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It's our annual look back, and forward, at Oklahoma's weather halfway through the year. Nobody REALLY knows what's gonna happen in the second half...except me, of course. Heck no, I'm not telling! That'd spoil the gag. ticker.mesonet.org #okwx #okmesonet

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Susan, get my pants

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Hey, the storm saved the property owners from having the hire a crane to get the radome down, which I happen to know costs about $25K per hour. www.wthr.com/article/weat...

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Over 1500 protesters at the #NoKings demonstration in Brighton, MI, in red Livingston County! Got lots of support for my pro-NOAA sign.

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#LGBTPrideMonth Spotlight: Dr. Jason Keeler is an Associate Professor in Central Michigan University’s Meteorology Program. As a member of the AMS Coriolis Committee, @chasinjason.bsky.social has worked to increase the prevalence of safe spaces for LGBTQ+ AMS members to network at conferences.

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Raise your hand if you've cruised Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary on their glass-bottomed ship "Lady Michigan" 👋

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Have you noticed how it's a bit hazy outside at #IAGLR25? That's the smoke from the Canadian wildfires making its way down into the Great Lakes Basin. Milwaukee is currently at an uncomfortable level (AQI 101-150 or orange on the air quality scale).

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I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives: www.404media.co/teachers-are...

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Paddled through my grad school research site, the Milwaukee River Area Of Concern, today. Got emotional about all the work that’s gone into remediating this incredible waterbody in the 8 years since I was last here. The river and I are both much happier and healthier since the last time we met!

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We at NSF Unidata are pleased to announce that we have now received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the next year of our five-year award. This allows us to end the current furlough of our staff and resume our operations. buff.ly/GafcZts

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NASA’s iconic Goddard Institute for Space Studies—home to Jim Hansen and hundreds more scientists, creator of the GISS model and keeper of the global temperature record—has been evicted from its longstanding NYC office above the “Seinfeld” restaurant. Why? The government told them to move out.

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One visible impact of the illegal firing of NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) employees - no 2025 data updates for water quality in W Lake Erie, meaning no public info on the harmful algal blooms. We detected toxins in April, but we lost the folks who organize & report this data

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Since 2005, IAGLR has awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to an individual who has made important and continued contributions to the field of large lake research over a period of 20 years or more. Congratulations to Deborah Lee, former GLERL director, for her years of dedication to the lakes.

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Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken. scim.ag/4jcGpIt

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"We are already losing vital data...without them, municipalities and organizations can't access real-time alerts about water toxicity from algal blooms." ~ Jérôme Marty, IAGLR executive director To read more: https://bit.ly/3SkT69k

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✨Calling on our community: your feedback fuels our future✨ The 2025 Unidata Community Survey is still accepting responses. By sharing your experience and ideas, you help us return better prepared to serve the Earth systems science community. 🔗 Take the Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW #PoweredByUnidata

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GLANSIS is run by a very small team that relies on ongoing partnerships with NOAA, Sea Grant, USGS, EPA, and more to do our work. Other major partners include the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, the Great Lakes Panel on ANS, and researchers at universities throughout the basin...

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If you thought the picture we posted yesterday was good...just check out this timelapse of the same storm! 🤯 Video courtesy of Mesonet technician Steve Thompson (taken Sunday, May 18 near Freedom, OK). #okwx #okmesonet

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The NGS is foundational to all things related to geospatial analysis. Their dedication to accuracy is awesome and needs to be appreciated. Fun fact: there is a mini version of the Washington monument buried in the ground right next to the full-size one. NGS uses it as an official geodetic datum!

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Scenes of mammatus from Monday night east of Salina.

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The NOAA science seminars continue tomorrow with a verrry relevant talk on "The Social Value of Forecasting Hurricanes" by Renato Molina. Unsurprisingly, he finds that public investments in hurricane forecasts pay for themselves many times over in reduced losses. Read: www.nber.org/papers/w32548

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Now is the time to effectively communicate your Great Lakes research. How? Check out the latest issue of IAGLR's Lakes Letter magazine for insights and examples. A must-read for Great Lakes scientists and advocates. #SciComm #GreatLakes Visit https://bit.ly/43323Ku

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last week, @draaronhill.bsky.social and I got to chat with Chris Higgins from FOX2 in St. Louis about our machine-learning severe weather models: how they've evolved, strengths and weaknesses, and how forecasters like him use them.

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I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

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Climate determines how, when, and where we grow crops — as well as how we allocate water, design infrastructure, plan for risk, and much more. Climate info isn’t optional: it’s necessary. And when it’s changing so quickly, it’s even more vital. Without it, we're driving blindfolded into the future.

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✨Reminder: The 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey is still accepting responses✨ Your input is vital to help shape how our program center supports the Earth systems science community, especially as we prepare to resume work. 🔗 Take the Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW #PoweredByUnidata

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From an NSF colleague: Please call your congressional representatives and ask for the resignation of NSF chief management officer Micah Cheatham. Their press release is appended below (with alt text). #saveNSF

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Have you ever looked at a weather map online? Or seen a nice visualization of weather forecast model output? If so, NSF Unidata almost certainly made that possible in one way or another. Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.

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Unidata is responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting software such as: NetCDF4 MetPy LDM AWIPS2 Public version GEMPAK THREDDS They also support realtime data access via a public EDEX server, THREDDS, and more.

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Despite the circumstances, it’s been heartening to see the support for Unidata today. WHEN Unidata gets its $, this will be critical to help chart a course and ensure the program does the most to continue to serve the community with what it has. If you’d like to help, taking the survey really will.

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The NCEI Billion Dollar Disasters database will no longer be updated. Because it’s to a certain industry’s advantage to keep us ignorant of how much climate change-fueled disasters are costing us.

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Ice coverage in the Great Lakes is one of the many important products produced thanks to GLERL researchers. Check out their blog post about this year’s trends!

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NEW: NOAA retires its widely cited billion-dollar weather and climate database amid staff cuts. Unique database had been tallying disaster costs for 45 years. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...

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"Because federal law requires NOAA to monitor harmful algal blooms, the cuts may run against legal obligations, several current and former workers told @propublica.org. The blooms program was “federally mandated to be active every single day, without exception”" #GreatLakes

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“ ‘It has taken over a century of bipartisan cooperation, investment + science to bring the Great Lakes back from the brink of ecological collapse…But these reckless cuts could undo the progress in just a few short years, endangering the largest surface freshwater system in the world ‘ “

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Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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NOAA Research feeds National Weather Service forecasts: it created & continuously improves the computer weather models NWS uses to generate forecasts, including for severe weather. NOAA Research faces elimination. Learn more & contact your reps: bit.ly/4cz2RtC #SaveNOAA

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It's #GreatLakesAwarenessDay 365 days of the year for us! (Shout-out to our #GreatLakes #SeaGrant partners at @ilinseagrant.bsky.social , @mnseagrant.bsky.social , @nyseagrant.bsky.social , and our other regional colleagues who aren't on Bluesky yet!)

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Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵

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Last week, the govt dismissed 400 researchers working on the US National Climate Assessment. I was one of them. Today, @agu.org & @ametsoc.org announced they are joining forces to sustain the momentum. It's not a replacement, it's a reminder that science is unstoppable. news.agu.org/press-releas...

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what an experience to attend the @msnbc.com townhall on fired federal worker! i hate why we were all there, but i’m glad there is still push and support for us. we all just want to make the united states a better place for all. thankful to connect with my fellow fired noaa employees too.💙

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