The center of high pressure in the Southeast United States is revealed by dotted cumulus clouds in a circular pattern. Areas of high pressure often dominate the broad atmospheric circulation in which clouds flow within. (2/3)

🚨 Recruiting Two PhD/MS Students 🚨 I am looking to bring on at least two GRAs (M.S. or Ph.D. Level) beginning Spring or Fall 2026 to join our CHAOS research group. Research projects will be related to artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for extreme temperatures and rainfall

Here’s a look at six new measures lawmakers just passed — and what these bills will do if Abbott signs them into law.

NWS is hiring! Lead Meteorologist (Job Series - 1340) openings are now on USAJobs.gov. Use your science, technical, and communication skills to lead shifts, issue critical forecasts and warnings, and help protect lives and property. Apply today!

🎊We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Award and Honors Recipients! Thank you to our members and friends for nominating these exceptional individuals and organizations making a difference in the weather, water, and climate fields. Meet the recipients here: https://bit.ly/4lHUgaZ

🚨 The @nws.noaa.gov is hiring #Meteorologists! 🚨 A total of 40 entry-level #Meteorologist positions are now open across multiple Weather Forecast Offices nationwide, closing #September 8th. Link: www.usajobs.gov/Search/Resul... #Hiring #Meteorology #STEM #FederalJobs

Here’s a first-of-its-kind vertical cross-section analysis of the eyewall of Category 5 Hurricane Erin, captured by AgileRadar’s ROARS radar system installed on NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters P-3 aircraft.

Yeah, my database shows this as a record for most-delayed LSR...

It’s been 42 years — August 18, 1983 — since Hurricane Alicia made landfall in Southeast TX. Galveston WSR-57 radar loop from HRD and NWS HGX.

The @ametsoc.org will be hosting a webinar about @nws.noaa.gov hiring, and the changes in the overall process on #August 20th at 12 PM EDT. Please consider registering if you are interested in upcoming or ongoing announcements. #Meteorology #Hydrology #ElectronicsTechnician #PhysicalScientist

So...uhh that is an impressive heat index: METAR OIKQ 280700Z 09010KT 7000 NSC 38/33 Q0997 NOSIG This is the part of the world where values like this can occur. Lots of interesting things going on in the trace leading up to it. Clear sensitivities to wind direction and mixing.

🚨🚨 I've independently confirmed with @NOAA that they received a late-breaking notice from @DeptofDefense that SSMIS data will continue to flow for the remainder of the lifespan of the satellites. I will be updating my reporting shortly. Here is the official NOAA statement 👇

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The first set of vacancy announcements for the @nws.noaa.gov since the exception was granted are now out for the #ElectronicsTechnician positions (0856 series), with announcements open through #August 8th. More announcements are expected in the weeks ahead. #hiring www.usajobs.gov/Search/Resul...

The @nws.noaa.gov account will begin posting here on Monday. www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

Here is the aerial images of Camp Mystic, TX, using data from MAXAR and @noaa.gov storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/2025_... #TXwx #StateOfTheFlood

As a journalist and emerging public historian, I spent much of the past week reading through transcripts of oral histories made and collected by residents of Kerr County, Texas – where flash floods killed more than 100 people this month. There’s one recording that stood out to me. 🧵

‼️ Concern continues to grow for dangerous & life-threatening flash flooding in the same areas hit by last weekend's devastating floods, with localized rain totals >10-12" possible. WPC Discussion: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/metwatch/met... (Read the quoted posts for how the forecast evolved today)

Well I was today years old when I discovered that “Texas Flood” was not originally recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan but by Larry Davis in 1958. youtu.be/lPs6Hv3nzLw

Chart below 👇

According Dr. Robert Atlas, the elimination of NOAA's AOML as proposed in their 2026 budget would result in a 20-40% decrease in hurricane forecast accuracy, costing the economy an estimated $10 billion each hurricane season. Sobering numbers on what's at stake.

