Rob Jones
@meteorologist.bsky.social
Autistic Meteorologist | Hurricane Chaser | 📺 WX
Previously at NBC Weather+, CBS Miami & Tampa, ABC West Palm, UMiami Rosensteil
🎙️ MeteorologyMatters.com
🌎 BroadcastMeteorologist.com
Previously at NBC Weather+, CBS Miami & Tampa, ABC West Palm, UMiami Rosensteil
🎙️ MeteorologyMatters.com
🌎 BroadcastMeteorologist.com
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 MELISSA ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL IN
JAMAICA CATASTROPHIC WINDS, FLASH FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE OCCURRING ON
THE ISLAND 1100 AM EDT
ABOUT 40 MI SE OF NEGRIL JAMAICA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 185 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT NNE AT 9 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 892 MB
JAMAICA CATASTROPHIC WINDS, FLASH FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE OCCURRING ON
THE ISLAND 1100 AM EDT
ABOUT 40 MI SE OF NEGRIL JAMAICA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 185 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT NNE AT 9 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 892 MB
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 MELISSA ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL IN
JAMAICA CATASTROPHIC WINDS, FLASH FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE OCCURRING ON
THE ISLAND 1100 AM EDT
ABOUT 40 MI SE OF NEGRIL JAMAICA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 185 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT NNE AT 9 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 892 MB
JAMAICA CATASTROPHIC WINDS, FLASH FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE OCCURRING ON
THE ISLAND 1100 AM EDT
ABOUT 40 MI SE OF NEGRIL JAMAICA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 185 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT NNE AT 9 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 892 MB
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The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole has been developing since the beginning of August, reaching an area of 15 million square kilometres by the end of the month, a few days earlier than the 1979-2022 average.
Read more and follow the development at atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-o...
Read more and follow the development at atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-o...
September 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole has been developing since the beginning of August, reaching an area of 15 million square kilometres by the end of the month, a few days earlier than the 1979-2022 average.
Read more and follow the development at atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-o...
Read more and follow the development at atmosphere.copernicus.eu/monitoring-o...
Check out this Meteorology Matters Poscast: Hurricane Katrina wasn’t just a storm but rather the infancy of disaster capitalism in America. New Orleans became a testing ground for gentrification, housing inequality #HurricaneKatrina #NewOrleans #Gentrification #HousingCrisis #DisasterCapitalism
August 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out this Meteorology Matters Poscast: Hurricane Katrina wasn’t just a storm but rather the infancy of disaster capitalism in America. New Orleans became a testing ground for gentrification, housing inequality #HurricaneKatrina #NewOrleans #Gentrification #HousingCrisis #DisasterCapitalism
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Hurricane Katrina and the devastating fallout revealed flaws in FEMA's ability to manage natural disasters. 20 years later, Trump + Noem are leading us to another Katrina-level disaster.
August 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hurricane Katrina and the devastating fallout revealed flaws in FEMA's ability to manage natural disasters. 20 years later, Trump + Noem are leading us to another Katrina-level disaster.
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Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Katrina (2005) made landfall in Louisiana.
Four years ago today, Hurricane Ida (2021) made landfall in Louisiana.
This animation shows Katrina on the left and Ida on the right over the same 24-hour period using NOAA Merged IR (left) and NOAA ABI Band 13 (right).
Four years ago today, Hurricane Ida (2021) made landfall in Louisiana.
This animation shows Katrina on the left and Ida on the right over the same 24-hour period using NOAA Merged IR (left) and NOAA ABI Band 13 (right).
August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Katrina (2005) made landfall in Louisiana.
Four years ago today, Hurricane Ida (2021) made landfall in Louisiana.
This animation shows Katrina on the left and Ida on the right over the same 24-hour period using NOAA Merged IR (left) and NOAA ABI Band 13 (right).
Four years ago today, Hurricane Ida (2021) made landfall in Louisiana.
This animation shows Katrina on the left and Ida on the right over the same 24-hour period using NOAA Merged IR (left) and NOAA ABI Band 13 (right).
REAL QUESTION TO APPLY FOR METEOROLOGIST JOB @NWS How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?
Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired
Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired
August 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
REAL QUESTION TO APPLY FOR METEOROLOGIST JOB @NWS How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?
Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired
Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired
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Considering that two historic storms capable of overtopping the levee system have already hit the city, and climate change makes the strongest hurricanes stronger and raises sea levels, it’s a matter of time before New Orleans sees the “Big One” that will overtop the city’s levees. What then?
What happens to New Orleans’ levees when a Category 4 hurricane hits? » Yale Climate Connections
The city’s $23 billion levee system is only rated to withstand a Category 3.
yaleclimateconnections.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Considering that two historic storms capable of overtopping the levee system have already hit the city, and climate change makes the strongest hurricanes stronger and raises sea levels, it’s a matter of time before New Orleans sees the “Big One” that will overtop the city’s levees. What then?
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Here's a wind swath for Hurricane #Katrina generated from a parametric model I coded up. Wind speed reduction over land is a generous 30% (the reduction is usually more, but south Florida and south Louisiana offer exceptions).
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Here's a wind swath for Hurricane #Katrina generated from a parametric model I coded up. Wind speed reduction over land is a generous 30% (the reduction is usually more, but south Florida and south Louisiana offer exceptions).
