Milind Sharma
@gewitterblitz.bsky.social
Deep convective processes - observations and modeling | Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist @tamu.bsky.social
Personal website: gewitterblitz.github.io
Assistant Research Scientist @tamu.bsky.social
Personal website: gewitterblitz.github.io
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Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
From Warren Buffett's farewell letter:
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
From Warren Buffett's farewell letter:
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Have you heard? The Geoscience Data Exchange platform is running and ready for community use! Designed to accelerate discovery and collaboration, GDEX ensures that scientific data are accessible and preserved for the research community, increasing discoverability and enabling collaboration.
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Have you heard? The Geoscience Data Exchange platform is running and ready for community use! Designed to accelerate discovery and collaboration, GDEX ensures that scientific data are accessible and preserved for the research community, increasing discoverability and enabling collaboration.
TIL: There's another field of study, besides Metrology, that’s spelled almost like 'Meteorology.'
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL: There's another field of study, besides Metrology, that’s spelled almost like 'Meteorology.'
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Here's a loop of the 1-minute mesoscale visible imagery of Hurricane Melissa from roughly 18 UTC Oct 24 through 15 UTC Oct 29. These are not remapped, so the image jumps when the meso sector moves, usually around 18 UTC each day.
youtube.com/shorts/fIuAD...
youtube.com/shorts/fIuAD...
Hurricane Melissa - 1 minute visible imagery from 18 UTC Oct 24, 2025 through 15 UTC Oct 29, 2025
YouTube video by UW-AOS UW Madison
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Here's a loop of the 1-minute mesoscale visible imagery of Hurricane Melissa from roughly 18 UTC Oct 24 through 15 UTC Oct 29. These are not remapped, so the image jumps when the meso sector moves, usually around 18 UTC each day.
youtube.com/shorts/fIuAD...
youtube.com/shorts/fIuAD...
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Calling all ensemble forecast system enthusiasts! The State of Texas is funding development of a new ensemble prediction system (100 members, 2km grid spacing) with an embedded WoFS interface, to be developed at Texas Tech! Passing along 3 open research scientist positions towards that development:
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Calling all ensemble forecast system enthusiasts! The State of Texas is funding development of a new ensemble prediction system (100 members, 2km grid spacing) with an embedded WoFS interface, to be developed at Texas Tech! Passing along 3 open research scientist positions towards that development:
Absolutely true!
One of the rare pleasures in academia is being asked to review something and finding that it's really rather wonderful.
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Absolutely true!
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Did you know that @ametsoc.org offers a Substack channel!? Called "Weather with a Twist", it offers short, free, whimsical dispatches about the latest research in meteorology, courtesy of the AMS's education team. #WaterWednesday
🔗https://weathertwist.substack.com/
🔗https://weathertwist.substack.com/
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Did you know that @ametsoc.org offers a Substack channel!? Called "Weather with a Twist", it offers short, free, whimsical dispatches about the latest research in meteorology, courtesy of the AMS's education team. #WaterWednesday
🔗https://weathertwist.substack.com/
🔗https://weathertwist.substack.com/
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Weather radar people: I’m on the steering committee for a Radar Technology Community Workshop to be held at NCAR in early 2026. We’re trying to nail down dates and topics to attract a good cross section. Please fill out this 5-minute survey and share the link! www.eol.ucar.edu/Radar-Techno...
Radar Technology Community Workshop | Earth Observing LaboratoryRadar Technology Community Workshop | Earth Observing Laboratory
www.eol.ucar.edu
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Weather radar people: I’m on the steering committee for a Radar Technology Community Workshop to be held at NCAR in early 2026. We’re trying to nail down dates and topics to attract a good cross section. Please fill out this 5-minute survey and share the link! www.eol.ucar.edu/Radar-Techno...
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I am so excited to announce that one of the radar meteorology courses that I developed with @comet-meted.bsky.social is now available! "Dual-Polarization Fundamentals" picks up where "Weather Radar Fundamentals" left off! learn.meted.ucar.edu#/online-cour... (Register on learn.meted.ucar.edu first.)
September 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I am so excited to announce that one of the radar meteorology courses that I developed with @comet-meted.bsky.social is now available! "Dual-Polarization Fundamentals" picks up where "Weather Radar Fundamentals" left off! learn.meted.ucar.edu#/online-cour... (Register on learn.meted.ucar.edu first.)
August 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Has anyone else noticed an increase in new publications in generalist journals (e.g., Sci Rep, Nature Comms) with declarative titles that state already well-known realities in your specialty discipline?
a man sits at a table with a plate of food and says " i don t love the way you phrased that "
Alt: David from Schitt's Creek saying "I don t love the way you phrased that."
media.tenor.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Has anyone else noticed an increase in new publications in generalist journals (e.g., Sci Rep, Nature Comms) with declarative titles that state already well-known realities in your specialty discipline?
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Finally pushed a full 1.0.0 (not release candidate) to PyPI and conda-forge.
This also means that:
mamba install sharplib
conda install sharplib
Work now (assuming you have conda-forge set as your primary channel).
There is also now a Dask/Xarray/kerchunk example notebook for HRRR data!
