Cheryl Sharpe
@cmsharpe23.bsky.social
Retired meteorologist, attempting to move from central Oklahoma to Downeast Maine
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Some very bad news coming out of NWS Goodland KS. Sources confirming that they are no longer 24/7 operational due to such low staffing issues and will be closed 5 hours a day which requires other NWS offices to issue warnings for them when closed
May 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Some very bad news coming out of NWS Goodland KS. Sources confirming that they are no longer 24/7 operational due to such low staffing issues and will be closed 5 hours a day which requires other NWS offices to issue warnings for them when closed
This could also be taken as a simple statement of fact. Somehow I seem to attract the worst in the atmosphere.
March 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This could also be taken as a simple statement of fact. Somehow I seem to attract the worst in the atmosphere.
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And there it is — 6 more sites going to once a day launches.
Currently having to devise rigorous/systematic methods of requesting observation for forecasts & model assimilation in the Day 2-3 time range. We can request launches if far enough in advance & if staffing permits.
Currently having to devise rigorous/systematic methods of requesting observation for forecasts & model assimilation in the Day 2-3 time range. We can request launches if far enough in advance & if staffing permits.
March 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I think we beat Elon to Mars…or something. This is east Norman, Oklahoma this afternoon, looking away from the wildfires
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I think we beat Elon to Mars…or something. This is east Norman, Oklahoma this afternoon, looking away from the wildfires
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For those who don’t know what NCEP EMC does, they run our numerical weather prediction models on supercomputers, and do research on how to improve those models. The forecast on your smartphone is probably derived from a model that they ran. www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/emc.php
Environmental Modeling Center (EMC)
www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov
March 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
For those who don’t know what NCEP EMC does, they run our numerical weather prediction models on supercomputers, and do research on how to improve those models. The forecast on your smartphone is probably derived from a model that they ran. www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/emc.php
Moon & Venus, from west Oklahoma City…iPhone camera
March 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Moon & Venus, from west Oklahoma City…iPhone camera
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Here's a small list of the ways you directly benefit from the National Weather Service on a daily basis.
The agency is a public good that issues critical, lifesaving forecasts and alerts. We must save it from indiscriminate and irreparable damage.
www.damweather.com/2025/02/the-...
The agency is a public good that issues critical, lifesaving forecasts and alerts. We must save it from indiscriminate and irreparable damage.
www.damweather.com/2025/02/the-...
The National Weather Service is a lifesaving public resource. We must save it.
The National Weather Service (NWS) is the most important federal agency you benefit from on a daily basis.
www.damweather.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here's a small list of the ways you directly benefit from the National Weather Service on a daily basis.
The agency is a public good that issues critical, lifesaving forecasts and alerts. We must save it from indiscriminate and irreparable damage.
www.damweather.com/2025/02/the-...
The agency is a public good that issues critical, lifesaving forecasts and alerts. We must save it from indiscriminate and irreparable damage.
www.damweather.com/2025/02/the-...
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This. It’s so weird just being out in the world watching people do normal stuff. I just want to yell “don’t you see what’s happening? Do you know what is going on? Do you care?”
Once again, it’s wild to watch the world continue on as normal while everyone I know is falling to pieces. 2025 is truly a dystopian hellscape.
February 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This. It’s so weird just being out in the world watching people do normal stuff. I just want to yell “don’t you see what’s happening? Do you know what is going on? Do you care?”
www.reuters.com/world/florid... "Florida man" 🙄
Florida man shot Israeli visitors thinking they were Palestinians, police say
A Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting at a vehicle with two men who he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be Israeli visitors, local authorities and media reports said.
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
www.reuters.com/world/florid... "Florida man" 🙄
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad2.... Winter storm @ Maine departing & no major effects at our house there...so we now turn our attention to a winter storm arriving tomorrow in Oklahoma...along with Maine-like temperatures. (Also...much appreciation for NWS graphics, models, AFDs, etc.!)
February 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad2.... Winter storm @ Maine departing & no major effects at our house there...so we now turn our attention to a winter storm arriving tomorrow in Oklahoma...along with Maine-like temperatures. (Also...much appreciation for NWS graphics, models, AFDs, etc.!)
50 years ago today, shortly after I began an interest in weather, I watched our barometer point to 28.90 inches of mercury in central Illinois (I've only seen that low a pressure once since then). I moved to Omaha, Nebraska ("blizzard of '75") a few years later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_S...
Great Storm of 1975 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
50 years ago today, shortly after I began an interest in weather, I watched our barometer point to 28.90 inches of mercury in central Illinois (I've only seen that low a pressure once since then). I moved to Omaha, Nebraska ("blizzard of '75") a few years later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_S...