Very cool version of this monthly global average surface temperature anomaly chart showing both El Niño and La Niña years

I rattled off a lot of dates in this reel and surprisingly this was only my second take! I said June 31 was the first day of summer 🤦🏻‍♂️

Earth eclipses the Sun as seen by Artemis II on Orion. Satellites showing off as usual...

NSSL Warn-on-Forecast model is pretty bullish on supercells with low level rotation in south MS this evening.

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

The explosion of forms of morphologies at the beginning of the Phanerozoic is usually listed as having a start date around 535 million years ago. But a new disposit not only pulls that 4 million years further back, it also links it to the Ediacaran fauna. 🧪⚒️ Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 370,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 940,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,300,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,790,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

We’ve got a couple rounds of storms this week, severe weather season is waking up!

Today, the Nationa Hurricane Center issued an upgraded max wind for Hurricane Melissa: 190MPH!!! Here’s a breakdown of some of the findings in their Tropical Cyclone Report. (I condensed as much as I could to just under 6 minutes)

Hurricane #Melissa’s Tropical Cyclone Report was published by the NHC today. It was upgraded to 190MPH, tied for fastest Atlantic hurricane speed on record!

TikTok video by Kit Thomas - Meteorologist

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I’m ready for later sunsets! Spring is just around the corner in Memphis.

This sleet has cemented into glaciers on most roads since we haven’t seen temps much above freezing but three days in the last week. Soon we’ll melt down, but it may take til midweek!

CW: Shooting, murder. This is an execution in the street by ICE.

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

This is one of my favorite ways to visualize #SeaLevelRise... With another year of verified water levels at Key West behind us now (as of today), here's the updated version of this chart I've been making for the past decade or so. 🧪🌊 [1/3]

It's called climate change denial for a reason. “The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado," Russ Vought...said in a statement..."This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country."

As James says, this isn't even about climate. It's about all the tools, platforms, models, datasets we use to study and forecast weather and understand how it impacts people, too.

James Franklin@franklinjamesl.bsky.social · 8mo ago

These people are nuts. NCAR developed the GPS dropsonde, which revolutionized the understanding of TC structure, improved forecasts, and validated remote sensing platforms, as documented in over 400 peer-reviewed publications in the last 25 years. And that’s just one of NCAR’s countless advances.

Given tonight’s news the admin wants to disband NCAR, resharing my post from earlier today about the successful reduction of flooding on the Skagit R in WA state. NCAR does foundational R&D that enables my community to do the kinds of important work I talk about here. tinyurl.com/bdebat4m

A look at a successful real-time effort to reduce flooding in western Washington last week

Looking at how federal science and water agencies work together in flood events. Also - flood risk continue in the Pacific Northwest while the rest of the country warms up.

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Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly. Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them. Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.

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.

I'm not sure most folks are aware of the immense magnitude of loss this would entail for the global weather and climate community, and beyond. NCAR has played a greater cumulative role in advancing weather prediction and atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world.

NCAR is crucial to cutting-edge meteorology and improvements in weather forecasting. As others have noted, it's far, far bigger than a "climate" research lab. This is self-sabotage by a wildly ignorant and malicious administration cutting off their nose to spite their face. Find a better scapegoat.

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.

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

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.

Oh no... Seeing the direct tweet is even more frightening. Every day is a new crisis, and the repercussions are unimaginable.

Peter Brannen@peterbrannen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

These people are nuts. NCAR developed the GPS dropsonde, which revolutionized the understanding of TC structure, improved forecasts, and validated remote sensing platforms, as documented in over 400 peer-reviewed publications in the last 25 years. And that’s just one of NCAR’s countless advances.

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.

It will take many years to recover from the damage to essential research structures being frivolously eliminated. Climate Science is important. It's not just a far-off issue, your insurance is affected by these data, your energy bill is affected by these data, even your future medical bills!!!

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.

Some models are pointing towards a big warm-up for Memphis the days around Christmas! While it's still at the long-range of the models, prone to large error, I wanted to see how likely it was for us to see highs 70+ the week of Christmas. This is the 30-yr Dec 25 centered average probability.

Check out our new paper about phreatic eruptions at Whakaari volcano in New Zealand! 🌋🇳🇿

Communications Earth & Environment@commsearth.nature.com · 8mo ago

🌋Phreatic eruptions at Whakaari volcano are influenced by subsurface pressurisation magnitudes and timescales, which in turn are significantly influenced by hydrothermal mineralisation and magmatic gas input rates. 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Space station flying in front of the moon. Crozet VA. Thanksgiving evening 8:15 pm

🧪 If this observation holds up, I think it’s the first direct signal we’ve detected of a dark matter particle (rather than indirectly inferring their existence from gravitational effects. Exciting! I wonder if it’s consistent with what we (haven’t) seen at the LHC… phys.org/news/2025-11-y…

Tonight I dove into the diverging solutions for early next week. Some models bring a cold plunge fast, others delay it to late week and are warmer. We are certain though that Thanksgiving will remain clear and chilly in the Mid-South, so that's good news!

We're not sure what next week will bring...

YouTube video by Kit Thomas, Meteorologist

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