James McCormick
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Weather. Travel. Movies. Music. Sports. Trivia. Ice Cream. Stories and Freelance Writing. https://writersonthestorm.substack.com/
Today's blog: on the joys of being right near the rain/snow line for an incredibly dynamic winter storm and the reality of 1-10" snowfall forecast ranges, because either or anything in between could happen in Omaha. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Central Plains Weather: Friday 11/28 Update
Updated information about the impending winter storm across the central United States and the agonizing forecast problem for Omaha of rain or heavy snow.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today's blog: on the joys of being right near the rain/snow line for an incredibly dynamic winter storm and the reality of 1-10" snowfall forecast ranges, because either or anything in between could happen in Omaha. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mannheim Steamroller, TSO, Stirling’s holiday albums. Anna mendietta, john denver muppets, josh messick, ramsey lewis, scott williams, george winston, kurt bestor, and a host of others are 365 a year in my playlist. Also that amazing “bird and the bee” 12 days of Christmas version
As a 2025 federal employee and Helene survivor I can listen to Christmas music whenever the heck I want!
You're now officially allowed to listen to Christmas music.
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Mannheim Steamroller, TSO, Stirling’s holiday albums. Anna mendietta, john denver muppets, josh messick, ramsey lewis, scott williams, george winston, kurt bestor, and a host of others are 365 a year in my playlist. Also that amazing “bird and the bee” 12 days of Christmas version
May the rain/snow line be south of Chambana on Saturday night.
Feast your eyes on the buffet of football games this weekend where weather could play a major role...including a few "snow globe" Big Ten games.
NCAA, NFL Thanksgiving Weekend Weather Forecasts | Weather.com
It's a busy week in football and weather. From wind chills in the teens, accumulating snow and heavy rain, watching these games may be more interesting than usual.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
May the rain/snow line be south of Chambana on Saturday night.
My take on this weekend's winter storm. Great system for isentropic flow lovers as this system will be devouring warm, humid, southerly upglide winds during its entire life cycle.
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Central Plains Thanksgiving Weather: Weekend Winter Storm
A cool but quiet Thanksgiving in the central United States will be followed by the first significant winter storm of the year, especially in IA, northern MO, northern IL, southern MN, and southern WI.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My take on this weekend's winter storm. Great system for isentropic flow lovers as this system will be devouring warm, humid, southerly upglide winds during its entire life cycle.
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Reposted by James McCormick
I don’t really get pecan pie as a concept, but it’s very good at drawing the safeties away from the targets I really wanna hit at dessert
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I don’t really get pecan pie as a concept, but it’s very good at drawing the safeties away from the targets I really wanna hit at dessert
Just a reminder as posts like the X version go super-viral that a lot of people are still swimming upward without the surface in sight, people who *really* don't want to be seen only as pawns for internet outrage or political points.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just a reminder as posts like the X version go super-viral that a lot of people are still swimming upward without the surface in sight, people who *really* don't want to be seen only as pawns for internet outrage or political points.
This has been an extremely effective method of learning for me. On par with grading a student who always got 99.75s.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This has been an extremely effective method of learning for me. On par with grading a student who always got 99.75s.
There was the almost fumble that could have been an FSU TD and the dropped interception next to the two punts, too. Just an impossible five minutes last night, finished off with the bus.
Just a legendary run for FSU football:
- NCSU punt so bad it bonks off a blocker's head and the punter recovers
- Defense gets stop, punt is dropped
- Defense gives up 4th down TD
- Return flight diverted due to fog
- Bus breaks down on drive from Jacksonville to Tallahassee
- NCSU punt so bad it bonks off a blocker's head and the punter recovers
- Defense gets stop, punt is dropped
- Defense gives up 4th down TD
- Return flight diverted due to fog
- Bus breaks down on drive from Jacksonville to Tallahassee
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
There was the almost fumble that could have been an FSU TD and the dropped interception next to the two punts, too. Just an impossible five minutes last night, finished off with the bus.
I know nobody cares, but the way FSU is covered bothers me a lot as a scientist. Kids that already dealt with covid, the cfp scam, acc stuff, major hurricanes, and strong tornadoes then had to deal with their teammate being shot in the head.
Bama played a different FSU team than anybody else saw.
