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Ross Lazear

@rlazear.bsky.social

Weather forecasting and severe weather at UAlbany, also MN twins baseball, cycling, music, film, being outdoors as much as possible...

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A quick local chase led me to this beautiful storm in East Nassau, NY this afternoon (taken at 2:21 PM EDT).

21.07.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A statement from our department regarding the recent NOAA/NWS cuts.

07.03.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The morning sounding (from Tropical Tidbits, 12Z 1 Feb 3-km NAM forecast for 14Z today) exhibiting backed within within near saturated air (also depicted in Dylan's composites) behind the departing cyclone and beneath subsidence and dry air aloft. A beautiful snow, but not always easy to forecast!

01.02.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's Mohawk-Hudson convergence (MHC) snowfall in the Capital Region was a tricky forecast, but the sea-level pressure composite for cold-season MHC (created by UAlbany student Dylan Card) is nearly identical to this morning's SLP / geostrophic NE flow (from @burgwx.bsky.social's polarwx.com).

01.02.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Especially because more often than not these days, extreme cold forecast in the medium-range just doesn't come to fruition (I don't think that's just anecdotal, either?).

04.01.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These are all gorgeous; it was such a beautiful year above the horizon!

31.12.2024 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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