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I point this out every year, and am often told that "surely this cannot be true!" But surveys consistently report similar numbers, and it illustrates why increasing public & private institutional visibility of individual *scientists* (not just "science in the abstract") is actually quite important.

Jake Bauers' incredible at-bats might be the only good thing about the setup of the American health care system.

In a weird twist of storm locations, NHC/CPHC are issuing advisories whose public time stamps span -five- time zones. And none of those are EDT nor CDT. Thanks, +ENSO? Fay - GMT Gonzalo - CVT Polo - CST (~= MDT) Odalys - PDT Nolo - HST

one of the busier EPAC/CPAC maps you'll see...

The award for terrible weather UI design goes to this prompt from Gemini. 69°C|°F, whatever that means.

I hear some of y'all are gonna be hanging out with this cool cat later this week.

Streaming.

The Fourth of July fireworks show on the National Mall could be the world’s largest ever, which means the possibility of record-breaking levels of pollution — levels so high, people could get sick.

The B-52 flyover is always worth the wait. #USAvGER #USMNT

This Magic School Bus publication from the late 90s leaves a lot to be desired. Or maybe I just don't know my, ahem, "Fujito" scale 🫠

Sometimes "no" is hard to define, especially for large and powerful organizations.

Cannot 👏 emphasize 👏 this 👏 enough

If you didn't know any better, you might look at this corner of the ORD departure queue and think that Fort Wayne and Madison must be very important, busy destinations.

These are insane statistics. For NSF Geosciences, there have been just 74 grants awarded in the ~6mo of FY26 so far, 19.6% of FY21-24 avg 377. The obligations ($) are larger per grant, but the comparison even to FY25 is even more striking. With only $75M awarded, it's long way to the floor of $1.2B.

Good Monday morning #AMS2026

Extreme Cold Warning for lows of 21F. Don't mind me being out there in short sleeves on Monday and Tuesday... (I know, I know...)

What a beauty.

Welcome back to The Magic Of The Cup™ Season.

The solstice isn't even for another 90 minutes....no.

Some of the coolest science I've heard in a while. Pretty solid evidence given the lack of ability to directly measure the environment on Mars. www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...

That's never a good way to start your day.

Another sign of an intense event - when SWPC goes _hard_ down. Reminds of the NHC site during big events way back in the day.

I already got some great clear-sky shots earlier this evening before the clouds came back in a second time, but views like this of the current substorm are just a tease

This photo from Sept 2022 was surfaced to me and, uhm, I think we're going to need more of this beverage all too soon...

Nauseatingly intense winds. That ML150 value is likely what supported the 10a ET bump to 160kt. Remember dropsonde winds are the equivalent of gusts, but 172kt gust at the surface is beyond insane.

Finally a dropsonde message got out. 892mb. Lightning continues across much of the western semicircle.

Must've been some mess that got made on the way through the eyewall to have this long of a hold inside the eye. Typically it's either a cleanup or, on occasion, an equipment check. The up-and-down blue lines and low red line values in the top left chart indicates the time spent circling in the eye.

The satellite images remain unparalleled - yet also utterly sickening when you see the outline of Jamaica just a half degree of latitude (so, ~30 miles) north of the northern edge of the pink truck tire.

Lightning only now beginning to encompass the entire eyewall of Melissa, or at least an uptick in lightning counts if you don't fully trust the GOES lightning mappers.

I've seen a lot of dropsondes over my years, and a peak wind of 210kt - even at the top of/just beyond the boundary layer - is wild to see. Might be up there in the ranks of all-time strongest dropsonde-measured gusts as well.

The chargers on the AF 223 fleet has a leg up on the KLM 195s. Also makes sense given that AF bans all in-flight use of power banks.

It might seem modern to only have the "universal" plug but these USB-A ports went out of style 5-10 years ago for charging. I don't even have a cable worthy of traveling that is compatible.

This is one of the saddest public transit headlines I've ever seen. Major sporting event? Either drive home from the massive parking lot, or take a train that can only run because of a sports betting company. The SEPTA funding situation is so beyond sad at this point.

Inter Miami is disgusting. Luis Suarez is disgusting. Spitting on a Sounders coach. #LeaguesCup #MLS

Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin. Simply incredible.

This is the epitome of lower-league USL soccer. These have been here at least two years... #FMFC

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:

Lake Michigan is on the way.

Big @forwardmadisonfc.bsky.social win - three months after the last win, and the first at home, finally! Jacob Crull man of the match with all those headed clearances.

Not going to lie, I cried a bit when I got the email that SSMIS was being discontinued. I developed D-MINT with a toddler in tow, showing her pretty pictures of hurricanes so she knew what Mommy did while she's playing with friends at school. This one hurts.

A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️

If you're in New York City and you're stepping out for work, to go vote, or just for a stroll ... it's possible you haven't experienced a below 90F feels-like temperature in over 24 hours. Today won't be any different. Find a cooling center near you here: finder.nyc.gov/coolingcente...

Sure, it's already produced a gust to 101mph and has a rear inflow jet of 130mph+ and several tornadoes from that blob out ahead of it, and perhaps embedded in the main line as well, but JEEZ is this a beautiful confluence of dynamics in North Dakota tonight.

It was a good day.