2026-01-12 21:38:12
"Heavy Weather", a Bruce Sterling classic (eBook) for 99p
(I also discovered that my paperback copy is worth over £100, how crazy is that?)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-Weather-Bruce-Sterling-ebook/dp/B089JY53S7?s=books
I NEED this to be a real weather app omg 🥹
https://dribbble.com/shots/7119800-Foxy-weather
"Cyclones get names but deadly heatwaves don’t. Should Australia personalise severe weather?"
#Australia #Weather
I moved my DNS and mostly static sites from AWS to @…
It was a bit of a hassle, and I have to be a Linux admin again (AWS hosted via Route53 S3 magic)
https://webcam.calpenedes.com/
Climate amnesia: in the Netherlands, we had some winter weather since New Year. Nothing special a few decades ago, but now in the news as "1.5 week of harsh winter weather".
I just looked it up: the period of 1-12 January (average 0.6°C) would rank as #32 coldest in the 126-year record. 25% was colder.
NFL Week 15 weather: How polar vortex, snow, rain, frigid temperatures could impact several key NFL games
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-15-weather-polar-…
KEHS talk: Keep Cool and Carry On (2025) - Kingston Efficient Homes Show 2025 small talk on keeping cool in hotter weather. - https://m.earth.org.uk/KEHS-2025-talk-Keep-Cool.html
Weather Advisory
WHERE...Portions of north, south and weast hemispheres 🌐
The Arctic has entered a new era of extreme weather, study suggests #Arctic
Back at base after a successful remote field visit. Lots of data to work on in the coming days now (which is lucky as the weather looks like it will be terrible).
https://pixelfed.social/p/IceClimate/916829305152261645
"Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027"
#Climate #ClimateChange
Always get to the airport early, especially if the weather is bad.
El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/climate/el-nino-weather-pattern-returning-noaa.html
It seems to me that ICE's weakest point is their reliance on cars. Without their gigantic SUVs, they can't abduct anyone. It must suck for them in Minnesota winters; all the slippery roads, flat tires, and dead batteries caused by the cold weather.
After a three-and-a-half-month journey, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe or #IMAP has finally reached its destination, a strategic location between the Sun and Earth where it will begin its groundbreaking mission to study the edge of our solar system and advance our knowledge of space weather on Feb. 1: https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/260112-imap-arrives-l1
Organised to go to SouthFest at Tuggeranong today with a friend. Just heard the first of the rain. It was brief but reasonably heavy, so we'll just have to see how the day's plans pan out. I'm happy enough to risk the weather if they're game but I'll wait and see what they decide.
#StormyWeather
Weather tracker: Spain and Portugal hit by third deadly storm in two weeks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/weather-tracker-spain-and-portugal-hit-by-third-fatal-storm
Guys, just say it, it’s #ClimateChange
“'Blocked' weather pattern to blame for UK's endless downpours”
https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cn9el029173o
Everything here is built for one type of weather.
And most of the time it works.
But when it doesn’t, it really doesn’t work.
L.A. has spent over a century advertising its perfect Mediterranean climate.
Now increasingly frequent severe weather events are triggering citywide soul-searching about who deserves protection,
what neighborhoods get resources,
which elected officials are to blame,
and whether the promise of this place still holds.
So…
Good Morning #Canada
Yesterday we had a Yellow snowfall warning and today it's a Yellow freezing rain warning. It seems like the winter of 2025 - 2026 is going to prompt more conversation than usual about the weather. Therefore I'm providing this Wiki article as a public service. You can meteorologicaly mesmerize your family, friends, and coworkers with these wild bits of trivia on Canadian extreme weather. And even if you don't awkwardly wedge some of this into your conversations, the crazy numbers appeal to the weather nerds in all of us.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Weather
Weather extremes in Canada - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_extremes_in_Canada
Waymo begins deploying its next-gen Ojai robotaxis, which it says can better navigate in harsh weather, starting with employees and their guests in SF and LA (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/waymo-begins-deploying-next-gen-ojai-…
I kind of want to make a bumper sticker that says "Born to ride a bike, Forced to drive a car" because with the weather starting to improve I am feeling restless and also helpless.
I may get the basement trainer bike set up so I can just try some real gentle riding when I am feeling well enough.
#bikeTooter
warmin' up for football weather 🏈 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MOk96azNCuk
@…
Dear Bara'a
How are you this morning and how is Ibrahim? I see the weather forecast for you for today (and for the week to come) is warm and dry, which should give both of you a chance to recover.
