Jason Furtado
@wxjay.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. I study large-scale climate dynamics, subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting, and extreme weather. Proud RI native and New England sports fan. Opinions & thoughts are my own. 🇺🇸 🇵🇹
Diana Ross killed it tonight!
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Diana Ross killed it tonight!
Just your good ol’ normal December 27 in Oklahoma.
December 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just your good ol’ normal December 27 in Oklahoma.
Someone didn’t let OU know that playoff football is more than one quarter and a half…
December 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Someone didn’t let OU know that playoff football is more than one quarter and a half…
Happy to have contributed to this story by NPR on the Trump Administration's unfortunate decision to dismantle NCAR.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
Scientists push back on Trump plan to break up a critical climate and weather center
The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
www.npr.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happy to have contributed to this story by NPR on the Trump Administration's unfortunate decision to dismantle NCAR.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
For those of you who still have to get a gift for that academic in your life:
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Publish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about Academic Publish
Welcome to the chaotic life of academic publishing. In this game, you are a clueless researcher trying to do the one and only thing that matters in your academic life: churning out publications, fast....
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December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For those of you who still have to get a gift for that academic in your life:
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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 1:16 AM
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.
Doesn’t get more New Orleans than turtle soup for dinner!
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Doesn’t get more New Orleans than turtle soup for dinner!
Going to #AGU25 next week in New Orleans? If so, be sure to stop by two presentations from the OU Applied Climate Dynamics Group! (1/4)
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Going to #AGU25 next week in New Orleans? If so, be sure to stop by two presentations from the OU Applied Climate Dynamics Group! (1/4)
Lots of discussion about the #PolarVortex recently. In terms of wave reflection, after some activity this week, conditions will not be favorable for the rest of the month, likely meaning a -PNA / warm up pattern across N America.
Possibilities for wave reflection return in early Jan 2026. #S2S
Possibilities for wave reflection return in early Jan 2026. #S2S
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Lots of discussion about the #PolarVortex recently. In terms of wave reflection, after some activity this week, conditions will not be favorable for the rest of the month, likely meaning a -PNA / warm up pattern across N America.
Possibilities for wave reflection return in early Jan 2026. #S2S
Possibilities for wave reflection return in early Jan 2026. #S2S
Any Oura ring wearers in my friend group? If so, a couple of questions:
1) How "snug" is "snug" when you wear the ring?
2) On which finger do you where it? Dominant or non-dominant hand?
3) Do you like it?
Thanks!
1) How "snug" is "snug" when you wear the ring?
2) On which finger do you where it? Dominant or non-dominant hand?
3) Do you like it?
Thanks!
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Any Oura ring wearers in my friend group? If so, a couple of questions:
1) How "snug" is "snug" when you wear the ring?
2) On which finger do you where it? Dominant or non-dominant hand?
3) Do you like it?
Thanks!
1) How "snug" is "snug" when you wear the ring?
2) On which finger do you where it? Dominant or non-dominant hand?
3) Do you like it?
Thanks!
Not gonna lie - I am a little nervous about AGU next week in New Orleans. Not necessarily for me personally (though I don't want to have to see any of these raids anywhere), but for some of my fellow colleagues.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
New Orleans Restaurants Feel Squeezed as Border Patrol Sweeps In
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Not gonna lie - I am a little nervous about AGU next week in New Orleans. Not necessarily for me personally (though I don't want to have to see any of these raids anywhere), but for some of my fellow colleagues.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
A chilly -12°F for a low this morning on the campus of my alma mater Lyndon State (now Vermont State University at Lyndon).
atmos.northernvermont.edu/weather-data...
atmos.northernvermont.edu/weather-data...
Weather Conditions
Current and archived conditions from the weather station on Vail Hill
atmos.northernvermont.edu
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A chilly -12°F for a low this morning on the campus of my alma mater Lyndon State (now Vermont State University at Lyndon).
atmos.northernvermont.edu/weather-data...
atmos.northernvermont.edu/weather-data...
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The Warn-on-Forecast team at CIWRO is expanding! A position is opening for anyone who is interested in improving fire weather warning guidance with WoFS. You’ll get to work and collaborate with some pretty cool folks on the team, including yours truly. More info below, and feel free to share!
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Warn-on-Forecast team at CIWRO is expanding! A position is opening for anyone who is interested in improving fire weather warning guidance with WoFS. You’ll get to work and collaborate with some pretty cool folks on the team, including yours truly. More info below, and feel free to share!
This was a fun podcast to do! Thanks to Mira Shah for inviting me on to chat about my work and passion!
Check out the Signals of Change podcast!
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Check out the Signals of Change podcast!
open.spotify.com/show/0BgSGC4...
#52 - Dr. Jason Furtado (University of Oklahoma)
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December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This was a fun podcast to do! Thanks to Mira Shah for inviting me on to chat about my work and passion!
Check out the Signals of Change podcast!
open.spotify.com/show/0BgSGC4...
Check out the Signals of Change podcast!
open.spotify.com/show/0BgSGC4...
I say it every year and this year is no different:
Dominic The Donkey is probably one of, if not the worst, Christmas song out there.
Dominic The Donkey is probably one of, if not the worst, Christmas song out there.
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I say it every year and this year is no different:
Dominic The Donkey is probably one of, if not the worst, Christmas song out there.
Dominic The Donkey is probably one of, if not the worst, Christmas song out there.
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Join us today at 2:00 ET to hear Brett Sanders (UC Irvine) discuss significant biases in flood hazard mapping from data sources and modeling conventions. Scan the QR code for the Webex link and to add the webinar to your calendar!
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December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join us today at 2:00 ET to hear Brett Sanders (UC Irvine) discuss significant biases in flood hazard mapping from data sources and modeling conventions. Scan the QR code for the Webex link and to add the webinar to your calendar!
usclivar.org/webinars
usclivar.org/webinars
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Climate nerds! Make sure you have the newly updated NMME viewer from U. Miami RSMAS bookmarked! nmme.earth.miami.edu/figures/inde...
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Climate nerds! Make sure you have the newly updated NMME viewer from U. Miami RSMAS bookmarked! nmme.earth.miami.edu/figures/inde...
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🚨CLIVAR Climate Risk Seminar today at 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/11 am PT🚨
Brett Sanders | University of California, Irvine | The Devil is in the Details: Significant Biases in Flood Hazard Mapping from Data Sources and Modeling Conventions
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Brett Sanders | University of California, Irvine | The Devil is in the Details: Significant Biases in Flood Hazard Mapping from Data Sources and Modeling Conventions
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December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨CLIVAR Climate Risk Seminar today at 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/11 am PT🚨
Brett Sanders | University of California, Irvine | The Devil is in the Details: Significant Biases in Flood Hazard Mapping from Data Sources and Modeling Conventions
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Brett Sanders | University of California, Irvine | The Devil is in the Details: Significant Biases in Flood Hazard Mapping from Data Sources and Modeling Conventions
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A bit chilly in my office in the National Weather Center. 🙃
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A bit chilly in my office in the National Weather Center. 🙃
Some overnight freezing drizzle and lots of elevated services (bridges and overpasses) is making for a slow and precarious commute in OKC this morning. Precip is pretty much done but it will take a while for conditions to clear out on the roads.
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Some overnight freezing drizzle and lots of elevated services (bridges and overpasses) is making for a slow and precarious commute in OKC this morning. Precip is pretty much done but it will take a while for conditions to clear out on the roads.
This supports the evidence I have seen in the ECMWF and other sources as well. This also changes significantly the risk and duration of cold for North America.
North American weather regime forecasts have shifted from Greenland High toward Alaskan Ridge. This is consistent with forecasts of the forthcoming SSW shifting toward an event dominated by wave reflection and a quick reintensification of the vortex.
simonleewx.com/ecmwf_north_...
simonleewx.com/ecmwf_north_...
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This supports the evidence I have seen in the ECMWF and other sources as well. This also changes significantly the risk and duration of cold for North America.
File this under "Not the canonical response to major SSWs across much of the Northern Hemisphere."
Much of Eurasia is forecast to be above average.
In North America, the pattern looks more like strat reflection with MJO Phase 6-8 teleconnections mixed in.
From the latest ECMWF weeklies. #S2S
Much of Eurasia is forecast to be above average.
In North America, the pattern looks more like strat reflection with MJO Phase 6-8 teleconnections mixed in.
From the latest ECMWF weeklies. #S2S
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
File this under "Not the canonical response to major SSWs across much of the Northern Hemisphere."
Much of Eurasia is forecast to be above average.
In North America, the pattern looks more like strat reflection with MJO Phase 6-8 teleconnections mixed in.
From the latest ECMWF weeklies. #S2S
Much of Eurasia is forecast to be above average.
In North America, the pattern looks more like strat reflection with MJO Phase 6-8 teleconnections mixed in.
From the latest ECMWF weeklies. #S2S