Kim Reid
@drkimclimate.bsky.social
Climate scientist & science communicator from Australia focusing on rainfall extremes, prediction, atmospheric rivers and other high impact weather. All ramblings my own, not my employers.
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Jaeger Medal recognises outstanding career in earth sciences (including oceans) - only awarded every 2 years. Never been awarded to a woman!!! #nominateher
Jaeger Medal | Australian Academy of Science
The Jaeger Medal recognises investigations of a high order into the solid Earth or its oceans carried out in Australia or having some connection with Australian Earth science.
science.org.au
February 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Jaeger Medal recognises outstanding career in earth sciences (including oceans) - only awarded every 2 years. Never been awarded to a woman!!! #nominateher
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The 2026 International Atmospheric River Conference (𝗜𝗔𝗥𝗖𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲) is coming to Porto, Portugal!
📅 19–23 October 2026 | 📍 Alfândega Congress Centre + virtual option
Join the conversation on atmospheric rivers and their impact on water, weather extremes, and climate resilience.
📅 19–23 October 2026 | 📍 Alfândega Congress Centre + virtual option
Join the conversation on atmospheric rivers and their impact on water, weather extremes, and climate resilience.
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The 2026 International Atmospheric River Conference (𝗜𝗔𝗥𝗖𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲) is coming to Porto, Portugal!
📅 19–23 October 2026 | 📍 Alfândega Congress Centre + virtual option
Join the conversation on atmospheric rivers and their impact on water, weather extremes, and climate resilience.
📅 19–23 October 2026 | 📍 Alfândega Congress Centre + virtual option
Join the conversation on atmospheric rivers and their impact on water, weather extremes, and climate resilience.
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For those familiar w/ "ARkStorm/ARk2.0" flood scenarios for California, a comparable event has been unfolding on the Iberian Peninsula. These ridiculous rainfall accumulations, caused by a long series of extremely moist atmospheric rivers, have brought widespread severe flooding to Spain & Portugal.
Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 AM
For those familiar w/ "ARkStorm/ARk2.0" flood scenarios for California, a comparable event has been unfolding on the Iberian Peninsula. These ridiculous rainfall accumulations, caused by a long series of extremely moist atmospheric rivers, have brought widespread severe flooding to Spain & Portugal.
A little while ago, I collabed with the RMIT Information Integrity Hub to fact-check 5 common #climate and #energy myths.
Check out the vid and their other great #misinformation resources.
youtube.com/watch?v=g-q_...
Check out the vid and their other great #misinformation resources.
youtube.com/watch?v=g-q_...
Video 1 (5:39) - Dr Kim Reid busts five common climate myths
YouTube video by DSC Learning and Teaching
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February 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
A little while ago, I collabed with the RMIT Information Integrity Hub to fact-check 5 common #climate and #energy myths.
Check out the vid and their other great #misinformation resources.
youtube.com/watch?v=g-q_...
Check out the vid and their other great #misinformation resources.
youtube.com/watch?v=g-q_...
An intense race against time: will my code finish running before the multiday supercomputer maintenance shut down in 50min?
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
An intense race against time: will my code finish running before the multiday supercomputer maintenance shut down in 50min?
If you think it's been dry in Melbourne, you're not wrong. Melbourne (Olympic Park) has only recorded 1.6mm of rain so far this year. Not the lowest (0.3mm in 1932), but could end up in the bottom 5 Januarys.
January 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
If you think it's been dry in Melbourne, you're not wrong. Melbourne (Olympic Park) has only recorded 1.6mm of rain so far this year. Not the lowest (0.3mm in 1932), but could end up in the bottom 5 Januarys.
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Stop Press. Pooncarie (NSW) Post Office has read its manual thermometer at 9am and its maximum temperature for yesterday (Tue 27 Jan 026) was 49.7C
Equal second hottest temperature in the reliable BoM records for NSW.
reg.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio...
Equal second hottest temperature in the reliable BoM records for NSW.
reg.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio...
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Stop Press. Pooncarie (NSW) Post Office has read its manual thermometer at 9am and its maximum temperature for yesterday (Tue 27 Jan 026) was 49.7C
Equal second hottest temperature in the reliable BoM records for NSW.
reg.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio...
Equal second hottest temperature in the reliable BoM records for NSW.
reg.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio...
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Portugal and Spain are looking at tremendous precipitation from an onslaught of atmospheric rivers over the next 14-days. Flooding will certainly be a very real threat if these numbers materialize.
January 27, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Portugal and Spain are looking at tremendous precipitation from an onslaught of atmospheric rivers over the next 14-days. Flooding will certainly be a very real threat if these numbers materialize.
GFS Integrated Water Vapour Transport for next week. The North Island of New Zealand will cop some serious rain if this model is correct.
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 AM
GFS Integrated Water Vapour Transport for next week. The North Island of New Zealand will cop some serious rain if this model is correct.
