Jason Patton
@jasoncpatton.com
Formerly @jasoncpatton on Twitter.
Iowa State Meteorology alum in Madison, WI.
Weather, climate, basketball, trivia, and computer programming memes.
Iowa State Meteorology alum in Madison, WI.
Weather, climate, basketball, trivia, and computer programming memes.
Early hoop nerd Christmas on YouTube #BlueCy
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December 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Early hoop nerd Christmas on YouTube #BlueCy
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Iowa State at the buzzer!
December 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Iowa State at the buzzer!
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Looking to check out the new AI GFS output? @pth1.bsky.social is making it available via the @uwmad-aos.bsky.social THREDDS Data Server! thredds.aos.wisc.edu/thredds/cata...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Looking to check out the new AI GFS output? @pth1.bsky.social is making it available via the @uwmad-aos.bsky.social THREDDS Data Server! thredds.aos.wisc.edu/thredds/cata...
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The big special report on the Hunga Tonga eruption is out:
juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10491...
After a couple years of arguing whether the net effect of aerosols+water vapor was warming or cooling, it includes this banger of a model ensemble that literally does cooling then warming.
juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10491...
After a couple years of arguing whether the net effect of aerosols+water vapor was warming or cooling, it includes this banger of a model ensemble that literally does cooling then warming.
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The big special report on the Hunga Tonga eruption is out:
juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10491...
After a couple years of arguing whether the net effect of aerosols+water vapor was warming or cooling, it includes this banger of a model ensemble that literally does cooling then warming.
juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10491...
After a couple years of arguing whether the net effect of aerosols+water vapor was warming or cooling, it includes this banger of a model ensemble that literally does cooling then warming.
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At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
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MESSAGE REGARDING MY CHILD: Remember the winter concert is tomorrow!
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December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
APP NOTIFICATION: MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD
EMAIL: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD
TEXT: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD
MESSAGE REGARDING MY CHILD: Remember the winter concert is tomorrow!
EMAIL: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD
TEXT: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD
MESSAGE REGARDING MY CHILD: Remember the winter concert is tomorrow!
Walked into some interesting notes leftover on the huddle room whiteboard this morning
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Walked into some interesting notes leftover on the huddle room whiteboard this morning
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Barkley on NIL/portal: "There's no job in the world where you get to be a free agent every year"
I love Chuck but I don't think he knows how most jobs work
I love Chuck but I don't think he knows how most jobs work
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Barkley on NIL/portal: "There's no job in the world where you get to be a free agent every year"
I love Chuck but I don't think he knows how most jobs work
I love Chuck but I don't think he knows how most jobs work
Momcilovic picking up the ball off the ground and chucking in a 3 is giving me Tyrus McGee vibes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Momcilovic picking up the ball off the ground and chucking in a 3 is giving me Tyrus McGee vibes.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I'm old enough to remember sitting in a 1970s station wagon as my mother took her place in a line of cars waiting to buy rationed gasoline.
That era ended for very good reasons.
That era ended for very good reasons.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm old enough to remember sitting in a 1970s station wagon as my mother took her place in a line of cars waiting to buy rationed gasoline.
That era ended for very good reasons.
That era ended for very good reasons.
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It's December which means it's time to post the generic Hallmark version of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" that the kids are calling "probably not legally actionable"
December 2, 2024 at 10:02 PM
It's December which means it's time to post the generic Hallmark version of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" that the kids are calling "probably not legally actionable"
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This is a big part of it, for me. Instead of glancing at the image and continuing to listen to the talk, I’m noticing that the table leg is connected to the chair, that the shirt buttons sideways, that the window bleeds weirdly into the wall. And wondering why the presenter didn’t notice or care.
It's also just distracting because usually the image has some weirdness to it, and it doesn't tend to add explanatory value. So if you're just adding them for ambience or to represent a generic concept, just use a regular picture.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is a big part of it, for me. Instead of glancing at the image and continuing to listen to the talk, I’m noticing that the table leg is connected to the chair, that the shirt buttons sideways, that the window bleeds weirdly into the wall. And wondering why the presenter didn’t notice or care.
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Gonzaga should have to give their NIL prize money to Iowa State
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Gonzaga should have to give their NIL prize money to Iowa State
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Made me laugh
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Made me laugh
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Hurricane Melissa produced the fastest hurricane winds to be recorded by a dropsonde, verified by reviewing data at NSF NCAR! Hurricane Melissa’s 252 mph wind gust surpassed the previous record from Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010, where a dropsonde measured wind gusts of 248 mph.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hurricane Melissa produced the fastest hurricane winds to be recorded by a dropsonde, verified by reviewing data at NSF NCAR! Hurricane Melissa’s 252 mph wind gust surpassed the previous record from Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010, where a dropsonde measured wind gusts of 248 mph.
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Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
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i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
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Most people know you can (sort of) filter out preseason bias at my site. But here's a power-user feature, EXCLUSIVE to my Blue Sky followers: you can can specify a partial amount of preseason juice by using the "prephase=X" URL parameter.
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Most people know you can (sort of) filter out preseason bias at my site. But here's a power-user feature, EXCLUSIVE to my Blue Sky followers: you can can specify a partial amount of preseason juice by using the "prephase=X" URL parameter.
I still think about NewsWatch 18 every time I hear about a CME. I think only one other person on here knows the context, and no, I'm not sharing it.
WHAT I JUST LEARNED: the number and intensity of solar flares has “created a rare "cannibal CME," where coronal mass ejections (CME) form one large, fast-moving CME.”
CANNIBAL CORONAL MASS EJECTION. That’s what’s happening.
CANNIBAL CORONAL MASS EJECTION. That’s what’s happening.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I still think about NewsWatch 18 every time I hear about a CME. I think only one other person on here knows the context, and no, I'm not sharing it.
This pillar was clearly visible to the eye, though the picture is still more impressive
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This pillar was clearly visible to the eye, though the picture is still more impressive