Remembering another notable date in history: 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved that our galaxy is just one island in a vast cosmic sea.

Our awareness of galaxies is just one century old! Full story in my latest Invisible Universe column: 🧪🔭

invisibleuniverse.substack.com/p/the-100th-...

The following is a little bit of a delayed press release on some prior work we did between NCAR and Univ. Miami, but it will continue to be explored as a research topic. The writer David Hosansky did an exemplary job describing the work in the linked story.
news.ucar.edu/132998/captu...

Optimist: The cup is half full.

Pessimist: The cup is half empty.

Meteorologist: The cup is full: half with water, and the other half with air that approaches 80% RH through vapor pressure exchange processes

First accumulating snow of the season here in southeast Wisconsin is a "thump". All I hear outside are first responder sirens. Roads probably increasingly challenging due to snow rates overcoming warm ground. We'll see how much is left this afternoon after some "warmer" air (rain?) arrives.

Amonsoon storm at 10 p.m. and a rising moon.

Since early November, high concentrations of fine particulate matter PM2.5 have been accumulating across the Indo-Gangetic Plain causing severe air pollution.

Read about what our #CopernicusAtmosphere data has been showing in recent weeks: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-global-...

North Dakota is not in the Midwest.

Here is the companion Dec-Feb precipitation correlation with the Oceanic Nino Index (ONI).

Good morning Bluesky! I’m here! The Spirit plays Gotham in a sold-out #NWSL semifinal today.

Want some pregame reading? Here’s a deep-dive on the art of Trinity Rodman’s “Trin Spin,” the signature move she’s put to use for the Spirit and the USWNT this year. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...