Erik Smith

Climate Data Scientist

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@ChrisMartzWX This is misleading. The stations that have data availability from 1895 - 2025 are much more dense where there is a negative trend, across central/eastern CONUS (i.e., Midwest). The west, which has a strong upward trend, is poorly sampled in your aggregate bar plot.

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

The ECMWF IFS ensemble and GFS ensemble (GEFS) both struggled with precip types and amounts for #WinterStorm #Fern across the Ohio Valley. Model guidance for Louisville and Bowling Green, KY were pretty far off up through the event start (hi-res models struggled too).

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@NWSLouisville Lots of big tree limbs down and several trees uprooted 5 miles south of Bowling Green near the Warren County 5S mesonet.

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@jjrennie @spann @ryanhallyall @NWSOHRFC @nwsnwc Great, thank you!

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@wxjay Nvm, I see it's also listed in the vwnd dims.

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@wxjay Weird, looks like an artifact of the 'expver' dimension. Is it gone when you open the vwnd datarray?

[John Bistline @JEBistline]

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as figures in the new U.S. National Climate Assessment report, a thread

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@ThatTuesdayGuy @NWSCLE No kidding. Really doesn't feel like the radar did that storm justice.

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@NWSCLE Nickel size hail and 1.4 in of rain over last 20 min with storm over Stow.

[Good Morning America @GMA]

.@ginger_zee gives a big shout out to the students at @wku and Dr. Josh Durkee, the university meteorologist, who jumped in to help their communities respond to the deadly tornadoes in Kentucky. 👏
https://t.co/kWY5S6eOU4

[NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas @NBCNightlyNews]

What influence does climate change have on severe weather events, like the rare December tornadoes that caused so much devastation?

@DashaBurns reports from Kentucky tonight on @NBCNightlyNews at 6:30 ET / 5:30 CT (check local NBC station listings)

More: https://t.co/T3MFLTxC8I

[EPRI @EPRINews]

Speakers for the first session of today's seminar, "Low carbon technologies and strategies," are @EPRINews CEO Arshad Mansoor, EPRI Senior Technical Executive Geoff Blanford, @EPrinceton Professor @JesseJenkins and @ActuateOrg Director of Climate Lara Pierpoint.

[EPRI @EPRINews]

THREAD: Day 1 of the 24th @EPRINews Energy and Climate Research Seminar kicks off at 12:00pm ET today with high-level conversations about "Decarbonization Opportunities and Policy."

Follow this thread for some expert commentary from today's discussions! https://t.co/dv2la8sECr

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@mjallen176 This is great! I was just talking about updating my cold air outbreak criteria with a rolling 20 to 30 year climo to account for relative cold in the future.

[EPRI @EPRINews]

@EPRINews VP Daniel Brooks tells @timmcdonnell @qz that power system planning processes need to evolve to consider extreme climate scenarios

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

Well done Christmas 2020

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

@NWSCLE Just transitioned to all snow in Stow. #ohwx

[Erik Smith @coldWXman]

Mean cold front #ohwx

[Royal Meteorological Society @RMetS]

Our latest Research Summary by @ClimatoloGuy investigates how extreme temperature events and extreme humidity events in North America have changed over the last several decades.
Find out more at https://t.co/TqI8obEBkb