Dr. Jeff Thayer

DLR Researcher (Munich) | CA Transplant | UIUC Alum @DAS_Illinois | UW Alum @UWAtmosSci | All opinions my own.

[John Fasullo @jfasullo]

Solid turnout in support of NSF NCAR at #AMS2026

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

@BlindLeanne @EWolffWX we can only build DOW6? Not the COW?!!

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

@melinda_berman @EWolffWX Seems like DOW6 🧐🧐

[Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @DOWFacility]

MOST.ANTICIPATED. VIDEO. OF. THE. YEAR. Must watch 🤩! Since I will probably get an Oscar for “Best Radar in a Musical”, I’d like to thank my cinematographer/3rd best “dancer” @EWolffWX and my “dance” team @JoshuaWurman @karen_kosiba @BlindLeanne @meteoman23 @TropicalThayer

[karen kosiba @karen_kosiba]

Officially the BEST team photo (+the outtakes 😁). Great job team! Radar data in tornadoes + swarms near where a tornado was forming in the ball if the hook! @DOWFacility @JoshuaWurman @EWolffWX @BlindLeanne ..and Twitterless others 😄

[Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @DOWFacility]

The DOWs have left the building! @PERiLS_Project has come to a close. We had a great experience working with so many students, collecting data in QLCSs. Now the data QC and analysis begins! But 1st…BEST! We will be headed to the plains to study low-level winds in tornadoes!

[Eddie Wolff @EWolffWX]

To commemorate the end of (official) @PERiLS_Project field ops, a few photos honoring the world's leading COW set-up/tear-down crew

[WeatherNation @WeatherNation]

Our first look at the damage of the #littlerock tornado - the storm continues now into eastern Arkansas. We hope everyone is ok. Our field teams are assessing damage on the ground and bringing us the latest on
@WeatherNation

[Tomer Burg @burgwx]

Nearly a month after it first formed between Indonesia & Australia, and after crossing the Indian Ocean, striking Madagascar & Mozambique, then slowly drifting back east into open water… Cyclone Freddy is once again a tropical storm.

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

@DopplerChase Can you see where the tallest overall storm was observed? I'd be curious to see if its over South America or Africa!

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

@caro_bieri transportation courtesy of me

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

This work would not have been possible or completed without the persistent support of my advisor, @deahence!

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

4.5 years in the making.

Master's work published in JGR: Atmospheres (https://t.co/li0SCJhOC0). We explore influences of the westerly wind burst (WWB) on MJO convection characteristics in the Indian Ocean, and propose a mechanism for WWB influences on CAPE and CIN #AGUPubs

[Susana Roque-Malo, PhD @susanabadrock]

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[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

WRF users: Has anyone had success introducing an idealized TC (generated from em_tropical_cyclone) into a real WRF simulation?

Using the Bogus TC option in the namelist could be an alternative, but I thought that TC might be more unrealistic...

[University of Illinois @UofIllinois]

The number of billion-dollar weather disasters due to windstorms is increasing.

A new, multi-disciplinary research center at #ILLINOIS will work to mitigate the impact of extreme wind events and build community resilience to the disasters they cause. ▶ https://t.co/9YBfjaHKjN

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

@KevinGrayWx I need the models to just pick their favorite and stick with it haha

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

@skydrama @NWSLincolnIL Thank you for all your great reporting Andrew! I wondered if you knew how they determine the official total for "Champaign" given the accumulation gradient across the county?

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

@afadames This is an interesting observation. I've noticed the exact opposite trend for tornado research, but haven't thought about it in regards to tropical meteorology.

I have found that not many tropical positions are solicited in the U.S., so not sure if that could be a factor...

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

Anyone have luck loading the met-jobs list recently?

[Dr. Jeff Thayer @TropicalThayer]

Hello (twitter) world! Having some trouble finding Tropical Meteorology job postings. Any suggestions for people/lists/institutions/organizations I should subscribe to or follow? #wxtwitter #tropicalwx