Zane Satre
@zanesatre.bsky.social
Meteorologist @ KCCI-TV in Des Moines, IA | Iowa State Alum🌪️ | AMS CBM #864 | Helped win an Emmy
Just finished four days of jury service.
It’s a fascinating process that I think more people should go through.
Not at all fun, but it really forces you out of your bubble.
At the end, you literally decide the fate of another human being, which is pretty sobering.
It’s a fascinating process that I think more people should go through.
Not at all fun, but it really forces you out of your bubble.
At the end, you literally decide the fate of another human being, which is pretty sobering.
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just finished four days of jury service.
It’s a fascinating process that I think more people should go through.
Not at all fun, but it really forces you out of your bubble.
At the end, you literally decide the fate of another human being, which is pretty sobering.
It’s a fascinating process that I think more people should go through.
Not at all fun, but it really forces you out of your bubble.
At the end, you literally decide the fate of another human being, which is pretty sobering.
Yes to more maps + data viz. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
11 maps show why Des Moines-area elections turned out the way they did
There were multiple routes to victory in the Des Moines area on election night. Here's how key races were won.
www.desmoinesregister.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yes to more maps + data viz. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
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Aug 16: Images from @NOAA_HurrHunter and the @NOAASatellites Ocean Winds team show an intense eyewall in Hurricane #Erin This photo shows the ocean surface calm in the eye and roaring in the eyewall. For the latest forecast visit hurricanes.gov https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1956713125828325429
August 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Aug 16: Images from @NOAA_HurrHunter and the @NOAASatellites Ocean Winds team show an intense eyewall in Hurricane #Erin This photo shows the ocean surface calm in the eye and roaring in the eyewall. For the latest forecast visit hurricanes.gov https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1956713125828325429
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August 10, 2020:
One of the worst derechos in US history ravaged the Midwest. The MCS carved a path from eastern Nebraska to Michigan over the course of ~11 hours. Winds as high as 140 mph produced substantial crop and structural damage throughout Iowa and Illinois.
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One of the worst derechos in US history ravaged the Midwest. The MCS carved a path from eastern Nebraska to Michigan over the course of ~11 hours. Winds as high as 140 mph produced substantial crop and structural damage throughout Iowa and Illinois.
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August 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
August 10, 2020:
One of the worst derechos in US history ravaged the Midwest. The MCS carved a path from eastern Nebraska to Michigan over the course of ~11 hours. Winds as high as 140 mph produced substantial crop and structural damage throughout Iowa and Illinois.
(1/2)
One of the worst derechos in US history ravaged the Midwest. The MCS carved a path from eastern Nebraska to Michigan over the course of ~11 hours. Winds as high as 140 mph produced substantial crop and structural damage throughout Iowa and Illinois.
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NOAA has released their official animation of the propagation of this week's tsunami. It took almost exactly one day to reach Antarctica and was reported at 0.6 feet high.
July 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
NOAA has released their official animation of the propagation of this week's tsunami. It took almost exactly one day to reach Antarctica and was reported at 0.6 feet high.
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Several more tornadoes confirmed in Iowa from Friday's storms
Several more tornadoes confirmed in Iowa from Friday's storms
Additional damage surveys bring the tornado count to 10.
www.kcci.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Several more tornadoes confirmed in Iowa from Friday's storms
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The Guadeloupe River @ Comfort, Texas rose 12.93 feet in 15 minutes this morning. That's 10.34" per minute or an inch every 6 SECONDS. That's one of the fastest rises I've ever seen. Very hard to get away from that kind of flash flooding.
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Guadeloupe River @ Comfort, Texas rose 12.93 feet in 15 minutes this morning. That's 10.34" per minute or an inch every 6 SECONDS. That's one of the fastest rises I've ever seen. Very hard to get away from that kind of flash flooding.
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Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
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Here's my unofficial accounting of sites with newly set extreme combinations of temperature, dew point, and sustained winds. Will be looking for more sites and certainly watch as this repeats tomorrow. Please let me know if you have candidates for the list, my website has no tool for this attm :(
June 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Here's my unofficial accounting of sites with newly set extreme combinations of temperature, dew point, and sustained winds. Will be looking for more sites and certainly watch as this repeats tomorrow. Please let me know if you have candidates for the list, my website has no tool for this attm :(
Central Iowa Water Works says it currently can't use Raccoon River for water because of "near-record high nitrate concentrations".
They're now asking people to cut lawn watering by 50%.
They're now asking people to cut lawn watering by 50%.
Drop lawn water voluntarily by 50% to reduce supply issue, water officials urge central Iowans
High nitrate levels are driving Central Iowa Water Works officials to ask customers to reduce lawn watering by 50%.
www.kcci.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Central Iowa Water Works says it currently can't use Raccoon River for water because of "near-record high nitrate concentrations".
They're now asking people to cut lawn watering by 50%.
They're now asking people to cut lawn watering by 50%.
Streamflow data shows quantity is not the problem.
Nitrate data shows quality is.
Nitrate data shows quality is.
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Streamflow data shows quantity is not the problem.
Nitrate data shows quality is.
Nitrate data shows quality is.
The story itself is not as problematic as the headline, but yikes.
Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to predict extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases faster than the National Weather Service, which has been gutted by DOGE. www.wired.com/story/the-vi...
The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government
Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to predict extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases faster than the National Weather Service, which has been gutted by DOGE.
www.wired.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The story itself is not as problematic as the headline, but yikes.
Every year that goes by, my streaming habits gravitate more toward UK-based shows.
An Edinburgh police detective and a team of misfits search for a woman who vanished several years earlier. Critic John Powers says the byplay of characters makes Dept. Q worth watching.
Cold case mystery 'Dept. Q' focuses more on the characters than crime
An Edinburgh police detective and a team of misfits search for a woman who vanished several years earlier. Critic John Powers says the byplay of characters makes Dept. Q worth watching.
n.pr
June 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Every year that goes by, my streaming habits gravitate more toward UK-based shows.
I know/met many of the people in this story when I worked in the QC.
It's a good look into the local effects caused by government action in recent months.
It's a good look into the local effects caused by government action in recent months.
Tired in Tornado Alley
A crucial National Weather Service office, battered by cuts, is trying to put on a brave face as tornado season peaks.
www.nbcnews.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I know/met many of the people in this story when I worked in the QC.
It's a good look into the local effects caused by government action in recent months.
It's a good look into the local effects caused by government action in recent months.
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Simply incredible satellite imagery of a dust storm hitting Chicago this evening.
May 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Simply incredible satellite imagery of a dust storm hitting Chicago this evening.
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Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy
"Two forecasters are going to be coming to Omaha from across the country. They will be located here immediately next week," said Flood.
Still very curious about this process, since other upper-air offices have problems, too.
Still very curious about this process, since other upper-air offices have problems, too.
'Better understanding of what's heading our way': NWS weather balloon suspension lifted
The National Weather Service office in Valley will receive two additional forecasters to address staffing shortages and improve severe weather forecasting.
www.ketv.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Two forecasters are going to be coming to Omaha from across the country. They will be located here immediately next week," said Flood.
Still very curious about this process, since other upper-air offices have problems, too.
Still very curious about this process, since other upper-air offices have problems, too.
"Next week, they are assigning more meteorologists to the weather service office in Valley."
I'm curious what the logistics of that are.
I'm curious what the logistics of that are.
'This is public safety': Congressman Mike Flood says weather balloons will begin to launch again out of Valley
Since March 20, the NWS Omaha/Valley office has ceased daily weather balloon launches. Now, Congressman Mike Flood said that suspension is being lifted.
www.ketv.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Next week, they are assigning more meteorologists to the weather service office in Valley."
I'm curious what the logistics of that are.
I'm curious what the logistics of that are.
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The Midwestern Regional Climate Center and the High Plains Regional Climate Center are back online.
hprcc.unl.edu
mrcc.purdue.edu
hprcc.unl.edu
mrcc.purdue.edu
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Midwestern Regional Climate Center Providing high-quality climate data, tools, interactive maps, and customized services for the Midwest an...
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April 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Midwestern Regional Climate Center and the High Plains Regional Climate Center are back online.
hprcc.unl.edu
mrcc.purdue.edu
hprcc.unl.edu
mrcc.purdue.edu
Email from MRCC says that its website & products will be unavailable starting tomorrow.
Not sure what that means for ACIS data generally from the other RCCs?
Not sure what that means for ACIS data generally from the other RCCs?
April 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Email from MRCC says that its website & products will be unavailable starting tomorrow.
Not sure what that means for ACIS data generally from the other RCCs?
Not sure what that means for ACIS data generally from the other RCCs?
Gave a talk in a small town of ~100 in NW Iowa today.
I always include a section on wx data sources.
After hearing about balloons/radiosondes, one lady was curious why it’s important to know something like temps aloft vs. sfc.
Great opportunity to educate & demonstrate the bigger picture.
I always include a section on wx data sources.
After hearing about balloons/radiosondes, one lady was curious why it’s important to know something like temps aloft vs. sfc.
Great opportunity to educate & demonstrate the bigger picture.
April 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Gave a talk in a small town of ~100 in NW Iowa today.
I always include a section on wx data sources.
After hearing about balloons/radiosondes, one lady was curious why it’s important to know something like temps aloft vs. sfc.
Great opportunity to educate & demonstrate the bigger picture.
I always include a section on wx data sources.
After hearing about balloons/radiosondes, one lady was curious why it’s important to know something like temps aloft vs. sfc.
Great opportunity to educate & demonstrate the bigger picture.
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Visualizing the prolonged multi-day stretch of severe weather, widespread flooding, and late-season snowstorm in a single loop:
April 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Visualizing the prolonged multi-day stretch of severe weather, widespread flooding, and late-season snowstorm in a single loop:
Kind of a bummer for the casual weather enthusiast-types who read & learn from these types of products
April 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Kind of a bummer for the casual weather enthusiast-types who read & learn from these types of products
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"There will be no interruption in service. All NOAA Research sites will remain online," a NOAA spokesperson told Axios Friday afternoon. www.axios.com/2025/04/04/n...
NOAA research websites slated to go dark get reprieve with contract extension
NOAA is under a mandate to slash its IT costs.
www.axios.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"There will be no interruption in service. All NOAA Research sites will remain online," a NOAA spokesperson told Axios Friday afternoon. www.axios.com/2025/04/04/n...