school and my career. Got to mentor an REU student in grad school which was an awesome learning/teaching experience too. Shameful that these are being cancelled by the funding freeze. So many opportunities lost for so many

Good to see my congressman taking advantage of the House recess to meet with local government and constituents to help figure our way out of this mess. More can always be done, but this is good to see

This is the ultimate risk that we’re walking into. For all the people that think there’s a strategic plan here, there clearly isn’t. It’s just slash and burn (metaphorically, and probably literally)

AGU stands with federal scientists. Read more on fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...

Certainly an interesting solution to get Colorado ahead of what California has gotten themselves into. More transparency is good, but insurers won’t like the additional burden

Why is Greenland even a conversation at all? Because of climate change. The Arctic has been a natural deterrent between the US and Russia. What about the Panama Canal not having capacity due to drought? If they truly cared about deterrence and winning wars, they would care about climate change

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Time to rebrand everything as “extreme weather”

This is not only dumb, but extremely dangerous. International coordination is essential

NOAA's environmental justice page and DEI strategy plan have both been removed #NOAA

For the insurance/wildfire/adaption network: what’s the ROI of insurance-funded wildfire structure protection, and is it actually helpful or does it hinder traditional fire management? I can’t imagine it would have made much/any difference in structure protection of the CA fires given rate of spread

This is insane and makes no sense

Know there was a good chunk of IRA funding for NOAA, but how wide ranging is the shut down there? Seems like they’re trying to touch more than what was just funded through that bill

And the funding freeze just caught my next project. 18 months of work down the drain

So…what hasn’t been broken yet? Dear god. Kinda shocked NWS is still in business at the rate they’re going