Erik R. Nielsen
@eniels13.bsky.social
Colorado State Atmospheric Science Ph.D. '19 | Texas A&M Meteorology '13 | Studies concurrent, collocated tornado and flash flood events | San Antonio Spurs Fan
Attached is a 1949UTC special sounding from College Station, TX. Balloon was launched between the initial round of storms and ahead of the main frontal boundary. There is some convective contamination between ~540mb and 450mb, as we hit an updraft at this point.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Attached is a 1949UTC special sounding from College Station, TX. Balloon was launched between the initial round of storms and ahead of the main frontal boundary. There is some convective contamination between ~540mb and 450mb, as we hit an updraft at this point.
Below is a November 19th, 2025 1714 UTC special sounding launched as part of our ATMO-251 class from Texas A&M's campus. Sharppy image and sharppy file are attached. Mixed layer parcel is also plotted. Launch was done as morning stratus deck was clearing.
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Below is a November 19th, 2025 1714 UTC special sounding launched as part of our ATMO-251 class from Texas A&M's campus. Sharppy image and sharppy file are attached. Mixed layer parcel is also plotted. Launch was done as morning stratus deck was clearing.
So...uhh that is an impressive heat index:
METAR OIKQ 280700Z 09010KT 7000 NSC 38/33 Q0997 NOSIG
This is the part of the world where values like this can occur. Lots of interesting things going on in the trace leading up to it. Clear sensitivities to wind direction and mixing.
METAR OIKQ 280700Z 09010KT 7000 NSC 38/33 Q0997 NOSIG
This is the part of the world where values like this can occur. Lots of interesting things going on in the trace leading up to it. Clear sensitivities to wind direction and mixing.
July 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So...uhh that is an impressive heat index:
METAR OIKQ 280700Z 09010KT 7000 NSC 38/33 Q0997 NOSIG
This is the part of the world where values like this can occur. Lots of interesting things going on in the trace leading up to it. Clear sensitivities to wind direction and mixing.
METAR OIKQ 280700Z 09010KT 7000 NSC 38/33 Q0997 NOSIG
This is the part of the world where values like this can occur. Lots of interesting things going on in the trace leading up to it. Clear sensitivities to wind direction and mixing.
July 8th, 2025 1516 UTC special sounding launched as part of a youth camp on Texas A&M's College Station, TX campus. Mixed layer parcel path is plotted.
July 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
July 8th, 2025 1516 UTC special sounding launched as part of a youth camp on Texas A&M's College Station, TX campus. Mixed layer parcel path is plotted.
Over 7 inches in the last two hours west of Round Rock...
July 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Over 7 inches in the last two hours west of Round Rock...
This hydrograph of the Guadalupe River in Comfort is terrifying with this…something like 25 feet in 45 minutes.
July 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This hydrograph of the Guadalupe River in Comfort is terrifying with this…something like 25 feet in 45 minutes.
#peerpressure To good friends, networking, and great local beer! We did it!
June 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
#peerpressure To good friends, networking, and great local beer! We did it!
Now that I have gotten over the jet lag, a special thanks to @timraupach.com and UNSW for hosting @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met's last day in Sydney! Even better ending with a tour of the Sydney observatory and the first night of Vivid. Thanks a wrap! Thank you to all who made it possible.
May 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Now that I have gotten over the jet lag, a special thanks to @timraupach.com and UNSW for hosting @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met's last day in Sydney! Even better ending with a tour of the Sydney observatory and the first night of Vivid. Thanks a wrap! Thank you to all who made it possible.
A whole hearted thanks to all those at the BoM Melbourne office who graciously gave our @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met students a tour of their facilities and offered great discussions of their operational capabilities. Can't wait to keep the educational and research coms paths open!
May 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A whole hearted thanks to all those at the BoM Melbourne office who graciously gave our @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met students a tour of their facilities and offered great discussions of their operational capabilities. Can't wait to keep the educational and research coms paths open!
@tamuatmo.bsky.social Convective Storms Field Studies class launched a special sounding from Riesel, TX (just southeast of Waco) at 1934 UTC 05/16/25. Radiosonde was lost just shy of the tropoause.
