Fort Collins high temperature of 102°F yesterday sets a new monthly record for August, and was one degree shy of the all-time record high from July 21, 2005. #cowx

The devastation is unimaginable. I moved here 3 years ago knowing Spokane would be my home. I can’t explain how horrific this is. “It’s like a war zone,” people told me.

Olivia Miles 1st half highlight tape 🍿📽️ (via @wnba.com)

Serious wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire situation in Spokane, WA amid "extremely critical/Particularly Dangerous Situation" fire weather conditions. Two separate fires, #OldTrailsFire & #FairViewFire, are actively burning near/in neighborhoods; mass evacs ongoing. #WAwx

Happy 150th birthday, Colorado! Here's one of our favorite maps: average annual precipitation with color shading inspired by the state flag. It nicely illustrates the many variations in weather and climate across our beautiful state. 🎂🥳

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Big Thompson flood of July 31, 1976: one of the deadliest disasters in Colorado history. An intense rainstorm led to a rapid flood wave down the canyon where many people were commemorating Colorado's centennial. 144 people lost their lives. #cowx 1/

Significant flash flooding yesterday in multiple parts of Colorado, including the Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres burn scars, resulting in debris flows, road closures, and evacuations #cowx

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UPDATE: Red Mountain Pass — a section of U.S. 550 that travels from Ouray to Silverton — remains closed in both directions this morning.

Record high tied: 99° at DIA ties the daily record set back in 1963. Very early in the day to tie the record. Barring cloud cover, we should easily hit 100° and break the daily record. #COwx

NSF Unidata is hiring! We are seeking an enthusiastic and collaborative professional to join our team as a Program Specialist IV – Community Services & Partnerships Manager. More information: buff.ly/lwKemu7

The classic WWRP Forecast Verification website has found new life on Github Pages! See jwgfvr.github.io/forecastveri... for the new page and look forward to seeing updates.

July 18th, 1986: A widely viewed tornado struck the Minneapolis/St Paul metro. Described as a "minimal" F2, the twister was observed by MNDOT cameras, a KARE-11 news helicopter, and tens of thousands of residents. Several dozen structures were damaged.

Preliminary maximum rainfall amounts exceeding 20-25" have occurred during the last four days across parts of south-central TX, leading to catastrophic flooding in the area. Raining continues across south-central TX.

Getting invited to the parilla by strangers is the goal when you are in Argentina

Norm Charlatan@normcharlatan.bsky.social · 4w ago

When I was living in Buenos Aires for a bit, I remember leaving a house party at 4am. On my way out, a bunch of dudes came in and were like, where are you going? We got a bunch of meat and we’re gonna do parrilla. Anyway, asking the Argentine team to play a game at noon must be hell.

There's only 5 hydration breaks remaining in this World Cup, plan accordingly

The Man.

‘Jeopardy!’ Celebrates Longtime Announcer Johnny Gilbert’s 98th Birthday

‘Jeopardy!’ announcer Johnny Gilbert is 98 today. On Monday, July 13, the game show’s Instagram paid tribute to its longtime host.

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With their fruit crops obliterated by freeze, these Colorado growers are forced to flex their business muscles to survive

With their fruit crops obliterated by freeze, these Colorado growers are forced to flex their business muscles to survive

An April freeze devastated farmers along the North Fork Valley, including a total loss at the Kropp family’s First Fruits. Here’s how the orchards are moving on.

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Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding battered parts of Missouri on Friday, forcing the helicopter evacuations of more than 200 children and staff from a summer camp and the rescues of about 20 people who had moved to safety on a campground building that collapsed. https://to.pbs.org/4fwxGSI

More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missouri faces flooding

With nearby roads washed away and more rain in the forecast, the children were trapped at Camp Taum Sauk in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according Sgt. Eddie Young with the state's...

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bumping this in light of another 1000-yr rainstorm in Missouri overnight. A narrow band of extreme accumulations from a 'training line' mesoscale convective system.

Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · last mo.

happy to have this paper published with @draaronhill.bsky.social We looked at extreme rainfall (up to 1000-yr storms) in gridded datasets and the CONUS404 simulation. Continuing the theme from other work, there are many nice things about CONUS404, but it is not a reanalysis of extreme precip. 🧵

So much of the (intense) focus on NWS upper air issues has been on impacts on model forecasts - but we collect this data as part of a global effort to ensure high quality data for climate and atmospheric monitoring, and the US is currently not living up to its commitments. tinyurl.com/4ys6daef

Upper air balloons are not just about data for computer models

Part of a larger global weather and climate data gathering effort - and US appears to be dropping the ball on its commitments

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Warm and dry conditions returned to Colorado in June, with several fast-growing fires starting late in the month. June is also the typical peak for severe thunderstorms in Colorado, and this year was no exception. Read more in our monthly climate summary: climate.colostate.edu/monthly_summ...

Hundreds of Coloradans have lost their homes in the Aspen Acres Fire in Pueblo and Custer counties. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations to the Southern Colorado Wildfire Relief Fund. Together, we've already raised $60,000: secure.qgiv.com/for/emergenc...

Our paper related to this work is now in BAMS EOR: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

WoFS-FLASH coupled forecasts for the July 2025 Texas Hill Country Flash Flood Disaster

Abstract On 4 July 2025, rainfall ≥ 254 mm (≥ 10 in.) fell on the Guadalupe River basin headwaters in Kerr County, Texas, causing the deadliest flash flood disaster in the U.S. since the Big Thompson,...

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Derek Stratman@drstratman.bsky.social · last mo.

Some work I've been a part of since the tragic TX flash flood event a year ago. Coupling WoFS and FLASH will provide the NWS (and EMs) another tool to help protect lives and property from flash floods. youtu.be/ZOGwKd2Mi0k?...

In real life, there's no extra lives. Heed the warning, remember the phrase: #TurnAroundDontDrown #NationalVideoGameDay

(VOLUME WARNING) First video I’m seeing coming out of Rota island youtube.com/shorts/L3wFF...

Viewer Video From Rota: Inside Super Typhoon Bavi's Eyewall at 180 MPH | NMI News Service

YouTube video by NMI News Service

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JJuly (they/them)@misovortex.bsky.social · last mo.

Sunrise.

Qué partido indeed

I thought I heard that too, and there's a line of people who want to speak to him, including but not limited to Kyle Freeland, Mike Hampton, Jason Jennings, Juan Nicasio, Jason Hammel, Jhoulys Chacin, Chi Chi Gonzalez, Yency Almonte, Denny Neagle, Brian Bohanon, Pedro Astacio, Shawn Chacon, Sco

Mark Primiano@doctor1hundred.bsky.social · last mo.

"Altitude is all in your mind" is one of the funniest things a sports announcer could say.

telling my team "you can beat the ALTITUDE with your ATTITUDE" before losing 9-0

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · last mo.

Announcer re the 7000 foot altitude “it’s all in your mind” no it isn’t, that’s not true

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

Totally bummed to be in Florida on vacation and my neighbor got to measure 8.40" in my CoCoRaHS gauge from this deluge just NE of Des Moines Friday morning. That should have been me adding up all those partial empties of the outer cylinder into the inner cylinder!! So jealous!