This also means that:
mamba install sharplib
conda install sharplib
Work now (assuming you have conda-forge set as your primary channel).
There is also now a Dask/Xarray/kerchunk example notebook for HRRR data!
August 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Finally pushed a full 1.0.0 (not release candidate) to PyPI and conda-forge.
This also means that:
mamba install sharplib
conda install sharplib
Work now (assuming you have conda-forge set as your primary channel).
There is also now a Dask/Xarray/kerchunk example notebook for HRRR data!
This also means that:
mamba install sharplib
conda install sharplib
Work now (assuming you have conda-forge set as your primary channel).
There is also now a Dask/Xarray/kerchunk example notebook for HRRR data!
I love papers that are well written and link to the open datasets they use, so I can follow the methods and reproduce the figures. #reproduciblescience
August 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I love papers that are well written and link to the open datasets they use, so I can follow the methods and reproduce the figures. #reproduciblescience
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Congratulations to Richard Thompson on receiving the 2025 AMS SLS STAC award! Rich is the Director of Forecast Operations at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK. He received the award for conducting exceptional applied research to advance severe thunderstorm and tornado forecasting.
August 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Congratulations to Richard Thompson on receiving the 2025 AMS SLS STAC award! Rich is the Director of Forecast Operations at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK. He received the award for conducting exceptional applied research to advance severe thunderstorm and tornado forecasting.
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Liftoff! The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. #NISAR will scan the entire globe twice every 12 days to measure changes in Earth’s ecosystems, cryosphere, and land surface.
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
July 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Liftoff! The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. #NISAR will scan the entire globe twice every 12 days to measure changes in Earth’s ecosystems, cryosphere, and land surface.
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
“It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL
eos.org/articles/tra...
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Outstanding captures of bolt-from-the-blue lightning flashes by Dan Robinson @stormhighway.bsky.social showing the negative end of the bipolar leader typically exits the upper positive charge region and travels to ground outside the storm causing a -CG return stroke. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1c...
Clear-air lightning bolts-from-the-blue - timelapse and slow motion!
YouTube video by Dan Robinson
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Outstanding captures of bolt-from-the-blue lightning flashes by Dan Robinson @stormhighway.bsky.social showing the negative end of the bipolar leader typically exits the upper positive charge region and travels to ground outside the storm causing a -CG return stroke. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1c...
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It's been a bit since I've done a meteorological deep dive, but the devastating flash #flood in central Texas this July 4th/5th deserve a closer look. #TXwx
Yes remnants of #Barry were involved helping enhance moisture. A remnant MCV from Mexico on 3 July also played a role.
Full evolution below ⤵️
Yes remnants of #Barry were involved helping enhance moisture. A remnant MCV from Mexico on 3 July also played a role.
Full evolution below ⤵️
July 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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An aspect of the catastrophic flash flooding events that I haven’t yet seen discussed: over land, mesoscale convective vortices have a diurnal cycle that favors rain near their center at night. And, as @rschumacher.cloud and others have shown, mesoscale rotation can increase rainfall totals. (1/2)
July 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
An aspect of the catastrophic flash flooding events that I haven’t yet seen discussed: over land, mesoscale convective vortices have a diurnal cycle that favors rain near their center at night. And, as @rschumacher.cloud and others have shown, mesoscale rotation can increase rainfall totals. (1/2)
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After 42 days and 15,000 + miles driven, #ICECHIP completed 24 IOPs across 11 states, including within 75 miles from both the Mexico and Canada borders. This totaled more than 10,000 hailstones collected by our teams while data was gathered on different types of hailstorms!
July 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
After 42 days and 15,000 + miles driven, #ICECHIP completed 24 IOPs across 11 states, including within 75 miles from both the Mexico and Canada borders. This totaled more than 10,000 hailstones collected by our teams while data was gathered on different types of hailstorms!
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During the 8-week @nsficechip.bsky.social project, #researchers used the latest technology to collect important #hail data. Hear from lead PI Rebecca Adams-Selin from Atmospheric and Environmental Research as she describes one of the more all-encompassing instruments – the SUMO.
June 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
During the 8-week @nsficechip.bsky.social project, #researchers used the latest technology to collect important #hail data. Hear from lead PI Rebecca Adams-Selin from Atmospheric and Environmental Research as she describes one of the more all-encompassing instruments – the SUMO.
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Join the Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting for a free webinar that highlights the important work that NOAA meteorologists throughout the agency do to keep the public safe during severe weather events.
Register here: bit.ly/43RIUvq
Register here: bit.ly/43RIUvq
June 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Join the Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting for a free webinar that highlights the important work that NOAA meteorologists throughout the agency do to keep the public safe during severe weather events.
Register here: bit.ly/43RIUvq
Register here: bit.ly/43RIUvq
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Today was a ferry day from Kearney northward, but my van couldn't resist pausing to check out this nice updraft near Onaka, SD.
June 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Today was a ferry day from Kearney northward, but my van couldn't resist pausing to check out this nice updraft near Onaka, SD.
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The backside of the North Dakota supercell
June 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The backside of the North Dakota supercell