🚨The Call for Abstracts for #NWAS26 closes in ☝️week at 11:59 PM Central 🚨
This year's theme is "Weathering the Storms...Together" 🤝⛈️
Call for Abstracts: nwas.org/2026-call-fo...
Abstract Reference Guide: nwas.org/nwa-abstract...
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Hi @wxmanms1.bsky.social! I think you may have been using an old verification webpage when you were looking for figures for this article. The latest figures can be found on the EMC Verification website (specifically the MRW Headline Scores page: www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/users/verifi...). Thanks!
"Voluminous empirical data show that most of the public cares about climate change... But this overwhelming majority does not realize it’s a majority, partly because its existence is not reflected in most news coverage. In other words, they have been a silent majority but also a *silenced* majority"
Only a few days left to apply for student travel grants! Students in undergrad and graduate school are highly encouraged to apply if you're planning on attending the Joint Summit.
Map of the Lower 48 states showing a heat dome covering the Western U.S. in reddish, orange hues. The dome extends across the entire region.
"Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature records for April before that month has even begun." www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/w...
A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity.
www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...
Weather Analysis and Forecasting / Numerical Weather Prediction Conference Student Travel Grant Awards Student presentations selected as part of the 34WAF/30NWP conferences have the option of being judged, with a $50 award going to the top 3 oral and poster presentations in each conference (12 awards total). Also, once abstracts have been submitted, the WAF/NWP committee will offer three $375 travel grants to students whose abstracts have been accepted. Students who wish to be considered for a travel grant must send the following documents to the program chairs (austin.coleman@noaa.gov, john.lind@noaa.gov, jbravo2@stevens.edu, and tomer@windbornesystems.com) no later than Friday, April 3rd, 2026: Statement of why they wish to attend the WAF/NWP conferences - Statement of commitment to attend if they receive the travel grant - Letter of support from their advisor - Ensure that you have submitted an abstract to the WAF or NWP conferences before the abstract submission deadline
Hi everyone! With the abstract submission deadlines for the 2026 AMS Madison Joint Summit coming up, wanted to advertise these student award and travel opportunities available via the AMS WAF/NWP conferences. Feel free to spread the word to any interested students!
Base velocity scan from KVNX valid at 0345 UTC March 6, 2026
Just about as close as you'll get to resolving a tornado with an 88D. Just south of Vance AFB in northern OK this evening.
Radar loop of a long lived tornado approaching the Vance Air Force Base radar site in NW Oklahoma
“Abolishing tenure cripples scientific & creative research...
This sends a strong message that top-tier academics seeking employment at Oklahoma universities should look elsewhere immediately. Why pursue a job here under such a repressive climate?”
— Michael Givel, OU AAUP President
March 2-3rd, 2012:
A massive outbreak of over 70 tornadoes impacted the Central and Southern US. 25 were significant (EF2+), two violent EF4s. Forty-one people were killed, several hundred more were injured, and over $3 billion in damage was produced.
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Stand up for science. National day of action. Save science protest health defend democracy. Saturday March 7th dc and nationwide.
Hey. Wanna help @standupforscience.bsky.social?
Take this flyer (or your local event flyer) and the blurb in the next post and send it to 10 of your favorite scientists.
BONUS POINTS IF YOU POST ON YOUR TOP THREE FAVORITE SUBREDDITS!!!
"Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided... Execution of this action will threaten habitability, water and air quality, environmental and public health, as well as national security and prosperity." Read more from @maxboykoff.bsky.social ⬇️
Also had some thoughts on the solar industry's latest attempt to win favor with the Trump administration. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/larry-elli...
“‘I am not a dangerous criminal. I didn’t enter the country illegally and had everything I needed to be there.’
So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? … ‘Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,’ Karen says.”
I've been asked about how to deal with the fear of speaking out. So, I wrote about it!
Fear and Fascism.
SUFS Blog: www.standupforscience.net/blog/fear-an...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
@standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpforScience
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
Visual of the cold air to come...
In this short clip from yesterday's livestream, I discuss the causes of & broader context surrounding severe cold/Arctic outbreaks (like the one ongoing in eastern U.S.) & why they can be even more disruptive against a backdrop of strong long-term warming.
@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
#SaveNCAR
Screenshot of panelists includes Chris Goode, Steven Thur, Alan Gerard, Joshua Kastman, Elyse Smith, and Alana Dachtler
Screenshot of Panel Discussion 8 at the AMS Annual Meeting, set to take place Tuesday from 4:30-6pm in Room 381A
Join us this (Tuesday) afternoon at 4:30pm in 381A for what will most certainly be an excellent panel discussion on the future of the public-private partnership! We're really excited to have such an amazing group of panelists! 😃
Screenshot of panelists includes Chris Goode, Steven Thur, Alan Gerard, Joshua Kastman, Elyse Smith, and Alana Dachtler
Screenshot of Panel Discussion 8 at the AMS Annual Meeting, set to take place Tuesday from 4:30-6pm in Room 381A
Join us this (Tuesday) afternoon at 4:30pm in 381A for what will most certainly be an excellent panel discussion on the future of the public-private partnership! We're really excited to have such an amazing group of panelists! 😃
📢 Fellow LGBTQIA+ peeps attending #AMS2026! 🏳️🌈
Coriolis has compiled some local resources to help optimize your experience here in Houston! Check out our local guide for more info (including our events this week), along with other community resources/maps 🗺️
Everyone protesting in Minnesota has been risking being murdered.
The rest of us Americans can make some fucking phone calls.
That goes for those with Repub senators as well as those of us with Dem senators. All of them.
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After Congress refused to protect NCAR, NSF issued a letter asking for proposals to “restructure” the #Boulder-based climate and weather science hub, including privatization. The move would undermine a global pillar of weather forecasting and climate research. boulderreportinglab.org/2026/01/23/n...
Photo of a beautiful new restaurant in Houston with teal chairs and fun chandeliers called Buena Vista!
First restaurant stop of AMS Houston (came in early cause we didn't wanna get snowed in to OKC) gets an 11/10 from me! If you like Cuban food, I'd definitely recommend 😊
Winter Storm Severity Index. No more important added content to add from what is in the post text.
Take this storm seriously.
Moderate to major impacts are expected from the Central US through to the Northeast through the weekend.
- Hazardous to impossible driving conditions are expected. Avoid travel if at all possible.
- Widespread closures and disruption to infrastructure may also occur.