Congratulations to @ucarscied.bsky.social & SciEd Dir. Becca Hatheway for receiving the 2026 Advancing Environmental Literacy Award from the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education. UCAR SciEd provides education & experiences that complement NSF NCAR’s research and work. https://bit.ly/4dtzkmQ

Last week, we celebrated the 2026 Advancing Environmental Literacy Award at the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) Awards Celebration! 🎉

Hurricane Polo is absolutely popping off right now. So much eye wall lightning. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

AMS election season is underway, and to help you get to know the candidates better, AMS Headlines asked each of the nominees three questions 🙋💬 See the responses from President-Elect candidates Melissa Burt and Sue Ellen Haupt here: https://bit.ly/4ikLH87

Meet the 2027 Candidates: President-Elect

It’s election season at AMS! Each fall, eligible AMS members select a President-Elect and AMS Council representatives, and voting is now officially open until November 11. Visit the AMS Election page…

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🚗 🌨️ We’re at Friends of Aurora Day today in Colorado Springs! If you’re attending, stop by our table and say hello to Curtis Walker & Bill Petzke! Learn more about our road weather research, forecasting, and decision-support capabilities. 🤝 We’d love to connect! ral.ucar.edu/solutions/ro...

The Mesa Lab looks good from every angle, rain AND shine! 🤩⛈️🌈🌻 #MesaLabMonday 📸: Reva Golden

🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL/MMM Joint Seminar 🌎 🌐 Tropical Weather Systems Response to a Warming Climate 🌐 Dr. Kelly Núñez Ocasio, Asst Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University 🌐 Tues, Sept 29 | 1-2 PM (MT) | Free hybrid event! More! ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

☀️ Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Understanding Heat Risk Perceptions & Strengthening Local Heat Actions workshop at NSF NCAR! Participants from across the country shared ideas & resources for building more heat-resilient communities. Read more! gis.ucar.edu/news/worksho...

🧑🏻‍🎓Open for apps! The ASP postdoc allows students to conduct independent research under the mentorship of scientists & engineers at NSF NCAR. This year, we are requesting apps that fit the theme of “Building National Resilience." Apps due October 25. https://bit.ly/3SSn9ZT

What's up with weather fronts? ☁️ Weather fronts are places where different air masses meet. Learn about the different types of weather fronts and the conditions they bring, how they move, and more in this Animated Atmosphere video!

☀️ “This is a useful tool in actually quantifying how human beings experience heat in an urban environment & how factors like wind or humidity influence the impacts. HUMID-Atlanta is just the first dataset of its kind.” Tzu-Shun Lin 🌐 Explore the HUMID Dashboard! compass.rap.ucar.edu/humid/

NSF NCAR & UCAR@ncar-ucar.bsky.social · last wk.

Since extreme heat can seriously impact human health, NSF NCAR researchers have created a new, publicly available dataset to provide potentially life-saving information for researchers, city managers and health officials to understand heat stress in urban environments.

Captain’s Log. Stardate 80317.5. The 30th anniversary of Super Science Saturday approaches. These are the voyages of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. Its continuing mission: to explore our planet Earth; to seek new answers to complex questions; and to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Join Us Today! 11-12 PM (MT) 🚘 Lee Chapman, Univ. of Birmingham presents: 🚘 Revolution Not Evolution: Assessing Climate Change & Embracing Rapid Technological Change. A Winter Road Maintenance Case Study 🌎 RAL Seminar Series - Explore, Learn, Connect 🌎 Watch Live: ral.ucar.edu/live

NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory@ncar-ral.bsky.social · 2w ago

🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🚘 Revolution Not Evolution: A Winter Road Maintenance Case Study 🚘 Lee Chapman, Prof. of Climate Resilience & Met Office Joint Chair, Univ. of Birmingham 🚘 THU, Sept. 15 | 11-12 PM (MT) ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

In celebration of Peer Review Week 2026, AGU Publications recognizes 244 outstanding reviewers for their work in 2025, as selected by the editors of each journal. Learn more in #AGUEos: spklr.io/63325ETnHb #PRW2026 #AGUPubs #PeerReviewWeek

In Appreciation of AGU’s Outstanding Reviewers of 2025 - Eos

AGU editors recognize the contributions of peer reviewers in 2025, whose expertise and dedication were integral to the advancement of the Earth and space sciences.

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🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🌐 AI Weather Prediction Across Scales: From Radar Nowcasting to Kilometer-Scale & Subseasonal Forecasting 🌐 Manmeet Singh, Asst Prof DSOC AI Research Lab, Western Kentucky Univ. 🌐 TUES, Sept 22 | 1-2 PM (MT) Show me more! ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

Earlier this summer, we hosted our second annual National Ozone Garden Network Workshop! Partners from across the country came together to exchange ideas on programming and data collection, and learn from @ncar-ucar.bsky.social scientists about the impacts of ground-level ozone.

600+ UAS flights in just 5 days! 😎RAL’s James Pinto joined researchers & students in Florida for INFUSSE 2026, using weather-sensing drones, wind lidars & an NSF NCAR instrumented tower to capture the coastal sea breeze in action.🌊 Thanks to all our partners! Read more: ral.ucar.edu/news/more-60...

