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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 14d

20 years ago today, I intercepted my 7th hurricane eye as Rita made landfall near Port Arthur, TX. Led by Joshua Wurman & @kakosiba.bsky.social, I parked on a bridge to stay above the surge and mapped the intense winds: doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...
Ready to intercept landfalling hurricanes this fall!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jul 16

Good morning San Diego 😎! If you are at #EsriUC2025 and haven’t come to visit me yet…why not?! But, you still have time! Come chat about mobile radars, severe weather, and how we use mapping to help us do our missions…all my favorite things!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hellooo KC 😎! I am in my reserved parking spot (s) 😁…and ready to talk mobile radar 📡 and severe weather 🌪️🌀 with @ametsoc.org Project Atmosphere!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jul 16

Can I be in 2 places at once?
Why yes, I can 😁. Excited to be in KC for @ametsoc-radar.bsky.social Project Atmosphere to talk severe weather and mobile radar technology my favorite topics!)…and, of course, see what I look like before years of chips & gummy bears coat the interior operator cab 😁

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jul 13

Are you going to be at #EsriUC2025?
Good news…so am I 😁! Besides admiring my color coordination…come learn how mobile radars are used to study fires 🔥, hurricanes 🌀, & tornadoes 🌪️! See how we are using ArcGIS to help us find radar sites to get the best data possible in these high impact events!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 29

End of Season, ND
Radars, Mesonets, Pods out 🎩
So happy to have been part of the @nsficechip.bsky.social field phase! After 24 IOPs…now the work begins 😁

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 28

Scanning hail-producing storms in North Dakota for @nsficechip.bsky.social…some dows get hail (and a rainbow!) and some dows get structure at their location

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 26

Some people pay extra for this view…so much better than some human twins are radar twins 😁

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 23

Scan. Scan. Scan. Scan. Sample. Sample. Sample. IOP21 of @nsficechip.bsky.social underway in northern Nebraska.
Mini COW (COW2) data at: svr.guru/data.php?id=...

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 21

North Dakota or South Dakota…why choose? Dows & Cows scanning storms in western Dakotas from Buffalo, SD through Dickinson, ND with @nsficechip.bsky.social

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 19

Montana noticed me 🤩
@nsficechip.bsky.social

mooseradio.com/storm-chaser...

Tuesday's Weather Was Crazy and Dangerous AGAIN in Montana

Montana and Wyoming had another day of dangerous weather on Tuesday. Alerts and Advisories. High winds, lightning, and hail have damaged areas in both states over the last several day.

mooseradio.com

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 18

MiniCOW up scanning a hail-producing (and tornado-producing) storm near Arnett, OK as part of @nsficechip.bsky.social IOP19!
Can watch in real-time (COW2)
svr.guru/data.php?id=...

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 16

⚡️🌈 a DOW, COW, MiniCOW at the end of every rainbow 🌈⚡️. End of @nsficechip.bsky.social IOP 17

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 16

Big Sky Country! Up north for @nsficechip.bsky.social!
COW, DOW A, DOW B (aka DOWvader), and MiniCOW scanning a hail producing storm near Grass Range, MT

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 13

King of the hill! 🐄📡 up and scanning in northeast WY ahead of anticipated hail-producing storms later today for @nsficechip.bsky.social

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 12

DOW B is part of the multi-Doppler network with MiniCOW and DOW A. Scanning hail-producing storms in eastern WY/western NE as part of @nsficechip.bsky.social!
MiniCOW data: svr.guru/data.php?id=...

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 9

Hey! That’s me 🤩! Not only am I mapping the winds…but working hard to get all sorts of dual-pol…ZDR, Rho-HV, KDP…and LDR!

ICECHIP @nsficechip.bsky.social · Jun 9

Mobile doppler radar is a key part of the growing #ICECHIP dataset! FARM (Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets) provides two X-band and two C-band radars for scanning hailstorms.