Dr. Barb Mayes Boustead
@windbarb.bsky.social
Weather, climate, writing, #scicomm, teaching, LIW, history, sports, wagering, equity. Book WILDER WEATHER coming in 2025. Nebraska/Midwest/Michigan. She/her. #binders #amwriting
On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I acknowledge that I am on the ancestral lands of the Odawa nation and also spending time on the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki and Missisaugua nations. I am grateful for the care they have taken of these lands.
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I acknowledge that I am on the ancestral lands of the Odawa nation and also spending time on the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki and Missisaugua nations. I am grateful for the care they have taken of these lands.
On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I acknowledge that I am on the ancestral lands of the Odawa nation and also spending time on the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki and Missisaugua nations. I am grateful for the care they have taken of these lands.
October 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I acknowledge that I am on the ancestral lands of the Odawa nation and also spending time on the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki and Missisaugua nations. I am grateful for the care they have taken of these lands.
The recorded live stream of my presentation at the South Dakota Festival of Books is available here (FB video): www.facebook.com/sdhumanities...
September 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The recorded live stream of my presentation at the South Dakota Festival of Books is available here (FB video): www.facebook.com/sdhumanities...
I'll be in Spearfish SD in just under a week to participate in the South Dakota Festival of Books! Come see me and dozens of other amazing authors, including Pamela Smith Hill! We both speak/read on Saturday 9/27 and will sign books on Friday 9/26 and Saturday 9/27. sdhumanities.org/festival-of-...
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'll be in Spearfish SD in just under a week to participate in the South Dakota Festival of Books! Come see me and dozens of other amazing authors, including Pamela Smith Hill! We both speak/read on Saturday 9/27 and will sign books on Friday 9/26 and Saturday 9/27. sdhumanities.org/festival-of-...
Look out, Lincoln - here I come! I'll be at the University of Nebraska's School of Natural Resources on Wednesday, September 10, at 3:30 PM to give a seminar. I'll bring some books to sell and will be happy to sign books that folks already have! See you tomorrow!
September 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Look out, Lincoln - here I come! I'll be at the University of Nebraska's School of Natural Resources on Wednesday, September 10, at 3:30 PM to give a seminar. I'll bring some books to sell and will be happy to sign books that folks already have! See you tomorrow!
It’s a beautiful day to come to the Nebraska State Fair for $3 Tuesday! While you’re here, find me at the Nebraska Writers Guild booth in the Pinnacle Bank Expo Building with copies of WILDER WEATHER you can buy and have me sign!
August 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s a beautiful day to come to the Nebraska State Fair for $3 Tuesday! While you’re here, find me at the Nebraska Writers Guild booth in the Pinnacle Bank Expo Building with copies of WILDER WEATHER you can buy and have me sign!
Hi! I'm Barb, a meteorologist and climatologist (civil servant) focusing mostly on weather/climate extremes and their impacts. Also a writer and science communicator, and author of WILDER WEATHER. From MI, based in NE.
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hi! I'm Barb, a meteorologist and climatologist (civil servant) focusing mostly on weather/climate extremes and their impacts. Also a writer and science communicator, and author of WILDER WEATHER. From MI, based in NE.
Omaha area folks, come see me in person at the Bookworm! I'll be doing a Wilder Weather signing there on Tuesday, August 12, at 6 PM. I'd love to see some friendly faces there! Info is below. Info here: www.bookwormomaha.com/event/barbar...
July 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Omaha area folks, come see me in person at the Bookworm! I'll be doing a Wilder Weather signing there on Tuesday, August 12, at 6 PM. I'd love to see some friendly faces there! Info is below. Info here: www.bookwormomaha.com/event/barbar...
My cup runneth over.
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My cup runneth over.
Lookie what arrived to my doorstep!! It’s really a real book! Wilder Weather is coming! 😍🤩😱📘📖
June 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Lookie what arrived to my doorstep!! It’s really a real book! Wilder Weather is coming! 😍🤩😱📘📖
Or, viewed another way.
June 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Or, viewed another way.
Great questions! In general, the threaded sites for OMA are in the image below. Sometimes there are data substitutions due to QC. When in doubt, err on the side of the threaded site. You can investigate the threads for all sites here: threadex.rcc-acis.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Great questions! In general, the threaded sites for OMA are in the image below. Sometimes there are data substitutions due to QC. When in doubt, err on the side of the threaded site. You can investigate the threads for all sites here: threadex.rcc-acis.org
I can’t help but feel grief today as so many valued colleagues have their last day in NOAA this week. But I am here, holding fast. Best of wishes in what lies ahead to all who are leaving.
April 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I can’t help but feel grief today as so many valued colleagues have their last day in NOAA this week. But I am here, holding fast. Best of wishes in what lies ahead to all who are leaving.
Appreciate the sentiment, but 1-day boycotts just don't matter to big companies. Most people buy the same stuff before/after, so it doesn't end up hurting their bottom line.
Forget a 1-day boycott. Retract as much spending as you can. With the money you're saving, buy more at local businesses.
Forget a 1-day boycott. Retract as much spending as you can. With the money you're saving, buy more at local businesses.
February 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Appreciate the sentiment, but 1-day boycotts just don't matter to big companies. Most people buy the same stuff before/after, so it doesn't end up hurting their bottom line.
Forget a 1-day boycott. Retract as much spending as you can. With the money you're saving, buy more at local businesses.
Forget a 1-day boycott. Retract as much spending as you can. With the money you're saving, buy more at local businesses.
Feels like I’m the last one to the party, but I am finally on my way to New Orleans for #ams2025! Looking forward to a full week of meeting old friends and new, learning, and communicating about weather and climate with people who share my passions!
January 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Feels like I’m the last one to the party, but I am finally on my way to New Orleans for #ams2025! Looking forward to a full week of meeting old friends and new, learning, and communicating about weather and climate with people who share my passions!
Not even the GFS, which typically has no trouble conjuring up apocalyptic snow totals, can come up with any snow anywhere near us in the next 384 hours.
January 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Not even the GFS, which typically has no trouble conjuring up apocalyptic snow totals, can come up with any snow anywhere near us in the next 384 hours.
Everybody is posting their big winter snows, so I thought I’d post ours! Ties for the most snow we have had at my house all winter season. (Yep, still haven’t gotten more than a trace.)
January 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Everybody is posting their big winter snows, so I thought I’d post ours! Ties for the most snow we have had at my house all winter season. (Yep, still haven’t gotten more than a trace.)
December 14, 2024 at 1:06 AM
On this day 49 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in a November "gale" (actually a stronger storm than just a "gale") on Lake Superior. Find the Laura Ingalls Wilder connection to the "witches of November" here! open.substack.com/pub/wilderwe...
November 10, 2024 at 2:26 PM
On this day 49 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in a November "gale" (actually a stronger storm than just a "gale") on Lake Superior. Find the Laura Ingalls Wilder connection to the "witches of November" here! open.substack.com/pub/wilderwe...
Dubious title. Funny label. Very interesting and real weather/climate phenomenon. If you don't know "corn sweat," get to know it now! open.substack.com/pub/wilderwe...
September 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Dubious title. Funny label. Very interesting and real weather/climate phenomenon. If you don't know "corn sweat," get to know it now! open.substack.com/pub/wilderwe...