Tim Armstrong

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I recently finished Yani Neko (Chainsmoker Cat), an absurdist, often dark comedy with deeper critical messages about how society treats marginalized groups. I liked it, but would find it hard to recommend to most people.

Very surprised to see the BBC sent chief presenter Caitriona Perry to Jimbo's restaurant in Wilmington, just a few miles from me, talking about the election and how North Carolina is an important swing state.

I spent a few hours cleaning trash out of Smith Creek here in Wilmington with a coworker as part of this year's National Weather Service "Autumn of Service" volunteer program. Most common trash: plastic water bottles and styrofoam. Oddest trash: a car bumper and a fire-proof lock box

If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.

At least 5 tornadoes strike Central NC, uprooting trees and damaging homes in northeast Raleigh A northeast Raleigh neighborhood and part of Fayetteville are assessing the damage after at least five tornadoes were confirmed to have struck Central North Carolina on Sunday.

Here's a long loop of Hurricane #Isaias and its post-tropical transition. The trailing convergence band produced a number of tornadoes across central and eastern North Carolina today.

Storm surge from Hurricane Isaias is increasing on the Florida Gulf Coast. Apalachicola and Panama City Beach tide gauges are showing water 3 to 4 feet above normal and rising.

I do like seeing well-collaborated watches and warnings. Good job Gulf Coast NWS offices, and good luck over the next 36 hours.

3 to 5 inches of rain is forecast to fall across coastal North and South Carolina over the next few days. Although Hurricane Isaias will make all the headlines, Hysplit ensemble back-trajectories show moisture feeding the heavy rain here should originate from the Caribbean & Atlantic, not the Gulf.

youtu.be/r__Dk4oWGJQ My elementary school music teacher played this each year for Halloween

I visited the NC Agricultural Research Station near Whiteville this week to present them with an award for providing 15 years of daily cooperative weather observations to the NWS in Wilmington. Their staff were beginning to harvest peanuts in the surrounding fields.

I finished up a project this morning documenting tropical storm and hurricane peak wind gusts in Wilmington back to 1871, and in Myrtle Beach back to 1941: www.weather.gov/ilm/Tropical...

Lots of different bird species are stopping in my yard this morning as fall migration is peaking

Did you know a Moon impact creates thermal 'cold spots'? Data from NASA's LRO reveals a 4-mile-wide zone around the new McGetchin crater that is 16°F cooler at night. The crash fluffed up the lunar soil, making it less dense and less able to hold heat! 🌡️🌕

Went with a friend for the Pokemon 30th Anniversary card release this morning.

Record highs were broken today in Wilmington (95 degrees) and in Myrtle Beach (94 degrees)

At this point the EPA should just change their name. They've certainly abandoned their mission...

It's Jelly Palm season!

This turbolift exchange between Mark Twain and Counselor Troi sums up what Star Trek means for me: one day humanity really will leave our medieval past behind us and figure out how to build a better tomorrow for all people. #StarTrek #StarTrek60

A portion of Carolina Beach Pier has collapsed in the surf.

Facts that make me feel positively ancient

My Fall climate outlook for eastern NC/SC. El Nino has practically shut down the tropics for Atlantic hurricanes this season, but we still need to watch the nearby subtropics. And I'm hopeful November rain will help end this year's persistent Carolinas drought. www.weather.gov/ilm/FallOutl...

I love R.E.M., I love R.E.M.-related content, and I love librarians 💜

We're coming up on the 30th anniversary of Hurricane #Fran, the last major (cat 3+) hurricane to directly strike this portion of North Carolina. My office is hosting a free webinar with audience Q&A Tuesday September 1 at 7:30 pm EDT. Sign up here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/778...

This morning's Roman telescope launch wasn't visible from here (bright sky, too late after sunrise) but watching NASA's livestream reminded of this January 2023 Falcon Heavy launch I did get to see from Wrightsville Beach. This launch happened just after sunset and had perfect illumination

Our local newspaper (Wilmington Star-News) printed this awesome photoshop on September 8, 2016

Almost every NWS office across the southern U.S. has issued an extreme number of Heat Advisories this year relative to normal. This year's departure from 2005-2026 is shown here.

Big storms east of Cape Fear are putting on a spectacular lightning show tonight. The view from Wrightsville Beach is memorable.

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it).

Anywhere from 4-6 inches of thunderstorm rain earlier this weekend kicked Wilmington's drought in the teeth, but also washed out at least one road in town www.wwaytv3.com/flooding-was... Plenty of runoff cleaned out all the hot, salty water from Smith Creek as measured by UNCW's gauges wl.cormp.org

Little bonus thunderstorm just before sunset gave us a nice rainbow

Positive local news for teachers!

🚨🚨🚨According to NOAA NCEI, July 2026 was the warmest month on record for the Contiguous U.S. - beating out July 1936. This is devastating for climate deniers, who love July 1936 as a faux counterfactual. More importantly, it is devastating for all of us. 🔥🔥🔥

Six years separate these two pics of Longleaf Pines I planted in my yard back in 2019. Over 90 percent of the historic Longleaf population has been lost across the Southeast US due to pressures from logging, suburban sprawl, and fire suppression.

Look at all that dust coming off the African coast.

Hurricane Melissa 2025 IR satellite painting #wxArt

The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.