Eric Boldt ⚡️🌪️
@eboldt.bsky.social
Retired meteorologist from the Los Angeles area. Always curious and observing nature.
This one-year in reflection briefing only verifies how crazy Trump has become. Congress needs to do its job and remove him now.
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This one-year in reflection briefing only verifies how crazy Trump has become. Congress needs to do its job and remove him now.
Woke up this morning to discover my retirement had been robbed of thousands of dollars, all thanks to comments and threats from POTUS to our European allies. He may destroy us this week unless some grownups push back.
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Woke up this morning to discover my retirement had been robbed of thousands of dollars, all thanks to comments and threats from POTUS to our European allies. He may destroy us this week unless some grownups push back.
How is Greenland needed for “national security reasons” when the POTUS claims that climate change is a hoax?!
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
How is Greenland needed for “national security reasons” when the POTUS claims that climate change is a hoax?!
He’s done it! Definitely the most embarrassing POTUS in the history of this nation, by far. No one else comes close to the biggest buffoon to ever exist.
January 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM
He’s done it! Definitely the most embarrassing POTUS in the history of this nation, by far. No one else comes close to the biggest buffoon to ever exist.
Had lunch at a Guy Ferrari-approved restaurant today in Santa Barbara.
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Had lunch at a Guy Ferrari-approved restaurant today in Santa Barbara.
Unreal.
Markets run on trust. If the ref starts live-tweeting the score before kickoff, don’t be shocked when fans stop buying tickets—and investors stop buying stocks.
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Unreal.
The shock that I felt on January 6th five years ago was equally as bad as that from 9/11 in 2001.
To not have a national recognition of this day is a shame and to support the narrative that an insurrection didn’t happen is frankly INSANE.
To not have a national recognition of this day is a shame and to support the narrative that an insurrection didn’t happen is frankly INSANE.
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 AM
The shock that I felt on January 6th five years ago was equally as bad as that from 9/11 in 2001.
To not have a national recognition of this day is a shame and to support the narrative that an insurrection didn’t happen is frankly INSANE.
To not have a national recognition of this day is a shame and to support the narrative that an insurrection didn’t happen is frankly INSANE.
All aboard the AI train wreck. Maybe slowdown and take time to check for accuracy.
Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, the National Weather Service shared a forecast map riddled with spelling mistakes, non-existent locations and other geographical errors.
‘Whata Bod’: An AI-generated NWS map invented fake towns in Idaho
Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, an AI-generated forecast graphic with errors was pulled from NWS sites.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 AM
All aboard the AI train wreck. Maybe slowdown and take time to check for accuracy.
And what will Cuba be about, because it’s next?!
Venezuela isn't about fentanyl or national security. It's about oil and Epstein.
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
And what will Cuba be about, because it’s next?!
We don’t arrest heads of states or put boots on the ground fighting over solar or wind power.
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
We don’t arrest heads of states or put boots on the ground fighting over solar or wind power.
Over 8” of rain from this singular storm easily exceeds rainfall totals from all of last year in Ventura. This is not normal. Our storms are becoming more extreme and the gentle rain days are mostly nonexistent, especially in the last five years.
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Over 8” of rain from this singular storm easily exceeds rainfall totals from all of last year in Ventura. This is not normal. Our storms are becoming more extreme and the gentle rain days are mostly nonexistent, especially in the last five years.
1.0” in 30 minutes and still moderate to heavy rain in Ventura. Crazy amount of rain in 48 hours, over 5.8” so far.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1.0” in 30 minutes and still moderate to heavy rain in Ventura. Crazy amount of rain in 48 hours, over 5.8” so far.
0.50” in 10 minutes in Ventura!
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
0.50” in 10 minutes in Ventura!
You rarely see this type of convective line over southern CA extending nearly 100 miles, especially on Christmas Day. Wow! Heavy rain is about 5 miles wide and there is potential for waterspouts and small tornadoes.
December 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You rarely see this type of convective line over southern CA extending nearly 100 miles, especially on Christmas Day. Wow! Heavy rain is about 5 miles wide and there is potential for waterspouts and small tornadoes.
This may or may not(?) be the Pearl River along the Mississippi-Louisiana border that I photographed on a flight from FL. Thought the meandering course of the water was exceptional.
December 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This may or may not(?) be the Pearl River along the Mississippi-Louisiana border that I photographed on a flight from FL. Thought the meandering course of the water was exceptional.
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ICYMI: Atmospheric science spans from climate scale to microscale - just like the atmosphere itself - and the Trump Administration's plans to dismantle NCAR and somehow protect "vital weather research" shows a complete lack of understanding of how science works. tinyurl.com/3rtpafnx
Trump Administration announces plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research and close its famed Mesa Lab
Shortsighted plan would (in my view) cause irreparable harm to global atmospheric science research
tinyurl.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
ICYMI: Atmospheric science spans from climate scale to microscale - just like the atmosphere itself - and the Trump Administration's plans to dismantle NCAR and somehow protect "vital weather research" shows a complete lack of understanding of how science works. tinyurl.com/3rtpafnx
We’ve received over 8.5” of rain in Ventura, CA since October 1st. More than all of the previous water year and not far from Olympia, WA rainfall totals (8.9”). Haven’t seen any banana slugs here yet.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We’ve received over 8.5” of rain in Ventura, CA since October 1st. More than all of the previous water year and not far from Olympia, WA rainfall totals (8.9”). Haven’t seen any banana slugs here yet.
Almost as much rain in 1 month as we received in all of the previous 12, and this is a La Niña winter?!
We had somewhere in the vicinity of 6.5” last water year (Oct-Sept).
We had somewhere in the vicinity of 6.5” last water year (Oct-Sept).
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Almost as much rain in 1 month as we received in all of the previous 12, and this is a La Niña winter?!
We had somewhere in the vicinity of 6.5” last water year (Oct-Sept).
We had somewhere in the vicinity of 6.5” last water year (Oct-Sept).
Perfect.
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Perfect.
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Yeah, this Trumpian stunt of firing live ammo over an active freeway turned out to be fucking brilliant: Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says www.latimes.com/california/s...
Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says
The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD V...
www.latimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Yeah, this Trumpian stunt of firing live ammo over an active freeway turned out to be fucking brilliant: Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says www.latimes.com/california/s...
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How does this happen?
I reserve a rental car at a stated price a month in advance. I pick up the car with a printout of the stated price. Then, after returning the car I am overcharged nearly double what I expected to pay. This is a scam.
I reserve a rental car at a stated price a month in advance. I pick up the car with a printout of the stated price. Then, after returning the car I am overcharged nearly double what I expected to pay. This is a scam.
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
How does this happen?
I reserve a rental car at a stated price a month in advance. I pick up the car with a printout of the stated price. Then, after returning the car I am overcharged nearly double what I expected to pay. This is a scam.
I reserve a rental car at a stated price a month in advance. I pick up the car with a printout of the stated price. Then, after returning the car I am overcharged nearly double what I expected to pay. This is a scam.
Here is the photo of merging outflows approaching from the north.
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here is the photo of merging outflows approaching from the north.
Two merging outflow boundaries right overhead. Next post includes the photo.
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Two merging outflow boundaries right overhead. Next post includes the photo.