Kelton Halbert
@stormscale.io
Personal account, views my own, you know the drill. Techniques Development Meteorologist for the Storm Prediction Center.
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https://www.stormscale.io
See more of my photography:
https://www.instagram.com/keltore
My blog:
https://www.stormscale.io
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Kelton Halbert
@stormscale.io
· Sep 23
SHARPlib 1.1.0 has been released to PyPI and conda-forge, and it was a pretty big update! Of note:
- Unified Python & C++ web documentation! keltonhalbert.github.io/SHARPlib/lat...
- Fully typed Python bindings
- Additional parameters
- Bug fixes
github.com/keltonhalber...
- Unified Python & C++ web documentation! keltonhalbert.github.io/SHARPlib/lat...
- Fully typed Python bindings
- Additional parameters
- Bug fixes
github.com/keltonhalber...
Merry Christmas. Or else.
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Merry Christmas. Or else.
Head to Nashville for Christmas and the house a few doors down goes up in flames 🙃
December 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Head to Nashville for Christmas and the house a few doors down goes up in flames 🙃
Thanks, I hate it
December 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Thanks, I hate it
Sometimes the finer details of where the extremely critical and critical areas are can be hard to locate on these maps! So, feel free to use the zoomable page I have on my personal site: www.stormscale.io/spc/fire/day1
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sometimes the finer details of where the extremely critical and critical areas are can be hard to locate on these maps! So, feel free to use the zoomable page I have on my personal site: www.stormscale.io/spc/fire/day1
Reposted by Kelton Halbert
🚨 METEOROLOGICAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
In response to the deadly flooding event that occurred in the Texas Hill Country this past summer, TTU has received $24M from the state legislature to develop and implement a weather measurement and modeling system to serve the state.
In response to the deadly flooding event that occurred in the Texas Hill Country this past summer, TTU has received $24M from the state legislature to develop and implement a weather measurement and modeling system to serve the state.
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚨 METEOROLOGICAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
In response to the deadly flooding event that occurred in the Texas Hill Country this past summer, TTU has received $24M from the state legislature to develop and implement a weather measurement and modeling system to serve the state.
In response to the deadly flooding event that occurred in the Texas Hill Country this past summer, TTU has received $24M from the state legislature to develop and implement a weather measurement and modeling system to serve the state.
ARC Surveyor spotted in Norman
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
ARC Surveyor spotted in Norman
Just so we’re clear, this would be very bad.
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 2:54 PM
Just so we’re clear, this would be very bad.
Reposted by Kelton Halbert
Oklahoma's Tate Sandell is recognized as the Lou Groza Award Winner for the nation's best kicker!
#CFBPlayoff x #BoomerSooner
#CFBPlayoff x #BoomerSooner
December 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Oklahoma's Tate Sandell is recognized as the Lou Groza Award Winner for the nation's best kicker!
#CFBPlayoff x #BoomerSooner
#CFBPlayoff x #BoomerSooner
Just had Culver’s for the first time since moving from Wisconsin and I fell to my knees.
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just had Culver’s for the first time since moving from Wisconsin and I fell to my knees.
Reposted by Kelton Halbert
for no reason, here is an animation from a direct numerical simulation of a share-free atmospheric boundary layer. this is vertical velocity, with narrow bright areas being upward motion, and broad dark areas being downward motion. this is near-surface in the x-y plane (you're superman looking down)
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
for no reason, here is an animation from a direct numerical simulation of a share-free atmospheric boundary layer. this is vertical velocity, with narrow bright areas being upward motion, and broad dark areas being downward motion. this is near-surface in the x-y plane (you're superman looking down)
Reposted by Kelton Halbert
GRIB is a stupid format indeed
I'm breaking my Bluesky fast to complain about grib2 again.
It's hilarious that the left 2 are clearly slower than the right 2, when the left 2 just read message headers. The right 2 read all bytes from the file without parsing. "python read" even appends to a byte array!
Grib is a stupid format.
It's hilarious that the left 2 are clearly slower than the right 2, when the left 2 just read message headers. The right 2 read all bytes from the file without parsing. "python read" even appends to a byte array!
Grib is a stupid format.
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
GRIB is a stupid format indeed
Man, you would not begin to believe how involved and messy the whole process of working with GRIB2 data in compiled languages is.
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Man, you would not begin to believe how involved and messy the whole process of working with GRIB2 data in compiled languages is.
