The post-eruption road to Moana Loa Observatory reopened two months ago -- but the bigger deal is NOAA publicly recommitting to the previous planned renovations. This is home to the famous Keeling Curve measuring CO2 rise, of course.

just a reminder that nancy guthrie is still missing. it's been 100 days since she was kidnapped. she's in her 80s and isn't in great health. i'd be losing my fucking mind if someone kidnapped my 80 year old mother and nobody seemed interested in getting her back.

I’d favor adding an amendment that they cannot leave their offices; better yet, put them all in a room and deliver pizza until they pass a budget. Same goes for the House! That would be even more fun on C-SPAN 🤣

And since none of this is technically illegal (according to the grand jury), we’ll just move along…

How’s this for a classic “hope is not a plan” situation. SMDH Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

To my younger colleagues: this is Routine Maintenance Graduate School. Surgery to correct severe arthritis at the base of the thumb joint. Yeah, it’s a thing. Ugh 😩 Hoping to post happy updates as I regain use of this hand!

Only two weeks of Weather101 left this season! Don't miss your chance for some free weather education before the summer! Visit weather.gov/ohx/weather101 for the remaining list of classes until fall.

I, for one, will soon miss days like today. This will be a distant memory very soon. 😞

One of NOAA's true gems - which could be at risk under POTUS' FY27 budget - are its testbeds which test & evaluate NOAA research for how it can improve its operations. I wrote today about my experience participating in a NOAA winter weather forecasting testbed experiment. tinyurl.com/35pua9cc

I am a dedicated Atlantic subscriber who appreciates their work oh so much!

The toll on the NWS scientists who remain after the DOGE purge still runs very deep. You won’t find a more dedicated group of public servants; however, they remain stretched dangerously thin

When I think of all those years as a Fed, and being so respectful of the DIGNITY of public service, it’s hard to find words here. 😡

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I find this concerning. Others?

I remember conversations in the 1980s with other Mets per our climate future. We were narrowly focused on severe storms, i.e., basketball size hail? How the actual impacts have expanded: winter in the southern plains is almost gone, way too many global heat related deaths. It’s so disheartening. 😞

#SPC issues MCD 528 concerning SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE [watch prob: 60%] [Most Prob: Tornado: UP TO 90 MPH, Hail: 1.50-2.50 IN, Gust: 55-70 MPH]: CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA Link

Today looks fun, at my house.

12:03 PM CDT, 4/25: The @nws.noaa.gov Storm Prediction Center has issued a #ModerateRisk for #SevereWeather late today into tonight across #Oklahoma and #Texas. Large #hail, #tornadoes & damaging #winds possible. Strong tornadoes can’t be ruled out. Have multiple ways to get warnings. #WeatherReady

1/ I was planning to write the usual “health weather report” this week. But after what happened over the weekend, that didn’t feel right. The U.S. just experienced the deadliest mass shooting in more than two years, and no one is talking about it. But this NEEDS to be talked about🧵

OU Green Week's electric vehicle car show is going well so far. There are 13 cars! #EV #GreenWeek #EarthWeek

(Good) news: NOAA funding for Univ. of Colorado scientists working for Global Monitoring Lab was released last week, preventing furloughs and allowing atmospheric monitoring work to continue. I also take a look at how unusual the severe wx in the upper Midwest has been. tinyurl.com/2n57tcm7

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If you have any connection to the meteorological community, you know what a terrible loss (and stupid decision) this is 👇

“Clean inflow” makes me happy 🤓

Tornadoes surprised areas near KC Mon, raising questions again about NWS upper air obs. I discuss the ongoing issues (thanks to @alaskawx.bsky.social for info from there) and why NWS needs to formally study how the state of their upper air program is affecting forecast services. tinyurl.com/7np9f3fc

The key to democracy is showing up in large numbers

this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built

LOL, trying to stay offline and do my work, and friends are sending me "LOOK AT THIS NEW PIC!" texts .... This one is worth it. First PoC and first woman to go around another world. Don't stop talking about this point. It's important. #ArtemisII

Science is good. We should fund it.

The natural world is essential to human survival. Clean air, clean water and food production not to minimize mental health. This budget proposal is horrific 🌊🌊 michiganadvance.com/briefs/michi...

If there is one quote that this sublime image exudes in today's times, I harken back to this: "There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world." -Carl Sagan

I don’t need to know the language to recognize Frankenfood 😱🤣

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TOMORROW is #SafePlaceSelfie Day! If there was one extreme weather preparedness action to take if would be knowing ahead of time where your safe place is located. Join us in bringing awareness to the importance of preparedness. Follow these steps if you would like to participate!

I know there's a lot of sh!t going on in the world, but my expertise is in the weather enterprise - so I am going to keep at it... The administration is continuing to find ways to implement its vision for agencies like NSF, in spite of what Congress says. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

May we never lose our capacity for awe ❤️

Fun fact 👇

Trump keeps insisting that the JCPOA struck by Obama -- which as you can see here, dropped Iran's uranium stockpile down to nothing -- actually set Iran up as *more* of a threat, when it was his foolish decision to scrap it in his first term that did that. This is 100% a crisis of his creation.

Remember when DHS agents had no choice but to shoot two Venezuelan men because the men had attacked them with a snow shovel and a broomstick? New video shows they were lying about that one, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...

OK this is a candy bar, not chocolate. This statement is not an assessment of chocolate quality. Strip the chocolate away from said Baby Ruth, then let’s see what the world likes. #LectureOver 🤣

I know I’ve had a sheltered life, but will publicly admit to never having visited a Waffle House. Cultural experience? 😳

Oh my heart ❤️‍🩹

As only @forecasterjgg.bsky.social can describe it 😎👇

I’m crying. I am scientist today because of the Apollo program. And yes, I’m old enough to have been inspired by it in real time. Especially Apollo 13. 🤓❤️

I’m a forever radar nerd, but will now publicly acknowledge that the data from the NOAA GOES satellite series is pretty dang awesome 😎

What would your friendly neighborhood meteorologist say about the concept of a glass skyscraper in Miami?

Forecasting the weather for multiple time and spatial scales is damn hard to do, and it is amazing that our weather enterprise services work as well as they do.

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An excellent article about the loss of snowpack in the west, it’s relationship to climate change, and the dire consequences to come in our warming future. 👇