Jake Carstens
@jakecarstens.bsky.social
(Ironically Tropical) Meteorologist 🌀⛈️
Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota 🟢⚪️
3-time Florida State alum 🔴🟡🍢, short-term Penn Stater 🔵⚪️🦁
LOT ➡️ MFL ➡️ TAE ➡️ CTP ➡️ FGF
Website: carstensweather.com
Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota 🟢⚪️
3-time Florida State alum 🔴🟡🍢, short-term Penn Stater 🔵⚪️🦁
LOT ➡️ MFL ➡️ TAE ➡️ CTP ➡️ FGF
Website: carstensweather.com
Underrated part of faculty life, even though it takes non-negligible time: writing recommendation letters.
It just feels good to write nice things about people.
It just feels good to write nice things about people.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Underrated part of faculty life, even though it takes non-negligible time: writing recommendation letters.
It just feels good to write nice things about people.
It just feels good to write nice things about people.
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 5:15 PM
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
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In ~40 minutes, I'll be chatting with @jakecarstens.bsky.social and @drkimwood.bsky.social about this year's hurricane season!
It's a bit like a forum, so we'll have some Q&A for any specific questions that don't get brought up.
discord.gg/9aS7WVJ8qH
It's a bit like a forum, so we'll have some Q&A for any specific questions that don't get brought up.
discord.gg/9aS7WVJ8qH
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In ~40 minutes, I'll be chatting with @jakecarstens.bsky.social and @drkimwood.bsky.social about this year's hurricane season!
It's a bit like a forum, so we'll have some Q&A for any specific questions that don't get brought up.
discord.gg/9aS7WVJ8qH
It's a bit like a forum, so we'll have some Q&A for any specific questions that don't get brought up.
discord.gg/9aS7WVJ8qH
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Just found out the awesome team at @climasillinois.bsky.social will be in Asheville in the next couple of days to conduct interviews about Risk Communication during #Helene.
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just found out the awesome team at @climasillinois.bsky.social will be in Asheville in the next couple of days to conduct interviews about Risk Communication during #Helene.
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
Usually I chuckle at these emails but this one has me weirdly irritated
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Usually I chuckle at these emails but this one has me weirdly irritated
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For atmospheric science students looking for a funded M.S. opportunity for Fall 2026, the esteemed @dblountwx.bsky.social has a Graduate Research Assistantship position open at Ohio University! See the original post for more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
For atmospheric science students looking for a funded M.S. opportunity for Fall 2026, the esteemed @dblountwx.bsky.social has a Graduate Research Assistantship position open at Ohio University! See the original post for more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Career goal moment: 2015 Jake, reading AMS journal papers for Intro to Atmospheric Dynamics, would be mind blown to see his name in BAMS :) journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Career goal moment: 2015 Jake, reading AMS journal papers for Intro to Atmospheric Dynamics, would be mind blown to see his name in BAMS :) journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org!
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org!
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
I was Last Friday years old when I learned that "67" is a meme. This likely explains many of the 600+ likes this post got.
(Seriously though, our students are doing forecasts for 11,000+ hockey fans and I couldn't be more proud 😭)
(Seriously though, our students are doing forecasts for 11,000+ hockey fans and I couldn't be more proud 😭)
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was Last Friday years old when I learned that "67" is a meme. This likely explains many of the 600+ likes this post got.
(Seriously though, our students are doing forecasts for 11,000+ hockey fans and I couldn't be more proud 😭)
(Seriously though, our students are doing forecasts for 11,000+ hockey fans and I couldn't be more proud 😭)
You can probably guess when I chose to take out the trash
October 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
You can probably guess when I chose to take out the trash
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Excited to share our new BAMS publication w/ the field!
From Facebook to TikTok, weather and climate information has become increasingly digital. Our new BAMS paper charts the rise of digital meteorology, the AMS CDM Seal, and how universities are evolving to meet it. 🌪️🌩️📲
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
From Facebook to TikTok, weather and climate information has become increasingly digital. Our new BAMS paper charts the rise of digital meteorology, the AMS CDM Seal, and how universities are evolving to meet it. 🌪️🌩️📲
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
doi.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Excited to share our new BAMS publication w/ the field!
From Facebook to TikTok, weather and climate information has become increasingly digital. Our new BAMS paper charts the rise of digital meteorology, the AMS CDM Seal, and how universities are evolving to meet it. 🌪️🌩️📲
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
From Facebook to TikTok, weather and climate information has become increasingly digital. Our new BAMS paper charts the rise of digital meteorology, the AMS CDM Seal, and how universities are evolving to meet it. 🌪️🌩️📲
doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
Back in the control room today! It's fun to sit back, press buttons, and work with our broadcast meteorology students as they get their reps in on camera.
Cole just started as a UND Weather Update anchor this semester and is killing it!
Cole just started as a UND Weather Update anchor this semester and is killing it!
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Back in the control room today! It's fun to sit back, press buttons, and work with our broadcast meteorology students as they get their reps in on camera.
Cole just started as a UND Weather Update anchor this semester and is killing it!
