Ray Wolf 🇨🇭 🇬🇱 🇨🇦
@raywolf.bsky.social
Retired NWS SOO, STN>DEN>DVN meteorologist/climatologist, Master Gardener🌱Conservationist, Chicago and ISU Cyclone sports, classic movies, trains, foodie, favors red and white flags.
Zone 5b and 320 ppm. Upper Mississippi River Valley USA
Zone 5b and 320 ppm. Upper Mississippi River Valley USA
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Ray Wolf 🇨🇭 🇬🇱 🇨🇦
@raywolf.bsky.social
· Dec 22
The garden year in review. 🌱 Spring - columbine, summer - monarda, fall - color mix, winter - snow on bristlecone pine.
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The potential for severe storms and flash flooding will increase ahead of a strong cold front on Friday for portions of the lower Mississippi Valley and mid-South. Keep up with the latest forecast at weather.gov as the week progresses.
January 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The potential for severe storms and flash flooding will increase ahead of a strong cold front on Friday for portions of the lower Mississippi Valley and mid-South. Keep up with the latest forecast at weather.gov as the week progresses.
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Looks like this data was quietly updated in the fall for the latest numbers through 2024 - Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) produced by NOAA...
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Looks like this data was quietly updated in the fall for the latest numbers through 2024 - Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) produced by NOAA...
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
It is a crazy, messed up world where the NCAA needs to run PSAs encouraging sports bettors not to harass athletes because of their on-field performance. 👀
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
It is a crazy, messed up world where the NCAA needs to run PSAs encouraging sports bettors not to harass athletes because of their on-field performance. 👀
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Antarctica had its warmest year on record. That seems fucking bad. 🔥🔥🔥
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Antarctica had its warmest year on record. That seems fucking bad. 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing what a south-facing window and short days can do for houseplants. 🌱 Color indoors in the winter is always appreciated.
January 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Amazing what a south-facing window and short days can do for houseplants. 🌱 Color indoors in the winter is always appreciated.
If you think this Venezuelan military action is about drugs instead of oil, I have some beachfront property in Louisiana I’d like to sell you.
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If you think this Venezuelan military action is about drugs instead of oil, I have some beachfront property in Louisiana I’d like to sell you.
PE is the ultimate expression of greed. Read the article and decide for yourself.
Looking to turn a quick profit, private equity firms buy medical facilities and then unload them just a few years later, often leaving devastation in their wake.
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trib.al/O1okU7t
The Private Equity Firms That Gobble Up Hospitals and Spit Them Out
Looking to turn a quick profit, the firms buy medical facilities and then unload them just a few years later, often leaving devastation in their wake.
trib.al
January 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
PE is the ultimate expression of greed. Read the article and decide for yourself.
Christmas lights from the Rosemont, IL town display. Rosemont is one of the most unique suburbs in Chicago and located near O’Hare Airport.
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Christmas lights from the Rosemont, IL town display. Rosemont is one of the most unique suburbs in Chicago and located near O’Hare Airport.
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From high-impact weather events to stratus clouds dancing over the open ocean, this year was filled with impressive satellite imagery.
We look back on the most compelling satellite views of 2025.
1) Mesovortices slosh within Hurricane Melissa’s ferocious eye (October 8).
We look back on the most compelling satellite views of 2025.
1) Mesovortices slosh within Hurricane Melissa’s ferocious eye (October 8).
December 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
From high-impact weather events to stratus clouds dancing over the open ocean, this year was filled with impressive satellite imagery.
We look back on the most compelling satellite views of 2025.
1) Mesovortices slosh within Hurricane Melissa’s ferocious eye (October 8).
We look back on the most compelling satellite views of 2025.
1) Mesovortices slosh within Hurricane Melissa’s ferocious eye (October 8).
Davenport Iowa (KDVN) reported a 60 mph wind at 915 pm CST. Crazy pressure gradient across the Midwest.
December 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Davenport Iowa (KDVN) reported a 60 mph wind at 915 pm CST. Crazy pressure gradient across the Midwest.
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ICYMI - the latest monthly status on greenhouse gas levels...
For more NOAA data/info: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/
For more NOAA data/info: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/
December 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
ICYMI - the latest monthly status on greenhouse gas levels...
For more NOAA data/info: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/
For more NOAA data/info: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/
Driving in dense fog on the Northwest Tollway near Chicago this afternoon. I’m going too fast at 70mph and getting passed constantly.
December 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Driving in dense fog on the Northwest Tollway near Chicago this afternoon. I’m going too fast at 70mph and getting passed constantly.
Quad City Botanical Center 🌱 light show in falling snow. Pictures don’t do justice to the experience of walking through the snow viewing the lights.
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Quad City Botanical Center 🌱 light show in falling snow. Pictures don’t do justice to the experience of walking through the snow viewing the lights.
Happy Winter Solstice.
a group of women are dancing around a fire in a field at night .
ALT: a group of women are dancing around a fire in a field at night .
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Happy Winter Solstice.
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From wildfire warnings to flood forecasts, NCAR's research impacts everyone in America.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
December 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
From wildfire warnings to flood forecasts, NCAR's research impacts everyone in America.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
@kfishbain.bsky.social I have a thought. Build that Indiana Bears stadium right next to that third Chicago area airport in northwest Indiana.
And BTW, why do they think if Illinois won’t spend big $ to help that Indiana will? Their budget is every bit as tight as Illinois.
And BTW, why do they think if Illinois won’t spend big $ to help that Indiana will? Their budget is every bit as tight as Illinois.
December 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@kfishbain.bsky.social I have a thought. Build that Indiana Bears stadium right next to that third Chicago area airport in northwest Indiana.
And BTW, why do they think if Illinois won’t spend big $ to help that Indiana will? Their budget is every bit as tight as Illinois.
And BTW, why do they think if Illinois won’t spend big $ to help that Indiana will? Their budget is every bit as tight as Illinois.
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Interesting cold-season, wind producing, fine line convective structure without lightning moving across eastern Iowa into northwest Illinois.
December 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Interesting cold-season, wind producing, fine line convective structure without lightning moving across eastern Iowa into northwest Illinois.
Parts of the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid Atlantic states are off to an extreme start to the winter according to the Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI) while much of the Plains sees a mild start. Ref: mrcc.purdue.edu/research/awssi
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Parts of the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid Atlantic states are off to an extreme start to the winter according to the Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI) while much of the Plains sees a mild start. Ref: mrcc.purdue.edu/research/awssi
Some of my favorite GOES satellite imagery is when rivers standout underneath a snowpack as in eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois.
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some of my favorite GOES satellite imagery is when rivers standout underneath a snowpack as in eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois.
Well if you ever wondered if Iowa is full of 💩, you would be correct. youtu.be/-X_rSQ-vubg
ICN Sunday Morning: Where Does 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Go?
YouTube video by Inside Climate News
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Well if you ever wondered if Iowa is full of 💩, you would be correct. youtu.be/-X_rSQ-vubg
We have no degrees. Not too bad out there with plentiful sun and little wind, the perfect Arctic air mass.
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We have no degrees. Not too bad out there with plentiful sun and little wind, the perfect Arctic air mass.
I-80 closed between the Quad Cities and Iowa City. Would be a nasty cold night to get stuck out there.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I-80 closed between the Quad Cities and Iowa City. Would be a nasty cold night to get stuck out there.