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Earth would be an incredible place if it weren’t for all the people

Pretty nice weather for Mother’s Day this afternoon, but another night of frost and freeze conditions is ahead of us. Warmer weather is on the way, so you’ll be able to start planting your seedlings and sensitive plants soon!

Not a trip through Milwaukee without a stop at the Recombobulation Area.

1. I’m sick of LinkedIn pushing so many AI posts from people I don’t follow and don’t care to follow. 2. Take a guess of where the 84% of people who haven’t used AI are from.

Not 5 minutes after I put my oriole feeder out did an oriole appear and start eating.

Are we issuing too many tornado emergencies?

What do you mean we can’t just rake out the overgrowth and downed trees?

Earth would be an incredible place if it weren’t for all the people

What loess does to soil temperature. Daily soil temps over two winters and a summer at two Wisconsin Mesonet stations on outwash plains. At Hancock it's sand to the surface, but the Antigo outwash plain has ~50-100 cm of loess over sand and gravel. Without the loess *and the moisture it holds*...

Do you want to join an incredible mesonet team? You’ve got until tomorrow night to get your application in! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/wiscone...

I used to be an NBA fan, Detroit Pistons in particular. But basically allowing the superstars to run the league, to set up superteams, to only care about offense and not defense, to ignore traveling, and let the Association get to the style of play it’s in, has made me stop enjoying it.

Me, an almost 40-year-old watching WarGames when this line is read.

My flood insurance kicked in last Sunday.

Urgent care kits with prescription antibiotics and other medicines are a terrible idea. All you’re going to do is increase the amount of antibiotic resistance.

All it would take is $24 billion to create prototype vaccines for all the virus families that could cause illness. qz.com/vaccine-prot...

Good morning, we are experiencing some interruptions with the API query that feeds our maps, so they may temporarily show “N/A”. We are receiving data from our stations and you can see the data from your favorite station on its home page: wisconet.wisc.edu/stations/sta...

It’s looking rather biological outside.

Hey, look, something no one wanted.

We're proud of our support for @wisconet.bsky.social, @uwmadison.bsky.social's statewide network of hyper-local weather stations that gives Wisconsin farmers a powerful tool to reduce costs and improve yields.

We’ve got another frosty night ahead, so bring in sensitive plants and seedlings. We’ll be turning the corner on cold lows soon, so hold on just a little longer and you’ll be able to get out into the garden.

New hires to NWS will take months to get fully up to speed and certified for balloon launches, issuing warnings, etc. Additionally, we lost a lot of institutional knowledge with the layoffs and retirements. We’re entering the heart of severe weather season and hurricanes are around the corner.

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If it destroyed all the grids and electronics, that would be bad in some respect. But it also might be really good in other respects. For people who have no idea how to be sufficient without electricity, that's devastating for them. For others, it's probably something to celebrate.

Commencement weekend is upon us and we're excited for our student field technician Molly, who is graduating and heading off to grad school! The weather should be pretty good, with temperatures in the 60s and a low chance of rain. Latest forecast: wisconet.wisc.edu/tools/outdoo...

I get a lot of career advice questions that could be slightly rephrased as “How do I do what you do, but only the fun parts, while also working less hard and getting paid a lot more?” My dude, if I knew that I’d be doing that instead.

Nice piece from Frank. I talked to him about the technology of radiosondes and other weather sensing platforms, the staffing shortages, and other topics surrounding this (a lot of the background he provides came from our conversation). Great commentary from @wxmanms1.bsky.social as always.

Hopefully the hummingbirds like their food chilled! It’s a frosty start to Wednesday, with much of the state dipping below freezing overnight. Things are already starting to warm up, and the southern half of the state should get into the 50s this afternoon.

This is not confusing at all. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Be sure to protect those sensitive plants tonight as we'll once again see frosty and freezing conditions statewide. We're getting closer to the time when we won't have to worry about it, but if you have seedlings or fresh annuals that you don't want to lose - bring them in!

I think my favorite feature of the new @wisconet.bsky.social almanac page is the departure from normal calendar.

It's here! It's here! Check out the NEW Wisconet Almanac pages! Lots of great new data providing context to the measurements we collect every day. wisconet.wisc.edu/stations/alm...

Hey @neorsd.org I’m coming your way this weekend. What’s the skinny on good places to eat in Cleveland and how many packs of flushable wipes should I bring you guys?

Like doing it yourself!

“You would hope that German officials would support scientists’ advice, but they have ignored it,” says one marine biologist who asked not to be identified because they feared repercussions. Must-read story by @martinenserink.bsky.social in @science.org. Feels like an encapsulation of our times 🧪

“The most resource-intensive technology ever built is being used in large part to generate content nobody asked for, read by nobody, saved by nobody, remembered by nobody. An air-conditioned graveyard of text.” substack.com/@samillingwo...

Using the threshold from my “One Strike, You’re Out” paper, lightning was occurring within 8 miles of Comerica Park 7:29 - 8:22 pm. According to my ESPN app, the game wasn’t delayed until around 8:16 pm. 47 minutes with lightning at an unsafe distance before a delay! Insanity!

“They’re a cool animal. I just don’t agree with why they’re doing.” They’re being that cool animal. I get the feeling some people won’t be happy until there is no such thing as nature in the U.S. anymore. Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...

Who’s surprised I’m not

There is nothing more painful than being a Detroit sports fan.

Dad, where are we staying on vacation? The Roach Snotel.

So, while it doesn't look like @agu.org is recommending that students use LLM to learn about geoscience, they're encouraging teachers to use LLM to teach their students about geoscience. This dumbs down lesson planning and probably results in lower quality lessons.

You won't believe it, but I just heard that the hail isn't where it should be this year.

Ordovician Park

Whether you're blasting womp rats in your T-16 or using an elegant weapon for a more civilized age, be careful with anything that could cause a spark! Warm, dry, and windy conditions today will lead to elevated fire danger for most of Wisconsin. Low chance of thunderstorms this afternoon.

Believe it or not, Gary is improved after this.

In-n-Out has always had a special menu: www.in-n-out.com/menu/not-so-...