Kyle Thiem

The progression of the Dragon Bravo Fire, which became the largest US #wildfire of 2025 over the weekend. #FireSky #WxSky

A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

"A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia"
Gift Article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/w...

Winner for weirdest #wildfire ignition goes to B.C. 🇨🇦, where an osprey dropped a FISH 🐟 on power lines. Investigators: the bird was likely “tired of raw fish and wanted to give cooked a try.” As for the osprey: “our prime suspect sustained no injuries in the incident and is still flying at large.”

It was a pleasure getting to host Vice Admiral Nancy Hann, the @noaa.gov Deputy Under Secretary for Operations (DUSO) in the Fire Weather Testbed last week, and show off all the incredible work our team does at the #FWT, within our WIDS division, & at Global Systems Laboratory. #NOAA #Fire

Map of Red Flag Warnings across Utah, western Colorado, Wyoming and southeast Idaho for Monday, August 4.

Red Flag Warnings are in effect today (August 4) across Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. These conditions will linger across portions of the western U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

July 2025 precipitation rank compared to all Julys since 1895, and the July 2025 precipitation percent of normal according to Prism data. Note that little to no precip in much of California is normal.

This took me on a journey
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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.

The Trump administration has proposed devastating cuts to NOAA, including the potential closure of multiple cooperative institutes in Colorado.

Every American should oppose this reckless proposal — and we are building a coalition of lawmakers to do everything we can to defeat it.

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🔥 Today’s satellite view shows smoke rising from multiple wildfires burning in Portugal and Spain.

Smoke is often more intense in the late afternoon when high temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds cause wildfires to burn more aggressively.

Hurricane Iona strengthens into a major hurricane well south of Hawai'i.

Been updating on the Dragon Bravo Fire and Monroe Canyon Fire since last week. With historically dry conditions in the Four Corners region, these fires has absolutely EXPLODED with some of the most incredible pyrocumulous timelapses and images over the last week.

Predicting Wildfire Spread - Dragon Bravo - The Lookout Zeke Lunder discussed the Dragon Bravo and Butler Fires. Dragon Bravo, started in the first week of July, has been romping to the NE due to extreme conditions. The fire has destroyed the historic…

Today's Lookout Livestream uses the extremely-active Dragon Bravo Fire as a object lesson in fire behavior analysis, and the extreme difficulty in containing fires burning under extreme weather conditions.
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The first set of vacancy announcements for the @nws.noaa.gov since the exception was granted are now out for the #ElectronicsTechnician positions (0856 series), with announcements open through #August 8th. More announcements are expected in the weeks ahead. #hiring

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That’s great.
Really fantastic.

What if your work is just OK, BUT you occasionally bring donuts in for everyone, give out a lot of high fives, and you watch a lot of Bluey with your kids?

Very rare overnight Severe T-Storm Warning for DIA, east metro.

This is for gusty winds - 60-70 mph gusts ONGOING!

#COwx

Should note, this markup is a very early step in this process.

Next it goes to the full Appropriations Committee for a vote. Then to the House floor for debate and passage. With similar processes in the Senate.

But the subcommittee emphasized a bipartisan approach so far.

Downbursts from evaporative cooling caused a 52 mph gust at Longmont Airport! #COWx

Some relatively positive news from the CJS Subcommittee Markup for Appropriations today.

Need the itemized details (tomorrow?) but appears the rec FY26 budget for DOC and relative Science Agencies would remain relatively flat compared to FY24 levels.

#WxSky #NOAA #NASANews #NSF #ScienceFunding

Heavy rain in southern New Mexico on Tuesday afternoon caused catastrophic flash flooding, sweeping homes away and forcing water rescues, as well as closing roads. Three people had been admitted to the hospital and were in stable condition as of Tuesday evening. Read more: https://trib.al/woWOsV4

BeastMode

We need a David Letterman-style “Top 10” most ridiculous things said in the last hour.

But plot twist: half are real things that were said, half are completely made up, and those from the outside have to guess which is which.

Know this all too well.

Someone I know recently scoffed at NWS forecasters being “public servants”, dismissing the critical work they/we do. The internalized rage kept me up most of the night.

Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."

That bad, huh?
Godspeed, hang in there.

Didn’t want to taint my morning commute in MDT, where can we find cliff notes?
Or do I even wanna know?

Student loan costs will more than double at all income levels.

🚨The Trump Administration is proposing devastating cuts to key national agencies in Colorado that play a vital role in protecting our country, including through cutting-edge research on wildfires, droughts, and more.

Senator Bennet and I are fighting back against the attacks on NOAA, CIRES & CIRA 👇🏾

The Madre Fire, an explosive grass fire that went from nothing to over 10,000 acres today in San Luis Obispo County, California, as seen from the @alertcalifornia.bsky.social California Valley webcam this afternoon, putting up a little pyrocumulus cloud.

Godspeed to the ~800 probationary NOAA employees who filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday after being unjustly terminated months ago.

These are real people, not numbers—scientists, public servants, dedicated workers. They didn’t deserve this ruthless attack on their careers & livelihoods.