Interview I did with @npr.org Here and Now on emergency warning system as related to the recent floods in Texas. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

July 8th, 2025 1516 UTC special sounding launched as part of a youth camp on Texas A&M's College Station, TX campus. Mixed layer parcel path is plotted.

I remain struck by the event similarities to the conceptual model of @rschumacher.cloud's PhD work. Nam-3km cross-sections as it picked up on the event show the mesoscale setup well. Unfortunately end result was a catastrophic flash-flood with significant loss of life. 😞 bsky.app/profile/rsch...

It's been a bit since I've done a meteorological deep dive, but the devastating flash #flood in central Texas this July 4th/5th deserve a closer look. #TXwx Yes remnants of #Barry were involved helping enhance moisture. A remnant MCV from Mexico on 3 July also played a role. Full evolution below ⤵️

Meanwhile, here are the weather balloon launches from this morning. The red dots indicate locations that missed the launch today owing to short staffing. The blue dots indicate long-term outages.

The WCM is also a position designated by law in the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-25).

What Matt said. For example, if the rainfall west of Round Rock last night had been about 10-15 miles farther E or SE, it would have been a multi- billion dollar disaster with numerous casualties.

Had a great chat with Molly today. Wired has been doing great work.

I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

Mine too! But I get it honestly 😀

This is really instructive and indicative of one of the flash flooding archetypes in Texas. Deep tropical moisture from either remnant storms or even coming from the Pacific.

"NWS issued a flash flood warning at 1:14 a.m. Friday for a portion of Kerr County – where the majority of flood-related deaths have been reported. But it would be at least four hours before any county or city government entity posted directions..." bsky.app/profile/news...

NEW: in the wake of devastating floods in tx, some officials say NWS forecasts weren't sufficient enough to warn them, while others are warning that DOGE cuts may have made predictions less accurate. meteorologists told me: NWS did a solid job with the forecasts around this storm

The last mile is the mile we have to walk together. Its the hardest thing to maintain imo. Extremes arent everyday so it takes effort and commitment and trust

Flood Watch issued yesterday at 1:18 pm. WPC had mesoscale discussions throughout the event. NWS issues Flash Flood Warning at 1:14 am. NWS issues Flash Flood Emergency at 4:03 am. NWS was on the ball. The challenge is always getting the warning the last mile and getting people to respond.

Texas officials now are busy trying to blame the National Weather Service. Beyond that misguided reaction, a few important points - a quick 🧵

Over 7 inches in the last two hours west of Round Rock...

The flow on the Guadalupe River at Hunt, TX went from 8 cubic feet per second at 1:10 am to 120,000 cubic feet per second at 4:35 am, essentially moving from nearly dry riverbed to huge raging floodwave in ~3 hours. Almost unimaginable to me. balancedweather.substack.com/p/catastroph...

There's so many campgrounds near the river in the Kerrville area and it's a holiday. There are details here that genuinely scare me as to what the news might find.

>1000-year 6-hour rainfall amounts From schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/precip_monit...

An explosion rocked a fireworks warehouse yesterday in Northern California, producing several blazes like the Oakdale Fire.

For no particular reason, thinking about some of the major aspects of NHC operations that came out of the NOAA/OAR research labs and the Cooperative Institutes. I've probably missed some key ones, but the first ones that come to mind are...

NOAA can't exactly propose a budget outside of the current budget request (from OMB). So yeah, it was going to look ugly.

#peerpressure To good friends, networking, and great local beer! We did it!

Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

#ShowYourStripes is just THREE days away! You can download your city & state’s warming stripes from @climatecentral.org here ➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❗Want a skyline silhouette version for your city? Drop your request in the comments—if stripes are available, I’ll make one for you!

One measure of how active the convective season has been in the US is the number of overlapping tornado and flash flood (TORFF) warnings. Already close to the full-year average, and behind only 2011 & 2008 to date. More at: schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/TORF... @eniels13.bsky.social

Atlantic #HurricaneSeason begins today, June 1. Since records began, the continental U.S. has experienced four Category 5 hurricane landfalls, and ALL four of them were only tropical storms just three days prior! Rapid intensification is terrifying when it occurs right before landfall.