The Univ. of Nebraska’s Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has established a webpage soliciting the community’s help in saving their program. Their hearing in front of campus admin is next Friday, Oct 10th. Please consider sharing why they’re essential! eas.unl.edu/save-earth-a...

None of NOAA’s line offices work in isolation. At GSL, we’re proud to engage with our NWS colleagues on testing and evaluating the modeling system and service innovations — which we then use to make them better before reaching operations! Here’s how we’re doing so now: gsl.noaa.gov/news/noaa-te...

Kaleb Horton wrote one of the most powerful things I’ve ever read about memory and nostalgia. kalebhorton.ghost.io/memory-nosta...

#MSH45 | May 18, 1980 — 8:32 a.m. Geologists Dorothy and Keith Stoffel, with pilot Bruce Judson, make a final pass over Mount St. Helens. A M5.1 quake strikes. Ice and rock collapse into the crater. Below them, the north face heaves—then gives way. The largest landslide in recorded history begins.

My friend and former colleague at UWM, Sergey Kravtsov, is looking to hire *two* postdoctoral fellows, one in climate dynamics and the other in data-driven modeling for global precipitation. Please see the advertisements below for more details and share with your networks!

The Advanced Study Program’s Graduate Visitor Program Fellowship is accepting applications! This fellowship allows graduate students to work on their thesis, dissertation, or final project equivalent, with guidance from NSF NCAR scientists and engineers.

Faint hint of the northern lights at 40°N in Colorado.

Another factor: I do think the relative “safeness” varies geographically. Programs in the south, where the college-aged population remains steady or increasing, are safer. Programs in the Midwest and northeast, where the college-aged population is declining, are more at risk. (1/2)

I was chatting with a friend earlier this week about the stability of atmospheric science academic programs. We agreed that the number of "safe" programs is somewhere between 5-10. For better or worse, we're a niche field, and college admins love big programs and don't care much about quality. (1/3)

🚨 Recruiting Two PhD/MS Students 🚨 I am looking to bring on at least two GRAs (M.S. or Ph.D. Level) beginning Spring or Fall 2026 to join our CHAOS research group. Research projects will be related to artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for extreme temperatures and rainfall

I think it’s hard for outsiders to grasp how low staff and faculty morale get at universities where everyone’s job gets worse every year because there’s a hiring freeze and program cuts and any real money is locked up in new projects meant to help higher admin shine so they can move somewhere better

IMO the biggest differences between universities are: - does the library have books (not only digital subscriptions) and a budget - are there staff for support/admin work or is it someone’s second job - do students have time to study and faculty time to teach No big names or tech matter as much.

Much has changed since I first wrote this ~2 years ago. Even as there is much uncertainty about what graduate school opportunities will look like for 2026, I hope this information is still useful. Please feel free to share, and feedback is welcome! www.linkedin.com/pulse/demyst...

We at GSL are excited for NSSL’s three new MPAS configurations! For the first time, their runs and ours are using a common code base, the result of 18+ months of development by both groups (plus NCAR too). MPAS-HTPO vs our MPAS_RRFSA (MPAS-G on PivotalWx) is an initial conditions comparison (1/2)…

We at GSL are excited for NSSL’s three new MPAS configurations! For the first time, their runs and ours are using a common code base, the result of 18+ months of development by both groups (plus NCAR too). MPAS-HTPO vs our MPAS_RRFSA (MPAS-G on PivotalWx) is an initial conditions comparison (1/2)…

Volunteer opportunities for AMS Board and Committees for 2026 are now open 🙋💙 Join professionals from across the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise to help shape the future of our field. Learn more and apply before 27 September: bit.ly/45MICHf

The only College GameDay host who picked Florida State? That would be Lee Corso, the former FSU player. "Florida State is my school, how would I pick against them? Florida State upsets Alabama."

Roll Tribe. This ain’t 2024.

Much has changed since I first wrote this ~2 years ago. Even as there is much uncertainty about what graduate school opportunities will look like for 2026, I hope this information is still useful. Please feel free to share, and feedback is welcome! www.linkedin.com/pulse/demyst...

I'm so excited for my friend and colleague, Jon Kahl, named as the recipient of this year's @ametsoc.org Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award! I learned so much from Jon in my 13 years at UWM, and it was an honor to lead his nomination. A full reflection (alt text included):

🎊We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Award and Honors Recipients! Thank you to our members and friends for nominating these exceptional individuals and organizations making a difference in the weather, water, and climate fields. Meet the recipients here: https://bit.ly/4lHUgaZ

Become a student assistant at #AMS2026👋 Gain hands-on experience, network with professionals, attend sessions while earning a stipend! Join us in Houston to help run sessions and services, and assist attendees. Learn more and apply by 15 September: https://t.co/TYSyEc4ObQ https://t.co/RW8H3gUDGf

We are excited to announce openings for SIX new members to join the @ametsoc.org Committee on Hydrology! We are looking for 2 undergrad/grad student members and 4 regular members. Applications are due September 16 (CV and letter of interest required): forms.gle/qKdsLTTK1k9e...

