They make finding tornadoes so easy these days. When I was a young chaser you had no idea which gate the tornado would be at.

As expected, the Red Flag Warning on Friday has been given the Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) distinction by the National Weather Service for EXTREME FIRE DANGER in/near the Boulder and Jefferson County Foothills. Do not sleep on the fire risk Friday 5AM-Midnight! #COWX

Blowy at Breck!

The @nws.noaa.gov ventures into AI weather models, with data now available for those who wish to utilize and/or assess. Others are being explored (h/t @clarkevanswx.bsky.social) as well!

Not bad from using an iPhone in the suburbs. Barely visible glow with the naked eye though.

The Enderlin, ND tornado from 6/20/25 has been upgraded to EF5.

Not too shabby in the central Colorado mountains today.

There are a lot of NWS positions now posted on USAJobs. Come work with us! I guarantee you'll have a tough time finding public servants more passionate about the work they do. www.usajobs.gov/search/resul...

Air quality really varies across the Denver area this evening as some smoke trapped in the foothills escaped downhill into Boulder/Louisville, while very clean air persists over downtown Denver.

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!

NWS is hiring! Are you interested in working for an agency that uses science and technology to protect lives and property? Additional mission-critical positions just posted on usajobs.gov, including Meteorologist (1340) openings. Many are great opportunities for first-time hires. More coming soon!

Info for Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Nevada 👇 "Dry thunderstorms will be the primary fire weather concern for today across the northeastern Great Basin, though warm, dry, and windy conditions will likely develop across parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies." - NWS Forecast Discussion

An ENT who also studies birds is an Otolaryngologist Ornithologist

1115Z, 7/30: Here are some of the highest #tsunami heights that were observed so far… - #Kahului #Maui, #Hawaii: 5.7 feet - #Hilo, HI: 4.9 feet - #Haleiwa, HI: 4.0 feet - #Hanalei, HI: 3.9 feet - #CrescentCity, #California: 3.6 feet - #ArenaCove, CA: 3.0 feet - #Adak, #Alaska: 2.7 feet

Tsunami WARNING for Hawaii, take immediate action to evacuate tsunami threat zones. Tsunami ADVISORY issued for parts of Alaska, BC, California, Oregon, and Washington means stay away from beaches and marinas. Here are the arrival times and expected tsunami heights.

0045Z, 7/30: A #TsunamiWarning is now in effect for #Hawaii. ETA 7:17 PM HST tonight. Urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property along coastlines! #Tsunami

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 HeatRisk product is really highlighting a large part of the central and southeast part of the country late this weekend into early next week with major to extreme threat. This will be a multi day heatwave so people should prepare and make sure vulnerable friends and family will be okay.

You're welcome www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

Channeling @climatologist49.bsky.social on my hike today

assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight

When this was supposedly happening it was the greatest threat to freedom of thought and speech that had ever existed. But now that the extreme right is doing it’s fine bsky.app/profile/katt...

Bats! www.youtube.com/shorts/ivzAu...

been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys

HREF Local Probability Matched Mean precip bullseye of 2-3" right over metro Denver this afternoon/evening. Probably some local flooding if this happens.

Hayes Center, Nebraska — May 18, 2025

Colour tables

Good example of a fake TDS (left) vs. a real TDS (right) from the LZK 88D this afternoon.

What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

3 tornado tracks from March 14 were combined over the weekend into one 117-mile-long twister that crossed from Arkansas to Missouri. The 93 miles in Arkansas is #3 all-time longest tornado in the state. www.accuweather.com/en/severe-we...

WPC ringing the bell this morning!

Tornado almost just hit the Paducah radar.

Weeeeee

A lot of deserved attention on the severe storm potential, but also a day 5 MDT risk (THU) from WPC for excessive rainfall over the lower OH valley. It looks like the front will stall from NE Texas to Ohio, with deep moisture and repeating rounds of convection. Potentially high end flooding WED-SUN.

The synoptically-evident outbreak setup aside, at one point years ago I looked at F4/EF4+ tornadoes just from the perspective of regional inflow-side surface obs, and many of them clustered around 77/70 with strong background wind speeds (>15 kts sustained).

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Ditto!

A 2024 NBER study, “The Social Value of Hurricane Forecasts,” found recent advancements in hurricane forecasting led to a 19% reduction in hurricane-related costs--an average cost reduction of $5 billion per hurricane. It's import to keep funding research! yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/02/the-...