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
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Absolutely not.
We are not doing this.
Hard decline.
Firm no.
Not a fucking chance.
This is Nazi shit and we don’t do Nazi shit in America.
We are not doing this.
Hard decline.
Firm no.
Not a fucking chance.
This is Nazi shit and we don’t do Nazi shit in America.
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
August 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Absolutely not.
We are not doing this.
Hard decline.
Firm no.
Not a fucking chance.
This is Nazi shit and we don’t do Nazi shit in America.
We are not doing this.
Hard decline.
Firm no.
Not a fucking chance.
This is Nazi shit and we don’t do Nazi shit in America.
The National Weather Service is hiring 450 meteorologists after Trump-era cuts — but now applicants are being asked weak small pee pee political loyalty-style questions. Should science agencies ever require pledges to a president just to forecast the weather? 🌪️🌊🔥 Would this discourage you?
August 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The National Weather Service is hiring 450 meteorologists after Trump-era cuts — but now applicants are being asked weak small pee pee political loyalty-style questions. Should science agencies ever require pledges to a president just to forecast the weather? 🌪️🌊🔥 Would this discourage you?
Do you see what I see? This is the VHS model.
August 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Do you see what I see? This is the VHS model.
Look at that forecast track improvement over the last 20 years for Hurricane Katrina #hurricanekatrina
For the upcoming 20th anniversary of Hurricane #Katrina, I created a track forecast cone comparison for three days before its infamous Louisiana landfall. The purple cone is the actual cone centered on the forecast from 2005 and the green cone shows a hypothetical forecast made in 2025.
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August 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Look at that forecast track improvement over the last 20 years for Hurricane Katrina #hurricanekatrina
Talking about hurricane misinformation, again… as the misinformant in this case is trying to backpedal about Erin #hurricaneerin
August 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Talking about hurricane misinformation, again… as the misinformant in this case is trying to backpedal about Erin #hurricaneerin
More NOAA budget cuts means research labs would be shutting down including AOML in Miami, which is a key laboratory for hurricane research in order to help improve forecasts.
#HurricaneSeason #ForecastAccuracy #SSMIS
#Hurricane #stormwatch #NOAA #MicrowaveData
#HurricaneSeason #ForecastAccuracy #SSMIS
#Hurricane #stormwatch #NOAA #MicrowaveData
July 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
More NOAA budget cuts means research labs would be shutting down including AOML in Miami, which is a key laboratory for hurricane research in order to help improve forecasts.
#HurricaneSeason #ForecastAccuracy #SSMIS
#Hurricane #stormwatch #NOAA #MicrowaveData
#HurricaneSeason #ForecastAccuracy #SSMIS
#Hurricane #stormwatch #NOAA #MicrowaveData
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Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
Kentucky Tornado Warning Fact Check #kentuckytornadoes
May 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Kentucky Tornado Warning Fact Check #kentuckytornadoes
As much as we might wanna blame Elon and Trump for this, the NWS office seems to have prepared itself despite being 30% short staffed. Anyone hear of any stoppages or issues with EAS, WEA, or IPAWS? #Kentuckytornado #tornadowarning #somersettornado #londonky #somersetky
Kentucky tornado outbreak came with long lead times for tornadoes despite national weather, service staffing shortages, and cuts forced onto them… #kentuckytornado #londontornado #somersettornado #gr...
TikTok video by IG @Meteorologist Rob Jones
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May 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
As much as we might wanna blame Elon and Trump for this, the NWS office seems to have prepared itself despite being 30% short staffed. Anyone hear of any stoppages or issues with EAS, WEA, or IPAWS? #Kentuckytornado #tornadowarning #somersettornado #londonky #somersetky
IDEAS now ILLEGAL in the USA:
U.S. Immigration and Customs officially tweeted that it was their job to stop illegal people, money, products, and IDEAS from crossing the border.
Welcome to George Orwell’s 1984 “thought police” and the Nazi States of America’s authoritarian fascism 🤷♂️
U.S. Immigration and Customs officially tweeted that it was their job to stop illegal people, money, products, and IDEAS from crossing the border.
Welcome to George Orwell’s 1984 “thought police” and the Nazi States of America’s authoritarian fascism 🤷♂️
May 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
IDEAS now ILLEGAL in the USA:
U.S. Immigration and Customs officially tweeted that it was their job to stop illegal people, money, products, and IDEAS from crossing the border.
Welcome to George Orwell’s 1984 “thought police” and the Nazi States of America’s authoritarian fascism 🤷♂️
U.S. Immigration and Customs officially tweeted that it was their job to stop illegal people, money, products, and IDEAS from crossing the border.
Welcome to George Orwell’s 1984 “thought police” and the Nazi States of America’s authoritarian fascism 🤷♂️
Happy Earth Day ✊🏽
April 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Happy Earth Day ✊🏽
If we simply stop weather forecasting, does that mean weather disasters won’t happen? #standupfornoaa #noaa #fema #weatherresearch
April 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If we simply stop weather forecasting, does that mean weather disasters won’t happen? #standupfornoaa #noaa #fema #weatherresearch
💩 Storm at NOAA Continues 🙄
April 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
💩 Storm at NOAA Continues 🙄