Ian Plummer

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Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?

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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Thanks! I do want to dive deeper into it. Hard to find the time though 😔

Oh it’s something I whipped up, I guess report may be misleading.

🌧 2025 was fairly dry across the state, especially the Lower HRV, NYC, and LI. The Syracuse region and western Mohawk Valley saw a marginally wetter 2025. This is largely attributed to a wetter than average May, Nov, and Dec in this area.

New York's 2025 Climate Report:
🌡 Downstate, the Capital Region, and W.NY saw a warmer 2025, while the eastern Catskills and ADKS saw a near-average 2025.
Statewide, 2025 was 0.81°F above the 1980-2010 average, continuing a nearly 3°F warming from the early 1900s.

New York Climate Report for December 2025:
🌡The entire state saw a below-average December, driven by a handful of cold air outbreaks.
🌧The Lower Hudson River Valley, NYC, and LI saw a drier than average Dec, while W.NY and the ADKS saw a wetter Dec. Statewide, precipitation was near average.

INTRODUCING YOUR NEW YORK ISLANDERS ALL-TIME SHUTOUT LEADER, ILYA SOROKIN!

NO WORDS #ISLESWIN #ISLES

My StoryGraph 2025 Wrapped

Do you prefer your gingerbread Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic?

Other folks are doing a better job describing the community contributions of NCAR. But personally, the tutorials, resources, models, and collaborations that I had through NCAR were vital to my learning & doing atmospheric science and getting a PhD.

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

New estimates of surface temperature change since the late 18th century Releasing an observation-based global temperature dataset extending back to 1781

The new GloSAT temperature dataset extends our observational estimates of global temperature change back to 1781

Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima...

Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

Excited for this paper to be out! With the collaboration of met services from Central America, we evaluate in detail the biases in gridded products that arise from the underlying station data, and the effect this has on the apparent emergence of regional drying trends. Thanks to all the co-authors!

November in NY was average to slightly cooler than average (albeit warmer than the avg Nov pre 1980) and drier than average outside of the lake impacted regions in Central NY and the ADKs.

🏆 CHAMPIONS AGAIN 🏆
GOTHAM FC are the 2025 NWSL Champions! 💙🖤

A clutch finish from Rose Lavelle sealed the 1–0 win and the crown. A night written into club history.

YOUR 2025 CHAMPIONS. ✨

Hockey Fights Cancer Night at UBS

1,019 glaciers have disappeared since 1973 in Switzerland! ✝️

1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥

But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰

The road leads straight to the NWSL Championship

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JAEDYN SHAW IS THE DEFINITION OF CLUTCH!

Application — paleoCAMP

Exciting news! Student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 are open! Are you a graduate student working on any aspect of past climates or environments? Apply to be part of our 2-week summer school in the eastern Sierra Nevada! More details here: paleoclimate.camp/apply

Interesting, thanks!

Super interesting! Any idea why the Siberian High was so anomalously strong in October?

Seems like it may be related to an almost record-high Siberian High for October. Any idea of the driver?

Gave it a try but too many clouds now

Faint Aurora Borealis over the Hudson River in Troy just now

PhD Topics - Entry September 2026 — The Foster Lab This year we are involved in 3 fully funded PhD projects via IGNITE our NERC DLA. The deadline is Thursday Jan 8th 2026 .  1.      Is the world already 1.5 C warmer?...

Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):

Video shows lava shot over 1,000 feet into the air from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Sunday. The impressive eruption was accompanied by a "volnado," or a tornado-like swirl of dust and ash caused by the contrast between the heated air near the lava and the cooler ambient air.

In light of the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, here is one of the cooler model case studies published.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

images from here since the orgininal resolution is low www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_res...