Imagine the same synoptic weather patterns occurred in a warmer world. How would our experience of the weather be different? Warmer? Yes Wetter? Only on the wettest 10% of days Everyday weather in a warmer world by Thomas et al.: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Ever wondered whether there are more historical weather observations still sitting on paper for <insert country>? The answer is certainly yes. And, for observations taken by the British, many logbooks are now openly available thanks to UK Met Office: digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/SO_380c734a-...

Can we make this a ceremonial position, like with a uniform and a sword or something? We could do the same for other long-running climate records.

TODAY IS THE DAY! Today I anger every member of the weather, water, and climate enterprise by telling them to jump on the AI train or get left behind. Get your tomatoes and "boos' ready!

Exciting jobs & PhD studentship! 1) postdoc in historical windstorms: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... 2) postdoc in extreme event storylines: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... 3) PhD in redeveloping the Central England Temperature series (led by Tim Osborn): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

AI is indeed the perfect tool for climate data rescue. The trick is to follow the same process you'd use for citizen science - except, instead of 1000s of human volunteers, you use a trio of fine-tuned baby robots. brohan.org/Robot_Rainfa...

Two job opportunities on new @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social contract until 30/06/28. Both looking at aspects of data rescue and preparation and provision of global historical land meteorological data. Looking to fill ASAP. First job is for a senior postdoctoral position: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

MeteoSaver v1.0: a machine-learning based software for the transcription of historical weather data Preprint in open discussion: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

This is a work of art.

I'm always looking for ways to make it faster to transcribe historical data, & structured handwritten text has been a real challenge. I just tested Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model on some Monterey Bay temperature data from 1952. I'm pretty impressed! Not perfect, but better than a blank page. 🌊

Delighted to announce I have taken on a joint position between the Met Office and the University of Leeds: Research Scientist | Met Office Hadley Centre Associate Professor | University of Leeds Looking forward to getting to work on this. See news article below 👇

Want to do a PhD in climate, with a focus on using machine learning to recover millions of lost weather observations and so better reconstruct climatic changes over the past century? Open to students from UK and Ireland, funded through @climatecocentre.bsky.social. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🔭 How accurate are historic sea surface temperatures? NOC's Dr Elizabeth Kent MBE (@lizk40.bsky.social) gives us a rundown and explores a particularly puzzling cold feature on #NOCIntoTheBlue. Watch, listen and subscribe NOW 🎧 linktr.ee/nocintotheblue

In 2018, @blkahn.bsky.social said that the warming stripes graphic 'belongs in a damn museum', even suggesting that it was 'fit for the Museum of Modern Art' (see gizmodo.com/this-climate...). Well... Later this month, they will appear in the Museum of Modern Art: press.moma.org/exhibition/p...

Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea In honour of today's #ShippingForecast centenary, here's a weather map of December's #StormDarragh - made out of the associated shipping forecast.

Congratulations to Prof. Phil Jones (UEA) for receiving an OBE for services to climatology! Well deserved and long overdue recognition for his efforts over many decades to collate and analyse observational records of climatic changes. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676a8b...

And, amazing to see @lizk40.bsky.social receive an MBE for services to tracking global temperatures. Richly deserved for all her efforts over decades!

Today at #AGU24: In a session co-chaired by BE's @hausfath.bsky.social, @rarohde.bsky.social will be diving into the factors, both well-defined and more unexpected, that contributed to 2023's record-setting ("gobsmackingly bananas") extreme heat. Find us at: 📍GC23K-02 / Salon A ⏰ 14:21 - 14:33

A tribute to the genius of Albrecht Dürer and the power of matplotlib.

Recorded history is not that many human lifetimes. (Also, ChatGPT is fun to play with).