Joseph Patton
@josephpattonwx.bsky.social
lightning researcher in Maryland. "GLM evangelist". former NWS forecaster. meteorology BS OU, MS FSU. Louisiana born, raised, and frequently. opinions my own and do not represent any organizations
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Did a commute write this
Opinion | I love my long commute. You should, too.
In the darkness, mile markers, rivers and small towns are an atlas for a rural commuter’s life.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Did a commute write this
seeing all of my friends in New Orleans for #AMS2025 posting their local beers on untapped is awesome. this is the Second Line Batture Blonde Ale and it's delicious
January 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
seeing all of my friends in New Orleans for #AMS2025 posting their local beers on untapped is awesome. this is the Second Line Batture Blonde Ale and it's delicious
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Occluding cyclone in the middle of the subtropical North Atlantic, forecast to move west which would lead to fronts being shed. 🐻⌚️
December 19, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Occluding cyclone in the middle of the subtropical North Atlantic, forecast to move west which would lead to fronts being shed. 🐻⌚️
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The drones also took my sense of smell! Time to leave a terrible review for Yankee Candles.
Y'all, people in New Jersey are getting sick from just reading about the drones
December 19, 2024 at 10:17 PM
The drones also took my sense of smell! Time to leave a terrible review for Yankee Candles.
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
kind of crazy to see that a hurricane has never made landfall in Virginia, Maryland, or Delaware in ~170 years of recorded history. I wonder if that will generally hold true into the future as climate change promotes stronger jet streams and more steering of TCs away from the US in the mid-latitudes
It's finally done. Over 3 days of hand-plotting 173 years' worth of data. The end result is unbelievable.
What an incredible dataset to look at.
What an incredible dataset to look at.
December 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
kind of crazy to see that a hurricane has never made landfall in Virginia, Maryland, or Delaware in ~170 years of recorded history. I wonder if that will generally hold true into the future as climate change promotes stronger jet streams and more steering of TCs away from the US in the mid-latitudes
got my travel lined up for the next few months:
Christmas - ✈️NOLA
mid-January - ✈️NOLA again (AMS)
mid-February - 🚗Pittsburgh for a friend's birthday
mid-March - ✈️OKC/Norman for a live @thedollop & to see OU friends
let me know if you want to catch up in one of those spots!
Christmas - ✈️NOLA
mid-January - ✈️NOLA again (AMS)
mid-February - 🚗Pittsburgh for a friend's birthday
mid-March - ✈️OKC/Norman for a live @thedollop & to see OU friends
let me know if you want to catch up in one of those spots!
December 19, 2024 at 7:48 PM
got my travel lined up for the next few months:
Christmas - ✈️NOLA
mid-January - ✈️NOLA again (AMS)
mid-February - 🚗Pittsburgh for a friend's birthday
mid-March - ✈️OKC/Norman for a live @thedollop & to see OU friends
let me know if you want to catch up in one of those spots!
Christmas - ✈️NOLA
mid-January - ✈️NOLA again (AMS)
mid-February - 🚗Pittsburgh for a friend's birthday
mid-March - ✈️OKC/Norman for a live @thedollop & to see OU friends
let me know if you want to catch up in one of those spots!
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Some perspective for people who are saying they hope there is a government shutdown. Government workers are real people. Your friends, your neighbors, even maybe your family. Some of us are still required to work during a shutdown, and guess what? We do not get paid for that work until…(1/2)
December 19, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Some perspective for people who are saying they hope there is a government shutdown. Government workers are real people. Your friends, your neighbors, even maybe your family. Some of us are still required to work during a shutdown, and guess what? We do not get paid for that work until…(1/2)
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A major loss for the OU and earth science communities. I will always remember my 1-on-1 meeting w/ Berrien during a faculty interview. Despite being the dean w/ a million responsibilities, he had actually taken the time to read my application & was so excited and supportive. Truly a great man ❤️
December 18, 2024 at 12:17 AM
A major loss for the OU and earth science communities. I will always remember my 1-on-1 meeting w/ Berrien during a faculty interview. Despite being the dean w/ a million responsibilities, he had actually taken the time to read my application & was so excited and supportive. Truly a great man ❤️
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Here's an analysis of the LRC's ability to predict long-term temperatures...
Halfway into December, and it's not looking good... So far, you'd be better off just calling every day "normal" and take your hits that way. Using LRC was worse than NOT MAKING A FORECAST.
#WIwx
Halfway into December, and it's not looking good... So far, you'd be better off just calling every day "normal" and take your hits that way. Using LRC was worse than NOT MAKING A FORECAST.
#WIwx
December 16, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Here's an analysis of the LRC's ability to predict long-term temperatures...
Halfway into December, and it's not looking good... So far, you'd be better off just calling every day "normal" and take your hits that way. Using LRC was worse than NOT MAKING A FORECAST.
#WIwx
Halfway into December, and it's not looking good... So far, you'd be better off just calling every day "normal" and take your hits that way. Using LRC was worse than NOT MAKING A FORECAST.
#WIwx
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Hey all, I’ve been co-coordinating a journalism workshop for DMV-area high school students for the last few years and applications have opened for next year’s program.
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
Urban Journalism Workshop
About UJW The Urban Journalism Workshop (UJW) is an annual program that teaches D.C. area high school students the fundamentals of journalism through interactive lectures, hands-on training, and field...
wabjdc.org
December 14, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Hey all, I’ve been co-coordinating a journalism workshop for DMV-area high school students for the last few years and applications have opened for next year’s program.
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
It’s completely free. Please share with someone you know!
