larryoneill.bsky.social
I specialize in air-sea interactions, observations of weather, ocean, and climate, and science outreach and engagement. Associate Professor at Oregon State Univ. State Climatologist of Oregon. Director, Oregon Climate Service. @occri.bsky.social
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Very nice to hear! Who did you work with back then? I went to grad school here (at OSU) beginning in 2000.
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In addition, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, which is based in Portland and measures snowpack and water supply across the Pacific Northwest, saw its staffing slashed 58% this month, from 12 to five employees.
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“This will be really detrimental, and dangerous,” said Larry O’Neill, the Oregon State Climatologist, who works closely with both agencies. “This is a critical public service. It plays a huge role in public safety and the economy, and it’s incredibly cheap for the benefit we get.”
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Completely unrelated, I heard the word "arrogant" today.
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I had an interaction today. He had to eat some crow about this.
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I haven't heard, but it sounds like the venue was amazing. And they are taking a bit of a trip afterward. I'm really hoping it ends up being a great experience.
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Two students I advise are there, and I am so happy they can experience this!
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Upon further review, a wedge is just what we need.
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There are some heroic efforts to keep the radar alive.
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Now I'm going to raise you a tornado warning.
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I'll raise you this. Severe thunderstorm warnings in Oregon... in February!
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I was writing a proposal on a laptop where the "L" would stick a bit. So there were a few references to "heat fux" that I may or may not have corrected in time.
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Good luck with everything! I have a student applying for graduate fellowships, and it is hard to know how they will turn out.
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Here's a stuffed moose, for those that celebrate. We're in this together.
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What's the bid deal with 3 orders of magnitude error? It's not like engineers build bridges, amiright?
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Sir, have you seen the frozen thermometer in Rapid City today? Al Gore said it wasn't going to happen again.
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I Was a Lifelong Democrat. Then Big Measles Took It All Away.
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JEC, rest his soul.
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But his peanut farm!
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I mean, when you're holding a camera in one hand and an axe in the other.
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Imagine something like the Deep Water Horizon oil spill happening again now. We likely wouldn't hear much, if anything, about it. That should be the story, the gutting of the oversight, not the reversible renaming of the water body in which it occurred.
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Honestly, this is a little trivial compared with everything else going on.
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I can't help but think that if the NWS had a content marketing manager, they would not survive the next few months.
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Not really. He keeps talking about Columbia River water going somewhere that just isn't possible, happening, or cannot happen for decades.
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They don't stay in their boxes very well.
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The ECMWF ensemble plumes for Eugene are looking interesting for this weekend!
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@akrherz.bsky.social This high temp for today at KEUG is pretty far off -- it only made it to about 40F. The low is correct.
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The ole Bergeron Bomb!
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I had to address a claim of a mythical faucet from the Columbia River to SoCal during the campaign. It appears we're in for another 4 years of this.
www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
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BUILD THE WALL! RAKE THE FOREST! PIPE IN THE BIG OCEAN WATER! etc, etc
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I wonder what the previous 400 paragraphs covered? Trying to read through that would have given me a headache too.
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Truly the sleepiest and least energetic of solstices.
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Sorry, but those are clearly drones. 1/24
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FYI -- Abnormally dry (or D0; yellows) is not drought. Only D1-D4 is considered drought.
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Dang, I'm getting tired of the freezing fog.
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Please do! I would love to learn what you've found out.
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That looks like possibly Davis Lake with Maiden Peak in the background?
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The USGS gage of Lake Tahoe at Tahoe City doesn't show anything obvious yet...
waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-l...
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Unfortunately not this year, but I'd be excited to talk in some other way when it is convenient for you. Hope you enjoy the meeting!
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Sounds like interesting work! I'm curious to hear your approach with the saildrones -- I've been working with another postdoc on something similar sounding over the California Current.
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Hah, the Beavers are technically Pac-12 champs! 🤪 🦫
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I have a few weather stations out on the western edge of this between Mt Hood and Warm Springs between 2000-2500 ft and am eagerly awaiting to see some of this today. One station captured a good swing like this last week. It looks like they're in the snow around 25F.
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It fits ergonomically well, and performs pretty good, at least for me. My spare wired mouse is an older logitech, which is good, but is slightly less comfortable. I just wish I could remember to plug it in when I'm done for the day. :/