Want to learn more about METplus?! Come join John, Tina, and me at the RAL seminar series on Wednesday, April 22nd at 1pm MT, in person (FL2-1022) or virtual! 🌎📊

Future Changes to Extreme Downslope Windstorms Across the Northern Colorado Front Range, McKenzie Larson, Ph.D. Candidate, ATOC - CU Boulder

🌎 Explore, Learn, Connect - RAL Seminar Series 🌎
🍃 Future Changes to Extreme Downslope Windstorms Across the Northern Colorado Front Range
🍃 McKenzie Larson, Ph.D. Candidate, ATOC, CU Boulder
🍃 WED, March 11, 2026 | 1-2 PM (MT) | Free Hybrid Event
Details: ral.ucar.edu/events/2026/...

Slide showing the different applications of METplus, a model verification package.

Today (Jan. 27) at 5:30 PM in Room 362C and virtually, I will be presenting about the @dtc-community.bsky.social METplus verification package and how it helps bridge research and operations! 🌎🌤️📊 #AMS2026

Come check out Tina’s talk and hear about the latest and greatest that METplus has to offer! — including new fire weather verification capabilities 🔥, data discovery features 🤩, and more! 📈

Today at 5:00 CST in 340B and online I'll be presenting some preliminary work we're doing at @ncar-ral.bsky.social to run the Current Icing Product (CIP) every 1 minute to provide rapidly updating in-flight icing information for tactical aviation users! #ams2026 #uas #uam #uav #avgeek #aviation

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Among all the eye-popping numbers in the December summary linked below, it's also the first public appearance of this annual weather/climate visualization which I am quite fond of.

Larger version at climate.colostate.edu/co_cag/index... in case resolution here isn't so good. #cowx

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The METplus v6.2 Coordinated Release is full of new developments, enhancements, fixes, and more! 🥳📊📈

Check out the code: github.com/dtcenter

Sunset over Lake McIntosh and the Indian Peaks. The clouds are vibrant oranges, dark gray, and some pink.

November sunsets are perfection.

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Sunrise with dramatic pink and orange colors, looking east.

From the Northern Lights last night to the sunrise today, the sky is really showing its full range of beauty.

North lights in Colorado, with green and red

Joining the crowds in posting — but these are the best Northern Lights I’ve seen in Colorado!

Sandy beach with large rocks in the foreground, with some cliffs and ocean waves.

A seal (?) with a spotted dark brown and tan coat sunbathing on rocks.

A single sea lion is waddling in the foreground, and there is a gaggle of sea lions behind on a large rock formation.

A lovely weekend of stratocumulus, seals, and sea lions 🦭

And a big shoutout to the whole team for their hard work and dedication, helping make METplus a community verification powerhouse 🤩.

The v6.1 METplus coordinated release is out and full of new features and enhancements 🥳 📈. Oh and did I mention that MET and the METplus wrappers are available via conda now?!

A small pond in a meadow with tree-covered mountains in the background. The sun is shining with a few scattered clouds.

Celebrating Colorado’s 149th birthday! 🎉

Purple lupines and other wildflowers in the foreground, with the sun setting over the Indian Peaks in the background.

Two bull moose eating with mountains and sunny skies in the background.

Unplugged Colorado weekend 🏔️🫎

But! See that gap between the red and blue lines? While we can quibble over where exactly the blue line should be, closing the gap to the blue line is what NOAA Research (plus that from NSF, NASA, and DOE) is working to do — directly reducing death, injury, and property damage… (1/2)

“I represent 67,000 pediatricians, and let me be clear: this bill will devastate children’s health,” said Dr. Susan Kressly, President of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social “Kids are 22% of our population—but 100% of our future. We cannot afford to fail them.”
Call your senators and demand a NO vote.

Dodecatheon pulchellum (shooting star) flower (pink, white, yellow, and black).

Always a good day when you find a shooting star 🤩

Daniel Adriaansen's poster presentation: New Capabilities for Evaluating Land-Atmosphere Coupling using METplus

We're excited to be a part of next week's 🤩S2S Predictability Workshop🤩 Cohosted by NSF NCAR & NOAA WPO’s S2S ncarprojects.ucar.edu/S2S-workshop... Check out Daniel Adriaansen's poster presentation: New Capabilities for Evaluating Land-Atmosphere Coupling using METplus dtcenter.org/community-co...

Dan at the lectern presenting on METplus capabilities.

@nycoloradan.bsky.social dropping some knowledge on the latest and greatest METplus capabilities for WRF, MPAS, and JEDI 🌎📈

0/13 stars, do not recommend

Clouds, blue sky, and a full rainbow with a dirt field.

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View, looking north from Bozeman, of the Bridger Range. The grass is green in the foreground with mountains in the background and blue sky.

A little touch some grass timeline cleanse.

P.S. I could get used to conferences in Bozeman.

The man, the myth, the legend. So proud and lucky to get to work with Jeff on the daily. Congrats, Jeff 🥳

This whole thread is 🤯

"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."

Views of a green field in the foreground with the Flatirons in the background. There are blue skies with a few clouds.

Sunday views 🤩