Bama played a different FSU team than anybody else saw.
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I know nobody cares, but the way FSU is covered bothers me a lot as a scientist. Kids that already dealt with covid, the cfp scam, acc stuff, major hurricanes, and strong tornadoes then had to deal with their teammate being shot in the head.
Bama played a different FSU team than anybody else saw.
Bama played a different FSU team than anybody else saw.
My co-favorite college football team (i don’t choose even when 1993 comes up) curb stomped Alabama and that is the part of the 2025 season I choose to recognize.
This game is now riding off of a muffed punt that went off someone’s head, don’t ever talk shit about this conference again
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
My co-favorite college football team (i don’t choose even when 1993 comes up) curb stomped Alabama and that is the part of the 2025 season I choose to recognize.
I tell people that there are no perfect sentences. True 99.99999999% of the time.
Every once in a while, somebody like Gordon Lightfoot spits out a "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Trying to equal that is like trying to match LeBron 1 on 1.
Every once in a while, somebody like Gordon Lightfoot spits out a "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Trying to equal that is like trying to match LeBron 1 on 1.
Why I hate writing, part 8 million:
Spending most of the day "writing" and only churning out 3 sentences because my brain is fixated on crafting The Perfect Sentence™️ and Most Logical and Coherent Argument.
I've tried free flow writing imperfect sentences and ideas and my brain flat out refuses 😭
Spending most of the day "writing" and only churning out 3 sentences because my brain is fixated on crafting The Perfect Sentence™️ and Most Logical and Coherent Argument.
I've tried free flow writing imperfect sentences and ideas and my brain flat out refuses 😭
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I tell people that there are no perfect sentences. True 99.99999999% of the time.
Every once in a while, somebody like Gordon Lightfoot spits out a "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Trying to equal that is like trying to match LeBron 1 on 1.
Every once in a while, somebody like Gordon Lightfoot spits out a "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
Trying to equal that is like trying to match LeBron 1 on 1.
Looking at the atmosphere and forecast challenges around the mid-30s dew point hail event in eastern Nebraska on Monday night.
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November 17th, 2025 Nebraska Thunderstorms: A Review
Examining the conditions around the hail-producing thunderstorms in eastern Nebraska on the evening of Monday, November 17th, 2025.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Looking at the atmosphere and forecast challenges around the mid-30s dew point hail event in eastern Nebraska on Monday night.
writersonthestorm.substack.com/p/november-1...
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Video still with a streetlight square in the middle.
But it’s November 17th lightning.
But it’s November 17th lightning.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Video still with a streetlight square in the middle.
But it’s November 17th lightning.
But it’s November 17th lightning.
For a couple of scans, this storm on the kansas state line had mid level rotation.
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
For a couple of scans, this storm on the kansas state line had mid level rotation.
I have seen an 11/17 Nebraska tornado (2003). Odds were very long today for severe weather but these clouds southwest of lincoln are giving it their best go.
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I have seen an 11/17 Nebraska tornado (2003). Odds were very long today for severe weather but these clouds southwest of lincoln are giving it their best go.
A few of my favorite photos of the November 11th aurora event from western Iowa in my Substack blog today:
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Introduction: November 11th Aurora Borealis Event
Northern lights dazzled much of North America on Tuesday, November 11th. Viewers as far south as the Gulf Coast were treated to the show. Some photographs from western Iowa.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A few of my favorite photos of the November 11th aurora event from western Iowa in my Substack blog today:
writersonthestorm.substack.com/p/introducti...
writersonthestorm.substack.com/p/introducti...
The 90 yard pick 6 is as valuable of a play as there is in sports. I know why OU fans felt like they were losing, because Bama “won” most plays, but the Sooners made winning plays.
For scientists: use numbers to find importance.
For scientists: use numbers to find importance.
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The 90 yard pick 6 is as valuable of a play as there is in sports. I know why OU fans felt like they were losing, because Bama “won” most plays, but the Sooners made winning plays.
For scientists: use numbers to find importance.
For scientists: use numbers to find importance.
There was a genuine week of mid-November storm chasing in 2015.
SW Kansas EF3 #Tornado – November 16, 2015!
