Private Sector Meteorologist: Words and forecasts @TheEyewallWx and @SpaceCityWx in #Houston. Find me active on BlueSky.
Feb 28 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Hi all. Breaking my Twitter silence to make a statement on behalf of myself here. NOAA, the parent agency of the @NWS indiscriminately fired a number of employees yesterday. A thread of comments & advice for those fired. 1/18
First, this makes the country less safe. Full stop. NWS offices were operating with staffing constraints (meaning they were already doing more with less). They are now operating doubly so. This is going to lead to stress, burn out, risk for miscues, and critical tools breaking.
Jan 19 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
A couple thoughts on this upcoming winter storm for #Houston. We are now entering the timeframe where forecasting specifics gets modestly more comfortable. Models have been almost uncomfortably stable with the general theme of this storm for 2+ days now. 1/11
North of I-10 this looks like it'll be mostly snow and some sleet, but it's obviously tricky until we get super close in. South of I-10 this looks like mostly sleet and snow with a little freezing rain. 2/11
Jul 9, 2024 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
A thread w/ a few things to say about Beryl and Houston and my own messaging. If you don't live in Houston, you do not understand Houston. People here are SKIDDISH about storms. And for justifiable reasons. This place has had disaster after disaster in recent years. 1/15
Late last week there were a subset of individuals: actual meteorologists, weather enthusiasts, and just regular people that were amplifying, if not taunting that Houston was about to get hit by a major hurricane (115 mph+). Even a cat 5. Preying on fears for engagement. 2/
Aug 29, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Keeping a local angle on Ida. For folks in Houston: We have now seen Harvey, Michael, Laura, Ida, Sally, among several other storms in the Gulf in the last 4 years intensify with haste as they approached landfall.
You might wonder if that can happen in Houston. The answer is yes, absolutely it can. Harvey was a flood for us. Storms like these could be much more than a rainstorm flood. It’s critical to be ready, and it’s critical to shout loudly for funding mitigation measures.
Dec 22, 2019 • 30 tweets • 8 min read
Alright, so here goes my top 10 weather events of the 2010s. Again, this is my subjective list of events I have forecasted or that have personally/professionally impacted me in some way. By no means is this a list of the actual top 10 weather events of the 2010s. So let's begin.
10.) December 7-8 snowfall in Southeast Texas. Houston only officially received 0.7" of snow, but some areas saw as much as 2-3". College Station received 5". This is my photo from Hermann Park from the morning after.
