James Done
@climate-done.bsky.social
Weather-Climate continuum scientist. WTW research network fellow. Yorkshire born and bred. Done sounds like Cone.
Very much appreciated. I will use some of these for a talk I'm giving this week.
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Very much appreciated. I will use some of these for a talk I'm giving this week.
Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't considered this before. Maybe the lysis points should persist in the ensemble mean track.
September 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't considered this before. Maybe the lysis points should persist in the ensemble mean track.
This resonates deeply.
September 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This resonates deeply.
Thanks for the update. But what are we looking at with this map? Pressure anomaly? What are the weird scratches?
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Thanks for the update. But what are we looking at with this map? Pressure anomaly? What are the weird scratches?
I loved the ENSO blog for it's accessible writing style and graphics/analyses I couldn't find elsewhere. I regularly quoted the blog and shared its graphics to aid my science communications across the insurance industry (pertaining to hurricane risk).
September 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I loved the ENSO blog for it's accessible writing style and graphics/analyses I couldn't find elsewhere. I regularly quoted the blog and shared its graphics to aid my science communications across the insurance industry (pertaining to hurricane risk).
"Meteorologists are unnecessarily cranky about missing out" - it's offical: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
journals.ametsoc.org
July 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"Meteorologists are unnecessarily cranky about missing out" - it's offical: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Thanks for the additional plot. Interesting how the distance between the mean and max curves (and therefore the daily variance) is greatest during the flash flood season. It's hot and dry until it's not.
July 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Thanks for the additional plot. Interesting how the distance between the mean and max curves (and therefore the daily variance) is greatest during the flash flood season. It's hot and dry until it's not.
Yes, I think you can see a hint of that in the daily max (green) curve in Russ's plot.
July 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Yes, I think you can see a hint of that in the daily max (green) curve in Russ's plot.
Very cool. Thanks. I agree it's remarkable how sharp the seasonal flood report peak is. It's much more peaked than the precipitable water curve. I wonder why would that be? Maybe the column flow is only slack enough for a shorter period than the PW is moist enough.
July 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Very cool. Thanks. I agree it's remarkable how sharp the seasonal flood report peak is. It's much more peaked than the precipitable water curve. I wonder why would that be? Maybe the column flow is only slack enough for a shorter period than the PW is moist enough.
Similar destruction here in southwest longmont.
July 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Similar destruction here in southwest longmont.
Hoose saw a Moose on the Loose
May 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Hoose saw a Moose on the Loose
That Bavarian paper is one of my favorites (thanks to @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social and @weatherwest.bsky.social). I was just presenting a slide on it (again) today. This new work a very nice study. More evidence that we need to look beyond individual rainfall event magnitudes to understand flood.
May 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
That Bavarian paper is one of my favorites (thanks to @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social and @weatherwest.bsky.social). I was just presenting a slide on it (again) today. This new work a very nice study. More evidence that we need to look beyond individual rainfall event magnitudes to understand flood.
Looks grim on the coast. What's the meteorological definition of murk?
May 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Looks grim on the coast. What's the meteorological definition of murk?
Thanks Kelly! It was a fun one to work on. You make a good point that population increase kinda undoes the good work of the building code. I did a follow-up study to find that wind speed dominates loss, but wind duration and wind directional change can be impt: ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/...
Relationship between Residential Losses and Hurricane Winds: Role of the Florida Building Code | ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering | Vol 4, No...
AbstractThe effectiveness of the Florida Building Code (FBC) against the impacts of wind speed,
duration of strong winds, and wind directional change is quantified. For seven historical
hurricanes tha...
ascelibrary.org
May 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thanks Kelly! It was a fun one to work on. You make a good point that population increase kinda undoes the good work of the building code. I did a follow-up study to find that wind speed dominates loss, but wind duration and wind directional change can be impt: ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/...
As a workshop organizer I can attest that we deeply appreciated you being willing to sharing your expertise at a less-than-ideal time for you. Thank you! You gave us valuable info. I hope you still managed to get the 3 out the door!
April 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
As a workshop organizer I can attest that we deeply appreciated you being willing to sharing your expertise at a less-than-ideal time for you. Thank you! You gave us valuable info. I hope you still managed to get the 3 out the door!
Wow, 2023 really stands out. The 'I've no idea bit'.
April 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Wow, 2023 really stands out. The 'I've no idea bit'.
What an impressive portfolio of important work. Thanks for sharing and I hope you can continue it in other ways.
March 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What an impressive portfolio of important work. Thanks for sharing and I hope you can continue it in other ways.
Very sad to hear this news.
January 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Very sad to hear this news.
Looks great. Did I miss a link or citation? Thanks.
December 20, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Looks great. Did I miss a link or citation? Thanks.
Indeed. A longer period of record (or credible climate model ensembles) would be needed to show increases in rarer floods in lowland catchments.
December 13, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Indeed. A longer period of record (or credible climate model ensembles) would be needed to show increases in rarer floods in lowland catchments.