🚨🚨Earlybird discount ends tonight! Register today at www.girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), an operational research center crucial to furthering our understanding of weather and helping to save lives and property, is at risk of being dismantled. We must not let that happen. 🧵⬇️

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), an operational research center crucial to furthering our understanding of weather and helping to save lives and property, is at risk of being dismantled. We must not let that happen. 🧵⬇️

GWC training season is here, ya'll -- and we're kicking off with a new kind of event to answer your requests for more time to learn about radar! 🥳⛈️📡 More info in thread ⬇️, but all the details also at girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop

More great news, this time in Enews form — we’ve launched a newsletter! 🥳🆕 Make sure you always get the latest from us by subscribing: eepurl.com/jpLYew

GWC training season is here, ya'll -- and we're kicking off with a new kind of event to answer your requests for more time to learn about radar! 🥳⛈️📡 More info in thread ⬇️, but all the details also at girlswhochase.com/radarworkshop

What’s up, Bluesky? After some time off to rest, reset & retool, we’re back online with some really great stuff coming over the next several months! More very soon! 📜💜

Don’t forget to register for this free webinar NEXT TUESDAY! It’s an important one…

This is an important one — see you online for this free webinar!

Chaser Girl Convergence! ✨🌪️✨ #OzOrBust @girlswhochase.com @chriskridler.bsky.social

Hey all! If you’re in Colorado on Saturday we’d sure love to see you at the @nsficechip.bsky.social field day! Come see @dowfacility.bsky.social & check out all the instrumentation before we hit the road on Sunday! ⛈️

Big news! We’ve got some special content coming your way, as both Jen (GWC founder) & Anastasia (intrepid GWC intern & all around badass) are participating in the hail-focused @nsficechip.bsky.social (In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail in the Plains) field campaign! ⛈️ ⬇️more

Soon…. Fantastic supercell Spearville, KS ….the tops got pretty close to 50.000 feet…21st April 2022 #supercell #stormchaser #storm #tornadoalley

This wedge tornado I photographed by Essex, IA on 4/17/25 was 1.8 mi wide at it's max & rated EF-1 by the NWS. Thankfully there were no injuries. I am in shock I was there to document this historic event! #tornado #Iowa @nws.noaa.gov @girlswhochase.com

The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences. Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC

“The Post spoke with 10 employees across the Weather Service …. Concerned with leaks to the media, the administration is installing monitoring software on NOAA employees’ devices to track their communications, two current employees said.” Reporting by Scott Dance… wapo.st/44sg8lC

One of my best from 2022. Saguaro, rainbow, lightning.

Rainbows in abundance over Seattle yesterday evening! 4.10.25 #wawx #pnw #WxSky @girlswhochase.com @stormhour.bsky.social

Soon... On Highway 5 in SW Oklahoma, houses and farm buildings give a sense of the immense scale of storms in Tornado Alley. #stormchasing #supercell #tornadoalley

If your local National Weather Service office has paused or canceled spotter training this year, here’s a great option! 🌪️ @comet-meted.bsky.social has teamed up with the National Weather Service (NWS) to develop a (totally free!) online storm spotter certification course. 🌪️⛈️⚡️ More info: 🧵⬇️

#WomensHistoryMonth Spotlight: Deborah Martorell is the Chief Meteorologist and Science Journalist at Teleonce in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her work has earned the AMS Award of Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist both in 2020 and 2025.

🚨NEW CHASER FEATURE ALERT! Today, “Meet The Chasers” chatted with @chriskridler.bsky.social & Alethea Kontis, a longtime storm chasing duo who deftly weave science, writing and chasing into creative writing and books. blog.girlswhochase.com/chris-alethea/

Thanks so much to @girlswhochase.com for interviewing @aletheakontis.com and me for their blog, which highlights women who chase storms. This was fun! blog.girlswhochase.com/chris-alethea/

Iiiit's here! The complete recorded package for Spring Training 2025 in partnership with @comet-meted.bsky.social is now available! 🤓🌪⚡️ If you missed your chance to register & were waiting to access the training, your time has come! Get it: girlswhochase.vhx.tv/products/spr...

