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Zach Hiris

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Meteorologist πŸ” Opinions are my own and do not represent those of my employer

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Probabilistic WSSI, probability of major overall impacts zoomed in on the northeast. Values above 50% stretch from southern NJ into Boston, with the highest values over Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts.

Probabilistic WSSI, probability of major overall impacts zoomed in on the northeast. Values above 50% stretch from southern NJ into Boston, with the highest values over Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts.

Probabilistic WSSI probabilities of major impacts, zoomed in over NWS Boston's forecast area. A sharp gradient in probability is seen from northwest to southeast.

Probabilistic WSSI probabilities of major impacts, zoomed in over NWS Boston's forecast area. A sharp gradient in probability is seen from northwest to southeast.

A blizzard is forecast across most of the I-95 corridor north of Philly tomorrow into Monday. Major to extreme impacts looking increasingly likely. WPC's probabilistic WSSI has some of the higher values I can remember!

Please share snow with #cowx soon 🫠

21.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You could've asked your forecaster friends ☹️

But yes this was just a bad grid. It should be fixed now!

11.08.2025 04:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reports indicate that the Trump administration may attempt to slash billions from NOAA’s budget β€” including cutting research that forecasts natural disasters like wildfires & droughts.

The Commerce Department must reverse these plans! Read our letter with Senator Bennet & Senator Hickenlooper πŸ‘‡πŸ½πŸ‘‡πŸ½πŸ‘‡πŸ½

24.04.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Trainwreck’ of NOAA funding cuts could derail Colorado research on wildfires, earthquakes and storms At a lab in Fort Collins, scientists are researching how to incorporate artificial intelligence into the forecasting of hurricane paths and how to better predict storms’ impact on wildfires. …

β€œIf you want to call it a trainwreck, you can."

Colorado research into weather forecasting, drought and wildfires is at risk of grinding to a halt if planned budget cuts by President Trump’s administration come to fruition and eliminate funding crucial to the Colorado labs’ existence.

25.04.2025 13:42 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"NOAA is being defunded. Here's why that's good news for NOAA"

16.04.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this "The Great Opportunity" that the maplist promised us? 🫠

11.04.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guest opinion: Robert Hart, Kerry Emanuel and Lance Bosart: We need NOAA now more than ever The recent seemingly arbitrary and capricious reductions to NOAA are seriously jeopardizing the future of the country and, more generally, the property and lives of hundreds of millions of tax-payi…

Nice piece by three heavyweights on the academia side of meteorology explaining NOAA’s critical importance.

12.03.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes SILVER SPRING, MDβ€”As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

28.02.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 13843 πŸ” 2923 πŸ’¬ 187 πŸ“Œ 209

The U.S. NWS is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. Its cost of operation is only ~$3-4/yr per taxpayerβ€”equivalent to a single cup of coffeeβ€”and yields a truly remarkable return on investment (at least 10 to 1, and perhaps 100 to 1).
3/11

28.02.2025 00:28 πŸ‘ 928 πŸ” 242 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10

Sounds really efficient.

25.02.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a judge 's robe is saying earth is a mess y 'all . Alt: Maya Rudolph's character in The Good Place saying "Earth is a mess y'all"

Vibes every day I look at any news headline

18.02.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0