People: OMG Bertha! Hurricane? Remember Harvey? Remember Allison! Me: No, it's not those. Scattered storms with a few torrential downpours likely. Prob not much else. <Bertha dumps 5" of rain and a FFW near Houston> People: You told us nothing would happen. You cannot win in this field.

Panelists at today's #AWF26 & #SCM26 morning sessions discussed social media engagement and combating misinformation📱, as well as new legislation that could mandate a National Weather Safety Board to review lessons learned after natural disasters🔍

Signs that things are going okay career-wise: ❌ Get a million-dollar grant ❌ Win teaching awards ✅ have a former and current AMS President send me emails with me as a giant head I enjoyed participating in the @ametsoc.org Washington Forum and Community Meeting this morning!

A bunch of tropical cyclone imagery from the tomorrow constellation: info.tomorrow.io/the-cyclone-...

📢 At the 2026 @ametsoc.org Madison Summit, @girlswhochase.com and the Board for Early Career Professionals will be cohosting the “Women & Early Career Reception” on 8/5 from 7-9 pm at The Great Dane. This free event is open to all Summit attendees. RSVP here: girlswhochase.com/reception

Wondering what we'll be covering at #AWF26 #SCM26? On Day 2, moderator Erica Grow Cei and panelists Kaitlyn McGrath, @jakecarstens.bsky.social, & @tdiliberto.bsky.social will dive into the powerful (and evolving) role of social media in weather communication. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4vOLgpZ

I'm often asked "you study tropical meteorology... why tf do you live in North Dakota?" I will now show this video and falsely tell them this is Saharan dust

North Dakota hockey fans in Vegas (and Grand Forks) tonight:

Be careful folks, today is April Fool's Day, which means that the internet will be rife with misinformation and posts designed to deceive. Don't worry though, tomorrow we will be back to normal, and the internet will be rife with misinformation and posts designed to deceive.

Interested in hurricanes? I want to introduce TC-ATLAS: the Tropical Cyclone Analysis Tool for Live and Archived Structure. Explore live or past storms without writing a line of code or downloading a data file, building on the capabilities of TC-RADAR: michaelfischerwx.github.io/TC-ATLAS/ind...

"Go to North Dakota"

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snackerü@snackeru.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It has gone under the radar, but the University of Minnesota has selected a new brand tagline: "Leave a Future" Ummm ... it kind of makes the old "Driven to Discover" tagline look like a work of genius. I've got another tagline to run by them: "Uff da" umarcomm.umn.edu/brand

Evergreen

I'm ecstatic to announce that I will be joining the UND Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences this fall as an Assistant Professor! This huge milestone is the culmination of a dream over a decade in the making - one that's taken me across 3 (soon 4) states, 3 degrees, and 2 postdoctoral experiences... (1/2)

Olympic hockey was fun today, but it's almost time for my last game of the Grand Forks Park District beer league. I'm going for the Jake Carstens Hat Trick against the White team... 3 goals across the full 16 game season. (This sport is hard)

🚨 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY 🚨 Applications for #AMSECLA26 close TODAY at 11:59 PM PST. The leadership skills and network you can gain as an ECLA cohort member is unmatched, and we are roughly 150 strong since the program’s inception in 2018.

American Meteorological Society@ametsoc.org · 7mo ago

The application for the 2026 AMS Early Career Leadership Academy is now open! ECLA brings together early-career individuals to develop leadership skills and create a network of peers and mentors. Learn more and apply by 10 February: https://bit.ly/3Na0l4y #AMSECLA26

I have no idea what the rest of 2026 is going to throw, but I have 20+ of the best in the game to ride it with. Love y'all @ametsoc.org @amsearlycareer.bsky.social 💙💚 #AMS2026

If you're still at #AMS2026, come hang out with me this afternoon at Poster 979. It's actually the first time I've shared my own tropical cyclone research in over a year and a half, so I'd love to bounce ideas off of anyone interested. 🌀

Almost filled out my Infinity Gauntlet. Thanks to all who attended the Early Career Conference and Reception at #AMS2026! With it in the books, I'm thrilled to officially take over as Chair of @amsearlycareer.bsky.social.

Day 2 of the Early Career Conference at #AMS2026! Excited to have UND student Sam Johnson with us today helping out. Say hi to him in Room 350D and Thank a Student Assistant Today.

The official debut of my research group was tonight at #AMS2026! Sooooooo proud of Sydney, Kyle, and Payton, as well as our other students repping North Dakota this week. Stay tuned for much more from my Northern Plains Sickos at the Tropical Conference in March 👀

Showtime! #AMS2026 attendees: come by the Conference for Early Career Professionals today and tomorrow in Room 350D! Our reception is also open to all, taking place from 8:30-10:30PM tonight in the Hilton Lanier Grand Ballroom A.

Each year, we try to get the AMS Board for Early Career Professionals together for a pre-conference dinner to catch up before the craziness of the next couple of days. Major kudos to our Chair, Emily, for pivoting our reservation due to unscheduled early closures! Always so much fun! #AMS2026

See you soon, #AMS2026! Come by the Early Career Conference Sunday-Monday, check out my students' posters, then stick around long enough to heckle me when it's my turn to present.

👀🚨👀 #AMS2026 #DrinkingWithScientists 🚨👀🚨

Blackboard (or Zoom... or WiFi as a whole) outages on the first full day of class A tale as old as time

A modest milestone for career academics, but I'll take any boost I can get!

Emotional support chicken nuggets for your timeline for absolutely no reason at all

Getting reallllllllllly tired of my profession being painted as the bad guy when we're all just a bunch of nerds who want you to be safe from tornadoes.

WTAF?! Also, for the love of God, can we not refer to NCAR As a “climate lab?” It does a hell of a lot more than just climate.

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 8mo ago

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.