Alex Zwink

IT Specialist at NWS WDTD, former Met at OUN, OU Alumni, once dabbled in Arctic Clouds and Radiative Transfer, back in the fun, bottomless pit of AWIPS-2/WES.

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@JadeoradeWx Considering all the people I play minecraft with are very intricate builders...

I'm going to need to sneak this in.

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Well, I never could have guessed Penn Square Mall would have such a lasting impact on my life.

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@itsacoaster First off: digging the floor cam.

Second, those foil darkness energies are a sight to behold, wow.

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You ever just

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Awww. ❤️

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Glad to see The Oklahoman is providing me updates on my job status.

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@JadeoradeWx @RyanBunkerWx

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@RyanBunkerWx @JadeoradeWx 👀

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“What’s the one photo that does a good job of summarizing your career to this point?”

[Lexy Elizalde-Garcia @JadeoradeWx]

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Me too dude, me too.

[Lexy Elizalde-Garcia @JadeoradeWx]

Presentation was this morning, poster in the afternoon! It’s been a very busy day at #AMS2025!

[CIWRO @CIWRO_]

The Warning Decision Training Division conducts outreach events using two approaches, reaching a broad audience from K-12 to graduate students and the general public. They give them a glimpse into the job duties of warning forecasters in the National Weather Service. #AMS2025

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Vote.

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This project has been a pretty wild journey, and just scratches the surface on looking into the forecaster’s decision making process.

From personal biases, data interrogation experience, and even prior event PTSD, so much impacts a forecaster’s decision to pull the trigger.

[National Weather Association @nwas]

Up first in this afternoon's General Session on Analysis, Forecasting and IDSS is @wxmanted with Biases in Warning Decisions: Observations from Assessing Decisions with Enhanced Simulations. #NWAS24

[National Weather Association @nwas]

Up first in this afternoon's General Session on Analysis, Forecasting and IDSS is @wxmanted with Biases in Warning Decisions: Observations from Assessing Decisions with Enhanced Simulations. #NWAS24

[Lexy Elizalde-Garcia @JadeoradeWx]

We won a regional Cline Award today for our outreach efforts! I’m thrilled to be surrounded by such dedicated and talented instructors who love to share their passion for weather! 🤍

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This is a weird timeline.

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@JoeMerrick Honestly, the TCG overlay is so much improved, that I greatly enjoyed following along this year!

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After looking at this and my profile picture, I really need to learn how to not touch my face in pictures.

[NOAA Research @NOAAResearch]

.@NOAA scientists are testing the next generation of #wildfire detection & warning tools in the new NOAA Fire Weather Testbed.
Learn how these tools will help provide timely & life-saving warnings of particularly dangerous wildfires: https://t.co/xjOJUaNZNG