I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Katrina 20 years later - my only saved picture from the event was of the great Max Mayfield and Billy Wagner looking serious/concerned, with me working radar (left) at landfall (thinking it would be close to a disaster but hopeful). Later that morning we found out it wasn’t close at all 😢

Breathtaking video from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the stadium effect inside the eye of Hurricane Erin from last night’s pass These observations are crucial for improving forecasts and keeping people safe

Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin. Simply incredible.

Just an incredible explosive RI event with #Erin overnight. The pressure has fallen roughly 75 mb in 24 hours and has gone from a TS to category 4 during that time . 💣

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

I sought comment from NOAA and the Department of Defense on this and received this reply today from NOAA's spokesperson. They suggest we use the surviving ATMS microwave that degrades significantly at the edges. You can see how much worse off we'd be with Erick last week if we only had ATMS.

A comparison of what we see from geostationary infrared imagery vs. what we get when passive microwave imagery like what SSMIS provides is available. This is Hurricane Otis in 2023 as it was gearing up for extremely rapid intensification prior to impacting Acapulco as a category 5 storm.

I did a handful of interviews yesterday on the imminent shutdown of SSMIS data flow and the expected consequences for hurricane forecasting at NHC. I've tried to collect and polish up my thoughts on the topic, attached...

Not going to lie, I cried a bit when I got the email that SSMIS was being discontinued. I developed D-MINT with a toddler in tow, showing her pretty pictures of hurricanes so she knew what Mommy did while she's playing with friends at school. This one hurts.

Please enjoy this ridiculously cute butterfly, which was about the size of my pinkie fingernail. It's in the butterfly family called metalmarks (Riodinidae). Males, like these, have reduced front legs and perch using only the rear 4 (females can use all 6). Sarota acantus; Costa Rica 🐙🌿 #insects

This is a seismic gut punch to the weather enterprise. It is impossible to overstate how important @unidata.bsky.social is in implementing many datasets/libraries (LDM, netCDF, THREDDS, metPy) we currently use in meteorological research & operations. www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...

A 40 second video I took on my iPhone of a large dusty tornado near Rudolph Iowa. I didn’t think iPhones could really help night mode on normal video but this took the cake. #tornado

Story and interview on Miami's Channel 10 this afternoon on the NOAA cuts... www.local10.com/news/local/2...

Thanks to @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social and SFChronicle for sharing the full NOAA FY26 budget passback. After a detailed reading, think it is important for people to really understand just what massive changes are planned for US weather forecasting and research. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

120 light years from Earth, there's a planet that may be covered in a living ocean. Here's my story on a tantalizing hint of life beyond the Solar System. Gift link: nyti.ms/3GbrEaZ 🧪

Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts. Gift link: nyti.ms/42MeGJD

The economic value of hurricane forecasts www.nber.org/papers/w3254...

This just in from the Memphis National Weather Service Forecast Office. They have a "...tremendous backlog of storm reports that still need to be posted." Full statement is below with alt text. #arwx #mowx #mswx #tnwx

New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):

Conan is great at the Oscars - a welcome distraction from the world 👏

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

As the weather community experiences tremendous challenges, I couldn't chose a better cause to promote. Please consider showing your support for Andy Hazelton as he and his family explore next steps following federal employment layoffs this week. gofund.me/8020498c

RIP to a Queen - thanks for so many years of great music 🪦

After a cool January- #Miami has had its warmest start to February on record, with little cool air forecast to be on the way. Guess we are paying for the nice temperatures!

Agree. This shall pass. I’m old enough to remember the 90s and the threat of cuts across the weather service. Keep working hard and opportunities will come! 👏

I have been remiss lately in updating my Starter Pack, but I just added @hurricane-herndon.bsky.social... go ahead and give him a follow! (And I'm sure I have missed other newcomers to Bluesky, please let me know!) go.bsky.app/88mXQKD

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

On track for the coldest January in Miami since 2010! What a pleasant surprise given what usually happens around here in La Niña winters 👏

Incredible day - blizzard warning and winds gusting to 56 mph on Galveston with snow. One for the record books!!!

With a low of 49 today, #Miami has snapped its longest streak on record of low temperatures of 50 or above- almost two full years. I’m sure the cold weather lovers approve 😉 @bmcnoldy.bsky.social @pppapin.bsky.social

Thankful that we very likely won’t have any November H surprises in #Miami - this song has been running in my head 😊 #Sara youtu.be/dYEpFJhuu1E?...

Time to see what Blue Sky is all about! Ready for a change - suggestions, ideas etc are appreciated on how to maximize the utility. Thanks!