Gone are the days of waking up early to run before a conference talk, staying out until midnight with FOMO after the last talk. Glad for conferences that fill my science cup, but also glad to be going home to a squishy baby who thinks mom is an android in the baby monitor waking her up.

Texas Tech Geosciences is hiring two open-rank Atmospheric Science faculty positions in Precipitation Hazards, and in Data Science; part of an interdisciplinary, multi-year Atmospheric Hazards Strategic Hire. See the details for the Precipitation and Data Science positions and join us in fall 2026!

Candy review: nerd gummy clusters are good on a long run, but they're so small you have to eat a LOT to replace 'normal' running fuel and that's almost not worth the hassle. Do they make large nerd gummy clusters that hit somewhere between the halloween size and a rope?

For the first time in all of my 18 years living out of my parents' house, I will have a sibling live within 15 minutes of my house (!!!).

My brother came to the sibling wedding this last weekend with a full mullet and i've never been more proud of how committed he was to the bit. His whole outfit was the mullet theme: pearl snap western shirt, almost bolo tie, just chef's kiss.

Hi All - We are convening a session at AGU this December, please share with your groups and consider submitting to our session! @ltgbug.bsky.social #lightning #AGU2025

2025 Will be a marathon year - Daniel and I both signed up with the same time goal 😂

I didn't realize how canon it was to email your professor as soon as grades are submitted to ask for extra credit.

not saying anyone should, but I bet you could convince Trump to re-open Alcatraz in under 20 minutes

After a weirdly hostile meeting (weird because I thought that was like...unprofessional and didn't happen these days), my students made my day with their weather observation assignment on yesterday's landspout and lightning. They're finally seeing all the things we talk about in class.

Today I share my 5-year PhD Defense-aversary with my child's 1st birthday. She did try to steal my thunder, but there's enough lightning puns to go around.

I'm feeling especially nostalgic this time of year - one year ago we were driving to the eclipse and was about to eject our 3rd family member.

While I can't shop for a house based solely on holes in our slow antenna network, I can and did ask for upgraded grounding in the repair amendment. I'd like to think our realtor passed on the fact that I work in lightning physics, but in reality the seller likely wanted to give a quick yes.

We love to hate it.

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

tom hanks is short for thomas the hank engine

Just WOW! Full gamut of sky Optics this morning! It's coooold! #Manitoba #shareYourWeather

“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.” Is equivalent to asking “Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.” www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

Remember - EGU's abstract deadline is getting close!

!!Only 9 more days to submit an abstract to @eurogeosciences.bsky.social annual meeting!! Check out our session on Atmospheric Electricity, Thunderstorms, Lightning and their effects: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

Because I'm ultimately somewhat of a cheap person, this weekend I edged, tuned, and waxed 3 pairs of skis and snowboard. I did not have clamps.

Week before AGU and you have data to processes? My computer fan: hold my beer.

I've made every visiting sibling watch Twisters. You want to hold a baby? Great, we're watching Twisters. Already seen it? Great, we're watching Twister.

Truth #MedSky

Experimental Astrophysics xkcd.com/3000

Sky Alarm xkcd.com/2979

Beam of Light xkcd.com/2959

As a meteorologist, let me tell you that you have no idea how much you rely on NOAA. Both daily and disaster prediction services in America are gold standard and nowhere else comes modestly close.

Our session at the AGU Annual Meeting is live: Advancements in Lightning Meteorology with: @ltgbug.bsky.social , Tim Lang, and Sarah Bang

Everytime I have a meeting with my optical modeling counterpart it's like being in a PhD quals Q&A but slightly more positive. But only slightly because then I also spend the next two weeks trying to implement what we talked about my notes are just "slab...3Dcloud, voxel texture..." what.

Monster energy drinks are a beverage of choice just as often during maternity leave as during field campaigns. Which, family leave is a form of field work.

Ice Core xkcd.com/2902

Goodhart’s Law xkcd.com/2899

Skiing never gets old.

I took 10 involuntary weeks off espresso drinks and it is just so good to be back.

Earth Layers xkcd.com/2840