The footprint of historic March heat expanded yesterday—intensifying across the Plains while extending as far east as Tennessee. Shown are select cities where March high temperature records were tied or broken last week. For heat safety and awareness, visit heat.gov

This week’s heat from the West Coast to the Plains will set hundreds of daily records—many by several degrees. Some areas may even set March records, with temperatures more typical of June. Learn how to stay safe: weather.gov/heat

⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain. A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend. 🧵

The National Weather Service is now hiring for both entry-level and seasoned meteorologist positions. Apply by January 29! The entry-level positions are available in: ▪️ Houston, TX ▪️ Ft. Worth, TX ▪️ Hastings, NE ▪️ Great Falls, MT ▪️ Marquette, MI Apply: www.usajobs.gov/job/854675700

Just a reminder that NWS is considered essential during a government shutdown. Meteorologists will still go to work, forecasts will still be made, watches and warnings will be issued, data will flow. We won’t be paid until the shutdown ends, but we’ll still protect life and property as always.

Ready for Day 3, here with @jakecarstens.bsky.social ! Excited for a lot of the talks today at #AMS52BC #AMS21Meso

Ready for Day 2! Lots of talks I’m excited to hear from #AMS52BC and #AMS21Meso

Made it! #AMS21Meso If you see me around, feel free to strike up a conversation.

Just kidding! Linton 5NW gusted to 101 mph!!

NDAWN@ndawnmesonet.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Linton 5NW just gusted to 96 mph!! 🚨 That sets a new record for peak gust at NDAWN, regardless of 3m or 10m #ndwx

No context needed, just a bitty

Trying to find storm reports in social media amidst a sea of people just screencapping radar images is certainly something

Thunderstorms make me happy.

Figured timelines could use a sunset photo. Took this walk while on the evening shift the other night. The NIFC campus is a good restorative break use.

24 years around the sun…feeling like

a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .

ALT: a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .

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Fantastic news for the 68.8 million Americans that speak a language other than English at home. The important work continues 🙌🏽

NOAA Communications@noaacomms.noaa.gov · last yr.

Update: The National Weather Service’s contract to produce common language translations for nws.noaa.gov products has been reinstated. Translation capabilities are expected to be operational on or before the end of the day on Monday, April 28. www.weather.gov noaa.gov

Became upper air certified today! Sad/bad/🫠 thought that being one is now a dying breed…

NOAA just fired us, again 🤡 Retroactive to February 🤡

i’m refired!!!

🚨I’m in!🚨 Excited to welcome friends and soon-to-be friends to the 2025 Broadcast and Mesoscale conference here in Boise! @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social

National Weather Service employees were encouraged to take early retirements at an all-hands meeting Thursday. The union believes as many as 1,000 could leave in the coming months - out of a workforce of just over 4,000. With @weathersullivan.bsky.social (gift): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Weather Service Merges Offices as Staffing Pressure Mounts

The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of as many as 1,000 staffers.

bloomberg.com

A wee little thunderstorm for good ol’ Boise!

Boise is a sleeper pick for severe wx in March 🤫🤫🤫

IEMBOT SPC@spc.weather.im · last yr.

The Storm Prediction Center issues Day 3 Convective Outlook (Max Risk: Marginal) at Mar 24, 7:30z Link

Smol lenticular cloud?

Being an A&M fan truly is a life of hardship, but it’ll lure me back in. Time to root for softball

Another week of midnights in the books. Gotta figure out better habits when I’m working them. Been writing long term AFD sections for a few shifts now. Issued first TAFs today too. Inner geek in me very proud.

I’m keeping a running upperair observation status page on my website. I have additional metadata like reason for degradation, degradation type, when the degradation began, etc. In a coming update you will be able to read those things by clicking on the site. www.stormscale.io/spc/upperair...

Two more radiosonde sites down for the foreseeable future, and in critical areas we need them at SPC 😑😔.

Gotta let the gym folk know I’m just a humble nerd trying to get some gains too.

“It was a bust” Nope. Multiple significant tors and fatalities occurred with at least 37 tornado reports so far. Just because you didn’t get your disaster porn in a heavily populated area doesn’t mean the forecast was a bust. Some of y’all need therapy.

On top of this severe-storm threat—with strong tornadoes possible on both Fri and Sat—there's an "extremely critical" wildfire threat on Fri (highest possible level) extending unusually far east in TX/OK into the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas, even approaching DFW. www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fir...

Dennis Mersereau 🛰️@wxdam.com · last yr.

Please pay attention to the weather over the next couple of days. Widespread severe thunderstorms are expected both Friday and Saturday. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a moderate risk for severe weather—a level four out of five—for both days. www.damweather.com/2025/03/sign...