Quinton Lawton, PhD
@quintonlawton.com
ASP Postdoctoral Fellow at NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, studying tropical waves and hurricanes. Meteorologist and T1D. Let’s talk weather!
It's not often we get a stratiform rain day like this! I'm quite enjoying it
September 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It's not often we get a stratiform rain day like this! I'm quite enjoying it
Likely, but not 100% sure yet!
August 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Likely, but not 100% sure yet!
Wow, congratulations!
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wow, congratulations!
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Leaving negative comments isn’t really helpful. It takes zero effort to be kind and just scroll past. I choose to remain hopeful and love what I do, because the people that matter most are the ones I took an oath to serve - the American public.
August 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Leaving negative comments isn’t really helpful. It takes zero effort to be kind and just scroll past. I choose to remain hopeful and love what I do, because the people that matter most are the ones I took an oath to serve - the American public.
Don’t remember much about JAX, but 100% agree about SLC being a great airport!
August 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Don’t remember much about JAX, but 100% agree about SLC being a great airport!
Funny, I was just looking at the Boulder forecast and wondering this. Feels really far out for a severe mention, but then again I’m a tropical guy…
August 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Funny, I was just looking at the Boulder forecast and wondering this. Feels really far out for a severe mention, but then again I’m a tropical guy…
I have nothing to add to the existing comments other than to say: welcome to MPAS world :)
July 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I have nothing to add to the existing comments other than to say: welcome to MPAS world :)
I am especially proud of this work because of the contributions from Brooke Weiser, a former @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social undergraduate student who I had the honor of mentoring in research a few years ago. Our collaboration continued as I moved to @ncar-ucar.bsky.social and she started her career!
July 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I am especially proud of this work because of the contributions from Brooke Weiser, a former @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social undergraduate student who I had the honor of mentoring in research a few years ago. Our collaboration continued as I moved to @ncar-ucar.bsky.social and she started her career!
This paper also reflects an update to our easterly wave tracker, which now has been updated to work in the eastern Pacific. We also have produced tracks for both ERA5 and MERRA2. A climatology is shown below. The software is available as a python module (via pip). github.com/qlawton/QTrack
July 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This paper also reflects an update to our easterly wave tracker, which now has been updated to work in the eastern Pacific. We also have produced tracks for both ERA5 and MERRA2. A climatology is shown below. The software is available as a python module (via pip). github.com/qlawton/QTrack
We believe these AEW changes are connected to shifts in regional circulation, including the African easterly jet and west African monsoon. While previous work has looked at ENSO and wave "activity", our use of a wave-tracker allowed us to directly quantify wave attributes and structure.
July 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We believe these AEW changes are connected to shifts in regional circulation, including the African easterly jet and west African monsoon. While previous work has looked at ENSO and wave "activity", our use of a wave-tracker allowed us to directly quantify wave attributes and structure.
Breaking my bluesky silence to say: what was the thought process behind this 💀
June 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Breaking my bluesky silence to say: what was the thought process behind this 💀
As always, thanks for this. Just want to add that the NSF request document also has detailed info on proposed cuts to major facilities like NCAR (40% cut). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As always, thanks for this. Just want to add that the NSF request document also has detailed info on proposed cuts to major facilities like NCAR (40% cut). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...