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Noah Brauer

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Research Meteorologist/Developer. OU alum (PhD/MS). I study precipitation, microphysics, polarimetric radar, and tropical cyclones. Opinions = my own.

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Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · Oct 18

Introduction:

I’m a research scientist at CIRES/NOAA Weather Prediction Center focusing on transitioning precipitation research into operational forecasting tools.

PhD in meteorology from OU focused on precipitation and polarimetric radar observations in tropical cyclones.

I really love cats.

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 3h

Also agree!

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 3h

*potentially implemented/being considered

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 3h

The proposed changes: www.weather.gov/bou/Arapahoe...

Arapaphoe County EAS Change Proposal

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Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 3h

Really glad to see this being implemented in Arapahoe County, which is a very long west-east county extending from Littleton-Deer Trail, CO and basically stretches through a common location for a Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone to setup (and has a high frequency of landspout tornadoes as a result)

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 12h

!!! That was awesome !!!

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Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 12h

...When the box score looks like Model Output Statistics...

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Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 12h

John Olerud or Edgar Martinez as a pinch runner?

Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 12h

Jamie Moyer is warming up for the Mariners in case this goes 15.

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 12h

Swapping out the bucket of Double Bubble for the bucket of Tylenol in the dugout was a huge mistake...

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 12h

Are the Mariners the new Cubs? The new Cubs of the American League? We defer to RFK Jr. for all the correlation and evidence

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 13h

Ah...that double play with runners on 1 and 2 with no one out would have been a typical Cubbies move though

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 13h

Looks like it hit his bat and fouled it off himself? Who knows...

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 13h

Bunt attempt, hit by a pitch during a bunt attempt...that should have been a foul ball? Bizarre.

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 13h

You know they will...In typical Cubs fashion! Just what will the outcome be? Hopefully what just happened while typing this lol

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 13h

...Love it when my streaming service goes out when Baez is up (not rooting for him - even though I did as a Cubs fan) and something happens...From what it sounds like Javy pulled a Javy

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 13h

Small potatoes given everything going on, but I really just want the Seattle Mariners to win tonight and make it to the ALCS for the first time since 2001...

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d

The precipitable water value at Tucson tonight was a daily record, showing the extreme moisture values available for rainfall across the Southwest the next 48 hours. Moderate risk for flash flooding across a large chunk of northern and central AZ Fri/Fri night.

Chart of daily precipitable water values for Tucson, AZ

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Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 3d

Highly unusual situation approaching western Colorado with the moisture from Hurricane Priscilla. Grand Junction has never had precipitable water over an inch (25mm) so late in the year, but looks like it will be near that level on both Fri & Sat. Six standard deviations above average! #cowx 1/2

Global Ensemble Forecast System mean precipitable water and 700-mb winds valid on Saturday morning, 11 October 2025. A big plume of moisture will be transported into the southwest US ahead of decaying Hurricane Priscilla. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ens.php

Standardized anomaly of precipitable water from the ECWMF ensemble mean on Saturday morning, 11 October 2025. It shows a broad swath of greater than +3 standard deviations in the western US. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ecmwf.php

Ensemble forecast plume showing precipitable water at Grand Junction, Colorado in the members of the ECWMF ensemble. Values are predicted to be around 25-30 mm with high confidence on Friday 10 October through Saturday 11 October, far above the 90th percentile for the date. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ecmwf.php

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 3d

“Infitada” …and to post this right before the deadliest massacre in Jewish history since the Holocaust is appalling. I don’t agree with the Israeli government/Netanyahu, but this post is blatant antisemitism from someone in my field and it’s deeply disappointing and it is my duty to say something.

Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 4d

If Palestine had been freed
From the river to the sea
The Oct. 7 killing spree
Would not have been necessary.
May Israel cease to be.
End the apartheid, genocide, tyranny.

Globalize the infitada.

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 3d

Live from the farm. Life with 4 animals can be a lot sometimes…Julio is not in the picture this time.

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 4d

Winds are veering (turning clockwise with height) from easterly at the surface to southwesterly aloft.

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 4d

Fairly classic cold air damming setup in the lee of the Front Range today. We are socked in by stratus and are still in the upper-40s/low-50s this afternoon under weak (5-10 knot) easterly upslope flow. Can also see the SW flow aloft given the clouds over the higher terrain. A warm advection regime!

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 5d

A true sign of fall: The melting layer isn’t too high above the surface! ❄️🌨️

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 5d

Something is incredibly satisfying about seeing east-northeasterly upslope initiating showers and thunderstorms right along the spine of the foothills and Palmer Divide.

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 6d

Posting with no context

Noah Brauer @noaabrauer.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently I’m blocked…I guess that’s the joke? 😅😆