Jim Steenburgh
@professorpowder.bsky.social
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah; Fulbright Scholar; Author, Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth (book) and Wasatch Weather Weenies (blog); Posts my own.
Hot, dry, dusty south wind hellscape over the Salt Lake Valley this afternoon
May 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hot, dry, dusty south wind hellscape over the Salt Lake Valley this afternoon
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Death of a Thousand Cuts - Trump and Science
YouTube video by Andrew Revkin
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May 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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NSF-supported Unidata announced that almost their entire staff will be furloughed as of today. This is a huge threat to weather education and research at universities--Unidata provides crucial realtime data feeds of weather data, including satellite, radar, and observations.
This is a seismic gut punch to the weather enterprise.
It is impossible to overstate how important @unidata.bsky.social is in implementing many datasets/libraries (LDM, netCDF, THREDDS, metPy) we currently use in meteorological research & operations.
www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...
It is impossible to overstate how important @unidata.bsky.social is in implementing many datasets/libraries (LDM, netCDF, THREDDS, metPy) we currently use in meteorological research & operations.
www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NSF-supported Unidata announced that almost their entire staff will be furloughed as of today. This is a huge threat to weather education and research at universities--Unidata provides crucial realtime data feeds of weather data, including satellite, radar, and observations.
On April 30th, NSF halted funding for Unidata, an organization critical for the sharing and analysis of atmospheric and related datasets.
Unidata has been and is a transformative scientific organization. For more on its history/impacts see
wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com/2025/05/nsf-...
Unidata has been and is a transformative scientific organization. For more on its history/impacts see
wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com/2025/05/nsf-...
Wasatch Weather Weenies
Mountain Meteorology and Snow Snobbery
wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On April 30th, NSF halted funding for Unidata, an organization critical for the sharing and analysis of atmospheric and related datasets.
Unidata has been and is a transformative scientific organization. For more on its history/impacts see
wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com/2025/05/nsf-...
Unidata has been and is a transformative scientific organization. For more on its history/impacts see
wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com/2025/05/nsf-...
New Central Wasatch Commission Dashboard. they are looking for comments. cwc.utah.gov/environmenta...
CWC Environmental Dashboard
cwc.utah.gov
March 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New Central Wasatch Commission Dashboard. they are looking for comments. cwc.utah.gov/environmenta...
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Trump-Doge preparing to end the Keeling curve monitoring (that has tracked atmospheric CO2 since 1950). This attack on science would amount to a crime against humanity I think!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Trump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii
The Trump administration is considering cancelling the lease of the support office for a renowned Hawaiian climate research station, sources said, raising fears for the future of key work tracking the impact of carbon emissions on global warming.
www.reuters.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Trump-Doge preparing to end the Keeling curve monitoring (that has tracked atmospheric CO2 since 1950). This attack on science would amount to a crime against humanity I think!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
There's a big difference between academic administration and academic leadership. We seem to have a lot of the former right now and not enough of the latter.
March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
There's a big difference between academic administration and academic leadership. We seem to have a lot of the former right now and not enough of the latter.
Snowfall at Salt Lake City International Airport so far this season (12.7") is the 3rd lowest on record through March 10th behind 2014/15 (9.6") and 1933/34 (12.3").
We will, however, add to these totals starting later this week.
We will, however, add to these totals starting later this week.
March 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Snowfall at Salt Lake City International Airport so far this season (12.7") is the 3rd lowest on record through March 10th behind 2014/15 (9.6") and 1933/34 (12.3").
We will, however, add to these totals starting later this week.
We will, however, add to these totals starting later this week.
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Has the University of Utah announced early retirement incentive packages to deal with the budget cuts?
Asking for a friend...
Asking for a friend...
March 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Has the University of Utah announced early retirement incentive packages to deal with the budget cuts?
Asking for a friend...
Asking for a friend...
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"Eliminating jobs in this vital and necessary agency threatens the health of our waterways, lakes and oceans, which we rely on for food, commerce and recreation.” - Al Roker #SaveNOAA
March 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Eliminating jobs in this vital and necessary agency threatens the health of our waterways, lakes and oceans, which we rely on for food, commerce and recreation.” - Al Roker #SaveNOAA
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The University of Utah ski team is back on top.
