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Reporter and Meteorologist for @nytimes. https://www.nytimes.com/by/judson-jones
Residential solar power combined with battery storage is rapidly becoming a mainstream disaster-preparedness choice. Here’s a power-outage plan for when you can’t rely on fossil fuels.
17.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 71 🔁 15 💬 7 📌 2The Monday NYC rainfall was another example of flash flooding this month. It just didn't happen in the same week as the first four events.
17.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Did the Texas Flood warnings come on time?
09.07.2025 21:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A white, disassembled air conditioner with the word "RECALLED" written on it in black marker, resting on a gray sidewalk next to a metal grate.
Spotted on the sidewalks of Brooklyn 👀 . Here’s what you should know about Midea’s recall of Wirecutter's favorite air conditioner — and how to get a refund or repair kit if you own one: trib.al/LbnkSND
24.06.2025 18:29 — 👍 101 🔁 24 💬 10 📌 2
A Colorado man who was on his honeymoon in Florida was killed after being struck by lightning at New Smyrna Beach on Friday in what may have been the state’s first lightning fatality this year, the authorities said.
24.06.2025 18:40 — 👍 75 🔁 12 💬 29 📌 7
Yuck! It is 99 degrees at Central Park in New York City and climbing.
@nytweather.bsky.social @nytimes.com
After one of the slowest starts to hurricane season in 20 years, Tropical Storm Andrea has formed in the Atlantic.
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Muggy
Sticky
Sultry
Steamy
Oppressive
Sweltering
It doesn't matter what you call this week's heat wave. Humid heat can be unbearable.
@nazaneentv.bsky.social from @nytweather.bsky.social explains why. Here is a gift link from @nytimes.com
Who blinked first?
You or Lemon?
It isn’t just the U.S. East Coast bracing for an early-season heat wave.
20.06.2025 13:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hurricane #Erick rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in the 24 hours leading up to landfall. This is the East Pacific's 5th named storm, 2nd hurricane, and 1st major hurricane of the season... the average dates for those are July 23, July 15, and July 15.
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You thought it was hot already. Summer just told spring to hold its beer.
19.06.2025 11:23 — 👍 84 🔁 6 💬 5 📌 4
The forecast for Hurricane Erick might be "conservative," National Hurricane Center forecasters warned Wednesday morning.
At the moment, they are explicitly showing Erick becoming a major hurricane as it heads toward landfall in Mexico.
Um. Yes, please. It represents both my passions! Even though the original Twister movie wasn't entirely accurate, could LEGO get this to spin the other way?
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
As Washington, D.C., prepares to host a parade celebrating the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday on Saturday, weather forecasters are warning of the potential for showers and thunderstorms that could disrupt the day’s events, including a scheduled appearance by President Trump. https://trib.al/7CyuAKV
13.06.2025 17:11 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
The death toll from flash flooding that overwhelmed the San Antonio region rose to 11 after six more bodies were recovered following heavy rain that inundated the area, the authorities said on Friday. https://nyti.ms/3ZtGH6R
13.06.2025 22:29 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The Atlantic hurricane season got off to a quiet start. That’s not unusual, experts said.
13.06.2025 20:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
My colleague @amyjeangraff.bsky.social tells how a wildfire has exploded in size in Oregon.
You can read it for free without a subscription.
The ocean heat content (OHC) averaged over the Gulf of Mexico is the second-highest it's been for the date, only behind the record-shattering 2024 value. It's largely due to a very deep and warm Loop Current.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/sect...
If you would like more information on why this is important, you can read the background from my reporting for @nytweather.bsky.social here.
11.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0The weather bills on the Hill will take time to work their way through Congress, but the staffers I spoke with seem optimistic that with bipartisan support, some version will pass this year.
11.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It was introduced on the heels of the Weather Workforce Improvement Act, which was also co-introduced by Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives.
11.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0The list of co-sponsors
@lofgren.house.gov
Scott Franklin
@repbonamici.bsky.social
Randy Weber
@rephaleystevens.bsky.social
Max Miller
@ross.house.gov
Stephanie Bice
@repsummerlee.bsky.social
Chuck Fleischmann
@maxwellfrost.bsky.social
Claudia Tenney
Randy Feenstra
Rick Crawford
Mike Flood
The goal of the Weather Act Reauthorization is to “improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes.”
11.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Another Weather Act was introduced in Congress!
Republican Representative Frank Lucas of Oklahoma reintroduced a weather bill with bipartisan support, which builds on the one he introduced in 2017, which President Trump signed into law during his first term.
