If there were to be a Muppet Lord of the Rings, 1) which Muppets should play which characters and 2) who should the one human actor be?

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

It was definitely confusing at first but made sense after a lot of trial and error lol. We should definitely find a time for you GSL MPAS folks to stop by NCAR soon!

They're here (it is kind of hard to find) mpas-dev.github.io/atmosphere/a...

MPAS-BR/grids/utilities/jigsaw/spherical_grid.py at master · pedrospeixoto/MPAS-BR Repository for MPAS models and shared framework releases. - pedrospeixoto/MPAS-BR

So far this program is the best way I've found to make a custom mesh if the pre-existing ones don't work for what you're running: github.com/pedrospeixot...

- "The scientific consensus on climate change is a global conspiracy"
- Have you ever tried to get any 2 scientists to a) agree on anything b) follow directions

PRESSURE WORKS!!!!

We have to keep it up ✊🏼❤️

Working on a project and made this image of the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption.

Never seen it from this perspective and it sort of blew my mind.

Series of rugged ridges stretching away to the south.

Mount Toll, poking up like a gigantic fang above some snowfields.

A view of the Paiute Peak-Mt. Audubon ridge traverse behind a boulder. It is a nice boulder.

View of Blue and Little Blue lakes looking down the valley from Paiute Peak.

The Paiute Peak-Mt. Audubon traverse did not disappoint today.

Sharpiegate is the perfect encapsulation of what a small, angry little man Donald Trump really is.

He mistakenly tweeted Alabama was in Dorian's path. That's it. But he's so insecure about his mental acuity that he turned the gov't upside down to make his mistake the new truth to avoid being wrong.

In case you were wondering, a large percentage of NOAA ex-probationary employees are still waiting for their off-boarding paperwork to process and false debt bills to be resolved. It's almost August.

EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name

EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name
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NCAR needs a 'bring your cats to work' day lol.

This this this this

For literally decades climate hawks and progressives have warned that internal combustion will die off and the tech of the future is electric + battery power and that if we didn’t seize the initiative China would eat our lunch and…welp!

The Trump administration wants to eviscerate NOAA, CIRA, CIRES and other vital science agencies & institutes.

This is a five-alarm fire — for our state, and for scientific research nationally.

We must defeat this terrible proposal.

Extremely grateful to have a Representative who deeply cares about and advocates for science

The New River Gorge is amazing (could even say it's gorge-eous). I've gone whitewater rafting there and it was tons of fun (I think we might've gone under that bridge in your last photo)!

Guys it’s the tiny wiggle microbes Meteora (aka the Elder Gods) flapping to the beat of a song from Linkin Parks Meteora 😭😭😭😭😭

A black and white photo of a middle aged white man dressed in a white dress shirt and plaid tie with round glasses. Four lizards are crawling on his shirt and tie.

Ideal professional headshot

It's disorienting living in the Wile E. Coyote portion of a country's life cycle. We ran off the cliff but haven't plummeted down yet. We're just now starting to hold up the big YIKES sign

Pope Leo interrupts vacation to appeal for action on climate change Pope Leo interrupted a two-week vacation on Wednesday to celebrate a special Mass exhorting Catholics to exercise care for creation, in the Vatican's second major appeal in a week for the world to address global climate change.

“…even when it requires the courage to oppose the destructive power of the princes of this world.” — Pope Leo XIV

As my colleagues have heard me say numerous times: This is a time like no other to be courageous.

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If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄

The Secretary of Commerce's new policy requiring his personal review of all NOAA contracts over $100,000 is directly harming American science. 🧪

How do I know? Because this morning, twelve of America's rising leaders in climate science (including myself) were furloughed.

I remain struck by the event similarities to the conceptual model of @rschumacher.cloud's PhD work.

Nam-3km cross-sections as it picked up on the event show the mesoscale setup well.

Unfortunately end result was a catastrophic flash-flood with significant loss of life. 😞

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It's been a bit since I've done a meteorological deep dive, but the devastating flash #flood in central Texas this July 4th/5th deserve a closer look. #TXwx

Yes remnants of #Barry were involved helping enhance moisture. A remnant MCV from Mexico on 3 July also played a role.

Full evolution below ⤵️

Radar image of some blobby storms

A nice, crisp updraft base.

Accidentally storm chasing on the Denver airport bus

For perspective: a recent study suggested that economic savings from just a *single* well-predicted hurricane, thanks to NOAA research advancements, are on order of *$5 billion.* That exceeds NOAA's *entire proposed annual operating budget.* So much for government efficiency.