@mikehew.bsky.social
Retired meteorologist
I show no precipitation whatsoever at my station since July 30 at my station in #bayroberts #nlwx
11.08.2025 14:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Straw? No, too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts.
11.08.2025 13:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Smoke and pyrocumulus visible to the north of Bay Roberts. A new fire? #nlwx
06.08.2025 22:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 030.8 C at #bayroberts at 12:28PM. Waiting for the seabreeze #nlwx
17.07.2025 14:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My high here at Bay Roberts was 30.7 C. #nlwx #bayroberts
14.07.2025 18:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hail reported in Cupids as the line moved through earlier #NLwx
27.06.2025 14:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0RW/RW+ at Bay Roberts now. #nlwx
27.06.2025 13:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 06.2 mm at Bay Roberts and a clap of thunder a little while ago. Up until this morning our monthly total was just 17 mm. #nlwx
25.06.2025 16:24 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Heavy rain at Bay Roberts at the moment. #nlwx
25.06.2025 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Heavy rain at Bay Roberts at the moment #nlwx
25.06.2025 16:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This was served with an artery clamp.
16.06.2025 20:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When I was at University many decades ago, a new student union building put in a cafeteria. There was a campus-wide competition to name the cafeteria.
The winning entry was "The Alferd Packer Memorial Grill".
BTW - my spelling of the name is the correct one.
My backyard station reached 18.9 C yesterday. The highest March temperature ever. 16 years of data. #nlwx #bayroberts
22.03.2025 11:22 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No accumulation at all yet here at #bayroberts #nlwx
13.03.2025 17:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Then there was a dyslexic atheist who didn't believe there was a dog.
06.03.2025 14:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I missed this part
01.03.2025 03:52 — 👍 5230 🔁 1710 💬 381 📌 652Moose online applications are now available!
Do moose know how to get online though?
22.5 mm/hour at my backyard station at the moment #nlwx #abayroberts
26.02.2025 20:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0At one time there was also a temperature criterion for blizzard warnings. I don't know when that ended.
10.02.2025 14:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"people in “elite” positions of power often crumble when they face a tiny amount of pushback"
This applies to all bullies, as I discovered on the school playground when I was eight. Bullies bully in an effort to try and cover up their cowardice.
She had a lisp and said "I am a lot thorer than you".
06.02.2025 13:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0-14.7 C here in #bayroberts #nlwx
06.02.2025 13:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You can see the snow tapering off in downslope flow as it crosses the high ground on the northwestern Avalon.
05.02.2025 14:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trump asked that flags at half staff be raised. Part of the 30-day tribute to Jimmy Carter. His request was refused, so he asked that the ceremony be indoors where the flags couldn't be seen.
20.01.2025 17:41 — 👍 36 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0The temperature at Bay Roberts is currently 12.8C. No polar vortex here. Yet. #nlwx
20.01.2025 17:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The temperature at Bay Roberts is currently 12.8C. No polar vortex here. Yet. #nlwx #bayroberts #newfoundlandandlabrador
20.01.2025 17:31 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Caution -- Styopka is about to invade Poland.
30.12.2024 22:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We had <2 cm here in #bayroberts and the rain has now washed iitall away. 2.2 degrees. #nlwx
26.12.2024 17:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0If she is an outdoor cat you could call her "Dog". Imagine the neighbours' suprise when you call "DOG DOG DOG" and a cat walks in.
14.12.2024 22:32 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0My choice as well.
Rise again!
