Ugh

Snow squall NW of Cheyenne Wyoming this morning between 0730 and 0745 MDT coming over the Laramie Mountains.

There is a private catastrophe modeling industry supporting insurance pricing, but these rest on a foundation of models and data that were developed by public institutions such as NCAR

Wyoming

Still no wall of snow

This is fine

Opinion: Arm the snow squalls.

Laramie, who I don't support, keeps winning Another snow squall rolling through

This is proooobably a long shot, but do I know anyone (or know someone who knows someone) working on machine learning for weather forecasting or adjacent research? 🧪

My morning skies waiting for the squall that didn't quite get here

At 7:52 AM MST, 1 SSE Bordeaux [Platte Co, WY] Mesonet reports Non-Tstm Wnd Gst of M84 MPH. Mesonet station KBRX 1.4 S Bordeaux (WYDOT). #wywx Link

Sunrise shower #COwx

DOUGLAS/CONVERSE COUNTY AIRPORT,WY (DGW) ASOS reports gust of 68 knots (78.3 mph) from WSW @ 1735Z -- KDGW 171753Z AUTO 25042G66KT 10SM CLR 09/M08 A2924 RMK AO2 PK WND 24068/1735 SLP881 60000 T00941078 10111 20022 58023 $

Seeing a few pics from Laramie and at the crest of the hills and I'm pretty upset that it didn't make it to me

The Colorado River situation is a big f*ing deal, more than most people outside the West realize.

The snow wall died before it got to me, but WYDOT cams got it

I-80 Laramie East, 2/17/2026, 7:15:01 AM

Bordeaux, 2/17/2026, 8:03:01 AM

CHEYENNE/WARREN AFB,WY (CYS) ASOS reports gust of 58 knots (66.8 mph) from W @ 1512Z -- KCYS 171528Z 28033G51KT 1 3/4SM -SN BR SCT039 BKN080 OVC110 01/M01 A2946 RMK AO2 PK WND 28058/1512 RAB19E20SNB20 P0000 T00111011

Snow squall rolling into Laramie earlier this morning

Today was a two Moose day in the Laramie Mountains.

October 2008

More old stuff found digging through old drives Teewinot, 2005

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

just absolutely awful and illegal.

Sunrise near El Morro and La Perla

More from the vault (2007) Barrio Tetuán, Utuado, PR and a view of the rugged karst of Puerto Rico with the Atlantic on the horizon

So I guess I missed some cloud to cloud lightning

Also other frost

The hail grew spikes overnight

Feb 12 lightning

Life in Wyoming so far.

“…in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane, according to people familiar with the incident.”

It just hailed. I thought it was sleet or snow pellets or something, but no these are solid pellets of ice

Something I saw today

The surrounding karst forest terrain for context

Río Toro Negro desde el cruce de PR-149/PR-157

This evening’s Montana dirt road view.

Carretera 10 south of Arecibo PR (2007)

I regret to announce that when I lived in Puerto Rico in 2007, I did not meet Bad Bunny nor drive through his neighborhood

Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds as viewed from Victoria Harbour ☁️ #yyj #Victoria #clouds

when you can't remember if he grew up in Toa Baja or Vega Baja and you guess the right one

I regret to inform you that “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins was released in 1996, which is now 30 years ago. Meaning a similar song released in 2026 would be called “2009”

Sunset

I believe in Rectangular February

We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015 Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world

Indeed, what a capture! That train is rolling #KelvinClouds

Is it wrong that I cross the street when I see a Scandinavian walking towards me?

So the REAL problem is not the Somalis but the Scandinavians!