A massive EF3 tornado over a mile wide tracked more than 50 miles through Seward, Meade, and Gray Counties, damaging farms and homes and killing livestock at a hog farm. The path narrowly missed Kismet and Plains.
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#kswx #OTD
A massive EF3 tornado over a mile wide tracked more than 50 miles through Seward, Meade, and Gray Counties, damaging farms and homes and killing livestock at a hog farm. The path narrowly missed Kismet and Plains.
buff.ly/OeBinIs
#kswx #OTD
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There was a genuine week of mid-November storm chasing in 2015.
When i was in high school 28 years ago, i went to an Oklahoma football game that the Sooners lost by 62 points. They were still recovering from the NCAA’s mercy and a terrible schnellenberger hire.
The next year was the last year that Oklahoma wasn’t at least a competitive program. 27 years ago.
The next year was the last year that Oklahoma wasn’t at least a competitive program. 27 years ago.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When i was in high school 28 years ago, i went to an Oklahoma football game that the Sooners lost by 62 points. They were still recovering from the NCAA’s mercy and a terrible schnellenberger hire.
The next year was the last year that Oklahoma wasn’t at least a competitive program. 27 years ago.
The next year was the last year that Oklahoma wasn’t at least a competitive program. 27 years ago.
My brother got married today and my wife is a CU alum and one of his gifts is going to be my storytelling of the event and he’s going to get PAGES of clemson/louisville
I couldn’t be a coach because I would blow myself up with industrial explosives after losing a game like that
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
My brother got married today and my wife is a CU alum and one of his gifts is going to be my storytelling of the event and he’s going to get PAGES of clemson/louisville
Reposted by James McCormick
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
I did cry when the pillars started dancing. No apologies.
It's been a garbage year. I had just gotten another of those "you're a great candidate but we're going with another person" speeches.
It was nice to see the beauty of the sky without it trying to break my house.
It's been a garbage year. I had just gotten another of those "you're a great candidate but we're going with another person" speeches.
It was nice to see the beauty of the sky without it trying to break my house.
Note: zero saturation added. I actually had to desaturate the reds lol.
This was the third time I've seen aurora from Oklahoma, but the first time I saw vibrant red and orange pillars with the naked eye. Legit almost cried. Can't imagine how much a full sky show up north would hit me. Some day...
This was the third time I've seen aurora from Oklahoma, but the first time I saw vibrant red and orange pillars with the naked eye. Legit almost cried. Can't imagine how much a full sky show up north would hit me. Some day...
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I did cry when the pillars started dancing. No apologies.
It's been a garbage year. I had just gotten another of those "you're a great candidate but we're going with another person" speeches.
It was nice to see the beauty of the sky without it trying to break my house.
It's been a garbage year. I had just gotten another of those "you're a great candidate but we're going with another person" speeches.
It was nice to see the beauty of the sky without it trying to break my house.
Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald and celebrating 125 years of safety improvements that have made Great Lakes navigation so much safer:
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November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald and celebrating 125 years of safety improvements that have made Great Lakes navigation so much safer:
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writersonthestorm.substack.com/p/rememberin...
One of the tornadoes was visible from Jack Trice stadium in Ames. ISU/Colorado was delayed a while.
This was the day that I kinda realized that if a big tornado ever hits a full stadium - Omaha's horse track was close in 1975 - there's just not a lot that anybody is gonna be able to do.
This was the day that I kinda realized that if a big tornado ever hits a full stadium - Omaha's horse track was close in 1975 - there's just not a lot that anybody is gonna be able to do.
Stratford, IA F3 #Tornado – November 12, 2005! An F3 tornado ripped through Stratford as Ron Runyan raced his family to the basement. His 84-year-old mother, Lucille, was pulled away by the wind and killed when the home collapsed. At least nine tornadoes struck Iowa that night. buff.ly/iZcNm5K #iawx
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One of the tornadoes was visible from Jack Trice stadium in Ames. ISU/Colorado was delayed a while.
This was the day that I kinda realized that if a big tornado ever hits a full stadium - Omaha's horse track was close in 1975 - there's just not a lot that anybody is gonna be able to do.
This was the day that I kinda realized that if a big tornado ever hits a full stadium - Omaha's horse track was close in 1975 - there's just not a lot that anybody is gonna be able to do.
