Using AIFS-DOP, ECMWF scientists have produced a prototype global reanalysis using Earth system observations alone. The results point to the potential of observation-driven machine learning to complement future operational reanalysis production. Read more ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Carnival In The Stacks Date Night is coming to LINC Friday August 14th! Putt-putt through the stacks, BBQ, beer and wine, arcade and carnival games—THIS IS ALL THE THINGS! www.hpldfriendsandfoundation.org/carnival

Watch a tutorial on how to use NOAA's DESI to track wildfire smoke ⬇️

Just a month away, we have TWO Carnival In the Stacks events coming up, a Date Night for adults, which includes puttputt, beverages, and BBQ, and a more family-fun style event! www.hpldfriendsandfoundation.org/carnival

I’m excited to share a new paper, in Early Online Release with @ametsoc.org #WeaForecasting detailing the performance of real-time MPAS forecasts of tropical storms and hurricanes during the 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season! (1/2) journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

Join me in WIDS at NOAA!

GSL is hiring a federal ZP-3 Data Scientist to work in our Weather Informatics and Decision Support division! A full job description and link to the USAJobs posting is available at gsl.noaa.gov/about/jobs/. The application deadline is July 14!

WBGT mentioned, @jjrennie.bsky.social!

Come work with my group!!

GSL is hiring a federal ZP-3 Data Scientist to work in our Weather Informatics and Decision Support division! A full job description and link to the USAJobs posting is available at gsl.noaa.gov/about/jobs/. The application deadline is July 14!

What a run. The Giannis Antetokounmpo era in Milwaukee is over. Which is weird to say. I was fortunate to be there at the beginning, and now the end. Had a lot of interesting times in-between. 🧵Here some of my favorites. THE origin story: onmilwaukee.com/articles/gia...

Come work with us! Purdue EAPS is looking for a VAP or visiting instructor to teach several atmospheric science courses starting as soon as Fall 2026. Details: careers.purdue.edu/job/EAPS-Vis...

Wingspan Pocket! This smaller, swifter, and streamlined version of Wingspan gives each player a single row of cards to create and activate every turn. There’s also a new type of power, green (ongoing) benefits. Join me at 10:00 Central on YouTube to chat about it: www.youtube.com/live/6JCCSCG...

I took my bike ride to work past all of the Giannis Antetokounmpo murals. I don’t know what happens to them next, but the civic pride they inspired was palpable.

Hi everyone! We recently decided to re-open the AMS WAF/NWP Student Travel Award applications to award the remaining two grants we have left for supporting travel to the 2026 AMS Joint Summit (with increased award amounts). Please share far and wide, and get application materials to us by July 6!

My bosses asked me to reflect on what it was like covering Giannis Antetokounmpo for the last decade in Milwaukee. From his early years to two MVPs to an NBA Finals MVP, here is what I've seen and learned from my front-row seat. At @TheAthletic: Original post

He brought joy to Milwaukee and the entire state of Wisconsin for over a decade. We got to watch him grow up, as a player and as a person - son, father, and husband. He was Milwaukee epitomized. Thank you, Giannis, for everything.

The sun set behind Twin Sisters in Rocky Mountain National Park this summer solstice along the Front Range.

Milwaukee Removes Fonzie Statue Amid Reckoning With Greaser Past https://theonion.com/milwaukee-removes-fonzie-statue-amid-reckoning-with-greaser-past/

I like it warm, but 87° at 8:15a is a little much…

Black-crowned night heron along Coal Creek in Lafayette, CO over the weekend. A beautiful bird in person and one of a few 9-point birds in Wingspan!

The hypothetical “deals” outlined here underscore what @jimowczarski.bsky.social has been saying for months: the Bucks become irrelevant as it relates to contending for a title for years if that’s all they get for Giannis. They may be with him, too, but he at least gives you a chance.

Know an outstanding early-career scientist in the tropical meteorology field?🌀🌦️ Nominations are open for the TMTC STAC Outstanding Early Career Award, which recognizes significant scientific contributions and emerging leadership in the field. ⏰ Submit nominations by June 12. @ametsoc.org

The Front Range, in two photos: 1) Friday, near sunset, with clouds splitting the sun’s rays in a spectacularly evident way. 2) Saturday, a political advertisement for a CU Regent candidate. Not a QR code to his website, but a QR code to his Strava. 🤷‍♂️

Cc @btangywx.bsky.social

The @ametsoc.org Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (for which I am the Commissioner) is soliciting nominations for 13 Board and Committee early-career, distinguished science or tech accomplishment, or service awards! Most deadlines are June 12th! www.ametsoc.org/stac/awards/...