🤩 “GTGN is a product that is geared towards making flying safer. By using this tactical tool, pilots can avoid hazardous areas and ask for reroutes, making flights less eventful by avoiding severe and moderate turbulence,” Wiebke Deierling, NSF NCAR RAL Read more! news.ucar.edu/133089/prepa...

NSF NCAR & UCAR@ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 2w ago

✈️ With NSF NCAR's new Graphical Turbulence Guidance Nowcast (GTGN), pilots can avoid turbulence using short-term forecast data in 15 minute increments (nowcasts) to inform inflight decision-making. Now fully operational, GTGN will help to make flights more comfortable+safer! https://bit.ly/4yqo7vf

🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🌆 Bridging Regional & Local Scales: Multi-Fidelity Modeling of Urban Boundary-Layer Flow & Transport 🌆 Navid Goudarzi, M3TFluiD Lab, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Cleveland State University 🌆 THU, Sept 17 | 11-12 PM (MT) ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

Join Us Today! 10-11 AM (MT) 🧊 Jasper Kok, Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA presents: 🧊 Can Mixed-Phase Cloud Thinning Meaningfully Cool the Arctic? 🌎 RAL Seminar Series - Explore, Learn, Connect 🌎 Watch Live: ral.ucar.edu/live

NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory@ncar-ral.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🧊 Can Mixed-Phase Cloud Thinning Meaningfully Cool the Arctic? 🧊 Jasper Kok, Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA 🧊 Thursday, September 10 | 10-11 AM (MT) | Free hybrid event! Show me more! ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

Looking for a residency opportunity? The NSF NCAR EdEC Faculty Fellowship Program allows fellows to develop research collaborations, joint research proposals, enhanced classroom content & more in Boulder, CO. Apps due October 8. https://bit.ly/4gRSrI8

Join Us Today! 1-2 PM (MT) 🌐 Ertugrul Taciroglu, Professor, UCLA & Devasmit Dutta, PH.D. Candidate, UCLA presents: 🌐 Digital Twins & Probabilistic Regional Risk Assessment: from Earthquakes to WUI Fires ral.ucar.edu/live 🤩The visiting faculty is sponsored by the EdEC Faculty Fellowship Program.

NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory@ncar-ral.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌎Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🌐Digital Twins & Probabilistic Regional Risk Assessment 🌐Ertugrul Taciroglu, Professor UCLA & Devasmit Dutta, PHD Candidate UCLA 🌐WED Sept 9, 1-2 (MT) The visiting faculty is sponsored by the EdEC Faculty Fellowship Program ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

📢 Our ASP Graduate Visitor Program Fellowship is accepting applications for the 2027 cohort of fellows. This program is intended for graduate students to work on their thesis, dissertation, or final project w/ guidance from NSF NCAR scientists and engineers in Boulder. https://bit.ly/4nBRgOG

✈️ Turbulence can be unpredictable, but we’re continually working to develop better tools to anticipate it. Our latest GTGN Ver. 2 tool provides higher resolution with new data inputs to deliver improved turbulence nowcasts. Advancing safer, more informed travel. 🤩 More: ral.ucar.edu/news/turbule...

🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🚘 Revolution Not Evolution: A Winter Road Maintenance Case Study 🚘 Lee Chapman, Prof. of Climate Resilience & Met Office Joint Chair, Univ. of Birmingham 🚘 THU, Sept. 15 | 11-12 PM (MT) ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

🛎️ AMS Elections are NOW open! President-Elect Candidates: Melissa Burt, Sue Ellen Haupt Council Candidates: Heidi Centola, Tim Hall, Daniel Rothenberg, Jennifer Call, Pamela Heinselman, David McCarren, Christopher Davis, Everette Joseph, Nicholas Metz Learn more and vote: https://bit.ly/3Iaapbo

🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🧊 Can Mixed-Phase Cloud Thinning Meaningfully Cool the Arctic? 🧊 Jasper Kok, Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA 🧊 Thursday, September 10 | 10-11 AM (MT) | Free hybrid event! Show me more! ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

🔥 Check out another Explorer Series conversation on wildfire research & impacts. Now available to watch, Forrest Lacey sharing insights into how wildfire smoke affects air quality & the far-reaching impacts it can have on human health. Watch here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Mg...

Science in the Spotlight: Air quality, smoke, and the health impacts of wildfire

YouTube video by NSF NCAR & UCAR Science Education

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NSF NCAR & UCAR@ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Curious about air quality during wildfire season and how it can impact our health? NSF NCAR scientist Forrest Lacey shares insights in our next Science in the Spotlight webinar. 📅Thursday, Aug. 13 from 3-4 p.m. MT 🌐 Virtual webinar More details: https://edec.ucar.edu/events/wildfires-AQ

What a remarkable view. A hurricane trio in the Pacific. Lowell, Karina and Marie.

🌎Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎 🌐Digital Twins & Probabilistic Regional Risk Assessment 🌐Ertugrul Taciroglu, Professor UCLA & Devasmit Dutta, PHD Candidate UCLA 🌐WED Sept 9, 1-2 (MT) The visiting faculty is sponsored by the EdEC Faculty Fellowship Program ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...