May 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@tamuatmo.bsky.social Convective Storms Field Studies class launched a special sounding from Riesel, TX (just southeast of Waco) at 1934 UTC 05/16/25. Radiosonde was lost just shy of the tropoause.
A special thanks to Mick, Tim, Rob, and all the others at the BoM training center for giving our @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met students some first-hand training on SH analysis techniques. I even did my first nephanalysis! We also got to see an ozondesonde launch. Thanks and Gig'em!
May 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A special thanks to Mick, Tim, Rob, and all the others at the BoM training center for giving our @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met students some first-hand training on SH analysis techniques. I even did my first nephanalysis! We also got to see an ozondesonde launch. Thanks and Gig'em!
Huge thanks to Dr. Claire Vincent for making yesterday's @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met visit to the Univeristy Melbourne a success! We couldn't not have done it without you. Thanks to all the speakers who shared their research!
May 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Huge thanks to Dr. Claire Vincent for making yesterday's @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met visit to the Univeristy Melbourne a success! We couldn't not have done it without you. Thanks to all the speakers who shared their research!
And we are off with @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met 2025! Thanks to @ailiegallant.bsky.social and Monash University for kicking us off with a discussion of Australian climatology, drought, landscapes, and indigenous peoples.
May 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
And we are off with @tamuatmo.bsky.social SEA-Met 2025! Thanks to @ailiegallant.bsky.social and Monash University for kicking us off with a discussion of Australian climatology, drought, landscapes, and indigenous peoples.
I couldn't be more excited for the @tamuatmo.bsky.social class of 2025! They have worked so hard to get here. My best wishes on their future endeavors. It is always bittersweet, and they will be greatly missed! Also, the stoles and anemometer mortarboard are straight 🔥. Congrats!
May 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I couldn't be more excited for the @tamuatmo.bsky.social class of 2025! They have worked so hard to get here. My best wishes on their future endeavors. It is always bittersweet, and they will be greatly missed! Also, the stoles and anemometer mortarboard are straight 🔥. Congrats!
Looks to be a tiny bit of error in the wind field with the 12Z Charleston sounding this morning...
April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Looks to be a tiny bit of error in the wind field with the 12Z Charleston sounding this morning...
Welp. I feel seen...
February 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Welp. I feel seen...
Special sounding launched from College Station, TX by
@tamuatmo.bsky.social on February 18th, 2025 at 2031 UTC in support of a the University Coordinated Radiosonde Project. Launch was not contaminated by convection.
@tamuatmo.bsky.social on February 18th, 2025 at 2031 UTC in support of a the University Coordinated Radiosonde Project. Launch was not contaminated by convection.
February 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Special sounding launched from College Station, TX by
@tamuatmo.bsky.social on February 18th, 2025 at 2031 UTC in support of a the University Coordinated Radiosonde Project. Launch was not contaminated by convection.
@tamuatmo.bsky.social on February 18th, 2025 at 2031 UTC in support of a the University Coordinated Radiosonde Project. Launch was not contaminated by convection.
February 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Excited to honor TAMSCAMS for all the work the officers and members, past and present, have done to create such an awesome (I know I'm biased) community of support, mentorship, service, and learning @tamuatmo.bsky.social #AMS2025! Congrats!
January 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Excited to honor TAMSCAMS for all the work the officers and members, past and present, have done to create such an awesome (I know I'm biased) community of support, mentorship, service, and learning @tamuatmo.bsky.social #AMS2025! Congrats!
Narrator: "No moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact: for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized. Tonight's very small exercise in logic from the Twilight Zone."
...fun mail call today.
...fun mail call today.
January 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Narrator: "No moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact: for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized. Tonight's very small exercise in logic from the Twilight Zone."
...fun mail call today.
...fun mail call today.
The obligatory "it's pie season" post! Buttermilk pie will be made tomorrow.
November 27, 2024 at 2:32 AM
The obligatory "it's pie season" post! Buttermilk pie will be made tomorrow.
Lol...this is pretty good.
November 26, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Lol...this is pretty good.
Welp...for thie first time on this platform. *sigh*
November 24, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Welp...for thie first time on this platform. *sigh*