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Sam
@samsayshello.bsky.social
UND Atmospheric Sciences
Undergrad Student and TA
Polar Tundra Superfan

ND/MN WX
Youre down with the sickness
August 6, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Sometimes it feels weird to bring this point up so much given EVERYTHING going on, but its the only one people I know actually respond to. Maybe its because they dont know about NOAA, or maybe because they realize it affects someone they personally know.
July 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I dont disagree with the premise, I just disagree with the methodology. An anti-climate person might draw soundings from somewhere on a day that happens to show cooling with time as a rebuttal with no actual context around each sounding.
July 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Im not entirely sure how you're reaching this conclusion. It looks more like the sounding was either taken in a storm or not long after. Additionally, taking one day over a couple of spaced out years would draw faulty conclusions about changes in climate trends.
July 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I did not know this, thanks!
July 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Regardless, I bring my handheld WxRadio with when chasing and to the cabin cus im weather wise
a man wearing headphones says rabbit is good and rabbit is wise
ALT: a man wearing headphones says rabbit is good and rabbit is wise
media.tenor.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the correction! Ive always gotten them on my phone the same way I get presidential alerts so I assumed it was gov.
July 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NOAA/NWS do issue severe alerts that broadcast to phones. However, users have the option to turn these alerts off (along with amber and silver alerts) and, in my experience, sometimes dont work. As for why no app, budget cuts. Theres no money alotted to the DoC to make a NWS app.
July 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by Sam
OAR: “For FY 2026, NOAA requests a total of $0 and 0 FTE”

open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
BalancedWx Special: NOAA releases its FY26 budget justification document
It's still the OMB budget - but now with all the gory disastrous details
open.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I dont think it ever ended. Just commercial breaks and B plots
June 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Writing to you live from grand forks. Theres a mountain, but its just simplot.
June 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Was on this one too. Very beautiful pictures.
June 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM