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GOES-19 Channel 13 (IR) Brightness Temperature at 16:45 UTC (12:45 PM EDT) for Hurricane Melissa. The storm has officially made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica.

Per the NHC: Landfall.

New Hope, Jamaica.

Maximum sustained winds of 185 MPH, and a minimum central pressure of 892 mb.

Is anybody else having trouble logging into @ncslorg.bsky.social Base Camp? I’ve sent an email to troubleshoot but I don’t know what else to do.

Hurricane Melissa, a sub-900 mb hurricane that has really only intensified in the last 96 hours with minimal fluctuations. The Enveloped Eyewall Lightning (EEL) structure is about as defined as it has been at any point in its life.

For Jamaica, this is about as worst case as can get…

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

An incorrect list of the US Presidential Successions as shown in the 2025 tv show A House of Dynamite.

Ummm…so A House of Dynamite’s list of succession is blatantly incorrect. Joint Chiefs and Commands are not included and it’s missing the rest of the cabinet. Wtaf?! So much focus on the military abbreviations but incorrect civics information. Sounds accurate to the US right now.

Recon aircraft observations for Hurricane Melissa, per mission: AF308-2013A. Top left: MSLP and flight-level winds; Top right: SFMR Wind Speed and Rain Rate (use with caution); Bottom left: Flight-level temperature and dewpoint; Bottom right: Aircraft pressure and altitude.

AF308-2013A mission reconnaissance observation of peak 10-second average flight level winds for Hurricane Melissa valid as of 1701 UTC. The salmon-colored wind barbs indicate an excess of 137 kt (~157 mph). Pressure observations in mb/hPa are overlaid near the center of the storm.

Based on data from this recent recon pass, as well as other commentary from experts here, it is fair game to suspect that #Melissa is finding a way to continue strengthening.

Finding out someone stole your dead mom’s profile picture on FB to create a new, fake profile really hurts. Some people really do suck!

And #Melissa is now a major hurricane. If we assume a window of time beginning at 15 UTC (11 AM EDT) as the baseline, Melissa has gone from a 60 kt tropical storm to a 100 kt Category 3 hurricane in roughly 12 hours. **40 kt in 12 hrs**

Unfortunately, no signs of slowing down in the short term…

Polling in Maine is different and difficult given the use of Ranked Choice Voting. Coupled with people still entering the race and the year plus until election, it’s all too early.

A painting of a bird beside the text "Oh joy, another dipshit who thinks he understands my area of expertise"

Good job Maine!

Reprehensible. Violence of any kind is NEVER the answer, nor should it ever be an option. Full stop.

One can disagree and question someone’s perspectives until blue in the face for xyz reasons. That is the basis of discourse. But once violence is carried out on others, no argument stands.

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In honor of losing both my dad and grandmother to this disease, I've started a team to help raise awareness and fundraise for this year's @alzassociation.bsky.social Walk ("If You Feel It, Chase the Alzheimer's Cure"). The walk is set for Saturday, Nov 1. Any support is greatly appreciated!

#ENDALZ

Gilmore Girls annual re-watch has commenced.

A touching tribute in my dad's honor was made yesterday morning on @uninoticias.bsky.social 's flagship show "Despierta America", for which my dad worked on from its inception in 1997 to his retirement in 2020. Raul and my dad were like brothers and enjoyed working together for many years.

Cannot wait to try them!

It’s not even noon and I’ve had two glimmers today: jammed out to one of my favorite songs on the radio as I pulled into my spot at work AND got a digital library card so I can start utilizing online databases again! The nerd in me is overjoyed!

It’s like we’re being held hostage from sleep by our smoke detectors. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The end of an era, but 100% undeserved. This should never be like this.

"La ignorancia mata a los pueblos. Por eso es preciso matar a la ignorancia" -José Martí

Between outsourcing our critical thinking to chat bots (e.g., Grok, ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc…) and villifying longstanding public knowledge resources that are fair and critical, Dunning-Kruger only intensifies.

I had a feeling that was the case. Glad I’m not the only one looking (and waiting).

Can someone please direct me on where to find the Senate CJS appropriations bill (if there is one)? I know the subcommittee met tonight and voted it to the full committee tomorrow, I'm just wanting to look at the numbers if I can before the meeting tomorrow.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

The projected “savings” by shuttering all NOAA ocean, climate, and weather research labs and program offices (14 total) and associated Cooperative Institutes (17 total) won’t even come remotely close to the value of lost knowledge by scattering every scientist elsewhere.

This would be an inexplicable amount of self-inflicted damage. Basically the overwhelming message would be that cutting edge weather, water, and climate research would no longer have a home in the U.S.

Yes, this is just the admin’s requests for the NOAA budget and Congress gets the final say. But 🤬

Can we please stop commenting on how many bags women bring with them on any given day? Or make it acceptable to carry one huge bag with comment?

This shouldn't even be a particularly "hot" take in the sense that it's objectively & quantitatively correct! In formal studies on return on investment for federally funded research at universities, the enormous value is very clear. It is even (dare I say it?) a very *efficient* public expenditure.

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The NWS, powered by a green screen and 20 GB, 5400 RPM hard disk drives...

Next he's gonna say it would probably be a good idea to send people up into the clouds to fix the cloud hardware. MAGIC!