My Christmas gift to you: Updated version of the "Jared Is Miserable"™️ Index. Locations where I was miserable in 2025, including places where you need to "Leave Jared Alone" and also places where I would "NOPE" out.

Folks, here is THE 100% OBJECTIVE, TOTALLY NOT BIASED, TOP FIVE CHRISTMAS MOVIES / TV SPECIALS 5) Muppet Christmas Carol 4) A Very Sunny Christmas 3) Christmas Vacation 2) Elf 1) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) Thank you for your attention to this matter

Here's 2024... I think I found #Helene and #Milton

Areas in the lower 48 (minus OR and WA since there is no Atlas 14 data there) that had 24 hour precipitation summaries exceed both the 1in100 and 1in1000 rainfall extremes in 2025 (so far). #StateOfFlood

Christmas Eve

SPORTS!

After watching both “Original Sin” and “Resurrection” I am now convinced we need a “Dexter Cinematic Universe”

2025 Local Flood and Flash Flooding Reports from @nws.noaa.gov #StateOfFlood

Whether you're a NOAA employee, a young weather enthusiast, or concerned about the future, take a few minutes and listen to this. t.co/p7ZtKhrgXm

Where rivers have flooded in 2025, using data from USGS and @nws.noaa.gov #StateOfFlood

Here's locations in the US that have received a #WhiteChristmas since 1948, using @noaa.gov and @nws.noaa.gov data #snOMG

FOLKS!

The kicking ourselves in the jingle bells for no good reason will continue until morale improves

ok ok fine, they at least made it a LITTLE better. I'm only slightly screaming into the void now.

Rant aside, I'm actually pretty surprised they updated the National Risk Index this year. Here's how the one from March 2023 compares to the one releases this week. Snazzy interactive website too experience.arcgis.com/experience/0...

Didn't wake up this morning thinking FEMA was going to disappoint me once again, but here we are

On the other hell site someone asked if I’m gonna incorporate a game show as I have done at other conferences like @nwas.org. It takes a while to plan and coordinate a game show style to my talk and OMG I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE AND IT IS GOING TO BE “PASSWORD”

This is your annual reminder that if you do not think Die Hard is a Christmas movie, you must also admit that neither is Home Alone

This morning at #AGU25, NCICS’s Laura Stevens presents “State Climate Summaries: Providing Relevant and Reliable State-Level Climate Information,” 9:20–9:30 CST, Room 346-347. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

GOOD

We won't even get through the first few minutes of #AMS2026 before the booing commences.

Something to think about for those attending the @agu.org Fall Meeting this week. It’s nice showcasing your work with like minded people, but try and get out of your ivory tower and communicate your science in a way so others can understand #AGU25

FOLKS!

Today is the first day of climatological Dick Van Dyke Happy 100th birthday to this national treasure!

A bit more advice: be the mentor you wish you’d had, walk the walk (not just talk the talk), ethics is what you do when no one is watching, the awards and pubs are nice but the bright smiles and invites to coffee at conferences are better, have a life outside of work, work is not your family.

Preliminary estimates from @noaa.gov indicate 8-12+ inches of rain fell in Western Washington, which equates to about 1.5-2 months worth of rain in 3 days, especially in Okanogan and Chelan counties. Orange dots are flood reports from @nws.noaa.gov #WAwx

Look these Town Halls can be very high level, saying all the right things, and then not take any action. But he is right, NOAA does seem to be in a very good position, and while shit has been hitting the fan everywhere, there are good opportunities over the next few years.

“Everything in NOAA is touched by OAR, it’s on me to fight that battle”

NESDIS: Nintendo Entertainment System Does "It's a Me!" Satellites I have spoken

"We have all this cool data, but If you have to find some "FTP" server address. No one knows where to get it"

Shoutout to NCEI and NOMADS and NODD! Data is not going anywhere going to continue to be publicly available!

Don't worry, we also don't know all the acronyms within NESDIS....I often forget what NESDIS even means.

Advice for young professionals: Be flexible, be willing to learn, be willing to take risks (even if you fail).

"I came back to NOAA for two reasons 1) opportunity 2) the work you do we are in a pivotal moment, and we are gonna rebuild (tech and morale)"

oops

“it drives me nuts to see NASA logos everywhere”

“There’s a ton of cool stuff we can do with AI”

Cloud We have datasets that are critical to our stakeholders.

Priorities: NWP Weather Radio Space Wx Ocean Mapping Electronic Monitoring Autonomous Systems #1 priority: MORALE

“NOAA weather Radio saved my life”

WAIT THERES AN 18TH FLOOR PUTT PUTT GOLF!?!?

“We are hiring. NWS has direct authority to hire, OMAO too” working on other line offices

“I’m a problem solver. I can’t solve problems unless I hear about them.”

Recognition to AA's, but One is missing

1 minute in and all the audio/video works. Efficient!

Here we go!

Snow Derecho? #snOMG

Floody Northwest, brutal cold this weekend in the Midwest, then a big thaw.