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asking a question at the microphone and then immediately walking back to your seat is the conference equivalent of "I'll hang up and listen" #AGU24
December 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM
asking a question at the microphone and then immediately walking back to your seat is the conference equivalent of "I'll hang up and listen" #AGU24
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“It should be understood that forecasts possess no intrinsic value. They acquire value through their ability to influence the decision made by users of the forecast.”
— Murphy 1993: “What Is a Good Forecast? An Essay on the Nature of Goodness in Weather Forecasting”
— Murphy 1993: “What Is a Good Forecast? An Essay on the Nature of Goodness in Weather Forecasting”
And finally, I like to gripe about the NWS a lot, but they did an EXCELLENT job with this forecast.
But people I talked to in Asheville still didn't get it, or didn't know the severity of it, or got it too late.
This communication breakdown led to confusion, and unfortunately lost lives. WHY?
But people I talked to in Asheville still didn't get it, or didn't know the severity of it, or got it too late.
This communication breakdown led to confusion, and unfortunately lost lives. WHY?
December 11, 2024 at 1:02 AM
“It should be understood that forecasts possess no intrinsic value. They acquire value through their ability to influence the decision made by users of the forecast.”
— Murphy 1993: “What Is a Good Forecast? An Essay on the Nature of Goodness in Weather Forecasting”
— Murphy 1993: “What Is a Good Forecast? An Essay on the Nature of Goodness in Weather Forecasting”
how does a conference with 30,000 attendees only have like 26 chairs in the entire convention center outside of individual session rooms? #AGU24
December 10, 2024 at 5:10 PM
how does a conference with 30,000 attendees only have like 26 chairs in the entire convention center outside of individual session rooms? #AGU24
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If you're at the American Geophysical Union ( #AGU24 )
meeting, I'll be speaking Tue, Dec 10 at 2:40pm ET on the exponential moisture-related scaling of an increasingly broad range of meteorological/Earth system extremes in a warming
#climate. agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
meeting, I'll be speaking Tue, Dec 10 at 2:40pm ET on the exponential moisture-related scaling of an increasingly broad range of meteorological/Earth system extremes in a warming
#climate. agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
Clausius-Clapeyron as a potential framework for quantifying and attributing an increasingly broad range of extremes amid uncertainty in a warming climate
There is strong evidence that precipitation extremes increase in response to pl...
agu.confex.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:36 AM
If you're at the American Geophysical Union ( #AGU24 )
meeting, I'll be speaking Tue, Dec 10 at 2:40pm ET on the exponential moisture-related scaling of an increasingly broad range of meteorological/Earth system extremes in a warming
#climate. agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
meeting, I'll be speaking Tue, Dec 10 at 2:40pm ET on the exponential moisture-related scaling of an increasingly broad range of meteorological/Earth system extremes in a warming
#climate. agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
does anyone have some recommendations for snacks for #AGU24? I'm not allowed a per diem so I'm trying to keep food costs as low as possible, but it's hard to pack something to eat at room temperature 10 hours after you've left home
December 10, 2024 at 2:30 AM
does anyone have some recommendations for snacks for #AGU24? I'm not allowed a per diem so I'm trying to keep food costs as low as possible, but it's hard to pack something to eat at room temperature 10 hours after you've left home
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The Storm Prediction Center is hiring a Fire Weather Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) - GS-14. Applications will be accepted 12/10 - 12/23!
Public: www.usajobs.gov/job/822972800
Fed/Vet: www.usajobs.gov/job/822973400
Public: www.usajobs.gov/job/822972800
Fed/Vet: www.usajobs.gov/job/822973400
Meteorologist
This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), National Centers for Environmental Prediction ...
www.usajobs.gov
December 9, 2024 at 7:59 PM
The Storm Prediction Center is hiring a Fire Weather Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) - GS-14. Applications will be accepted 12/10 - 12/23!
Public: www.usajobs.gov/job/822972800
Fed/Vet: www.usajobs.gov/job/822973400
Public: www.usajobs.gov/job/822972800
Fed/Vet: www.usajobs.gov/job/822973400
there are tens of thousands, if not more, of cases just like this. US healthcare is a for-profit racket, and there's a reason our life expectancies are declining. it's so that the rich can have second homes
Storytime.
In 2005, my mom died from cancer, but the real cause was the actions taken by an insurance company 12 years earlier. What happened to her was evil, hard to identify or fight, and hidden from the public by legal mechanisms. Because of that, I have no idea how often it has happened.
In 2005, my mom died from cancer, but the real cause was the actions taken by an insurance company 12 years earlier. What happened to her was evil, hard to identify or fight, and hidden from the public by legal mechanisms. Because of that, I have no idea how often it has happened.
December 8, 2024 at 7:46 PM
there are tens of thousands, if not more, of cases just like this. US healthcare is a for-profit racket, and there's a reason our life expectancies are declining. it's so that the rich can have second homes
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If you recently ordered from Amazon, type “Thank my driver” in the search bar to show your appreciation for the delivery
December 8, 2024 at 7:20 PM
If you recently ordered from Amazon, type “Thank my driver” in the search bar to show your appreciation for the delivery
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I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 AM
I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
seems to be a theme today that the sunsets are beautiful. this is how it looks from central Maryland
December 7, 2024 at 10:19 PM
seems to be a theme today that the sunsets are beautiful. this is how it looks from central Maryland
90 seconds on that hellish website is enough to ruin my entire day. my boss deleted his account entirely, and I think it's a smart move honestly
December 7, 2024 at 9:51 PM
90 seconds on that hellish website is enough to ruin my entire day. my boss deleted his account entirely, and I think it's a smart move honestly