Kyle Thiem
@kylethiem.bsky.social
• Father, Husband, Goofball
• T&E Met @ Fire Wx Testbed
• Student of Severe & Fire Wx
• ❤️ Mother Nature & Scientific Exploration
• Cursed to care about football & politics.
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📸📡📊🧗♂️🎮🌳🍽🏃♂️🍁☃️🎥🌬️🌎
• T&E Met @ Fire Wx Testbed
• Student of Severe & Fire Wx
• ❤️ Mother Nature & Scientific Exploration
• Cursed to care about football & politics.
⛈🥾🐕🌪🚵♂️🔥🍻🔬🍑🚣🏻♂️🏈🏕🏔
📸📡📊🧗♂️🎮🌳🍽🏃♂️🍁☃️🎥🌬️🌎
The saga has ended…
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
August 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The saga has ended…
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
Great news on the #LeeFire🔥
Containment ⬆️ to 31% w/ N & E flank control!
& Hwy 13 on the E side opened today!
0.05-0.1" of 🌧️ observed & highest RH recovery in last 2 wks helping suppress #wildfire behavior. S flank remains most active as crews strengthen lines w/ lessened thermal activity. #COwx
Containment ⬆️ to 31% w/ N & E flank control!
& Hwy 13 on the E side opened today!
0.05-0.1" of 🌧️ observed & highest RH recovery in last 2 wks helping suppress #wildfire behavior. S flank remains most active as crews strengthen lines w/ lessened thermal activity. #COwx
August 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The #LeeFire is now the 2nd largest #wildfire in the US, just ~5,200 acres shy of CO's 3 largest in recorded history at 133,841 acres (+72,865 vs last wk)
An incredible job by firefighters holding the S end, significantly slowing growth in extreme drought conditions (ERCs in 99.9th percentile!)
An incredible job by firefighters holding the S end, significantly slowing growth in extreme drought conditions (ERCs in 99.9th percentile!)
August 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The #DragonBravo #WildFire remains the largest U.S. fire of 2025 - for now...
Acres: 144,984 (+10,935 vs last wk)
Containment: 56% (+20% vs last wk)
Favorable early-week weather slowed growth, allowing crews to secure control lines and focus on hot spot mop-up on the E and W flanks.
Acres: 144,984 (+10,935 vs last wk)
Containment: 56% (+20% vs last wk)
Favorable early-week weather slowed growth, allowing crews to secure control lines and focus on hot spot mop-up on the E and W flanks.
August 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The #DragonBravo #WildFire remains the largest U.S. fire of 2025 - for now...
Acres: 144,984 (+10,935 vs last wk)
Containment: 56% (+20% vs last wk)
Favorable early-week weather slowed growth, allowing crews to secure control lines and focus on hot spot mop-up on the E and W flanks.
Acres: 144,984 (+10,935 vs last wk)
Containment: 56% (+20% vs last wk)
Favorable early-week weather slowed growth, allowing crews to secure control lines and focus on hot spot mop-up on the E and W flanks.
Containment on the #DragonBravo Fire (now 134k acres) jumped to 29% yesterday! The eastern flank had burned to the edge of the Kaibab Nat Forest, ran out of fuels, and hotspots have finally cooled off enough to determine those lines to be contained. #wildfires
August 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Containment on the #DragonBravo Fire (now 134k acres) jumped to 29% yesterday! The eastern flank had burned to the edge of the Kaibab Nat Forest, ran out of fuels, and hotspots have finally cooled off enough to determine those lines to be contained. #wildfires
It was a pleasure getting to host Vice Admiral Nancy Hann, the @noaa.gov Deputy Under Secretary for Operations (DUSO) in the Fire Weather Testbed last week, and show off all the incredible work our team does at the #FWT, within our WIDS division, & at Global Systems Laboratory. #NOAA #Fire
August 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Woooow, watching Prime View for the first time during #ThursdayNightFootball and it’s revolutionary. As an X’s & O’s guy, I want to see the All-22 view for EVERY game!
December 6, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Woooow, watching Prime View for the first time during #ThursdayNightFootball and it’s revolutionary. As an X’s & O’s guy, I want to see the All-22 view for EVERY game!
Wow, you don’t see that everyday. Tsunami warnings issued from Cen CA up to S OR after a Mag 7 earthquake 45 mi SW of Eureka, CA. Several 3-4 mag aftershocks ongoing.
December 5, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Wow, you don’t see that everyday. Tsunami warnings issued from Cen CA up to S OR after a Mag 7 earthquake 45 mi SW of Eureka, CA. Several 3-4 mag aftershocks ongoing.
This year, I’m thankful I don’t have to choose between my child and this turkey as to which I’m more proud of. /j
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November 28, 2024 at 9:26 PM
This year, I’m thankful I don’t have to choose between my child and this turkey as to which I’m more proud of. /j
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Are the Browns ready to admit that Deshaun Watson is not a good QB, and it was a huge mistake giving him $230M guaranteed.
Jameis Winston making them look like a SB contender today.
Jameis Winston making them look like a SB contender today.
October 27, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Are the Browns ready to admit that Deshaun Watson is not a good QB, and it was a huge mistake giving him $230M guaranteed.
Jameis Winston making them look like a SB contender today.
Jameis Winston making them look like a SB contender today.
When wxtwitter starts migrating to BlueSky and I get a bunch of new followers
October 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
When wxtwitter starts migrating to BlueSky and I get a bunch of new followers
Thankful for this little dude today, even if he was ornery all night. Kept Mom up through the night so I let her sleep in and we went on a morning jog and ate breakfast together on a beautiful Colorado morning. Such a goober, but a fun and cute one at that.
June 16, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Thankful for this little dude today, even if he was ornery all night. Kept Mom up through the night so I let her sleep in and we went on a morning jog and ate breakfast together on a beautiful Colorado morning. Such a goober, but a fun and cute one at that.
Months of hard work by our incredible team led to an extremely successful, inaugural, in-person Fire Weather Testbed evaluation. We had some amazing participants that provided great feedback, & it was a privilege to work with some incredible PIs/SMEs working to improve wildland fire operations.
June 15, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Months of hard work by our incredible team led to an extremely successful, inaugural, in-person Fire Weather Testbed evaluation. We had some amazing participants that provided great feedback, & it was a privilege to work with some incredible PIs/SMEs working to improve wildland fire operations.
NBM forecasting 118 mph winds in Longmont tonight. By far the largest outlier of anything I’ve seen, how is that a “blend”??
April 7, 2024 at 2:26 AM
NBM forecasting 118 mph winds in Longmont tonight. By far the largest outlier of anything I’ve seen, how is that a “blend”??
Got this news at 3am this morning, I could have bench pressed our U-Haul with the amount of rage coursing through my body.
March 9, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Got this news at 3am this morning, I could have bench pressed our U-Haul with the amount of rage coursing through my body.
🚨 Life Announcement Thingy 🚨
I’m excited to finally share that I’ve accepted a position to join the novel and up-and-coming Fire Weather Testbed, located in Boulder with the Global Systems Laboratory. I’ll be starting in mid-January and we’ll be looking to relocate to Colorado in the coming months.
I’m excited to finally share that I’ve accepted a position to join the novel and up-and-coming Fire Weather Testbed, located in Boulder with the Global Systems Laboratory. I’ll be starting in mid-January and we’ll be looking to relocate to Colorado in the coming months.
December 30, 2023 at 4:57 PM
🚨 Life Announcement Thingy 🚨
I’m excited to finally share that I’ve accepted a position to join the novel and up-and-coming Fire Weather Testbed, located in Boulder with the Global Systems Laboratory. I’ll be starting in mid-January and we’ll be looking to relocate to Colorado in the coming months.
I’m excited to finally share that I’ve accepted a position to join the novel and up-and-coming Fire Weather Testbed, located in Boulder with the Global Systems Laboratory. I’ll be starting in mid-January and we’ll be looking to relocate to Colorado in the coming months.
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 5: December 5th
“Three Little Birds”, and 🕊️
“Lava” from Pixar’s Lava, 🌋
Echo through the day 🎤
“Two Oruguitas”, 🐛
Dirty Heads’ “Crow Bar Hotel”: 🐦⬛
Are babe’s lullabies 🎶
Bardic efforts strive 👨🎤
To entice Theo to sleep. 👀
This dad’s sacred charge 🫡
Day 5: December 5th
“Three Little Birds”, and 🕊️
“Lava” from Pixar’s Lava, 🌋
Echo through the day 🎤
“Two Oruguitas”, 🐛
Dirty Heads’ “Crow Bar Hotel”: 🐦⬛
Are babe’s lullabies 🎶
Bardic efforts strive 👨🎤
To entice Theo to sleep. 👀
This dad’s sacred charge 🫡
December 8, 2023 at 1:15 AM
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 5: December 5th
“Three Little Birds”, and 🕊️
“Lava” from Pixar’s Lava, 🌋
Echo through the day 🎤
“Two Oruguitas”, 🐛
Dirty Heads’ “Crow Bar Hotel”: 🐦⬛
Are babe’s lullabies 🎶
Bardic efforts strive 👨🎤
To entice Theo to sleep. 👀
This dad’s sacred charge 🫡
Day 5: December 5th
“Three Little Birds”, and 🕊️
“Lava” from Pixar’s Lava, 🌋
Echo through the day 🎤
“Two Oruguitas”, 🐛
Dirty Heads’ “Crow Bar Hotel”: 🐦⬛
Are babe’s lullabies 🎶
Bardic efforts strive 👨🎤
To entice Theo to sleep. 👀
This dad’s sacred charge 🫡
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 4: December 4th
“Sleep when baby sleeps” 😴
Is quaint but absurd council
One gives new parents
Shall I then prepare 👨🍳
To feast when the babe doth feasts? 🍖
Or bathe when babe bathes? 🚿
A moot point, as he
Forsakes slumber’s sweet embrace
And woefully weeps. 😭
Day 4: December 4th
“Sleep when baby sleeps” 😴
Is quaint but absurd council
One gives new parents
Shall I then prepare 👨🍳
To feast when the babe doth feasts? 🍖
Or bathe when babe bathes? 🚿
A moot point, as he
Forsakes slumber’s sweet embrace
And woefully weeps. 😭
December 7, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 4: December 4th
“Sleep when baby sleeps” 😴
Is quaint but absurd council
One gives new parents
Shall I then prepare 👨🍳
To feast when the babe doth feasts? 🍖
Or bathe when babe bathes? 🚿
A moot point, as he
Forsakes slumber’s sweet embrace
And woefully weeps. 😭
Day 4: December 4th
“Sleep when baby sleeps” 😴
Is quaint but absurd council
One gives new parents
Shall I then prepare 👨🍳
To feast when the babe doth feasts? 🍖
Or bathe when babe bathes? 🚿
A moot point, as he
Forsakes slumber’s sweet embrace
And woefully weeps. 😭
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 3: December 1st
I witness my son 👶🏼
Defecate in front of me 💩
As he squirms, unfazed.
Golden, liquid poo 🤢
Adorns the changing table
As I watch in shock😳
I hasten to cleanse 🧼
In horror I plead for aid 🙏
And God replies: No. 👎
Day 3: December 1st
I witness my son 👶🏼
Defecate in front of me 💩
As he squirms, unfazed.
Golden, liquid poo 🤢
Adorns the changing table
As I watch in shock😳
I hasten to cleanse 🧼
In horror I plead for aid 🙏
And God replies: No. 👎
December 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 3: December 1st
I witness my son 👶🏼
Defecate in front of me 💩
As he squirms, unfazed.
Golden, liquid poo 🤢
Adorns the changing table
As I watch in shock😳
I hasten to cleanse 🧼
In horror I plead for aid 🙏
And God replies: No. 👎
Day 3: December 1st
I witness my son 👶🏼
Defecate in front of me 💩
As he squirms, unfazed.
Golden, liquid poo 🤢
Adorns the changing table
As I watch in shock😳
I hasten to cleanse 🧼
In horror I plead for aid 🙏
And God replies: No. 👎
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 2: November 30th
Feed, Play, Chill, and Sleep 💤
The ceaseless cycle repeats
With structured chaos
As my thoughts descend 😵💫
Into madness, his smiles
Warm my weary heart ❤️
Soon thereafter flows
A tide from his tiny lips. 🤮
One more onesie soiled.
Day 2: November 30th
Feed, Play, Chill, and Sleep 💤
The ceaseless cycle repeats
With structured chaos
As my thoughts descend 😵💫
Into madness, his smiles
Warm my weary heart ❤️
Soon thereafter flows
A tide from his tiny lips. 🤮
One more onesie soiled.
December 6, 2023 at 12:12 AM
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 2: November 30th
Feed, Play, Chill, and Sleep 💤
The ceaseless cycle repeats
With structured chaos
As my thoughts descend 😵💫
Into madness, his smiles
Warm my weary heart ❤️
Soon thereafter flows
A tide from his tiny lips. 🤮
One more onesie soiled.
Day 2: November 30th
Feed, Play, Chill, and Sleep 💤
The ceaseless cycle repeats
With structured chaos
As my thoughts descend 😵💫
Into madness, his smiles
Warm my weary heart ❤️
Soon thereafter flows
A tide from his tiny lips. 🤮
One more onesie soiled.
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 1: November 29th
So my watch begins:
My wife’s profession resumes👩🏼💼
She toils, as do I👨👦
Now through December 🗓️
I care for my newborn son 👶🏼
And panic sets in 😰
Never have I had ⏳
Such abundant time, yet I
Accomplish little ⌛️
Day 1: November 29th
So my watch begins:
My wife’s profession resumes👩🏼💼
She toils, as do I👨👦
Now through December 🗓️
I care for my newborn son 👶🏼
And panic sets in 😰
Never have I had ⏳
Such abundant time, yet I
Accomplish little ⌛️
December 5, 2023 at 5:59 PM
Daddy Day Care Chronicles
Day 1: November 29th
So my watch begins:
My wife’s profession resumes👩🏼💼
She toils, as do I👨👦
Now through December 🗓️
I care for my newborn son 👶🏼
And panic sets in 😰
Never have I had ⏳
Such abundant time, yet I
Accomplish little ⌛️
Day 1: November 29th
So my watch begins:
My wife’s profession resumes👩🏼💼
She toils, as do I👨👦
Now through December 🗓️
I care for my newborn son 👶🏼
And panic sets in 😰
Never have I had ⏳
Such abundant time, yet I
Accomplish little ⌛️