Drz1111

Man, the HRRR loves that SE NM / West Texas zone around dusk, when the SE low level flow amps up. SPC seeing it too, of course, but that's a pretty interesting setup.

Based on what was posted to YouTube this AM, lots of the chasers on the first tornado ended up on the wrong side of the rain shaft wrapping around the wedge. Diaz's 45 second teaser is easily the best video of the big one.

Looks like a wet and windy day for some giant cloud rats.

Flooding and mudslides that affect who? This is unpopulated coast for a reason.

1) this cyclone likely will be a nonevent, assuming it makes landfall on the effectively unpopulated coast of Luzon. Weather porn in the best way. 2) surprised this has gotten so strong with what looks like middling ventilation on the north side of the storm

Well, and the Euro. EE rule.

My ex is a reporter for 33/40 out of Birmingham. Yikes.

I think that people who get C-range grades in calc and complain about difficulty finding a job are being a tad willfully blind. When I was in grad school (for a related, but not precisely atmospheric science field), I helped review apps for our program: basically, they used grad students to make the first cut. And here's what I learned: there are a lot of folks with strong interests in meteorology AND excellent grades in all classes, including the various core math classes. I guess what I am trying to say is, if you don't have a 3.5 or better in your major AND core classes as an undergrad, you should find a different career, because there are literally hundreds of more qualified people in line ahead of you for grad school and jobs. Exception maybe if you went to MIT or something and got owned in a math class by a bunch of prodigies, but let me put it this way: if its not immediately apparent from your record why you are TALENTED in the field rather than just enthusiastic, you're going to get tossed in the reject pile before someone important even gets to see your applications/resume/CV. Also, everyone gets good grades in their Masters programs b/c thats just how Masters programs are. There's no curve, no "winnowing out" classes, and showing any effort will get you a B. Employers know this and will take grades in a graduate program with a very large grain of salt. The two things that matter for finding a job or getting into another graduate or postdoc program are: (1) recommendation/word of a professor (2) undergraduate grades. (3) is probably how you interview, (4) is if the guy doing the hiring was in a good mood when he read your app, and bottom of the list is graduate grades. Everyone knows they are a joke.