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Research meteorologist studying radar signatures in severe weather and how radar can be used in severe weather warnings.

Does anyone know what's up with the persistent and now very large area of convection on the northwest edge of Hurricane #Polo? Fascinating structure and evolution to watch!

Impressive view of Hurricane Polo this morning (8:41 am CDT on 9/22). Polo is now a category 5 hurricane and is located in the eastern Pacific.

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Renewable energy is helpful in many ways. "Owing to that massive build-out of solar and wind power, while other countries have had rising energy bills in the wake of the US-Israel offensive in Iran, Spain now enjoys some of the cheapest electricity in the EU." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe heatwave shows need to reject climate denial ‘lies’, says EU green chief

Teresa Ribera blames ‘ideologically driven’ falsehoods, driven by those with vested interests in fossil fuels, for attacks on green policy

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Nice downburst and low-level KDP core on the west side of Little Rock around 2pm on 7/3. These KDP cores can show where there is precip loading and melting, which are things that help create stronger downbursts.

Large fires continue to burn in CO. Thankfully, the Willow Fire near Leadville did not grow a lot, but that is sadly not the case for other fires, especially the #AspenAcresFire southwest of Pueblo. Satellite image is from 6:31pm MDT and image is of the #WillowFire on Monday afternoon.

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I've got to say that I'm really disappointed in the recent discourse surrounding the RCP8.5 scenario. The lack of context and understanding is something I expected from the usual suspects, but it's frustrating to see such bad takes from people and outlets who should know better.

This incredible heat wave 🥵 is rewriting the record books for Colorado’s snowpack. 🏔️ We're currently witnessing a snow drought of historic proportions.🤯 With ~2 weeks of record-smashing temps across the Western US, our mountains are losing what little snow they had—fast. 📉 🧵 1/9 #cowx

Colorado Climate Center@climate.colostate.edu · 7mo ago

Last 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