Allie Mazurek
@amaz.bsky.social
Atmospheric Scientist (via CSUx2 & UGA). Enjoyer of ⛈️❄️🐱🏔️🏃♀️ (personal account)
I’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.
Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila
I've never seen anything like it. Salta, Argentina, has just recorded its hottest night on record during the climatologically coldest time of the year. The minimum overnight temperature did not fall below 26°C (78.8°F), pulverizing the previous monthly record by 7°C.
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
Join the @climate.colostate.edu on Friday, July 31 at the Estes Valley Community Center. A suite of invited experts will look back on the history, meteorology, hydrology, and warning systems the day of the 1976 Big Thompson Flood. climate.colostate.edu/blog/index.p...
You're Invited: Remembering the 50th Anniversary of the 1976 Big Thompson Flood - Colorado Climate Blog
Happy July! As we start the new month, our office is busy preparing to commemorate one of Colorado’s most impactful weather events: the 1976 Big Thompson Flood. Nearly 50 years ago, on July 31, 1976, ...
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Thomas Jefferson recorded the weather on July 4, 1776. It was in the 60s and 70s. Today's forecast? Around 100 degrees. Here's a fascinating look at the weather on the day America declared its independence — and how it compares with today: www.capitalweather.com/july-4-weath...
Colorado getting their biggest snowstorm of the season when I’m out of state☹️
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 To celebrate, consider streaming PBS NOVA's new "Rain Bombs" episode! You might recognize some familiar atmospheric scientists ;) I feel very fortunate to have played a small part in this episode. One of my most memorable career experiences so far!
NOVA | Rain Bombs | Season 53 | Episode 5
A deadly—and growing—global weather phenomenon mystifies scientists.
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DYK that @noaa.gov estimates how much rainfall you would probably need in order to end drought? www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest, by Henri Rousseau, 1905, via @garrett_TFE
March 2026 rewrote the record books for early-spring warmth in Colorado. It was warmer than most Aprils. Hundreds of temperature records were set across the state, including a new March record of 99°F. The heat was prolonged, and it was also very dry. Read more in our monthly state climate summary.👇
CO Monthly Climate Summary
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My son got a 3D Printer 15 months ago and I thought "worthless toy". Then my son makes a lithopane of the H-Triple-R for May 20th and now tears are in my eyes.
Today was a hard day. I’m finding peace by looking back at sunnier days — hope these find your timeline well ❤️
News: WH released proposed FY27 budget, continuing to push plan to eliminate NOAA Research and massively cut Earth sciences - while NOAA grant data for FY2026 shows only 7 new grants so far compared to 379 in FY2025, further evidence of curtailed science budget execution. tinyurl.com/5e3ptub2
White House releases FY27 budget proposal, continuing plan of massive cuts to Earth science, including elimination of NOAA Research
NOAA grant data shows agency awarding grants at a much slower rate than previous years, likely showing administration strategy to reduce scientific spending through budget execution
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Mountain snowpack in Colorado should be peaking around now. This year, it's almost gone. New blog post that shows how it is now clear that this is the worst snowpack year on record for Colorado, following the record-shattering March warmth. 1/
Mountain snowpack should be peaking around now. This year, it's almost gone - Colorado Climate Blog
We’ve reached April 1, which is a key date in assessing where things stand with snow in the mountains, which then informs the likely water supply in streams and rivers later in the spring and summer. ...
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Update: the one record we had not yet broken this month was the all-time March record for Colorado (96°F at Holly in 1907), but that record will also fall. Stations at Springfield and Walsh in SE CO reached 97°F today. It's possible other stations that report daily will show even higher values #cowx
Colorado Climate Center@climate.colostate.edu · 4mo agoLast week’s heat wave was record-smashing, extraordinary, and impossible to ignore. It continued yesterday and even today in parts of the state. This new blog post provides some climate context on the mind-boggling temperatures and how they are affecting the drought and snowpack situation. #cowx
54° for an overnight low in Denver is stupid absurd. Not only is that our warmest March low by 6°, it’s almost our warmest April low as well. #COwx
Last week's record-setting heat took a major toll on Colorado's snowpack (which was already in bad shape). We're currently sitting at 44% of average with ~2 weeks to go until our average peak. Little to no precipitation is expected over the next 7 days. #cowx
Well, if yesterday's map was ridiculous, I'm running out of superlatives to characterize today's. Countless locations from Pacific Coast to Great Plains are currently experiencing all-time record March warmth, w/ some locations approaching/exceeding April (or even May) records.
Fair to say that the Western U.S. heatwave has reached record-shattering status, with dozens of locations breaking all-time March monthly heat records & some now approaching *April* records. Swath of record heat extends clear from Pacific to Great Plains, & from Canada to Mexico.
An extreme early-season heat wave could see temperatures 20-30 degrees above average and record temperatures broken by 10 or more degrees today and tomorrow across the Desert Southwest. Jumping right into summer-like heat puts vulnerable populations at risk. Stay cool at www.weather.gov/safety/heat
🧵Happy St. Patrick's day! What better way to celebrate than talking about ENSO? Specifically, let's talk about El Nino because that hype-train is leaving the station, and the ENSO Blog at Climate[.gov] is no longer around to provide expert context. 😡 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwyU...
Best of SNL: El Niño (Chris Farley)
YouTube video by President Polo
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The Morrill Fire in Nebraska has killed 1 and consumed 549,000 acres with 0% containment. This is more than 10% of the entire area burned by U.S. wildfires in 2025, and makes it one of the 20 largest fires in U.S. history. Sunday forecast is grim: High Wind Warning, 25-35 mph winds, gusting to 50.
a lot has already been written about the heat wave next week, including @weatherwest.bsky.social’s posts here. But it is hard to describe how truly outlandish the forecast is for next week. This is looking to be so far outside of anything that’s been observed before in March in the western US.
Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 5mo agoAll signs continue to point to an exceptional, long-duration, and record-breaking to (in some cases) record-shattering March heatwave initially centered across U.S. Southwest but expanding to much broader region next week. This is effectively a full-on summer heatwave in March.
NWS forecast for Fort Collins currently calling for a Thursday high temp near 90F next week. #cowx
Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 5mo agoAll signs continue to point to an exceptional, long-duration, and record-breaking to (in some cases) record-shattering March heatwave initially centered across U.S. Southwest but expanding to much broader region next week. This is effectively a full-on summer heatwave in March.
Air quality in northeast and southeast CO and the NE panhandle is ridiculously poor due to the wildfire near Lake McConaughy in NE. Widespread PM2.5 values in excess of 300, which is considered a "health warning of emergency conditions" for all populations.
