Meteorologist Melissa Thomas
@thomasmelissawx.bsky.social
👩🏻🏫📈❣️⛈️ B.S. Meteorology FSU 🏹. Dodging hurricanes 🌀 and living the dream in the Florida Panhandle, while I help students conquer math along the way!☀️🌈☔️📊
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Birds flying above hurricanes? Damaged hospital posing as the actual one? Welcome to the phony world of AI-assisted weather disaster images. @climateconnections.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
Imagery faked with AI’s help only added to the awfulness of Hurricane Melissa » Yale Climate Connections
A Category 5 landfall during Halloween week was scary enough on its own.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Birds flying above hurricanes? Damaged hospital posing as the actual one? Welcome to the phony world of AI-assisted weather disaster images. @climateconnections.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
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The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
Shutdown disrupts research into Great Lakes’ toxic algae
At risk is the ability for researchers to forecast dangerous blooms weeks in advance.
www.eenews.net
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
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An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
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We're excited to announce AMS Headlines, a new online hub launching in January that brings together your favorite content—BAMS Magazine, the Front Page blog, AMS Weather Band, and Living on the Real World—for an upgraded science news and community experience.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hymrsm
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hymrsm
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We're excited to announce AMS Headlines, a new online hub launching in January that brings together your favorite content—BAMS Magazine, the Front Page blog, AMS Weather Band, and Living on the Real World—for an upgraded science news and community experience.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hymrsm
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hymrsm
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During an event like this a couple of years ago, I decided to become a sustaining member. Highly recommend to anybody who uses Levi’s website regularly!
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Tropical Tidbits | Patreon
Creating weather visualizations and hurricane forecast videos
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October 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
During an event like this a couple of years ago, I decided to become a sustaining member. Highly recommend to anybody who uses Levi’s website regularly!
www.patreon.com/cw/Tropicalt...
www.patreon.com/cw/Tropicalt...
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Here is a 54h WV loop of #Melissa as it underwent rapid intensification from a 60 kt TS ➡️ 150 kt cat 5 #Hurricane.
Pay attention to how "warm" eye becomes at the end of the loop which ends at 18 UTC 27 Oct.
Color scale ends at -5C & eye temp on the last few frames was warmer than that 🤯
Pay attention to how "warm" eye becomes at the end of the loop which ends at 18 UTC 27 Oct.
Color scale ends at -5C & eye temp on the last few frames was warmer than that 🤯
October 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Here is a 54h WV loop of #Melissa as it underwent rapid intensification from a 60 kt TS ➡️ 150 kt cat 5 #Hurricane.
Pay attention to how "warm" eye becomes at the end of the loop which ends at 18 UTC 27 Oct.
Color scale ends at -5C & eye temp on the last few frames was warmer than that 🤯
Pay attention to how "warm" eye becomes at the end of the loop which ends at 18 UTC 27 Oct.
Color scale ends at -5C & eye temp on the last few frames was warmer than that 🤯
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When Eric Schwartz was 15, his mother died. The first day back at school after the loss was difficult, but one teacher's kindness changed his experience of the day and the rest of his life.
How one teacher's kindness changed a grieving teenager's life
When Eric Schwartz was 15, his mother died. The first day back at school after the loss was difficult, but one teacher's kindness changed his experience of the day and the rest of his life.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
When Eric Schwartz was 15, his mother died. The first day back at school after the loss was difficult, but one teacher's kindness changed his experience of the day and the rest of his life.
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An AP investigation found that more than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses this year, part of a campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. https://to.pbs.org/43dxCkD
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
to.pbs.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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The Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) is at 92% of average for the date this Atlantic hurricane season. Rather than counting storms, this metric accounts for the combined duration and intensity of whatever storms there were.
Climatologically, 15% of the season's ACE is still ahead.
Climatologically, 15% of the season's ACE is still ahead.
October 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) is at 92% of average for the date this Atlantic hurricane season. Rather than counting storms, this metric accounts for the combined duration and intensity of whatever storms there were.
Climatologically, 15% of the season's ACE is still ahead.
Climatologically, 15% of the season's ACE is still ahead.
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You could doomscroll, or you could literally go take a shower and then go to bed earlier than usual. One of those options will make you feel better than the other. You still deserve time to rest and recover.
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
You could doomscroll, or you could literally go take a shower and then go to bed earlier than usual. One of those options will make you feel better than the other. You still deserve time to rest and recover.
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They’ve survived dinosaurs, ice ages, and asteroid impacts
But they might not survive us. 🐢🌍
Sea turtles have been around for 100 million years.
Now, plastic and rising seas threaten what asteroids couldn’t destroy.
🧪 #SciComm
youtube.com/shorts/iICbS...