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Mind bogglingly awful. It shouldn’t take a year+ to find out if you have a grant. This is careers and lives being messed with.
⁉️The ARC has delayed outcomes of ALL grants 1–4 months & increased scheduled outcome windows from 2 weeks to 3 months!
This reverses 4 years of progress in providing greater certainty & ability to plan for researchers, their families & unis.
Their excuse? Security checks under new ARC legislation👇
This reverses 4 years of progress in providing greater certainty & ability to plan for researchers, their families & unis.
Their excuse? Security checks under new ARC legislation👇
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Mind bogglingly awful. It shouldn’t take a year+ to find out if you have a grant. This is careers and lives being messed with.
Did an entire subject on bushfires in undergrad and it was drilled into us that the cool change can be the most dangerous time for this reason
Bushfires across VIC on Friday, as the state endures catastrophic fire weather. The effect of the incoming westerly wind change can be seen on the Big Desert fire in the north west - a narrow fire front suddenly becoming a broad one.
January 9, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Did an entire subject on bushfires in undergrad and it was drilled into us that the cool change can be the most dangerous time for this reason
In our Pursuit article, @lindenashcroft.bsky.social and I explore how we can balance rest and rejuvenation with staying alert and prepared during the hazardous Australian summer.
What do summer holidays look like in a changing climate?
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Wha...
What do summer holidays look like in a changing climate?
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Wha...
What do summer holidays look like in a changing climate?
The Australian summer now commonly features heatwaves, floods and bushfires. University of Melbourne experts explain how we can prepare and still enjoy the break
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
January 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
In our Pursuit article, @lindenashcroft.bsky.social and I explore how we can balance rest and rejuvenation with staying alert and prepared during the hazardous Australian summer.
What do summer holidays look like in a changing climate?
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Wha...
What do summer holidays look like in a changing climate?
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Wha...
An active week of weather ahead for Australia with 40+C across large swathes of the country on Wednesday and the potential for a Tropical Low/Cyclone making landfall on Friday (in the GFS model).
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
An active week of weather ahead for Australia with 40+C across large swathes of the country on Wednesday and the potential for a Tropical Low/Cyclone making landfall on Friday (in the GFS model).
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Another very active weather period for Pacific Coast will occur over the next 10 days, with very moist storms and a persistent (atmospheric river-associated) moisture transport corridor bringing copious rain progressively farther south into California by early next week. [Thread]
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Another very active weather period for Pacific Coast will occur over the next 10 days, with very moist storms and a persistent (atmospheric river-associated) moisture transport corridor bringing copious rain progressively farther south into California by early next week. [Thread]
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NCAR is a major pillar in global climate and weather research. This would have disastrous impacts. International leaders who care even the slightest about understanding future climate risks ought to condemn this. @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #climate
Exclusive: 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.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
NCAR is a major pillar in global climate and weather research. This would have disastrous impacts. International leaders who care even the slightest about understanding future climate risks ought to condemn this. @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #climate
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🌧️ How do we study #AtmosphericRivers? 🛫 By flying planes into them, obviously! @cw3escripps.bsky.social's Alex Tardy caught up with Fox Weather to share why flights are critical for understanding ARs ahead of a powerful atmospheric river headed for the Northwest. U.S. ⬇️
Powerful atmospheric river headed for the Northwest U.S. | Latest Weather Clips | FOX Weather
Project Policy Analyst and Meteorologist with the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Alex Tar
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December 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🌧️ How do we study #AtmosphericRivers? 🛫 By flying planes into them, obviously! @cw3escripps.bsky.social's Alex Tardy caught up with Fox Weather to share why flights are critical for understanding ARs ahead of a powerful atmospheric river headed for the Northwest. U.S. ⬇️
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An atmospheric river continues to drench the Pacific Northwest in heavy rainfall, resulting in a widespread flooding threat across western Washington.
This timelapse since the beginning of the week shows the relentless plume of moisture that has soaked the region.
This timelapse since the beginning of the week shows the relentless plume of moisture that has soaked the region.
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
An atmospheric river continues to drench the Pacific Northwest in heavy rainfall, resulting in a widespread flooding threat across western Washington.
This timelapse since the beginning of the week shows the relentless plume of moisture that has soaked the region.
This timelapse since the beginning of the week shows the relentless plume of moisture that has soaked the region.
Tule fog - thick radiation fog (that's the typical fog you get on a still morning) that settles in California's Central Valley
California's Central Valley has been shrouded in Tule fog for the last 16 days.
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Tule fog - thick radiation fog (that's the typical fog you get on a still morning) that settles in California's Central Valley
Congratulations Ocean colleagues 🌊
🚨 #CentresOfExcellence #CE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for ARC Centres of Excellence 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/288
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December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Congratulations Ocean colleagues 🌊
Up to Category 4 Atmospheric River conditions forecast for the NW USA from this delightfully textbook looking AR.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Up to Category 4 Atmospheric River conditions forecast for the NW USA from this delightfully textbook looking AR.