Kyle J Gillett
@wxkylegillett.bsky.social
Storm chaser, Aurora hunter, Photographer. Severe storm researcher and M.S. student at UND. SounderPy developer.
MI -> ND
MI -> ND
Pinned
Mom come pick me up im scared
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Mom come pick me up im scared
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Here it is. The last 10 years of hail events across the U.S. using my prototype hail tracking algorithm!
Hoping to build out a more robust climatology of hailstorms like we have for tornadoes.
Hoping to build out a more robust climatology of hailstorms like we have for tornadoes.
October 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Here it is. The last 10 years of hail events across the U.S. using my prototype hail tracking algorithm!
Hoping to build out a more robust climatology of hailstorms like we have for tornadoes.
Hoping to build out a more robust climatology of hailstorms like we have for tornadoes.
An EF5 sounding.
October 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
An EF5 sounding.
Super excited to now have a copy @shawnmilrad.bsky.social's brand new edition of "Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting, An Introductory Toolkit" textbook featuring TONS of SounderPy soundings!
This is a great intro to synoptic meteorology and forecasting! Thanks for sending it, Shawn!
This is a great intro to synoptic meteorology and forecasting! Thanks for sending it, Shawn!
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Super excited to now have a copy @shawnmilrad.bsky.social's brand new edition of "Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting, An Introductory Toolkit" textbook featuring TONS of SounderPy soundings!
This is a great intro to synoptic meteorology and forecasting! Thanks for sending it, Shawn!
This is a great intro to synoptic meteorology and forecasting! Thanks for sending it, Shawn!
A couple years of work, lots of learning, lots of trial & error, and endless support from ya'll have culminated into the news I got today:
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
August 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A couple years of work, lots of learning, lots of trial & error, and endless support from ya'll have culminated into the news I got today:
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
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The 2nd Edition of my textbook is now available! Biggest updates are in figure quality, including soundings based on SounderPy output thanks to @wxkylegillett.bsky.social making it freely available!
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
July 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The 2nd Edition of my textbook is now available! Biggest updates are in figure quality, including soundings based on SounderPy output thanks to @wxkylegillett.bsky.social making it freely available!
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
OPE 👀
Just published in JOSS: 'SounderPy: An atmospheric sounding visualization and analysis tool for Python' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08087
August 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
OPE 👀
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I am wealthy with no money
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I am wealthy with no money
Heads up SounderPy users:
March 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Heads up SounderPy users:
thinking of the prairie today
March 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
thinking of the prairie today
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Today in Boulder, CO after mass firings of employees at NOAA - an American flag being flown upside down on the iconic 2nd Flatiron
(Not my video) credit NWMountainGuy on Reddit
(Not my video) credit NWMountainGuy on Reddit
February 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Today in Boulder, CO after mass firings of employees at NOAA - an American flag being flown upside down on the iconic 2nd Flatiron
(Not my video) credit NWMountainGuy on Reddit
(Not my video) credit NWMountainGuy on Reddit
I love reading replies on wx folk's posts about these NOAA/NWS cuts that say something like "our government is bloated, overstaffed, paid too much, not needed, we **need** to cut them" etc.
I'm quite sure most of these people could've cared less until a certain someone *told* them its a "problem"
I'm quite sure most of these people could've cared less until a certain someone *told* them its a "problem"
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I love reading replies on wx folk's posts about these NOAA/NWS cuts that say something like "our government is bloated, overstaffed, paid too much, not needed, we **need** to cut them" etc.
I'm quite sure most of these people could've cared less until a certain someone *told* them its a "problem"
I'm quite sure most of these people could've cared less until a certain someone *told* them its a "problem"
we are so cooked
February 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
we are so cooked
this is fucking bullshit
February 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
this is fucking bullshit
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Wow! Since the National Storm Chaser Summit began on February 14th, 2025, the Chase Archive has received over 100 submissions.
Thank you! Keep 'em coming! Please continue to submit your chase days! We want all your cases, good and/or bad!
chasearchive.com
Thank you! Keep 'em coming! Please continue to submit your chase days! We want all your cases, good and/or bad!
chasearchive.com
Storm Chase Archive - The Ultimate Catalog of Storm Chases
Explore the biggest storm chase collection on the web, featuring tornadoes, hurricanes, and awe-inspiring weather phenomena.
chasearchive.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Wow! Since the National Storm Chaser Summit began on February 14th, 2025, the Chase Archive has received over 100 submissions.
Thank you! Keep 'em coming! Please continue to submit your chase days! We want all your cases, good and/or bad!
chasearchive.com
Thank you! Keep 'em coming! Please continue to submit your chase days! We want all your cases, good and/or bad!
chasearchive.com
sorry sir, we don't do that here.
Left, right, doesn't matter. That's un-American.
Left, right, doesn't matter. That's un-American.
February 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
sorry sir, we don't do that here.
Left, right, doesn't matter. That's un-American.
Left, right, doesn't matter. That's un-American.
The 12z observations from BIS (Bismarck, ND) this morning are the 16th coldest (at the sfc, -33.3F) of the 53,970 soundings on record going back to 1948. #NDwx
February 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The 12z observations from BIS (Bismarck, ND) this morning are the 16th coldest (at the sfc, -33.3F) of the 53,970 soundings on record going back to 1948. #NDwx
Had an epic time at NSCS. I met and chatted with so many fantastic people, many of whom I've looked up to and grew up watching. I met many young, enthusiastic, and passionate soon-to-be stars of this community, and of course, had a great time with da bois 🫶 #NSCS25
February 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Had an epic time at NSCS. I met and chatted with so many fantastic people, many of whom I've looked up to and grew up watching. I met many young, enthusiastic, and passionate soon-to-be stars of this community, and of course, had a great time with da bois 🫶 #NSCS25
Check out the new chase archive!
February 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Check out the new chase archive!
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@chasearchive.bsky.social is approaching at an alarming rate. It will be here soon... very soon.
February 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@chasearchive.bsky.social is approaching at an alarming rate. It will be here soon... very soon.
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Lets talk some meteorology. Here in Southern Lower we're on track to get a light glazing of ice tonight. The HRRR noticeably has up-trended in FRZA over the last few hours with ice totals. But why? and is it realistic? Lets look at model soundings compared to the 00z DTX ob 1/5 #wxSky
February 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lets talk some meteorology. Here in Southern Lower we're on track to get a light glazing of ice tonight. The HRRR noticeably has up-trended in FRZA over the last few hours with ice totals. But why? and is it realistic? Lets look at model soundings compared to the 00z DTX ob 1/5 #wxSky