James Franklin

franklinjamesl.bsky.social

12 October 2026 16:44

A cool verification tidbit: since the Google DeepMind (GDMI) went "live" last year at NHC, it's been the most accurate track forecast 2-3 times as often as OFCL and 4-5 times as often as any of the physics models. For intensity, OFCL is still most frequently the best forecast, except at 5 days.

Jenny Chase

solarchase.bsky.social

12 October 2026 13:50

Time for 2026 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread, now with storage. If you like these, you might like edition 2 of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website til end of Nov 2026. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

Jeff Berardelli

weatherprof.bsky.social

20 August 2026 17:11

In this paper, the key point is that EEI has been increasing faster than previously expected, supporting the possibility that the climate may be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than earlier estimates suggested. 1/. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Ben Sanderson

benmsanderson.bsky.social

24 May 2026 05:20

We have a new preprint this week. When CO2 emissions stop, warming in the pipeline is controlled by two big opposing effects - thermal response to energetic imbalance *and* carbon sink evolution. We assess their roles in the flat10MIP ensemble /thread/ egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

John Bistline

bistline.bsky.social

20 May 2026 19:45

The current U.S. grid: -44% cleaner than 1990 -Texas nearly matches the national average -Illinois almost cleaner than California (nuclear+renewables OG) -Coal states still high (though ND dropping thanks to wind)