My best wishes to you
Simon
Here's a photo that's a bit different from my usual style.
I took it with the tele lens on last weekend's hike. The inversion caused such a great sea of clouds with just some sole islands.
This kind of weather really offers such unique motives. And again: it was worth carrying the zoom lens up there :-D
Enjoy!
#photography
Between the Netanyahu protests, the Peace Walk, and the nice weather, it was carmageddon downtown and even into parts of Arlington. I think DC used to handle this so much better, but I don’t think MPD does traffic control anymore? The spillover to pedestrians and buses was predictable.
11. Public transportation stops a little after midnight. If you want to stay up late (e.g. at party at Cafe Delirium on Friday), then get a hotel in a walking distance from there.
12. Weather is usually cool-ish and wet (~5-10 °C). Bring a travel umbrella.
If you have stickers, bring them!
If you know a community there, hang out with them.
13. Have fun! #FOSDEM is about
Took a couple of rest days b/c I could feel my hamstring & feared possible injury. After a consideration of time spent in each HR zone over previous runs, it was clear that I was overdoing the pace, even with 4/1 min run/walk intervals. I ~could~ do that pace, but I ~should~ dial it back a bit & build fitness. Anaerobic all the time wasn’t helping.
Cold tonight, just below freezing and 25 mph (40 kph) winds gusting to 50 mph (80.5 kph).
chapeau, weather-over-dns-over-mastodon:
@… berlin.now.weather.dyn.bortzmeyer.fr TXT
this is the way.
Recording of Monday's SpaceX #Crew12 Prelaunch News Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I12pFrHAuQI - see also https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/02/09/nasa-spacex-adjust-crew-12-launch-date-due-to-weather/ for how weather predictions for a specific area led to a launch delay of at least one day.
I’m finally learning first hand about cold weather EV charging. I’ve had my Model 3 since Sept 2018. I live in Austin where it’s usually mild temps and the car is garage kept. I’m on a real road road trip and had to park outside last night at the hotel. It’s 35 degrees so charging from 60% to 90% SoC will take 45 minutes! 😳 That’s certainly putting a dent in travel time.
Siversk not occupied, Ukraine’s Operational Command East says, as Russians plant flags amid weather-aided incursions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/siversk-not-occupied-ukraines-operational.html
Has anyone else compared the daily weather forecasts from www.weather.gov, Google Weather and Wunderground?
And is there something unique about San Francisco that makes it so hard to predict, or have models produce such different results?
Has anyone else compared the daily weather forecasts from www.weather.gov, Google Weather and Wunderground?
And is there something unique about San Francisco that makes it so hard to predict, or have models produce such different results?
'Whata Bod': An AI-generated NWS map invented fake towns in Idaho (Ruby Mellen/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/06/nws-ai-map-fake-names/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p47#a260107p47
Raiders vs. Eagles forecast sets up troubling scenario for fantasy football playoffs https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/news/raiders-eagles-forecast-troubling-scenario-fa…
They are breaking things of huge value to everyone.
Trump weather balloon cuts have Michigan meteorologists debating forecasts | Interlochen Public Radio https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/2025-12-20/trump-weat…
RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115860306349312295
First train cancelled due to weather in Hannover.
They canceled the train 15 minutes before it was supposed to leave. Let's see if it will work in 4 hours.
Good Morning #Canada
Here in beautiful Belle Ewart the temp is -22°C, feeling like -31°C with the wind. But it's a dry cold....
Out west they are struggling with double digit temperatures on the plus side. Edmonton's winter festival organizers are making snow, protecting ice blocks and praying for plunging temps to save their skating rink. The unseasonable weather has impacted events throughput Alberta. The Banff and Lake Louise ice carving festival, Art of Ice, had to take down sculptures because they weren't safe. They were similarly impacted last year. The World’s Longest Hockey Game (WLHG) got underway last Thursday and players are dealing with slushy conditions while golf driving ranges are packed with eager duffers.
I'd gladly make the sacrifice and swap weather conditions with our fellow Canucks out west. It would be a burden that I'd gladly carry.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Weather
https://youtu.be/W59Pi5S-Vic
Back from a very wet (local weather history says 1.76 inches or 45 mm of rain yesterday) SAR training weekend.
Lots of good land navigation drills both on trail and bushwhacking through heavy brush. Everyone's rain gear got a good workout and there were definitely a few hard lessons learned about underperforming gear.