Reposted by Kelton Halbert
NPS is hiring GS-12 fire meteorologists in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain GACCs. Benefits include:
•bipartisan support for fire
•pay during shutdowns
•overtime during fire season
•no midnight shifts, and more.
www.usajobs.gov/job/850741000
•bipartisan support for fire
•pay during shutdowns
•overtime during fire season
•no midnight shifts, and more.
www.usajobs.gov/job/850741000
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NPS is hiring GS-12 fire meteorologists in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain GACCs. Benefits include:
•bipartisan support for fire
•pay during shutdowns
•overtime during fire season
•no midnight shifts, and more.
www.usajobs.gov/job/850741000
•bipartisan support for fire
•pay during shutdowns
•overtime during fire season
•no midnight shifts, and more.
www.usajobs.gov/job/850741000
BOOMER SOONER! No purple cat voodoo tonight!
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BOOMER SOONER! No purple cat voodoo tonight!
Mateer needs to be benched.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Mateer needs to be benched.
The Egg Bowl never fails to entertain
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Egg Bowl never fails to entertain
It wasn’t pretty, but wins don’t have to be pretty. Sooners are 9-2!
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It wasn’t pretty, but wins don’t have to be pretty. Sooners are 9-2!
As if tonight couldn’t get better, Texas takes the major L.
What a day of football!
What a day of football!
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As if tonight couldn’t get better, Texas takes the major L.
What a day of football!
What a day of football!
Reposted by Kelton Halbert
Alabama goes down in Tuscaloosa! Oklahoma wins!
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Alabama goes down in Tuscaloosa! Oklahoma wins!
For the 2nd year in a row,
OKLAHOMA OWNS THE STATE OF ALABAMA!!!
BOOMER SOONER! OU delivers Alabama’s first home loss on NICK SABAN FIELD! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
OKLAHOMA OWNS THE STATE OF ALABAMA!!!
BOOMER SOONER! OU delivers Alabama’s first home loss on NICK SABAN FIELD! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
For the 2nd year in a row,
OKLAHOMA OWNS THE STATE OF ALABAMA!!!
BOOMER SOONER! OU delivers Alabama’s first home loss on NICK SABAN FIELD! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
OKLAHOMA OWNS THE STATE OF ALABAMA!!!
BOOMER SOONER! OU delivers Alabama’s first home loss on NICK SABAN FIELD! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
Reposted by Kelton Halbert
Spack v1.1.0 and spack-packages v2025.11.0 are out!
🥳Features:
🏗️ Compiler control (unmixing, %%)
📦 Improved externals
⬇️ Git fetching
😌 Configurable config
👩🏻🔬Experimental:
👩🏻💻 New parallel console UI
🏎️ Concretization caching
More here!
github.com/spack/spack/...
🥳Features:
🏗️ Compiler control (unmixing, %%)
📦 Improved externals
⬇️ Git fetching
😌 Configurable config
👩🏻🔬Experimental:
👩🏻💻 New parallel console UI
🏎️ Concretization caching
More here!
github.com/spack/spack/...
Release v1.1.0 (2025-11-14) · spack/spack
v1.1.0 features major improvements to compiler handling and configuration management, a significant refactoring of externals, and exciting new experimental features like a console UI for parallel i...
github.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Spack v1.1.0 and spack-packages v2025.11.0 are out!
🥳Features:
🏗️ Compiler control (unmixing, %%)
📦 Improved externals
⬇️ Git fetching
😌 Configurable config
👩🏻🔬Experimental:
👩🏻💻 New parallel console UI
🏎️ Concretization caching
More here!
github.com/spack/spack/...
🥳Features:
🏗️ Compiler control (unmixing, %%)
📦 Improved externals
⬇️ Git fetching
😌 Configurable config
👩🏻🔬Experimental:
👩🏻💻 New parallel console UI
🏎️ Concretization caching
More here!
github.com/spack/spack/...
Maybe all of the people in leadership sending emails about how thankful they are for us showing up should do something about the fact we were all denied bonuses this year.
40+ days.
That was awful.
I dare someone to send one more “welcome back to work” email.
I BEEN HERE.
That was awful.
I dare someone to send one more “welcome back to work” email.
I BEEN HERE.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Maybe all of the people in leadership sending emails about how thankful they are for us showing up should do something about the fact we were all denied bonuses this year.