Chris Legro
@oceanstwx.bsky.social
⛈️ NWS Lead Meteorologist | 🌪️ Wxtwitter expat
🐻 Cornell ‘06 | 🦅 UMass Lowell ‘08
📍Portland, Maine
Spending myself in a worthy cause.
Opinions are my own
🐻 Cornell ‘06 | 🦅 UMass Lowell ‘08
📍Portland, Maine
Spending myself in a worthy cause.
Opinions are my own
MAHA!
Doctors’ visits for flu-like symptoms — fevers, sore throat, extreme fatigue and body aches — have hit the highest level in nearly 30 years, according to the CDC, and are likely to continue to rise in the coming weeks.
nbcnews.to/49HH8ji
nbcnews.to/49HH8ji
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
MAHA!
Whatever you may think of the television, I really enjoy the parasocial podcasting community afterwards (especially when I have 10 hour overnight shifts this week).
January 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Whatever you may think of the television, I really enjoy the parasocial podcasting community afterwards (especially when I have 10 hour overnight shifts this week).
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I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
I think I say this about each new kit release, but @heartsofpine.bsky.social may have outdone themselves.
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I think I say this about each new kit release, but @heartsofpine.bsky.social may have outdone themselves.
“Being able to live fully authentic to who I am in front of everybody just felt right,” he said afterward. “And it felt good and it felt free.”
Must be hard to feel persecuted for who you are and what you believe.
The total lack of self awareness gets me every time. I know, I know...
Must be hard to feel persecuted for who you are and what you believe.
The total lack of self awareness gets me every time. I know, I know...
January 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
“Being able to live fully authentic to who I am in front of everybody just felt right,” he said afterward. “And it felt good and it felt free.”
Must be hard to feel persecuted for who you are and what you believe.
The total lack of self awareness gets me every time. I know, I know...
Must be hard to feel persecuted for who you are and what you believe.
The total lack of self awareness gets me every time. I know, I know...
It's not as easy to remember which hard copy books I've read this year, but I know I had at least 16 between Kindle and the library eBooks. I would not have guessed I was in the top 10%, especially when last year I thought it would be too hard to get back into reading.
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It's not as easy to remember which hard copy books I've read this year, but I know I had at least 16 between Kindle and the library eBooks. I would not have guessed I was in the top 10%, especially when last year I thought it would be too hard to get back into reading.
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
*screams in public safety*
December 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
*screams in public safety*
Something else entirely indeed.
I cannot wait to start taking my kids to concerts.
I cannot wait to start taking my kids to concerts.
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
I Talked To 50 Dads at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour
YouTube video by DARK WEB | Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Something else entirely indeed.
I cannot wait to start taking my kids to concerts.
I cannot wait to start taking my kids to concerts.
Bare ground to a 10 inch blanket. More than half of the last 15 years haven’t been white Christmases, but this year won’t be one of them.
December 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Bare ground to a 10 inch blanket. More than half of the last 15 years haven’t been white Christmases, but this year won’t be one of them.
You mean we saved no money AND we all lost valuable services (and I mean ALL of us not just poor Americans and foreign nations).
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You mean we saved no money AND we all lost valuable services (and I mean ALL of us not just poor Americans and foreign nations).
ECMWF ensembles have a nice signal within the inverted trof tonight. ~90% of the members have an unusual event compared to model climate, and a shift of tails (black lines) of 1 says that if an unusual event occurs it could be extreme. Conservatively that could be an additional 0.5" QPF.
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ECMWF ensembles have a nice signal within the inverted trof tonight. ~90% of the members have an unusual event compared to model climate, and a shift of tails (black lines) of 1 says that if an unusual event occurs it could be extreme. Conservatively that could be an additional 0.5" QPF.
One defining feature of this administration is that they all agree things need to change, but nobody appears willing to do the work for said change. See: enlisting Grok and Gemini to write the NCA.
I look forward to the legally required, transparent peer review process required by the US Global Change Research Act and the Information Quality Act. I always thought they would try to do a NCA with Judith Curry, five old men and a LLM.
It’s the gold standard of US climate research. Contrarians could write the next one.
Researchers who have downplayed the threat of global warming have been asked to author the next National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
One defining feature of this administration is that they all agree things need to change, but nobody appears willing to do the work for said change. See: enlisting Grok and Gemini to write the NCA.
As awful as that officiating was, I choose to acknowledge that the Pats didn’t let it derail the comeback when it easily could’ve.
December 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
As awful as that officiating was, I choose to acknowledge that the Pats didn’t let it derail the comeback when it easily could’ve.
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Very rare cold air reached Rapa in FRENCH POLYNESIA in the heart of the hot season.
Only 13.8C yesterday which is 0.6C from its December record and just 1C from the December coldest temperature ever recorded in Polynesia at sea level
(Amaru 4 Dec 1964).
Only 13.8C yesterday which is 0.6C from its December record and just 1C from the December coldest temperature ever recorded in Polynesia at sea level
(Amaru 4 Dec 1964).
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Very rare cold air reached Rapa in FRENCH POLYNESIA in the heart of the hot season.
Only 13.8C yesterday which is 0.6C from its December record and just 1C from the December coldest temperature ever recorded in Polynesia at sea level
(Amaru 4 Dec 1964).
Only 13.8C yesterday which is 0.6C from its December record and just 1C from the December coldest temperature ever recorded in Polynesia at sea level
(Amaru 4 Dec 1964).
Gutsy game right there.
a man says drake " drake maye " in front of a stainless steel bottle
ALT: a man says drake " drake maye " in front of a stainless steel bottle
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Gutsy game right there.
Political appointees coming in to shepherd NOAA
December 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Political appointees coming in to shepherd NOAA
Just going to say, I was an early investor in this one.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just going to say, I was an early investor in this one.
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While hiking in the Italian Alps, a nature photographer came upon a surface speckled with more than 2,000 dinosaur footprints that scientists are calling “remarkable.” nyti.ms/44zfQc8
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
While hiking in the Italian Alps, a nature photographer came upon a surface speckled with more than 2,000 dinosaur footprints that scientists are calling “remarkable.” nyti.ms/44zfQc8
The Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest warming bodies of water in the world. And every year since 2013 (except 2019) has seen an average temperature anomaly of at least +1 C.
Coincidentally I've lived here for nearly 15 years and have never eaten a Maine shrimp.
Coincidentally I've lived here for nearly 15 years and have never eaten a Maine shrimp.
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest warming bodies of water in the world. And every year since 2013 (except 2019) has seen an average temperature anomaly of at least +1 C.
Coincidentally I've lived here for nearly 15 years and have never eaten a Maine shrimp.
Coincidentally I've lived here for nearly 15 years and have never eaten a Maine shrimp.
Me nodding along vigorously with the guy who believes in chemtrails...
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Me nodding along vigorously with the guy who believes in chemtrails...
I'm not exaggerating when I say I use NCAR convective products daily during the warm season. And we hardly get any thunder up here compared to the rest of the country.
NCAR does a whole lot more than just climate research, and I think calling it a climate research lab paints an incomplete picture. Atmospheric chemistry, severe thunderstorms, radar, software and tools, etc.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say I use NCAR convective products daily during the warm season. And we hardly get any thunder up here compared to the rest of the country.
I'm sure this is all well thought out and there will be no issues.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I'm sure this is all well thought out and there will be no issues.