New Tornado Highlights video now on YouTube! A mix of some old and some recent tornadoes. Link in comments. My YT is @ MelanieMetzStormChasing Soon I will have brand new content from 2025 storm chasing season! Maybe this Friday?! #tornado #video @girlswhochase.com

Hosting a Q&A focused on the outlook of careers & grad school in meteorology given the recent uncertainty. Got folks across sectors lined up to field questions. Should be super helpful for students & early career. When: 10pm ET, Wed (3/12). Where: weather discord sever: discord.gg/VqkvTNX8

No matter what is going on in the world, today is a day for celebration. Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. On this day, we honor the social, economic, and cultural achievements of women worldwide. We see you, and we honor you. 💜

Forgot to post my first shelfie 🥲 Had a great weekend exploring before a long week ahead. Forgot how much I missed chasing and it’s like I’m back in my element!

Phenomenal materials and information shared by all panelists and guest speakers on yesterday’s “Spring Training 2025” event presented by Girls Who Chase. There’s no better way to start meteorological spring and kick off the upcoming Chase season! I’m licking my chops already. @girlswhochase.com #yeg

Had an amazing Saturday with my fellow weather nerds yesterday at #GWCSpringTraining25! Feeling like I could actually take a “chase-cation” in 2026 @girlswhochase.com

Another excellent GWC spring training session done! Don't miss out, recordings will be available afterwards for purchase! Do yourself a favour and sign up! Well done @jenwalton.bsky.social ,team and all presenters! Look forward to going back over some of the content I missed. #GWCSpringTraining25

Thanks to @girlswhochase.com for organizing the Spring Training 2025! I highly recommend taking part next year to everyone who wants to learn and broaden their knowledge about severe weather and storm chasing.

Awesome case study of the May 23 El Dorado tornado by @tornadotitans.com Raychel Sanner during the @girlswhochase.com Spring Training today! 🔥🌪️ Spring chase mode activated!

Lexi loved the presentation @johnsirlin.bsky.social gave at #GWCSpringTraining25. She even tried to get his attention during Q&A @girlswhochase.com

Already loving @girlswhochase.com Spring Training! ⚡️🌪️ #girlswhochase #GWCspringtraining25 #stormchasing

So excited for @girlswhochase.com Spring Training! ⚡️🌪️ #girlswhochase #GWCspringtraining25 #stormchasing

Please see attached for our statement in support of NOAA’s National Weather Service. This is an issue that affects us all, as chasers, weather enthusiasts, scientists — and anyone who experiences weather. That’s literally all of us.

Spring Training is this Saturday! Join a star-studded cast (+ me) as we bring you up to speed on the basics of storm chasing!

📣 HEY PROCRASTINATORS…now’s your time to shine! 🔔 SPRING TRAINING - the “storm chasing 101 for everyone” - IS THIS SATURDAY!! All the details in the below thread, but to recap: - Yes, it’s being recorded - This is for EVERYONE - all ages, genders, & experience ➡️ girlswhochase.com/springtraining

We are SO incredibly grateful for the support of our Spring Training sponsors & partners — their contributions & assistance allow us to put on a high quality, professional AND affordable event so we can bring severe weather education to everyone! 💜

Here's your Spring Training 2025 SCHEDULE FOR THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 1! 🌪️⛈️🌈⚡️ This event is for EVERYONE so don't hesitate to get signed up. ALL sessions and panels will be recorded this year! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday! More info: girlswhochase.com/springtraining

Here's your Spring Training 2025 SCHEDULE FOR THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 1! 🌪️⛈️🌈⚡️ This event is for EVERYONE so don't hesitate to get signed up. ALL sessions and panels will be recorded this year! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday! More info: girlswhochase.com/springtraining

Get lost.

Lexi and I are getting excited for our 3rd GWC Spring Training!

See y'all there!

So much of what I've learned in the last year about tornado (and hail!) forecasting from the perspective of a chaser can be summed up with this: You want the most CAPE with the least water.

The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government. Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk

In case you haven’t heard the news:

We're thrilled to welcome @radarscope.bsky.social to the GWC family as our newest Spring Training Title Sponsor! 🙌🏻👏🏻 We share a similar education-oriented philosophy -- we both believe that when it comes to weather, knowledge is power & learning is empowering. 💜 🧵⬇️

Come check out the storm chasing 101 training we hold in partnership with the best meteorology educators in the biz - thanks @comet-meted.bsky.social!! 🌪️🌪️