Update: Rebooted; nothing bad has happened. Gotta love server infra even running on 15+ year old hardware.

That feeling when you had the regular update script running at one of your public facing servers, but you also forgot to reboot it for 3.5 years. I am sure nothing bad is going to happen if I do it now, 2 days before NY break starts.

It's not ideal, but fortunately NIST's clocks in Gaithersburg are still up and running. There are other Stratum 1 systems out there too. But hopefully Boulder can open back up soon.

“In short, the atomic ensemble time scale at our Boulder campus has failed due to a prolonged utility power outage. One impact is that the Boulder Internet Time Services no longer have an accurate time reference.” groups.google.com/a/list.nist....

Looking to check out the new AI GFS output? @pth1.bsky.social is making it available via the @uwmad-aos.bsky.social THREDDS Data Server! thredds.aos.wisc.edu/thredds/cata...

🚨 METEOROLOGICAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 In response to the deadly flooding event that occurred in the Texas Hill Country this past summer, TTU has received $24M from the state legislature to develop and implement a weather measurement and modeling system to serve the state.

Join us for our town hall at 6pm in 243-244 to learn more about @ncar-ucar.bsky.social community data, compute, software and educational resources. #AGU25

From NSF: www.nsf.gov/news/intent-...

I had to write or I’d explode. open.substack.com/pub/tornatri...

Note: NCAR/UCAR websites will be offline most of the day today due to unrelated power issues.

Stop by my poster this morning at board 341 to learn more about @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Geoscience Data Exchange #AGU25

Have any data questions? I’ll be at the NCAR/UCAR booth until 4:30 today. Stop by and say hi! #AGU25

Do you love to write code or teach others about data-centered Earth Systems Science? Interested in the interplay of science and data? The NSF Unidata Summer Internship program is looking for you! Apply by February 6, 2026 to work with us next summer: buff.ly/5nsLdRu

🚨 New job alert! 🚨 Want to work with me? We're searching for an open-rank, tenure-track faculty position at the University of Arizona in Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences! Desired expertise is radar meteorology, broadly defined, with a focus on mesoscale phenomena. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

For those of us facing the challenge of our students being too reliant on ChatGPT, CoPilot, LLMs, Clippy, etc., there's a new interesting paper by engineering creativity expert, David Cropley at Univ South Australia: There's an upper limit to LLM creativity, and it's... mediocre at best.

NF's annual Black Friday Back Issue Bundles sale is on! Get caught up on any NF you missed, or buy a bundle for a Nintendo-loving friend/family member! www.nintendoforcemagazine.com/shop

Discover the power of virtual field trips! Our free, interactive programs offer K-12 students the opportunity to explore Earth system science anywhere. All you need to participate is a computer, webcam, and internet access.

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Applications are open for the @ncar-cisl.bsky.social SIParCS summer internship program! It's a great opportunity for computationally-inclined students to get experience with real-world research problems spanning computational and Earth System Science. Link: ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_C...

Have a look for yourself. deflock.me/map

Check out the great work going on at the #UCP @comet-meted.bsky.social Building Better Weather Networks eos.org/features/bui...

Texas Tech Geosciences is hiring two open-rank Atmospheric Science faculty positions in Precipitation Hazards, and in Data Science; part of an interdisciplinary, multi-year Atmospheric Hazards Strategic Hire. See the details for the Precipitation and Data Science positions and join us in fall 2026!

"Data available upon request"

Environmental Hazard Impact Metrics That Matter eos.org/opinions/env...

Free NF issue, today only! In honor of today being the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., you can grab the digital version of NF #48, The Legacy of Super Mario Bros., for free for 24 hours: www.nintendoforcemagazine.com/category/Mag...

For clarification, it's *proposed* cuts, and many programs on the list have been on the chopping block before but ended up getting saved. Yay clickbait journalism. Still never good to see even that though. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breakin...

When you are in Boulder - Come check this out!! @ncar-ucar.bsky.social @ucarscied.bsky.social www.dailycamera.com/2025/09/02/n...

NSF Unidata runs on community ideas, input, and energy! Meet the new folks joining our advisory committees this fall: buff.ly/2RF27zY

A lot of people still don’t know that we have a mesonet in Colorado — and we’re working to make it better every year! #cowx

In conjunction with the AWS Open Datasets team, we are changing the AWS S3 bucket that contains up-to-date NEXRAD Level II archive data. There is a new bucket name and SNS notification topic, but no other changes. The legacy bucket name will be discontinued September 1, 2025. buff.ly/WVBvt26

I am so sad to see this. This organization is essential for understanding pollution and its impacts. The people who work there are incredibly dedicated, experienced, and world leaders. This is incredible loss of national investment and capacity. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

English is egregious at backward compatibility.

✨There’s still time to share your voice in the 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey, closing June 20!✨ Help shape how we support the Earth sciences community. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes, and will really help us understand your needs. 🔗 Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW #PoweredByUnidata

Unsolicited parenting advice: If your kids are playing Minecraft, deploy a local server on an isolated VM, and set up daily backups for it. Maybe also dogfood your own JDK builds and one of the concurrent GC you helped develop, if you are into that kind of deeper DIY thing...

Students! Please don’t sleep on this survey - your voice matters in shaping the future of the program, and it truly matters more than ever right now. Please, please, please take 15 minutes and share your thoughts.

We at NSF Unidata are pleased to announce that we have now received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the next year of our five-year award. This allows us to end the current furlough of our staff and resume our operations. buff.ly/GafcZts

Many folks tell us that the hurricane coverage Jeff Masters and I post at Yale Climate Connections helps them stay safe. YCC receives no direct Yale support. If you can, please help us keep our work going by becoming a sustaining donor today: yaleclimateconnections.org/donate/

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Hey @equipment.bsky.social, what genre is pequipment?

Watching my GitHub notifications during these furlough days

alias executive-order="git commit -a -m YOLO; git push --force"

The Unidata community does amazing things, and here is just one example - thank you @pth1.bsky.social www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_list...

Despite the circumstances, it’s been heartening to see the support for Unidata today. WHEN Unidata gets its $, this will be critical to help chart a course and ensure the program does the most to continue to serve the community with what it has. If you’d like to help, taking the survey really will.

I really hope this isn’t another one of those WKRP in Cincinnati promotions…

Sanity-checking where we are with Leyden(-adjacent) improvements for small HelloWorld-style apps. We have breached through my own psychological 20ms barrier now!

You know what a shit barometer is, Bubs? youtu.be/xer32BmkORk?...