Wrapped the weekend up with a mock search, finding our "missing person" with a "head injury", plus her friend who had gone for help but &quo…
Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt | Zohran Mamdani | The Guardian #weather
Weather agencies and climate scientists have pointed to the possibility of an El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean later this year
– a phenomenon that could pushThe global temperatures to all-time record highs in 2027.
Both the US government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
and Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology
have said some climate models are forecasting an El Niño
but both cautioned those results came with uncertainties.
Experts told …
new boots, new sign
#FuckIce #AbolishIce
❄️ It’s freezing cold outside here in Germany, and this is an interesting explainer of why that is: a warming event in the polar region is leading to an early collapse of the polar vortex, so Europe and North America are flooded with cold air, while the North Pole is unusually warm. #weather #climate
Super Bowl 2026 weather forecast: Conditions for Patriots vs. Seahawks at Levi's Stadium
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2026-weather-forecast-patri…
Nvidia announces its Earth-2 Medium Range weather model, built on its Atlas architecture, claiming it outperforms Google DeepMind's GenCast in 70 variables (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/nvidias-new-a…
Flooding in Alcšcer do Sal among “most worrying” problems as Portugal’s wild weather continues
https://www.portugalresident.com/flooding-in-alcacer-do-sal-among-most-worrying-problems-as-portugals-wild-winter…
Canada’s weather warning system has changed. Here’s how
New colour-coded, tier-based warnings will change how weather messaging is delivered
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/eccc-weather-…
Will there be an open roof on Thanksgiving? Chiefs vs. Cowboys weather https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/11/27/dallas-weather-thursday-for-chiefs-vs-cowboys-game-conditions/87469457007/
As a pre-show you can also watch the #Proton-M launch of an Electron weather satellite at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwiBFPB0Vgs - lift-off planned for 8:52 UTC i.e. in a few minutes.
Morning!
Wow, it's cold out there. Thankfully, I am WFH today as I am waiting for parcels, and have a lunchtime meeting. Definitely not shorts and tshirt weather.
Guess what I'm wearing though 😅
My son's school, and the school my wife works at have both closed for tomorrow in case of Storm Chandra ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c5y2l538dw5o )
In the meantime,
Weathering the Cold, and Big Ideas on Death
From winter weather to podcasts, music, and essays that linger, this week moves from weather reports to deeper reflections. A powerful piece on death reminds me how easily the everyday can turn quietly profound.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com…
Weather tracker: Cyclone Fytia in Madagascar kills several people and floods homes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/02/weather-tracker-cyclone-fytia-madagascar-floods
The victim numbers keep climbing in this #flooding event, geographically widespread across the Indian Ocean. Cyclones and monsoon have combined to affect the Indonesian Peninsula, Sumatra, and even Sri Lanka on the other side with torrential rains with single day values greater than the entire typical month. These are rare events becoming more common under
Urbanity - Cloud Four ☁️
城市化 - 四云 ☁️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Weather Station:
🎵 Window
#NowPlaying #TheWeatherStation
https://theweatherstation.bandcamp.com/track/window
https://open.spotify.com/track/0ytUz2JhGYQhN9d4oYyU2o
West Coast Weather by The Mowgli's
#music
Will weather impact the Super Bowl? How Bay Area wind could play a factor at Levi's Stadium https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010309/2026/02/02/super-bowl-forecast-weather-temperature-wind/
RE: https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116013641319676975
It's not actually mandatory to be either working in a Nordic country or indeed in Nordic meteorology (I'll be presenting Antarctic climate work), so if you would like to hang out with the cool kids on a very weather beaten group of islands and talk about weather and climate for a few days...
Under pressure from Republican state attorneys general, the agency that advises
the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges on scientific and technical matters has
withdrawn the entirety of its content on climate change from a new judicial reference manual.
The move by the Federal Judicial Center leaves judges without any official support on how to weigh evidence about basic weather and climate changes
-- just as numerous climate cases make their way through state and f…
Emails outline potential cuts affecting thousands of FEMA disaster responders (Brianna Sacks/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/05/fema-disaster-core-cuts-dhs-emails/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p22#a260106p22
Just looked at today's weather forecast. Humidity 98%.
I really could do without that.
And yes, the wind is blowing and it's going to rain and it's cold. But that humidity makes it all so much worse. 98%!