Utah skiers are No. 1 — again
The University of Utah ski team is back on top.
www.sltrib.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The University of Utah ski team is back on top.
Sad.
"Besides the direct impact of radiosondes on weather forecasts, they also have an indirect effect as a result of being used as reference data – helping to bias-correct satellite sounding and aircraft temperature data, especially in the troposphere." - ECMWF
"Besides the direct impact of radiosondes on weather forecasts, they also have an indirect effect as a result of being used as reference data – helping to bias-correct satellite sounding and aircraft temperature data, especially in the troposphere." - ECMWF
The NWS has suspended radiosondes at Albany NY and Gray Maine (KALY & KGYX) until staffing can resume to normal levels to do radiosondes.
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Sad.
"Besides the direct impact of radiosondes on weather forecasts, they also have an indirect effect as a result of being used as reference data – helping to bias-correct satellite sounding and aircraft temperature data, especially in the troposphere." - ECMWF
"Besides the direct impact of radiosondes on weather forecasts, they also have an indirect effect as a result of being used as reference data – helping to bias-correct satellite sounding and aircraft temperature data, especially in the troposphere." - ECMWF
Low population, but our biggest state with major weather impacts from the fishing to snow-safety communities
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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National Weather Service loses 10% of Alaska staff, hampering forecasting around the world
Between resignations, firings and paperwork errors, at least 23 of the roughly 200 people in the Weather Service's Alaska offices are no longer with the agency, a union source said.
alaskapublic.org
March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Low population, but our biggest state with major weather impacts from the fishing to snow-safety communities
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
"Two of the probationary employees who had been on the job for less than two years were flight director...This is particularly problematic since every hurricane hunter mission is required to carry a flight director."
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/noaa...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/noaa...
NOAA Hurricane Hunter layoffs threaten to degrade hurricane forecasts » Yale Climate Connections
A gap in flight director staffing could keep the planes earthbound at crucial times.
yaleclimateconnections.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Two of the probationary employees who had been on the job for less than two years were flight director...This is particularly problematic since every hurricane hunter mission is required to carry a flight director."
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/noaa...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/noaa...
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@noaa.gov provides lifesaving science, service and stewardship to the nation. #SaveNOAA is a group of terminated NOAA employees fighting for reinstatement to continue to deliver Americans these critical services.
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
March 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
@noaa.gov provides lifesaving science, service and stewardship to the nation. #SaveNOAA is a group of terminated NOAA employees fighting for reinstatement to continue to deliver Americans these critical services.
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
The included Bennett Building also includes the offices for National Weather Service Western Region Headquarters, including key scientific and technology support personnel
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www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Trump administration says these three federal buildings are ‘designated for disposal’ in Utah
President Donald Trump's administration has listed three federal buildings in Utah as "designated for disposal."
www.sltrib.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The included Bennett Building also includes the offices for National Weather Service Western Region Headquarters, including key scientific and technology support personnel
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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@agu.org is offering resources to scientists un-jobbed in the past few weeks. Free membership, abstract fees, and career guidance and connections. It’s a start.
go.agu.org/index.php/em...
go.agu.org/index.php/em...
go.agu.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@agu.org is offering resources to scientists un-jobbed in the past few weeks. Free membership, abstract fees, and career guidance and connections. It’s a start.
go.agu.org/index.php/em...
go.agu.org/index.php/em...
Just released statement from the American Meteorological Society urging strong support of NOAA and federal science agencies for the continued success of the weather enterprise and American people.
March 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just released statement from the American Meteorological Society urging strong support of NOAA and federal science agencies for the continued success of the weather enterprise and American people.
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That little black spec on the right hand side of this infographic is the total budget of the NWS. How is eliminating positions that exponentially increase economic dividends through enhancing commerce and mitigating/preventing disasters saving money or eliminating waste/fraud?
March 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
That little black spec on the right hand side of this infographic is the total budget of the NWS. How is eliminating positions that exponentially increase economic dividends through enhancing commerce and mitigating/preventing disasters saving money or eliminating waste/fraud?