I mostly write about weather, operations, and conditions for Northeast skiers and riders, but every now and then I spend some time trying to share what I have learned from others while countering the absolute deluge of garbage weather hype on some platforms.

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Autumn brings rapid environmental transition to the Arctic as snow cover and sea ice extent rapidly increase. An overview of where that process is at this year in the latest post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter. #Arctic #Climate #SeaIce #snow

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This was clearly one of the most likely storms to change dramatically if you just paid attention to all of the variables at work, including the fact that the storm hadn't even formed. There was a mad rush by tv mets and amateurs though to scare NC folk about massive floods. Shameful coverage!

I recognize that significant impacts from #Imelda are still possible without a direct landfall, but it's curious that the @accuweather.com track makes landfall while the NHC forecast keeps the storm offshore.

Your annual reminder to trust the experts at NHC & NWS.

Weather Channel met shown here from Friday night using 6 and 30 hour old rainfall maps when there were clear signs of a trend out to sea. +15" inland is certainly going to shock people, and likely unnecessarily. Including precip maps from past devastating storms just raises the alarm further.

There's a very high correlation between LARGE TEXT with an exclamation point over a map talking about an event a week away and that event not actually playing out as modeled.

Is the goal of Live Storm Chasers to inform as a public service or to get clicks by showing 8 day precipitation maps with a big arrow pointed at a region that was devastated by Hurricane Helene one year ago?

Model agreement is still moderate at best with specific impacts still too early to call.

Weatherboy is reporting on a 2.5 magnitude earthquake in Missouri and calls it "concerning' when in fact there are over a dozen such small earthquakes commonly per year.

Decopy AI Detector estimates a 61% chance the website article was AI generated.

Is this responsible coverage?

I stand for NOAA. But I can't stand being gaslighted by current comms staff (yes—just 'doing their job' and afraid of repercussions). They describe what will remain after SSMIS data ends as “the richest most accurate satellite weather observations available” (pics @michaelrlowry.bsky.social)