Carl Parker
@carlparker.bsky.social
On-Camera Meteorologist, The Weather Channel / Allen Media since 1999 | broadcast met since 1991 | AMS certified | Master’s in Climate Change and Society | sometime musician | DMV native
Lake Allatoona, north of Atlanta, GA
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Lake Allatoona, north of Atlanta, GA
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9am EDT Tuesday update from NHC on #Melissa: "An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft has found that Melissa is strengthening with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h). Estimated minimum central pressure based on aircraft data has fallen to 896 mb (26.47 inches)." www.nhc.noaa.gov
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
9am EDT Tuesday update from NHC on #Melissa: "An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft has found that Melissa is strengthening with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h). Estimated minimum central pressure based on aircraft data has fallen to 896 mb (26.47 inches)." www.nhc.noaa.gov
Melissa, among the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic at 901 mb, closing in on Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Melissa, among the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic at 901 mb, closing in on Jamaica.
Heartbreaking visible image of a potentially generational storm, and a likely reflection of broader trends—greater ocean warmth and depth of warmth, faster intensification rates, slower forward speeds, and greater rainfall rates.
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Heartbreaking visible image of a potentially generational storm, and a likely reflection of broader trends—greater ocean warmth and depth of warmth, faster intensification rates, slower forward speeds, and greater rainfall rates.
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The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records.
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
September 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records.
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected.
A short thread 🧵
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SUBSTORM NOW THIS IS CURRENTLY FROM CENTRAL WI
September 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
SUBSTORM NOW THIS IS CURRENTLY FROM CENTRAL WI
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Inadvertently, this is an incredible illustration of how
(a) the infrastructure required for fossil fuel extraction is bonkers and
(b) how we don't consider our oil and gas to be 'destroying nature' like wind turbines simply bc it's undersea
(a) the infrastructure required for fossil fuel extraction is bonkers and
(b) how we don't consider our oil and gas to be 'destroying nature' like wind turbines simply bc it's undersea
September 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Inadvertently, this is an incredible illustration of how
(a) the infrastructure required for fossil fuel extraction is bonkers and
(b) how we don't consider our oil and gas to be 'destroying nature' like wind turbines simply bc it's undersea
(a) the infrastructure required for fossil fuel extraction is bonkers and
(b) how we don't consider our oil and gas to be 'destroying nature' like wind turbines simply bc it's undersea
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Healthy aurora glow starting now in Maine. Check out the cam! go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
September 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Healthy aurora glow starting now in Maine. Check out the cam! go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
St. Helena Island, SC last night
June 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
St. Helena Island, SC last night
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Massive, violent tornado on Brandon Copic's livestream near Lake City AR. Holy crap.
April 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Massive, violent tornado on Brandon Copic's livestream near Lake City AR. Holy crap.
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A rotational velocity signature of 113 kt and a deep tornado debris signature indicates this is likely an EF 3+ tornado in progress across northeast Arkansas. 100+ kt rotational velocity signatures are historically in the upper echelons of intense tornadoes.
April 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A rotational velocity signature of 113 kt and a deep tornado debris signature indicates this is likely an EF 3+ tornado in progress across northeast Arkansas. 100+ kt rotational velocity signatures are historically in the upper echelons of intense tornadoes.
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
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Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species.
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
After Elon Musk Fired Her, She Kept Showing Up to Work—for Free
The billionaire and his followers are out to cull federal employees they think are lazy and overpaid. But without people like Bianca Sicich, the Attwater’s prairie chicken could go extinct.
www.texasmonthly.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species.
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
What are we even doing here.
🎁 link: 🧪
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Check out our new Polar Vortex Blog! Though parts of the US have been very cold and snowy, experts do not think there's much evidence that the polar vortex is the main driver of our winter weather so far this year. www.climate.gov/news-feature...
February 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Check out our new Polar Vortex Blog! Though parts of the US have been very cold and snowy, experts do not think there's much evidence that the polar vortex is the main driver of our winter weather so far this year. www.climate.gov/news-feature...
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Wow. Last month wasn't just a usual hottest January on record. Despite cool La Niña conditions, it was *even hotter* than last years record-breaking El Niño January!
Graph by @hausfath.bsky.social
Graph by @hausfath.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Wow. Last month wasn't just a usual hottest January on record. Despite cool La Niña conditions, it was *even hotter* than last years record-breaking El Niño January!
Graph by @hausfath.bsky.social
Graph by @hausfath.bsky.social
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Is it hurricane season already?
It's January 26 and the ocean heat content in the Caribbean Sea is presently as high as it normally would be on June 1.
🧐🌊
Granted, the climatological annual minimum is still 6 weeks away so it *should* fall a bit more. We'll see.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/
It's January 26 and the ocean heat content in the Caribbean Sea is presently as high as it normally would be on June 1.
🧐🌊
Granted, the climatological annual minimum is still 6 weeks away so it *should* fall a bit more. We'll see.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/
January 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Is it hurricane season already?
It's January 26 and the ocean heat content in the Caribbean Sea is presently as high as it normally would be on June 1.
🧐🌊
Granted, the climatological annual minimum is still 6 weeks away so it *should* fall a bit more. We'll see.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/
It's January 26 and the ocean heat content in the Caribbean Sea is presently as high as it normally would be on June 1.
🧐🌊
Granted, the climatological annual minimum is still 6 weeks away so it *should* fall a bit more. We'll see.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/
Particularly prescient line in recent paper on cold air outbreaks and high-latitude warming:
“Even if CAOs become less frequent and/or less intense overall, their impacts can be more significant as society… becomes increasingly less prepared as CAOs penetrate into regions ill-equipped to respond.”
“Even if CAOs become less frequent and/or less intense overall, their impacts can be more significant as society… becomes increasingly less prepared as CAOs penetrate into regions ill-equipped to respond.”
Influence of high-latitude blocking and the northern stratospheric polar vortex on cold-air outbreaks under Arctic amplification of global warming - IOPscienceSearch
Influence of high-latitude blocking and the northern stratospheric polar vortex on cold-air outbreaks under Arctic amplification of global warming, Hanna, Edward, Francis, Jennifer, Wang, Muyin, Overland, James E, Cohen, Judah, Luo, Dehai, Vihma, Timo, Fu, Qiang, Hall, Richard J, Jaiser, Ralf, Kim, Seong-Joong, Köhler, Raphael, Luu, Linh, Shen, Xiaocen, Erner, Irene, Ukita, Jinro, Yao, Yao, Ye, Kunhui, Choi, Hyesun, Skific, Natasa
iopscience.iop.org
January 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Particularly prescient line in recent paper on cold air outbreaks and high-latitude warming:
“Even if CAOs become less frequent and/or less intense overall, their impacts can be more significant as society… becomes increasingly less prepared as CAOs penetrate into regions ill-equipped to respond.”
“Even if CAOs become less frequent and/or less intense overall, their impacts can be more significant as society… becomes increasingly less prepared as CAOs penetrate into regions ill-equipped to respond.”
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According to NWS Los Angeles:
“A Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning is in effect for the coasts, valleys and mountains in the #SantaAnaWind prone corridor of Los Angeles/Ventura Counties, Monday night into Tuesday.
Red Flag warnings are in effect for portions of SoCal Mon-Wed.”
“A Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning is in effect for the coasts, valleys and mountains in the #SantaAnaWind prone corridor of Los Angeles/Ventura Counties, Monday night into Tuesday.
Red Flag warnings are in effect for portions of SoCal Mon-Wed.”
December 9, 2024 at 2:47 AM
According to NWS Los Angeles:
“A Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning is in effect for the coasts, valleys and mountains in the #SantaAnaWind prone corridor of Los Angeles/Ventura Counties, Monday night into Tuesday.
Red Flag warnings are in effect for portions of SoCal Mon-Wed.”
“A Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning is in effect for the coasts, valleys and mountains in the #SantaAnaWind prone corridor of Los Angeles/Ventura Counties, Monday night into Tuesday.
Red Flag warnings are in effect for portions of SoCal Mon-Wed.”
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News for the record books: US installed 32GW of solar PV in 2024. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 electrek.co/2024/11/29/2...
2024 to be a record year for US solar with 32 GW of installations
The US is on track for another record-breaking year for solar, with over 32 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale installations expected in 2024.
electrek.co
November 29, 2024 at 10:53 PM
News for the record books: US installed 32GW of solar PV in 2024. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 electrek.co/2024/11/29/2...
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Why the IEA says peak oil* really is coming this time, in one simple chart
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October 21, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Why the IEA says peak oil* really is coming this time, in one simple chart
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On The Climate Brink, a guest post by Kevin Trenberth on "Why have hurricanes gone crazy?"
www.theclimatebrink....
www.theclimatebrink....
Why have hurricanes gone crazy?
a guest post by Kevin Trenberth
www.theclimatebrink.com
October 8, 2024 at 8:13 PM
On The Climate Brink, a guest post by Kevin Trenberth on "Why have hurricanes gone crazy?"
www.theclimatebrink....
www.theclimatebrink....
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Almost a Cat 5 already 😮 Milton is gathering strength at a breakneck speed, as several intensity models suggested it would. Even if it weakens a bit prior to the FL west coast, it will be pushing an immense and likely catastrophic storm surge.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
October 7, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Almost a Cat 5 already 😮 Milton is gathering strength at a breakneck speed, as several intensity models suggested it would. Even if it weakens a bit prior to the FL west coast, it will be pushing an immense and likely catastrophic storm surge.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
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An insidious effect of decades of climate science denialism is that it seeped false info and doubt into the public consciousness. Observed warming is ~100% due to human activity, yet media coverage, poll questions, etc. talk about humans "mostly" causing" or "contributing to" climate change.
September 10, 2024 at 5:21 PM
An insidious effect of decades of climate science denialism is that it seeped false info and doubt into the public consciousness. Observed warming is ~100% due to human activity, yet media coverage, poll questions, etc. talk about humans "mostly" causing" or "contributing to" climate change.
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Global temperatures have remained persistently high over the past few months despite fading El Nino conditions in the tropical Pacific. We saw records tied or set in May, June, July, and August.
Its only in September 2024 that we are likely to move out of record territory:
Its only in September 2024 that we are likely to move out of record territory:
September 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Global temperatures have remained persistently high over the past few months despite fading El Nino conditions in the tropical Pacific. We saw records tied or set in May, June, July, and August.
Its only in September 2024 that we are likely to move out of record territory:
Its only in September 2024 that we are likely to move out of record territory: