People: OMG Bertha! Hurricane? Remember Harvey? Remember Allison! Me: No, it's not those. Scattered storms with a few torrential downpours likely. Prob not much else. <Bertha dumps 5" of rain and a FFW near Houston> People: You told us nothing would happen. You cannot win in this field.
Профиль
Jake Carstens
Профиль Vively(Ironically Tropical) Meteorologist 🌀⛈️ Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota 🟢⚪️ 3-time Florida State alum 🔴🟡🍢, short-term Penn Stater 🔵⚪️🦁 LOT ➡️ MFL ➡️ TAE ➡️ CTP ➡️ FGF Website: carstensweather.com
Panelists at today's #AWF26 & #SCM26 morning sessions discussed social media engagement and combating misinformation📱, as well as new legislation that could mandate a National Weather Safety Board to review lessons learned after natural disasters🔍
A bunch of tropical cyclone imagery from the tomorrow constellation: info.tomorrow.io/the-cyclone-...
The 2026 Tropical Cyclone Observation Record · Tomorrow.ioinfo.tomorrow.io📢 At the 2026 @ametsoc.org Madison Summit, @girlswhochase.com and the Board for Early Career Professionals will be cohosting the “Women & Early Career Reception” on 8/5 from 7-9 pm at The Great Dane. This free event is open to all Summit attendees. RSVP here: girlswhochase.com/reception
Wondering what we'll be covering at #AWF26 #SCM26? On Day 2, moderator Erica Grow Cei and panelists Kaitlyn McGrath, @jakecarstens.bsky.social, & @tdiliberto.bsky.social will dive into the powerful (and evolving) role of social media in weather communication. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4vOLgpZ
Be careful folks, today is April Fool's Day, which means that the internet will be rife with misinformation and posts designed to deceive. Don't worry though, tomorrow we will be back to normal, and the internet will be rife with misinformation and posts designed to deceive.
Interested in hurricanes? I want to introduce TC-ATLAS: the Tropical Cyclone Analysis Tool for Live and Archived Structure. Explore live or past storms without writing a line of code or downloading a data file, building on the capabilities of TC-RADAR: michaelfischerwx.github.io/TC-ATLAS/ind...
"Go to North Dakota"
It has gone under the radar, but the University of Minnesota has selected a new brand tagline: "Leave a Future" Ummm ... it kind of makes the old "Driven to Discover" tagline look like a work of genius. I've got another tagline to run by them: "Uff da" umarcomm.umn.edu/brand
I'm ecstatic to announce that I will be joining the UND Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences this fall as an Assistant Professor! This huge milestone is the culmination of a dream over a decade in the making - one that's taken me across 3 (soon 4) states, 3 degrees, and 2 postdoctoral experiences... (1/2)
🚨 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY 🚨 Applications for #AMSECLA26 close TODAY at 11:59 PM PST. The leadership skills and network you can gain as an ECLA cohort member is unmatched, and we are roughly 150 strong since the program’s inception in 2018.
American Meteorological SocietyThe application for the 2026 AMS Early Career Leadership Academy is now open! ECLA brings together early-career individuals to develop leadership skills and create a network of peers and mentors. Learn more and apply by 10 February: https://bit.ly/3Na0l4y #AMSECLA26
Each year, we try to get the AMS Board for Early Career Professionals together for a pre-conference dinner to catch up before the craziness of the next couple of days. Major kudos to our Chair, Emily, for pivoting our reservation due to unscheduled early closures! Always so much fun! #AMS2026
WTAF?! Also, for the love of God, can we not refer to NCAR As a “climate lab?” It does a hell of a lot more than just climate.
USA TODAYExclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
🚨 New job alert! 🚨 Want to work with me? We're searching for an open-rank, tenure-track faculty position at the University of Arizona in Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences! Desired expertise is radar meteorology, broadly defined, with a focus on mesoscale phenomena. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (T/TE)Research Focus: The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain an externally funded and internationally recognized research program...arizona.csod.comIn ~40 minutes, I'll be chatting with @jakecarstens.bsky.social and @drkimwood.bsky.social about this year's hurricane season! It's a bit like a forum, so we'll have some Q&A for any specific questions that don't get brought up. discord.gg/9aS7WVJ8qH
Join the The Weather Discord Discord Server!Learn about weather and stuff. | 575 membersdiscord.ggJust found out the awesome team at @climasillinois.bsky.social will be in Asheville in the next couple of days to conduct interviews about Risk Communication during #Helene. If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group! #NCwx
For atmospheric science students looking for a funded M.S. opportunity for Fall 2026, the esteemed @dblountwx.bsky.social has a Graduate Research Assistantship position open at Ohio University! See the original post for more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org! Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2 www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Excited to share our new BAMS publication w/ the field! From Facebook to TikTok, weather and climate information has become increasingly digital. Our new BAMS paper charts the rise of digital meteorology, the AMS CDM Seal, and how universities are evolving to meet it. 🌪️🌩️📲 doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
doi.orgA couple years of work, lots of learning, lots of trial & error, and endless support from ya'll have culminated into the news I got today: SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software. This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍 joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...