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Dave Nolan
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Professor of Atmospheric Science at
University of Miami, Hurricane Expert, and Weather Consultant at rfqweather.com
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The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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After a devastating landfall in Jamaica, Major Hurricane #Melissa has emerged north of the island. In a few hours it will strike again, this time in southern Cuba.
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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It looks to me like Melissa is taking a few steps back so it can get a running start at Jamaica.
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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As of October 20, water in excess of 30°C extended 60 meters below Tropical Storm Melissa.

A slow-moving storm will upwell water (bring deeper water up to the surface) because its winds are actively pushing surface water away, but these Argo float observations show that deeper water is also warm!
Plot of vertical temperature profiles measured by Argo floats for the top 120 meters of the ocean near Tropical Storm Melissa's NHC forecast cone as of 9 UTC 23 October. Inset map shows the locations of each profile where the line color matches the dot color. Black dashed line overlay indicates a depth of 60 m.
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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A little rough patch in the ocean @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Interesting trench feature in the outflow of PT09 right now.
September 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Marlins win!
September 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I want to thank Ryan Phillips for an excellent tour of NBC6 Miami yesterday! Also shown: Yuka Horimoto from ToyamaTelevision Broadcasting in Japan.
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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An extraordinary satellite view of Super Typhoon Ragasa.

The Category 5 storm continues to bring significant impacts to the Philippines.
September 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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That is quite a bifurcation.
September 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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First clear evening in Miami for many days.
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Impressive shelf cloud coming over Biscayne Bay and toward @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Feels like it's gonna rain today.
September 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I'd like to thank Andy Dessler from Texas A&M for leading the response to the DOE climate report, and for letting me participate!

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Professor Emeritus Wayne Schubert received the Carl-Gustav Rossby Research Medal from the @ametsoc.org. It represents the highest award the society can bestow upon an atmospheric scientist.

Congrats to all the awardees on receiving 2026 recognitions!

www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
Schubert presenting
August 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Very calm seas today @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Nice weather for the first day of classes @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin.

Simply incredible.
August 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Well that escalated quickly... @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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You can literally see two gust fronts collide and make new storms.
August 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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A pretty solid base, just starting to rain. @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I've been getting a lot of requests for comments on the DOE report "A critical review of the impact of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions on the U.S. climate". Here are some initial thoughts. More will come later.
This DOE report is best understood through the lens of a well-known saying: “process is product.” In other words, the final document reflects the process that created it — including, most importantly, who was selected to write it. The authors of this report are widely recognized contrarians who don’t represent the mainstream scientific consensus. If almost any other group of scientists had been chosen, the report would have been dramatically different. The only way to get this report was to pick these authors. The report they produced should be thought of as a law brief from attorneys defending their client, carbon dioxide. Their goal is not to weigh the evidence fairly but to build the strongest possible case for CO2’s innocence. This is a fundamental departure from the norms of science. A lawyer is expected to represent their client zealously and selectively, presenting only the information that strengthens their case and leaving it to the opposing counsel to present the other side. In fact, a lawyer who stood up in court and gave equal weight to both sides of a case would be considered professionally negligent, possibly even disbarred. In science, the standard is the opposite. Scientists are obligated to engage with the full range of evidence, especially that which might contradict their hypotheses. Ignoring contrary data is not just bad practice, in some cases it can rise to the level of scientific misconduct. Scientific credibility depends on a willingness to base conclusions on all of the evidence. When scientists cherry-pick data or misrepresent the balance of evidence, they are violating a core principle of the discipline. In this report, the authors are firmly in lawyer mode. They sift through data to find the few examples that support their narrative while systematically ignoring the much larger body of evidence that contradicts it. In conclusion, this report does not appear to be a fair assessment of the state of climate science.
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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I STRONGLY condemn the heat and humidity in the Eastern Lower 48.
July 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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mistykitty3.bsky.social MistyKitty @mistykitty3.bsky.social · Jul 23
That lone lightning strike far away from the storms.
#MiamiWx
July 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM