Michael French
@stonybrookram.bsky.social
The Radar And Mesoscale Observations Group at Stony Brook University | Severe Storms and Tornadoes | Weather Radar Applications | Led by Michael French
Quite under the weather but still excited to give my talk in the next session of #ECSS2025 (and then leave so I don’t get anyone sick).
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Quite under the weather but still excited to give my talk in the next session of #ECSS2025 (and then leave so I don’t get anyone sick).
I would congratulate Howie on his retirement, but he’d never read this post!🤣
The lessons I learned working for Howie are only tangentially related to supercells & tornadoes. The most important things he taught me were about everything else it takes to succeed in what you care about.
The lessons I learned working for Howie are only tangentially related to supercells & tornadoes. The most important things he taught me were about everything else it takes to succeed in what you care about.
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I would congratulate Howie on his retirement, but he’d never read this post!🤣
The lessons I learned working for Howie are only tangentially related to supercells & tornadoes. The most important things he taught me were about everything else it takes to succeed in what you care about.
The lessons I learned working for Howie are only tangentially related to supercells & tornadoes. The most important things he taught me were about everything else it takes to succeed in what you care about.
The latest edition (October) of BAMS highlights our presentation at #AMS41Radar on the relationship between "Immense" supercell updrafts and tornadoes (attached). Working on a more complete paper to submit soon (or in 2026 or in 2027 🤥). Anyway, check it out!
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The latest edition (October) of BAMS highlights our presentation at #AMS41Radar on the relationship between "Immense" supercell updrafts and tornadoes (attached). Working on a more complete paper to submit soon (or in 2026 or in 2027 🤥). Anyway, check it out!
Congratulations to @ecreightonwx.bsky.social for passing his Ph.D. proposal defense on observing the vertical alignment of supercell mesocyclones. One (big) step to go!
September 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Congratulations to @ecreightonwx.bsky.social for passing his Ph.D. proposal defense on observing the vertical alignment of supercell mesocyclones. One (big) step to go!
For those of you at #AMS41Radar, check out poster 109 at 2:30 PM today led by @ecreightonwx.bsky.social who is looking at vertical alignment of mesocyclones in supercells. I promise exhilarating conversation!
August 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For those of you at #AMS41Radar, check out poster 109 at 2:30 PM today led by @ecreightonwx.bsky.social who is looking at vertical alignment of mesocyclones in supercells. I promise exhilarating conversation!
Reposted by Michael French
We are happy to announce that the 51st NESC is coming back to Burlington VT!
Dates: March 13-15
More info coming soon!
Dates: March 13-15
More info coming soon!
June 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We are happy to announce that the 51st NESC is coming back to Burlington VT!
Dates: March 13-15
More info coming soon!
Dates: March 13-15
More info coming soon!
Reposted by Michael French
Do not forget the Abstract submission deadline of the upcoming European Conference on Severe Storms ⛈️🌪️⚡next Friday 6 June!
We hope to welcome all researchers and forecasters with an interest in severe storms to Utrecht 🇳🇱 this November 🙂!
Sponsored by @eumetsat.int @eumetsat-users.bsky.social.
We hope to welcome all researchers and forecasters with an interest in severe storms to Utrecht 🇳🇱 this November 🙂!
Sponsored by @eumetsat.int @eumetsat-users.bsky.social.
May 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Do not forget the Abstract submission deadline of the upcoming European Conference on Severe Storms ⛈️🌪️⚡next Friday 6 June!
We hope to welcome all researchers and forecasters with an interest in severe storms to Utrecht 🇳🇱 this November 🙂!
Sponsored by @eumetsat.int @eumetsat-users.bsky.social.
We hope to welcome all researchers and forecasters with an interest in severe storms to Utrecht 🇳🇱 this November 🙂!
Sponsored by @eumetsat.int @eumetsat-users.bsky.social.
New group paper out about ZDR column detection, but really about the appropriate way to evaluate algorithms designed by others (run the actual algorithm 😀) and how that wasn't done in a recent paper. Also some commentary about the difficulty in evaluating column algorithms: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...
April 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New group paper out about ZDR column detection, but really about the appropriate way to evaluate algorithms designed by others (run the actual algorithm 😀) and how that wasn't done in a recent paper. Also some commentary about the difficulty in evaluating column algorithms: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...
Very happy to fill in at #NESC25 this weekend under unfortunate (and ridiculous) circumstances. NESC was my first conference when I went as an undergraduate in 2002 & 2003, and it was the first time I realized research could be a career path for me. Prior to that, I had no idea what I wanted to do.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Michael French will now be our Saturday night keynote speaker. Dr. Michael French is an associate professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University.
#nesc2025
#nesc2025
March 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Very happy to fill in at #NESC25 this weekend under unfortunate (and ridiculous) circumstances. NESC was my first conference when I went as an undergraduate in 2002 & 2003, and it was the first time I realized research could be a career path for me. Prior to that, I had no idea what I wanted to do.
What a time to be alive and back on social media.
March 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What a time to be alive and back on social media.