Alex Erwin

Trump's vanity birthday parade masquerading as a tribute to the troops is offensive and a wasteful use of taxpayer dollars. We should be using that money to feed hungry kids, pay for new roads and bridges, and provide better health care to our veterans.

Today was one of the more memorable multi-hazard events I’ve worked at ILX. Convective watches/warnings, elevated fire danger, blowing dust advisories and dust storm warnings, wind advisories and a high wind warning. Was in awe watching this dust plume race off towards Chicago

Two people at the finish line of a marathon holding a survivor-themed sign

A tree canopy viewed from the middle of a roadway

A view of the Illinois River from the middle of a roadway with trees in the foreground and distance

An elevation plot from the Garmin app showing drastic elevation changes

Survived the hills at the Starved Rock Half Marathon (my first) and had the best sign thanks to @storm-spotter-k.bsky.social

1:52:17 / 8:34 pace

A militarized conspiracy theorist group believes radars are ‘weather weapons’ and is trying to destroy them | CNN National Weather Service offices around the country are on guard after recent threats to agency infrastructure — specifically Doppler weather radars — from a violent militia-style group, emails from t...

NOAA is warning of a group that views Doppler Radars as "weather weapons" and poses a potential threat to US weather infrastructure & personnel. www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/w...

Officially a PhD candidate starting today 🙌 a major thank you to my advisor Dan Dawson and my committee for their support and feedback throughout this process ⛈️🌪

A back lit sign that reads “Let’s Go Blues”

As they say in hockey, “let’s do that hockey”

If there's any time to be highlighting the research made possible under NOAA and its partnerships, it's right now. And that work is no joke.

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Screenshot of a scorecard in Wii golf

Got a hole in one in Wii golf this morning, happy Masters weekend

Live updates: Dow drops 1,200 and global markets tumble as worries deepen about Trump's trade war Global stock markets extended a severe plunge Monday, fueled by fears that U.S. tariffs would lead to a global economic slowdown. U.S. futures including the S&P, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq all signaled further weakness ahead.

BREAKING: Dow drops 1,200 points and global markets tumble as worries deepen about the economic impact of President Trump's trade war.

2nd week in a row logging 10 miles for my long run. Couldn’t have asked for better weather for this one (50° and light winds) 😎

Sharing a WPC graphic regarding the incredibly concerning flood threat later this week.

ANOTHER UPSET.

Drake is heading to the second-round of the men’s NCAA Tournament.

A green door covered in spots of dust

A dark car hood covered in dusty streak of rain

A dark blue car covered in dusty streaks of rain

Everything is a dirty mess in Bloomington, IL after a light shower occurred at the same time a thick dust plume aloft was positioned overhead. #ILwx

Wound up going:
66/68 on teams in the field
47 correctly seeded
19 within one line
2 off by 2+ lines (if you include WVU).

Definitely my strongest projection of the last few years.

A spreadsheet with college team names and logos in the format of a March madness bracket

Here’s my annual #SelectionSunday projection. I feel like it’s been harder in recent years to gauge what the committee will do as the predictive metrics are utilized more for seeding. I’d be stunned if any team below Texas got in, and really think it’s just Xavier or Boise for the last spot.

Would love to hear how they handled resumes where the predictive and resume metrics told vastly different stories. Gonzaga, Memphis come to mind (and to a lesser extent, teams like KU and Oregon).

Looking at our operations area at 8 pm. 3 additional people not shown.

A high risk (level 5/5) has been defined for parts of AL and MS for “round two” tomorrow afternoon/night. A new video briefing will be up shortly.

A photo of a basketball court inside Gainbridge Arena

A photo of a man and woman next to an inflatable Big Ten conference sign

In the building for tonight’s #Illini game, hoping to cleanse the horrors I witnessed in this building on 3/21/21 (iykyk). It’s actually my first at the Big Ten Tournament

More forecast details available here: www.weather.gov/media/ilx/Ds...

Storm Prediction Center categorical outlook for Friday March 14, focused on central Illinois. There is a moderate (4 out of 5) risk.

Storm Prediction Center wind outlook for Friday March 14, focused on central Illinois.

Storm Prediction Center tornado outlook for Friday March 14, focused on central Illinois.

Storm Prediction Center hail outlook for Friday March 14, focused on central Illinois.

A significant severe thunderstorm event is expected across central Illinois between about 7 pm Friday and 2 am Saturday. Damaging winds are the top concern, but all sig. severe hazards are possible. #ILwx

A screenshot of text from a meteorological forecast discussion (5th and final image in the sequence)

A screenshot of text from a meteorological forecast discussion (1/4)

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A screenshot of text from a meteorological forecast discussion (3/4)

A screenshot of text from a meteorological forecast discussion (4/4)

Here is the portion of my Forecast Discussion focused on Friday evening’s severe storm threat across central Illinois (issued Wed AM):

A severe weather outlook slide from NWS Lincoln focusing on the severe weather potential Friday (3/14) evening. The image contains bulleted text on the left and map on the right.

Confidence is increasing that severe storms will sweep across central Illinois late Friday evening, with the entire area now in a level 3/5 risk. #ILwx

‎EverythingWeather ‎EverythingWeather utilizes the NWS API to get current conditions and forecast data for anywhere within the United States and it's territories. What can be found in the app: - Current and forecast c...

Putting a plug out there for an incredible weather app (EverythingWx) that was developed by Cory Mottice (Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NWS Corpus Christi)

It’s ad free, pulls information directly from the National Weather Service, and has a beautiful design!

apps.apple.com/us/app/every...

Get a QB and launch Arthur Smith into the sun and I might actually feel excited to tune into a Steelers game for the first time in a decade

This game was the goods

YLTSI

A public information statement announcing the end of some weather balloon launches due to staffing issues.

More fallout from the indiscriminate NWS firings:

"Effective immediately, and until further notice, the [NWS] is temporarily suspending some weather balloon launches in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, due to a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing."

www.weather.gov/media/notifi...