Cole just started as a UND Weather Update anchor this semester and is killing it!
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A couple years of work, lots of learning, lots of trial & error, and endless support from ya'll have culminated into the news I got today:
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
August 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A couple years of work, lots of learning, lots of trial & error, and endless support from ya'll have culminated into the news I got today:
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
SounderPy is officially a peer-reviewed, published software.
This couldn't have happened w/o yall -- thank u 🤍
joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
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The 2nd Edition of my textbook is now available! Biggest updates are in figure quality, including soundings based on SounderPy output thanks to @wxkylegillett.bsky.social making it freely available!
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
July 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The 2nd Edition of my textbook is now available! Biggest updates are in figure quality, including soundings based on SounderPy output thanks to @wxkylegillett.bsky.social making it freely available!
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
shop.elsevier.com/books/synopt...
www.amazon.com/Synoptic-Ana...
Achievement unlocked: have chemtrail awareness pamphlet mailed to my faculty mailbox ✅
August 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Achievement unlocked: have chemtrail awareness pamphlet mailed to my faculty mailbox ✅
Me: Is among the first to pile on with Reviewer #2 jokes and rants about how we should sprinkle more positivity into reviewing science
Also me, reading over a review I just wrote up:
Also me, reading over a review I just wrote up:
August 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Me: Is among the first to pile on with Reviewer #2 jokes and rants about how we should sprinkle more positivity into reviewing science
Also me, reading over a review I just wrote up:
Also me, reading over a review I just wrote up:
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Fortunately well out to sea, but check out #Dexter & its resurrection as a powerful #extratropical cyclone over the North Atlantic.
Perfect case for a meteorological deep dive: Favorable trough interaction led to "sting jet" formation & #hurricane force winds as cyclone phases w/ shortwave. 🌀 🦂
Perfect case for a meteorological deep dive: Favorable trough interaction led to "sting jet" formation & #hurricane force winds as cyclone phases w/ shortwave. 🌀 🦂
August 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Fortunately well out to sea, but check out #Dexter & its resurrection as a powerful #extratropical cyclone over the North Atlantic.
Perfect case for a meteorological deep dive: Favorable trough interaction led to "sting jet" formation & #hurricane force winds as cyclone phases w/ shortwave. 🌀 🦂
Perfect case for a meteorological deep dive: Favorable trough interaction led to "sting jet" formation & #hurricane force winds as cyclone phases w/ shortwave. 🌀 🦂
This is what I get for publishing in a public health journal
August 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is what I get for publishing in a public health journal
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The calendar switched from July to August.
August 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The calendar switched from July to August.
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Attention hurricane enthusiasts, connoisseurs, experts: the Atlantic season is entering the active months (Aug-Sep-Oct) so what better time to remind you of this Starter Pack so you can get reliable information and insights!
go.bsky.app/88mXQKD
go.bsky.app/88mXQKD
August 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Attention hurricane enthusiasts, connoisseurs, experts: the Atlantic season is entering the active months (Aug-Sep-Oct) so what better time to remind you of this Starter Pack so you can get reliable information and insights!
go.bsky.app/88mXQKD
go.bsky.app/88mXQKD
1 year of faculty life in the books! Definitely not easy to begin with, and this year threw unique challenges out there, but UND has been the perfect home to settle into this. Big things on the way in Year 2.
I'll always appreciate this place for taking the chance on me to be its hurricane guy. 🌀
I'll always appreciate this place for taking the chance on me to be its hurricane guy. 🌀
August 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
1 year of faculty life in the books! Definitely not easy to begin with, and this year threw unique challenges out there, but UND has been the perfect home to settle into this. Big things on the way in Year 2.
I'll always appreciate this place for taking the chance on me to be its hurricane guy. 🌀
I'll always appreciate this place for taking the chance on me to be its hurricane guy. 🌀
Bought this pin a few weeks back at a market in Winnipeg. The conversation at the register was succinct:
"I'm an American meteorologist."
"Ooooooooooooooof"
"I'm an American meteorologist."
"Ooooooooooooooof"
July 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bought this pin a few weeks back at a market in Winnipeg. The conversation at the register was succinct:
"I'm an American meteorologist."
"Ooooooooooooooof"
"I'm an American meteorologist."
"Ooooooooooooooof"
Excited to share a new lead-author paper, now available in final form in Environmental Research! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lOu73Ao6B...
A review article (supplemented by my own data viz) on the science connecting tropical cyclones and *whispers* climate change, plus implications for public health.
A review article (supplemented by my own data viz) on the science connecting tropical cyclones and *whispers* climate change, plus implications for public health.
July 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Excited to share a new lead-author paper, now available in final form in Environmental Research! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lOu73Ao6B...
A review article (supplemented by my own data viz) on the science connecting tropical cyclones and *whispers* climate change, plus implications for public health.
A review article (supplemented by my own data viz) on the science connecting tropical cyclones and *whispers* climate change, plus implications for public health.
Sooooooooooooooooo close
July 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sooooooooooooooooo close