Thumbing through my Facebook feed yielded a lot of disappointment. Many (many!) TV meteorologists have given up. Many are now posting eight-day out wind chill maps with specific temperatures at specific times citing an Arctic Blast like they have actual skill at forecasting those values.

When will the heat dome hit my house?

When @morganabigail.bsky.social describes her soup by "pounds" it makes me chuckle...

It is impossible to keep up with the amount of misinformation being distributed right now. Like I know we live in a "post truth" era, but like, my goodness it is exhausting.

Partial *Horse bleep* here. There is a new system. The "new system" being "upgraded" is simply asking a ton of experienced meteorologists to quit or retire. And replacing them with raw, unchecked, model guidance while cutting funding to the teams developing better weather model guidance.

"record breaking lead times" is a made up statistic.

Given unfortunate topical relevance to numerous recent events, I'm sharing an excerpt from our 2025 review paper on "hydroclimate whiplash" that summarizes the body of research pointing to preferential intensification of the *very most extreme* rain events in a warming climate.

"Hey Sean, why didn't you go to Boise last week?"

Looks awesome!

worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news. We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.

"Second Alert Hurricane" is at it again...

This is a joke, right? Are we in an alternate reality now?! We are NOT fully staffed. Not even close. We're struggling to stay afloat. This angers me to no end. We are breaking our backs to stay afloat and are so incredibly burnt out. <screams internally>

Even if he was joking, the fact that the staff is unsure really tells you all you need to know...

VAGASKY MARKETING NAMES NICKELBLOCK FORECASTING BEST LOCAL TORNADO PREDICTION SERVICE. NICKELBLOCK FORECASTING FIRST METEOROLOGISTS TO SAY ALL TORNADOES ARE DANGEROUS.

I don't know how to phrase this perfectly but... An increasingly large percentage of the population has moved to "vibes" as a metric of truth. And that idea is being reinforced by a feedback loop of seeing others in prominent places in society, very visibly, doing the same.

Me: *sips Starbucks chai* London'er: Starbucks? ... So American (a good faith, joke) Me: Yeah, so. Where do you go? London'er: *points*

Not enough people remember McCarthyism.

Waking up in London, with my Beavers in the Sixth.

Happy May the Fourth day to those who celebrate...

They don't like scientists because we strive to explain the world as it is rather than the world as they'd rather see (or create) it.

I'm seriously considering going vegan and buying my own farm.

As certain "Supporters" realize they've made a mistake in supporting their chosen person... Don't take this chance to "dunk" on them. Resist the urge. Thank them for recognizing their error and help them avoid another error in the future.

Admittedly not as "pretty" as other people's maps... But a start!

I'm always blown away by people who think a less diverse staff is somehow better. Where else in everyday life is uniformity better than diversity at hitting a goal? Imagine a football team with all left guards. Or a fisherman with a tackle box of the same lure. Or a diet of just broccoli.

"Greatness" has lots of definitions. (And agree Abbott was remarkable)

Twitter used to be such a great place. And it's turned into a bot-filled, way less creative, and way more racist version of Tumblr.

Reminder: there is a history of throwing out a dumb wild story to cover up another, lesser dumb but more nefarious, wild story

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

Posting for no particular reason. youtu.be/Keu8J9WgvzQ?...

Strip sack...

This game is as one-sided as a flood.

The problem with the "so I guess the refs aren't for KC after all" take is the mountain of evidence supporting the "refs are letting KC get away with everything and are calling phantom penalties against the other teams" take.

having samuel l jackson narrate your "am i gonna call drake a pedo" visual journey at the #superbowl, and then doing it, is levels of hater heretofore uncharted. 10/10.

Having your biggest hater call you a pedophile at the Super Bowl halftime show has got to be pretty depressing.

That “HE GETS US” ad is funded by an extreme right wing org. Using Johnny Cash’s cover of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” - a scathing critique of right-wing televangelists preying on the unwary - is a spectacular self-own.

Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize

I love data like this as a scientist and weather nerd. But I'm certain people are going to follow-up with Matt, asking, "what does that mean?! Bad Hurricane Season? We had a tropical storm in Houston in 1960! Your thoughts???"

Finally -- FINALLY -- got my Raspberry Pi Zero and innomaker DAC to auto shuffle and then play all my music files when the Pi is powered up. Going to put this is my Jeep as a "CD Changer" on my 2001 MiniDisc stereo

I have so much unknown music from my time in college radio. Even using the Google "search for a song" function doesn't return results for me. So, files like 87137.wav will remain unknown. Forever.

As AI/ML continues to allow companies to consolidate tasks... Please know that you are no longer competing against other humans. You are competing against a "good enough" replacement by AI/ML.

Every scientist has an obligation to translate their science to the public. — Nancy Rabalais

Math checks out....

Turns out these clusters can be useful.... Cool!

If some says to you, "Why you asking all them questions?" And you say, "Making statements. Assuming." I can be friends with both of you.

Using the Canadian model for surface-based precipitation-type forecasts is like using a hammer to screw in a light bulb.

@bsky.app I don't know who opened the floodgates, but the bots are running wild, lately.

For those worried about a bit Texas snowstorm... Here is a quick look at DFW. Evidence supports two clusters of 5 total members pulling the ensemble mean toward more snow. Not to say these outliers ar def wrong. But the three meaningful clusters show 1" to 4" of snow depth.

The Lions better win it all this year, because they're likely to lose both coordinators, a few players to free agency, and a bunch of behind the scenes folks. The job the staff has done to keep them where they are this year is near perfect. And teams love to poach talent from those places.

I just googled "triple charm" since they sang the national anthem to commemorate the lives lost in New Orleans recently. They are tiktokers. That's where we are.