🚨 The @nws.noaa.gov is hiring #Meteorologists! 🚨 A total of 40 entry-level #Meteorologist positions are now open across multiple Weather Forecast Offices nationwide, closing #September 8th. Link: www.usajobs.gov/Search/Resul... #Hiring #Meteorology #STEM #FederalJobs

This is the mindset I’ve tried to keep this year despite everything going on. We’ve lost so many good people - some by choice, others by force - which has made it even harder to do so. But each day we are there is another opportunity to create even better weather models for all to benefit.

Yeah, my database shows this as a record for most-delayed LSR...

As @nws.noaa.gov #hiring is ongoing, and job vacancy announcements expected soon for #hydrologists and #meteorologists, I look forward to hosting HR experts to provide information and answer your questions about the new process this #Wednesday (8/20). Registration Link: ametsoc.org/WebinarNWSJobs

Make a band food: Sandwich Garden

In addition to #Erin, notice the thunderstorms to its north and west. Those to the north entrain dry, dusty air and quickly dissipate, as evidenced by the extensive outflow boundary activity. Those to the west see their tops sheared northward, the result of Erin's intense outflow anticyclone aloft.

To complement Brian’s analysis, here’s a heat map of NHC official forecast errors for Erin’s duration so far. Great intensity forecasts for the most part - just not for anything verifying today (all of the yellow along the lower-right to upper-left diagonal in the right panel).

Motivated by Kim’s posts today and other discussions/research in the TC community, a thesis on RI: RI is the default outcome in a favorable environment, governed primarily by internal dynamics and the potential intensity. (1/3)

Report Finds Decades-Long Spike in Storm Damage in Wisconsin

This was *not* a good week for the supercomputer on which we’re running our MPAS hurricane forecast to have isolated library issues that neither we nor the helpdesk have been able to debug…

The v6.1 METplus coordinated release is out and full of new features and enhancements 🥳 📈. Oh and did I mention that MET and the METplus wrappers are available via conda now?!

The National Weather Service (NWS) is posting jobs again, and the requirements to apply have changed in some areas. This free webinar is to help potential applicants understand these requirements and maximize their potential for success. Register here: bit.ly/4mJhK0y

The @ametsoc.org will be hosting a webinar about @nws.noaa.gov hiring, and the changes in the overall process on #August 20th at 12 PM EDT. Please consider registering if you are interested in upcoming or ongoing announcements. #Meteorology #Hydrology #ElectronicsTechnician #PhysicalScientist

Dare I say that this might be a @drkimwood.bsky.social AMA??

To build on Philippe's post, time to put on my MPAS evangelist hat 😅 We're running daily global MPAS forecasts during this year's hurricane season, with 3-km grid spacing across the Atlantic. Here are 78-, 54-, and 30-h forecasts from 3 successive forecasts of ex-Dexter. Pretty consistent signal!

A collection of weather-themed books to help children understand their emotions? Yes, please.

It was cool to watch VADM Hann step through the process of using Hazard Services to issue her own tornado warning from the FWT!

Putting all the dads on alert that we got an Edmund Fitzgerald book coming out this fall wwnorton.com/books/978132...

I love that the Tour de France picture leading the gallery features an FFL “Allez Thibaut Pinot” sign. FFL = Fédération Française de la Lose And as for them and Thibaut Pinot… #iykyk

As those participating in FFaIR this week can attest, Tomer came up with the Ida analog before even seeing the CIPS analogs. As always, an excellent diagnosis by Tomer.

I dropped a comment in a meeting today that the Central Pacific is the busiest it’s been in five years - to gasps, even as that’s not saying much. But now? More like busiest in ten years since the hyperactive 2015 season.

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...

Excited for the public dissemination of our HRRR-Cast model development to begin! For those interested in more details, the manuscript is up on arXiv: www.arxiv.org/abs/2507.05658 (1/2)

Excited for the public dissemination of our HRRR-Cast model development to begin! For those interested in more details, the manuscript is up on arXiv: www.arxiv.org/abs/2507.05658 (1/2)

Can confirm this one too, as I sit on the Diagonal on the very south end of the hail core trying to avoid getting my car smashed to smithereens. #cowx

Can confirm: had a dry microburst reach the ground 1/4 mile away while outside in the front yard. It kicked up a massive cloud of dust and spread it outward with ~50 MPH winds. Kind of cool to see the microburst hit the ground like that! #cowx

Current AI weather models are good at picking up on large scale patterns and estimating extreme event potential, but forecasters already figured that out well in advance. I haven’t seen any evidence that AI nowcasting models handle training storms that led to the massive flooding.