But they might not survive us. 🐢🌍
Sea turtles have been around for 100 million years.
Now, plastic and rising seas threaten what asteroids couldn’t destroy.
🧪 #SciComm
youtube.com/shorts/iICbS...
They Survived the Dinosaurs — Can They Survive Humanity?
YouTube video by Climate Ages
youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
They’ve survived dinosaurs, ice ages, and asteroid impacts
But they might not survive us. 🐢🌍
Sea turtles have been around for 100 million years.
Now, plastic and rising seas threaten what asteroids couldn’t destroy.
🧪 #SciComm
youtube.com/shorts/iICbS...
But they might not survive us. 🐢🌍
Sea turtles have been around for 100 million years.
Now, plastic and rising seas threaten what asteroids couldn’t destroy.
🧪 #SciComm
youtube.com/shorts/iICbS...
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☀️ A pioneering new space weather forecasting modelling suite will enable operational modelling of the upper atmosphere at the Met Office for the first time in a major breakthrough for UK atmospheric science.
Find out what this means below, or check this short thread 👇
Find out what this means below, or check this short thread 👇
New space weather modelling suite enables upper atmosphere forecasting for the first time
A pioneering new space weather forecasting modelling suite will enable operational modelling of the upper atmosphere at the Met Office for the first time in a major breakthrough for UK atmospheric sci...
www.metoffice.gov.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
☀️ A pioneering new space weather forecasting modelling suite will enable operational modelling of the upper atmosphere at the Met Office for the first time in a major breakthrough for UK atmospheric science.
Find out what this means below, or check this short thread 👇
Find out what this means below, or check this short thread 👇
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Happy 75th birthday to Snoopy 🥜🐾
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Happy 75th birthday to Snoopy 🥜🐾
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As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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Feeling exhausted this fall but still want to celebrate all the good things the season brings? We've got a list of simple ideas to make your lead-up to Halloween feel warm, restful and a little eerie.
8 low-effort ways to make Spooky Season feel cozy and festive
Feeling exhausted this fall but still want to celebrate all the good things the season brings? We've got a list of simple ideas to make your lead-up to Halloween feel warm, restful and a little eerie.
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October 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Feeling exhausted this fall but still want to celebrate all the good things the season brings? We've got a list of simple ideas to make your lead-up to Halloween feel warm, restful and a little eerie.
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Oh hey, that's our paper!
A study led by scientists at @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social and NCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social reveals how a major global climate pattern influences the African weather systems that help seed Atlantic hurricanes.
Learn more about their findings on African easterly waves (AEWs): bit.ly/42sju6o
Learn more about their findings on African easterly waves (AEWs): bit.ly/42sju6o
Decades of data show African weather disturbances intensify during La Niña
African easterly waves, which directly impact communities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, are shown to intensify during La Niña, advancing our understanding of how these weather systems in...
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oh hey, that's our paper!
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Got a phone call late afternoon on Tuesday during my visit to our Wallops Island, VA, ozonesonde site that NWS was immediately halting the 2x daily soundings there (WAL). Indeed they have disappeared from the map starting 1 October: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Got a phone call late afternoon on Tuesday during my visit to our Wallops Island, VA, ozonesonde site that NWS was immediately halting the 2x daily soundings there (WAL). Indeed they have disappeared from the map starting 1 October: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
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Just a reminder that NWS is considered essential during a government shutdown. Meteorologists will still go to work, forecasts will still be made, watches and warnings will be issued, data will flow. We won’t be paid until the shutdown ends, but we’ll still protect life and property as always.
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Just a reminder that NWS is considered essential during a government shutdown. Meteorologists will still go to work, forecasts will still be made, watches and warnings will be issued, data will flow. We won’t be paid until the shutdown ends, but we’ll still protect life and property as always.
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!
by @kuiperkat.org of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
science.nasa.gov/solar-system... 🧪🔭
by @kuiperkat.org of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
science.nasa.gov/solar-system... 🧪🔭
October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO! - NASA Science
September 2025 marks ten years since the first direct detection of gravitational waves as predicted by Albert Einstein’s 1916 theory of General Relativity.
science.nasa.gov
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!
by @kuiperkat.org of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
science.nasa.gov/solar-system... 🧪🔭
by @kuiperkat.org of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
science.nasa.gov/solar-system... 🧪🔭
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Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
The more a sizable portion of society support degradation of science and the attack on NOAA, the more horrific stories like the ones surfacing from Texas will savage innocent lives when research support and continued atmospheric science advancement could save them.
July 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The more a sizable portion of society support degradation of science and the attack on NOAA, the more horrific stories like the ones surfacing from Texas will savage innocent lives when research support and continued atmospheric science advancement could save them.
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Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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