"Earth was hit by 55 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2025"
#Climate #ClimateChange
Can Tua Tagovailoa win first below-freezing game Monday night in Pittsburgh? https://www.nfl.com/news/can-tua-tagovailoa-win-first-below-freezing-game-monday-night-in-pittsburgh
Tomorrow.io raised $175M at a $1B valuation to deploy an AI-driven LEO satellite network for weather forecasting, bringing its total funding to ~$500M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rj67r5yvze
Heyo! It's been a very silent and calming day for me. Full relax mode - a bit of programming. And thinking about a walk to the mountains tomorrow.
I'm still undecided where I'd like to go. I'll let the weather decide I guess.
Anyways. The photo is - to me - similar relaxing as my day was. Just some bit of sunshine and a bit of wind ...
#photography
"From deadly heatwaves to flash floods: How Europe’s extreme weather events defined 2025"
#Heatwaves #Environment #Climate
Why Raiders' Presumed QB Fernando Mendoza Will Be Able to Weather the Storm https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-fernando-mendoza-will-be-able-weather-storm
Trump speaks with Petro amid nationwide Colombia protests against US after Venezuela intervention
Trump praises Colombian president’s ‘tone’ during call
and says they will meet soon,
while demonstrators rally across Colombia ‘to defend national sovereignty’
Venezuela to continue supplying oil to US ‘indefinitely’, White House says
Venezuela’s interim leader has said US forces’ attack to depose her predecessor
put a “stain” on the countries’ relations,
The fifth #AAS press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dHXMm3pbWU about Asteroids, Low-Mass Stars, and a Mystery from History covered the papers Lightcurves, Rotation Periods, and Colors for Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Asteroid Discoveries (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2a30 with https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-record-breaking-asteroid-pre-survey and https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2601/ and https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-01-07-nsf-doe-vera-c-rubin-observatory-spots-record-breaking-asteroid-pre-survey), Dearth of Photosynthetically Active Radiation Suggests No Complex Life on Late M-Star Exoplanets (https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02548 with https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LlyzaK1wTk0hnqNGRCEMNe8BZEaMMFde), A Plasma Torus around a Young Low-mass Star (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ade39a with https://carnegiescience.edu/naturally-occurring-space-weather-station-elucidates-new-way-study-habitability-planets-orbiting-m) and Barnard's mysterious star near Venus - a strange interloper noted during a satellite search (https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/115849624944298844).
Oh, almost forgot #silentsunday!
My last hike led me to this summit which is usually very well visited.
But given the weekday & weather, I was totally alone while I was up there. Noone around. No human made sound. Just me and nature. It felt so much like real freedom.
#hiking
Iguanas fall from trees in Florida as icy weather bites southern US #UnitedStates
"Deadliest climate disasters of 2025 revealed as experts warn women and the poorest ‘hit the hardest’"
#Climate #ClimateChange
As US government cuts weather forecasting, vulnerable places like Puerto Rico risk losing vital early warnings https://phys.org/news/2025-11-weather-vulnerable-puerto-rico-vital.html
Patriots will celebrate AFC title with extra night in Denver due to winter weather https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6998133/2026/01/25/patriots-stay-overnight-denver-weather/
RE: https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa/115688325883480128
The first Soyuz landing I recall with no live view of the final minutes (due to poor weather) and no immediate announcement of touchdown in the webcast either.
Three people were found dead on Mt. Baldy on Monday,
days after a winter storm blanketed the peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains with snow.
At around 11:30 a.m., search and rescue teams responded to a request to find an injured man, 19,
who had fallen 500 feet while hiking near Devil’s Backbone,
a sharp ridge flanked by steep drops that leads to the summit,
the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
A friend who had been traveli…
Broncos HC Sean Payton laments first-half mistakes before weather turned in loss to Patriots https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-hc-sean-payton-laments-first-half-mistakes-before-weather-turned-in-loss-to-patriots
On January 23 NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On – Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory executed its final engine burn, successfully entering its final orbital position at Lagrange point 1 which allows the satellite to continuously monitor the sun and space weather before it reaches our planet: #SOLAR1
Weather factors in Broncos vs. Patriots AFC Championship and Seahawks vs. Rams NFC Championship
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/weather-broncos-patriots-afc-championsh…
Rain one minute, heat wave the next: How climate 'whiplash' drives unpredictable fire weather https://phys.org/news/2026-01-minute-climate-whiplash-unpredictable-weather.html