82-0 on the 4th time through. Helps when you get Wilt in the first spin, Luka in the second, Jerry West in the third, and Magic in the fourth. It probably didn’t matter what team or position came up for the last spot (SF), but Jamal Mashburn is pretty good. www.82-0.com/share?id=O6f...

The @ametsoc.org Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (for which I am the Commissioner) is soliciting nominations for 13 Board and Committee early-career, distinguished science or tech accomplishment, or service awards! Most deadlines are June 12th! www.ametsoc.org/stac/awards/...

Wrapping up one of the strangest springs I can recall in Wisconsin... Milwaukee had its record driest May, besting a record that had stood for 141 years. That followed its record wettest April, which obliterated its previous record by over 2 inches.

Fun with NWP on a Saturday… Yay for a global 3.75-km MPAS forecast with NOAA’s regional physics suite! LOL at the 1+ TB initialization file and 650+ GB six-hourly history files (+ 60+ GB six-hourly diagnostic files)! Now to see whether this gives out verification lead palpitations next week…

Call me old fashioned, but I love looking at small-town newspapers when someone local hits it “big.” Tonight, it’s the lead story in the Durango Herald - their own Sepp Kuss winning a stage of the Giro d’Italia grand tour. And it’s a well-done story, at that! www.durangoherald.com/articles/rid...

🌟 Congratulations Dustin Swales - DTC PROUD Award winner! 🌟 Physical Scientist, NOAA GSL. He made indispensable scientific, technical, & leadership contributions to the DTC Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) project. More on his accomplishments & impacts! dtcenter.org/news/dustin-...

Nominations are open for three STAC-level awards. Help us recognize deserving contributors to our SLS community! Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

May 18, 1980 | 8:32 a.m. The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens. Weakened critically, the north face bulge collapses outward. Within seconds, a pyroclastic density surge bursts through the disintegrating slope. The clock strikes zero.

46 years ago tomorrow was the Mt. St. Helens eruption. I highly recommend following @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social to learn about the stories of the people who were lost and those who got away, all told with care and compassion.

I did not have “tornado warning near Meeker, CO” on my bingo card for today…

Around NCAR, WRF has become a cautionary tale on attempting to maintain a sprawling community-contributed codebase. It’s a multi-million dollar investment just in people time to keep these codes running.

Hot take: the RRFS is actually pretty good (even better than HRRR in some regards) for most everything but severe convection! And for that, at least deterministically, we have our developmental real-time MPAS forecasts that help demonstrate the physics + DA advances from RRFS v1 development.

Rumors of ruined Western Slope peach crop were greatly exaggerated, growers say

ncview2 is a relatively faithful python port of David Pierce's ncview. It handles non-uniform grids, and can perform on-the-fly area averaging with multiple color maps. github.com/benmsanderso...

lol 2.78:1 snow-liquid ratio - but after shaking out my trees again, I believe it…

Judging from how weighed-down with snow the trees already are at 6:30, I suspect there’s going to be a *lot* of tree damage across the Front Range come morning, and that I might not get a lot of consistent sleep overnight tonight…

Come work with us! We have an opening for a physical scientist focused* on AI/ML techniques. This closes on May 11. 🧪🌊 www.usajobs.gov/job/867653100 *There’s a secondary focus on developing pranks with me to wield against NWS/SPC, but that hasn’t been cleared by legal.

We are now hiring early-career meteorologists at most offices across the country! Through an improved, streamlined hiring process, eligible candidates will be entered into pools to be continually considered for vacancies. Interested? Here’s what you need to know: (1/3)

For our next #HumansOfCIRES, meet Daniel Abdi, a CIRES research scientist @noaa.gov's Global Systems Laboratory. Abdi uses high-performance computing & AI to develop, improve weather prediction models — and he develops computer games. Read the Q&A: cires.colorado.edu/news/humans-...

🤩 We’re excited to share that the DTC Visitor Program is now accepting applications! This is a great opportunity for researchers to collaborate & contribute to advancing modeling, evaluation, & software tools. Learn more & apply! dtcenter.org/news/dtc-vis...

“A 4:12 24th mile when you are already on 2:00 pace? A 13:42 5k from 35k to 40k? A 27:36 10k from 30k to 40k? A 59:01 second half? All of those are records for the fastest segments in any marathon.” www.letsrun.com/news/2026/04...

fighting the good fight 🫡 we're going to win

For the uninitiated, check out www.edsbscharitybowl.com, raising funds for New American Pathways, a nonprofit that helps support new Americans (esp. refugees) from arrival through citizenship.

$1 for each precious minute of a 4-hour meeting two years ago in which my former faculty colleagues and I did right by our students when university administration would not. Thank y’all, @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social @newap-georgia.bsky.social et al. for fighting for what is right.