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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Aug 25

NSF Unidata runs on community ideas, input, and energy! Meet the new folks joining our advisory committees this fall: buff.ly/2RF27zY

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hoping to present at the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting? The deadline for abstracts has been extended (again) until 27 August 2025. buff.ly/haOJOvX

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hoping to present at the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting? The deadline for abstracts has been extended until 21 August 2025. buff.ly/lMn3PLZ

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Aug 12

NSF Unidata offers educators access to cloud-based JupyterHub servers tailored to their requirements. New this year: Jupyter-based access to GUI applications. Read more and learn how to request access: buff.ly/4Knt4hz

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Aug 7

In conjunction with the AWS Open Datasets team, we are changing the AWS S3 bucket that contains up-to-date NEXRAD Level II archive data. There is a new bucket name and SNS notification topic, but no other changes. The legacy bucket name will be discontinued September 1, 2025. buff.ly/WVBvt26

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Jul 18

New AWIPS Tips: AWIPS Production Release v23.2.1-1

View the blog for more information:

AWIPS Tips: NSF Unidata AWIPS 23.4.1-1 Release

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Jun 16

✨The 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey closes this Friday!✨
Take 15 minutes to share your insights and help guide NSF Unidata’s efforts in the coming years. It will really help us understand your Earth science data needs.

Take the Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Jun 10

✨There’s still time to share your voice in the 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey, closing June 20!✨
Help shape how we support the Earth sciences community. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes, and will really help us understand your needs.

🔗 Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Jun 2

We at NSF Unidata are pleased to announce that we have now received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the next year of our five-year award. This allows us to end the current furlough of our staff and resume our operations. buff.ly/GafcZts

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · May 27

✨There’s still time to share your voice in the 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey!✨
As our program center plans for future work, your feedback is essential to ensure we’re meeting the evolving needs of the Earth systems science community.

🔗 Take the Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW

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NSF Unidata Community Survey

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · May 20

✨Calling on our community: your feedback fuels our future✨
The 2025 Unidata Community Survey is still accepting responses. By sharing your experience and ideas, you help us return better prepared to serve the Earth systems science community.

🔗 Take the Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW

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NSF Unidata Community Survey

2025

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · May 12

✨Reminder: The 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey is still accepting responses✨
Your input is vital to help shape how our program center supports the Earth systems science community, especially as we prepare to resume work.

🔗 Take the Survey: arcg.is/zLOSW

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NSF Unidata Community Survey

2025

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · May 9

Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy

NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · May 8

Want to see more learning opportunities like this in the future? Interested in furthering your machine learning skills? Let us know by filling out the 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey!

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · May 8

📝New eLearning: Supervised Machine Learning Readiness 📝

Get started with ML in the Earth systems sciences with this self-paced no- and low-code learning series. Enroll for free today on NSF Unidata eLearning!

elearning.unidata.ucar.edu/course/view....

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · May 7

Our NSF Unidata team implemented AI-NWP models on Jetstream2 cloud resources! We've shown that using FourCastNet and Pangu on Jetstream2's GPU capabilities can generate a global forecast in under 20 seconds. See our complete findings and implementation guide in the full blog post: buff.ly/kqpvqmp

Running Pretrainined AI-NWP Models, Our Experience at NSF Unidata on Jetstream2

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MetPy @metpy.bsky.social · May 1

MetPy 1.7.0 is out! Highlights include saturation vapor pressure (including over ice) and LCL calculations, automated high/low identification, and clients for accessing S3 archives of NEXRAD L2/L3, GOES, and ML weather prediction output (from NOAA/CIRA), and more! github.com/Unidata/MetP...

Release 1.7.0 · Unidata/MetPy

Highlights New analytic LCL calculation based on Romps (2017) New saturation vapor pressure calculations, relative to both ice and liquid, using Ambaum (2020) Moisture/temperature dependent gas co...

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Apr 28

✨The 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey is now live! ✨
Share your insights, support community progress.

Take 15 minutes to complete the survey, and as a thank you, you'll have the chance to enter a drawing for an NSF Unidata swag bag.

🔗 arcg.is/zLOSW

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Apr 23

Want a clean way to combine a Skew-T and time series in Python?
This week’s #MetPyMonday shows how to wrangle GridSpec for a tight layout with MetPy + Siphon. youtu.be/fzEJvnaXYJw?...

MetPy Mondays #327 – Complicated Layouts with GridSpec

YouTube video by NSF Unidata

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Apr 22

The 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey is coming next week!

By participating in the survey, you'll also have the chance to enter a drawing for a NSF Unidata swag bag!

📬 Watch your inbox or visit us here for the link once it goes live.
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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Apr 1

Need to know which METAR station is closest to your point of interest? Checkout this week's #metpymonday

We show you how to:
✅ Build a clean station list from MetPy
✅ Find the nearest station using KDTree
✅ Find distance with GeoPandas
#Python

youtu.be/nMTFb-8e1Nk?...

MetPy Mondays #326 - Use KDTree and MetPy to Find the Nearest METAR

YouTube video by NSF Unidata

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Mar 25

NSF Unidata is looking for creative people to help set the priorities and direction for our program. We need insights, ideas, and a better understanding of the science data challenges you're facing. Nominate someone (yourself?) to help us serve our community! www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Mar 24

There's still time to apply for a NSF Unidata grants to help you purchase hardware to support your Earth Systems Science project. The application process is easy, and the deadline to submit your proposal has been extended to April 7, 2025. www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Mar 7

Tired of downloading the same data over and over? In our latest #MetPyMonday, we show you how to build a local cache for NWS soundings! Learn how to automate your data retrieval and streamline your workflow in just a few minutes. youtu.be/Pl47QBjPlu4?...

MetPy Mondays #324 - Build a Custom Local Data Cache with Python

YouTube video by NSF Unidata

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · Mar 6

Did you know that NSF Unidata provides grants to help you purchase hardware for projects that benefit your institution and the community at large? You can still take part in the 2025 program -- applications are due by March 28, 2025. buff.ly/fx4E6Az

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