Dorian J. Burnette

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I'm seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join my group at OU to do subseasonal prediction work on cold air outbreaks. Find out more about the position and apply at the following link: apply.interfolio.com/196325 Also, please share with your network and anyone who may be interested.

I'm looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher in the area of extreme rainfall prediction with AI/ML. See details in the advertisement below. Applications will be reviewed beginning November 26th with a starting date goal of 1 January 2027. apply.interfolio.com/196232

The NWS intentionally blocked off international observations without issuing any service change notices about it. If anyone in the agency has information on who ordered this change and why, my email address is my name at gmail.

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BREAKING: Major shakeup in NSF leadership. Brian Stone, who has been performing the duties of NSF director since April 2025, is retiring on Dec. 31. Rebecca Keiser, who has been acting chief of staff, is also retiring, Oct. 31. Unclear who will replace Stone, since O'Neill's nom hasn't moved.

Announcing the 2026 #AMSPhotoContest winners! 🥇 "Diamond dust sky eye" by Jaroslav Fous 🥈 "Sea Dragon" by Chris Elkinton 🥉 "Cirrus, the Veils of the Moon" by Roberto Bueno 🏅 Members' Choice: "Rainbow Cataclysm" by Jeremy Janus Check out more photos on AMS Headlines: https://bit.ly/481Yg28

🔥🏜️🥵 PhD project at University of Edinburgh open to applicants: "Attributing episodes of drought and extreme wildfire weather using ReBASE storylines" with supervisors Andrew Schurer, @gabihegerl.bsky.social, & @edhawkins.org e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

On 26 Aug Nepal was hit by the Rasuwa disaster w/ >1400 deaths & >5000 missing. Less than 10d ago another permafrost rock avalanche resulted in flooding on Budhi Gandaki. We need to re-think risk analysis & management in cryosphere mountain regions. @nature.com 🧪⚒️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Today is International ShakeOut Day--a worldwide event to promote #earthquake awareness and safety. Visit the link below for more information about International ShakeOut Day and earthquake safety. 🧪

We have landfall… The center of #Isaias has come ashore near Destin, FL around 8:30 PM CDT (0130 UTC) as a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and a minimum central pressure of 971 mb.

#Isaias 4pm CT update: A life-threatening storm surge is expected from the Mouth of the Mississippi River to Suwannee, Florida. Residents under evacuation orders should leave immediately and follow advice from local officials.

A tropical storm watch has been issued for San Diego County. This is just the second time a tropical storm watch has been issued in California, after Tropical Storm Hilary in August 2023 www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...?

30-second @noaa.gov #GOESEast Infrared images with plots of GLM Flash Points showed Hurricane #Isaias as it moved toward the Gulf Coast, reaching Category 3 intensity at 1220 UTC.

10/09/2026 11am ET: National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan provides an update on Hurricane #Isaias.

7:20 AM CDT Friday Oct 9 Update: Isaias becomes a major hurricane. Data from an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to 120 mph. Isaias is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Fol... 🔗 hurricanes.gov

Some important differences between the conventional physics-based models (European and American ensembles are 1st and 2nd panels) and the AI models (Google Deepmind operational and experimental ensembles are 3rd and 4th panels). The differences in both track and intensity are obvious. #Isaias

10 AM CDT Wed Oct 7 (Advisory 4) Key Messages for Tropical Storm #Isaias. Latest info: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 10 AM CDT miércoles 7 de octubre (Aviso 4) Mensajes clave sobre la tormenta tropical #Isaias. Más información: t.co/GrztW6mQJV 🔗 hurricanes.gov

There is an increasing risk of dangerous wind and storm surge impacts along portions of the northern Gulf Coast. Watches could be required on Wednesday. Residents from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle should closely monitor the latest forecast updates and ensure they have a hurricane plan in place

NHC will initiate advisories on Tropical Depression Nine (formerly AL92), located in the southwest Gulf of America, at 400 PM CDT (2100 UTC).

NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:

While the Gulf Coast NWS comms issue appears resolved, with the growing tropical risk was seeing way more social media traffic about the radar outages that occurred over the weekend. Feel compelled to share a thread as seeing a lot of misinformation. (1/)

Unfortunately the risks of potential tropical impacts for the Gulf Coast later this week have increased overnight, and the NWS comms outage that has two Gulf Coast offices in service backup and several NEXRAD radars missing continues into day 3. balancedweather.substack.com/p/nws-gulf-c...

Oct 3rd: The @nws.noaa.gov has opened a new #hiring registry for #EntryLevel Meteorologistst, 1st review cycle is #October 17th: -High Needs: www.usajobs.gov/job/887393000 -All Others (up to 20 can be picked): www.usajobs.gov/job/887393400 Read requirements closely, including documentation needs!

As one of the webmasters for my department, this is spot on! 😂

And I'm on the search committee, so send me your questions. But mostly, send the talented early career scientists in your network our way! Target deadline: Oct 26

This is... troubling. SCOTUS is allowing the Trump administration to use an error-ridden tool that relies on inaccurate data. This tool has already led to false allegations of non-citizen voting. Now, it could "accidentally" remove legal voters from the rolls, causing real disenfranchisement.

Remarkable evolution of Hurricane Polo over the past 48 hours as it fluctuated between category 4 and 5 intensity during an eyewall replacement cycle (ERC) and subsequently re-strengthened to 180 mph (155 kt) as of the latest NHC advisory.

The strength of El Nino is not measured on a daily time scale. The strength of El Nino is not measured on a daily time scale. The strength of El Nino is not measured on a daily time scale. The strength of El Nino is not measured on a daily time scale.

Just a couple hundred miles from Mexico's southwestern coast, Hurricane Polo strengthens even further. Polo has recently recorded a central pressure of 892 millibars, making it the second most-intense Eastern Pacific hurricane on record, behind 2015's Hurricane Patricia.

Even with very aggressive intensity forecasts from the National Hurricane Center, they have had a hard time keeping with what Hurricane Polo is *actually* doing. This is some EXTREME rapid intensification! On this plot, the thick black line is the observed intensity, colored lines are NHC forecasts.

"Keivan Stassun, a member of the board that oversaw NSF before Trump ousted all its members in April, told Inside Higher Ed that 'fundamentally, what’s going on is the agency has been decapitated.'"

In the eastern North Pacific south of Mexico, Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified from a tropical depression to a major hurricane in just over a day and continues to barrel toward category 5 strength.

An excellent article summarizing recent research on drought in the Southwest US with links to the literature. 🧪

follow along with @coyotegulch.bsky.social summarizing the water discussions at the Colorado River District seminar today in Grand Junction

As of 16 September 2026, this chart shows the relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) calculated daily from NOAA's OISST dataset alongside three other El Niño years (1982, 1997, 2015) for context. For more information on RONI + recent 3-month values, visit www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

More in a long line of making things worse than they were before. The hatred of the planet is so baffling to me.

👀 Oof! Last night's 500 mb chart showed quite a few 600 dm values (i.e., you have to go up 6000 meters to get to the 500 mb pressure level). That's just nuts for this time of year! #HeatDome 🥵

NASA GISTEMP/IRI are debuting a new web page for predictions for the annual mean temperature level and what we can expect next year. data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/gmsta/

If you work in higher education, have friends or loved ones in higher ed, or just care about higher ed, this blog post hits on a lot of critical points on the state of things with regards to the student experience. A few quotes that stuck out to me below. wonkhe.com/blogs/studen...

Long time, no post, but I have to share a cool job opportunity: Social Science Research and Testbed Support Specialist in Norman, OK. Please pass along to folks who may be interested! Happy to answer questions or point you to someone who knows more. careers-fedwriters.icims.com/jobs/2456/so...

25 years later, we join the nation in remembering the lives taken on 9/11. We honor the victims, the first responders who ran toward danger, & the courage shown in NY, at the Pentagon & in the skies over PA. To those who serve, protect, & keep watch every day: we stand with you. #NeverForget

An important contribution to the literature on extreme heat expanding into the shoulder seasons (spring/fall). See quoted 🧵 below from the lead-author. Paper is open access. 🧪

A comment on this attempt to amend a National Climate Assessment with an unsigned, unreviewed, LLM-authored technical note: