Steve Nesbitt
@70dbz.bsky.social
Professor and Head, Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois. AMS Fellow; I'm a meteorologist that brakes for interesting cloud formations. Opinions mine. #BillsMafia linktr.ee/70_dbz
WRF had a good handle on this system - check out our forecasts, now initalized from GFS and IFS!
snesbitt.web.illinois.edu/RELAMPAGO/wr...
snesbitt.web.illinois.edu/RELAMPAGO/wr...
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
WRF had a good handle on this system - check out our forecasts, now initalized from GFS and IFS!
snesbitt.web.illinois.edu/RELAMPAGO/wr...
snesbitt.web.illinois.edu/RELAMPAGO/wr...
Beautiful (and large) mesoscale convective system rolling through Córdoba province this evening.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Beautiful (and large) mesoscale convective system rolling through Córdoba province this evening.
Trying to do catering at an upcoming annual meeting we know and love. Holy smokes!
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trying to do catering at an upcoming annual meeting we know and love. Holy smokes!
Redunculous - even in the middle of Champaign, IL
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Redunculous - even in the middle of Champaign, IL
Little short wave from the NNE clipping Champaign, IL for a few inches of early season snow!
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Little short wave from the NNE clipping Champaign, IL for a few inches of early season snow!
Bills are 1-0 since I dressed up as a zombie for Halloween celebrating the Bills Super Bowl 109 victory
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Bills are 1-0 since I dressed up as a zombie for Halloween celebrating the Bills Super Bowl 109 victory
I think there can be too much communication
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think there can be too much communication
Timeline cleanse 🍂
Busey Woods, Urbana, Illinois this weekend
Busey Woods, Urbana, Illinois this weekend
October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Timeline cleanse 🍂
Busey Woods, Urbana, Illinois this weekend
Busey Woods, Urbana, Illinois this weekend
Higher Ed, brought to its knees
October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Higher Ed, brought to its knees
Nice turnout in Urbana, Illinois today
October 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nice turnout in Urbana, Illinois today
Always fun to take data from an advanced data analytics class a little further. Here's a visualization of spring and fall freeze events over Illinois. Growing season is getting longer, especially in the last 55 years!
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Always fun to take data from an advanced data analytics class a little further. Here's a visualization of spring and fall freeze events over Illinois. Growing season is getting longer, especially in the last 55 years!
Looks like it is back up - my lab is saved :)
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Looks like it is back up - my lab is saved :)
NOAA PSL certificate authority has expired during the shutdown…
October 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NOAA PSL certificate authority has expired during the shutdown…
Are you forking kidding me? As someone from Buffalo, this is revolt material!
September 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Are you forking kidding me? As someone from Buffalo, this is revolt material!
So far it’s more like Eliminating Funding, full stop. But that’s just me.
September 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
So far it’s more like Eliminating Funding, full stop. But that’s just me.
Beautiful night for football in Champaign
August 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Beautiful night for football in Champaign
$10-$12 for a pound of bacon too
August 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
$10-$12 for a pound of bacon too
Making the decision to eat less meat a little…..easier
*gulp*
*gulp*
August 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Making the decision to eat less meat a little…..easier
*gulp*
*gulp*
22-hr IR + GLM loop of #Erin shows the bursts of organized convection that helped the storm intensify dramatically, 65 knots in 24 hours according to NHC
August 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
22-hr IR + GLM loop of #Erin shows the bursts of organized convection that helped the storm intensify dramatically, 65 knots in 24 hours according to NHC
Opening a drive thru giant sugary coffee place right next to a bunch of dorms and campus building is a choice…hope it has walk through too? I guess it is better than having 2 circle Ks next to each other, but what about…housing Urbana?
August 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Opening a drive thru giant sugary coffee place right next to a bunch of dorms and campus building is a choice…hope it has walk through too? I guess it is better than having 2 circle Ks next to each other, but what about…housing Urbana?
Totally horrible. Taking the Metro is something I wouldn’t do every time I visit DC.
August 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Totally horrible. Taking the Metro is something I wouldn’t do every time I visit DC.
This is an important article about the recently released DOE climate report which is immediately being used to remove important federal action on climate change. This quote summarizes the situation quite well. A “tell me how you really feel” moment. www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/c...
August 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is an important article about the recently released DOE climate report which is immediately being used to remove important federal action on climate change. This quote summarizes the situation quite well. A “tell me how you really feel” moment. www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/c...
Got a phone call from a journalist in the UK looking for this guy.
I explained that I was definitely listening to him on a certain day in 1986, but, no, I’m not the guy.
And I’m not Steve Nesbitt, Jr., sorry man!
I explained that I was definitely listening to him on a certain day in 1986, but, no, I’m not the guy.
And I’m not Steve Nesbitt, Jr., sorry man!
August 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Got a phone call from a journalist in the UK looking for this guy.
I explained that I was definitely listening to him on a certain day in 1986, but, no, I’m not the guy.
And I’m not Steve Nesbitt, Jr., sorry man!
I explained that I was definitely listening to him on a certain day in 1986, but, no, I’m not the guy.
And I’m not Steve Nesbitt, Jr., sorry man!