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Mike Natoli

@mbnat.bsky.social

NWS Meteorologist | Snow lover, wind tolerator, heat hater | πŸ“πŸ¦¬ | Previously πŸ¦€πŸ’πŸ

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Welcome!!! Looking forward to working with you!

12.01.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Relative Short-Range Forecast Impact from Aircraft, Profiler, Radiosonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR, and Mesonet Observations via the RUC Hourly Assimilation Cycle Abstract An assessment is presented on the relative forecast impact on the performance of a numerical weather prediction model from eight different observation data types: aircraft, profiler, radioson...

From knowledgeable scientists we’ve talked to, RAOBs have the second largest increase in error for upper air metrics when removed, behind aircraft data.

On average, losing RAOBs will decrease mesoscale NWP forecast skill.

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20.03.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
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We have some big fluffy dendrites falling with surface temperatures in the single digits thanks to the shallow surface inversion. Very interesting setup with today’s event!

18.02.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great article discussing the state of ENSO and why the atmosphere is behaving more La NiΓ±a-like this season than the NiΓ±o3.4 index might suggest!

14.02.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Highly recommend spending some time somewhere that doesn’t have cell service!

12.02.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beautiful scene from a snowy morning in my happy place!

27.01.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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