Lauren Pounds
@laurenepounds.bsky.social
Meteorologist. PhD Candidate @ OU #BoomerSooner. MSU ‘19 alum #HailState. I only ever post about weather and sports.
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Bloomberg article about the OAR cloud computing contract services going away. I talked about impacts on severe wx R&D in my Substack post yesterday.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
April 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Bloomberg article about the OAR cloud computing contract services going away. I talked about impacts on severe wx R&D in my Substack post yesterday.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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From knowledgeable scientists we’ve talked to, RAOBs have the second largest increase in error for upper air metrics when removed, behind aircraft data.
On average, losing RAOBs will decrease mesoscale NWP forecast skill.
doi.org/10.1175/2009...
doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
On average, losing RAOBs will decrease mesoscale NWP forecast skill.
doi.org/10.1175/2009...
doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
Relative Short-Range Forecast Impact from Aircraft, Profiler, Radiosonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR, and Mesonet Observations via the RUC Hourly Assimilation Cycle
Abstract An assessment is presented on the relative forecast impact on the performance of a numerical weather prediction model from eight different observation data types: aircraft, profiler, radioson...
doi.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
From knowledgeable scientists we’ve talked to, RAOBs have the second largest increase in error for upper air metrics when removed, behind aircraft data.
On average, losing RAOBs will decrease mesoscale NWP forecast skill.
doi.org/10.1175/2009...
doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
On average, losing RAOBs will decrease mesoscale NWP forecast skill.
doi.org/10.1175/2009...
doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
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Latest shortwave IR satellite loop of OK...again, all of the black spots are wildfires.
March 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Latest shortwave IR satellite loop of OK...again, all of the black spots are wildfires.
Can’t forget to check for tornadoes tonight
March 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Can’t forget to check for tornadoes tonight
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NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
We have a new friend in our home named Gus. He is perfect. Please enjoy these photos of him showing off just how cute he is.
January 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We have a new friend in our home named Gus. He is perfect. Please enjoy these photos of him showing off just how cute he is.
I should probably plug my own talk here. If you’re interested in severe storms and tornadoes in the Southeast US, come check it out tomorrow afternoon. #AMS2025
January 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I should probably plug my own talk here. If you’re interested in severe storms and tornadoes in the Southeast US, come check it out tomorrow afternoon. #AMS2025
On track to see more snow from today-tomorrow’s event than my all time snow event record and I couldn’t be happier.
January 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
On track to see more snow from today-tomorrow’s event than my all time snow event record and I couldn’t be happier.
Oh it’s going to be a looooong day isn’t it
December 28, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Oh it’s going to be a looooong day isn’t it
Even though Louisiana didn’t give us gumbo weather for Christmas (typical), the Christmas gumbo still hits.
December 26, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Even though Louisiana didn’t give us gumbo weather for Christmas (typical), the Christmas gumbo still hits.
Enjoyed sharing some of the (not surprising) preliminary results from the start of my PhD work this morning! Come see our poster at 1:15pm for the other part of this work! #31SLS
Lauren Pounds contrasting tornadic and nontornadic environments in the Southeast. Not surprisingly, the tornadic environments exhibit stronger shear and storm-relative winds. #31SLS
October 23, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Enjoyed sharing some of the (not surprising) preliminary results from the start of my PhD work this morning! Come see our poster at 1:15pm for the other part of this work! #31SLS
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Lauren Pounds contrasting tornadic and nontornadic environments in the Southeast. Not surprisingly, the tornadic environments exhibit stronger shear and storm-relative winds. #31SLS
October 23, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Lauren Pounds contrasting tornadic and nontornadic environments in the Southeast. Not surprisingly, the tornadic environments exhibit stronger shear and storm-relative winds. #31SLS