Melinda Berman
@melindaberman.bsky.social
Meteorologist • PhD Candidate, MS @climasuiuc.bsky.social researching overshooting tops and storm dynamics • BS AOES UCLA• She/her, Illinoisan *Thoughts my own*
https://climas.illinois.edu/directory/profile/melinda3
https://climas.illinois.edu/directory/profile/melinda3
Just returned home from an outstanding week of science in Utrecht at the 12th European Conference on Severe Storms organized by @essl-ecss.bsky.social! It was great to share our OT work as well as grow connections with our European colleagues! Thanks to all who made this possible!
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Just returned home from an outstanding week of science in Utrecht at the 12th European Conference on Severe Storms organized by @essl-ecss.bsky.social! It was great to share our OT work as well as grow connections with our European colleagues! Thanks to all who made this possible!
This is definitely my favorite picture from last night:
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is definitely my favorite picture from last night:
Unreal aurora now outside of Champaign, IL!
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Unreal aurora now outside of Champaign, IL!
Clouds today are trying to eke out every last drop of snow before we warm back up to 70! by the weekend
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Clouds today are trying to eke out every last drop of snow before we warm back up to 70! by the weekend
Having crochet as a hobby is constantly humbling because I'm reminded of the fact that while I can solve differential equations, I, in fact, cannot count to save my life or my projects.
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Having crochet as a hobby is constantly humbling because I'm reminded of the fact that while I can solve differential equations, I, in fact, cannot count to save my life or my projects.
Sunrise from somewhere over Utah on Saturday was STUNNING
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sunrise from somewhere over Utah on Saturday was STUNNING
Reposted by Melinda Berman
Excited to share new work out now in GRL: doi.org/10.1029/2025...! We simulated supercells to understand how changes in the environment impact their updrafts and the OTs they produce.
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
Improved Understanding of How Kinematic and Thermodynamic Environmental Changes Impact Modeled Overshooting Top Characteristics
Overshooting top area is well correlated (ρ = 0.6) to updraft core (UC) area for all three representative levels in the troposphere Tropospheric kinematics are important to determining the area o...
doi.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Excited to share new work out now in GRL: doi.org/10.1029/2025...! We simulated supercells to understand how changes in the environment impact their updrafts and the OTs they produce.
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
Excited to share new work out now in GRL: doi.org/10.1029/2025...! We simulated supercells to understand how changes in the environment impact their updrafts and the OTs they produce.
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
Improved Understanding of How Kinematic and Thermodynamic Environmental Changes Impact Modeled Overshooting Top Characteristics
Overshooting top area is well correlated (ρ = 0.6) to updraft core (UC) area for all three representative levels in the troposphere Tropospheric kinematics are important to determining the area o...
doi.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Excited to share new work out now in GRL: doi.org/10.1029/2025...! We simulated supercells to understand how changes in the environment impact their updrafts and the OTs they produce.
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
We found:
⛈️Increasing 0-6 km shear via hodograph curvature or length leads to increased updraft and OT size (1/x)
The amount of people I've seen with zero hands on the wheel and zero eyes on the road because they're using their phones while driving recently is terrifying. Feels like getting hit is a matter of if, not when.
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The amount of people I've seen with zero hands on the wheel and zero eyes on the road because they're using their phones while driving recently is terrifying. Feels like getting hit is a matter of if, not when.
Some mammatus over CU earlier today ahead of the rain!
October 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Some mammatus over CU earlier today ahead of the rain!
Any tips for doing tracked changes between two PDFs without using Adobe would be helpful. Currently trying to not rip my hair out because it claims I'm not online and don't have a subscription 😭
October 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Any tips for doing tracked changes between two PDFs without using Adobe would be helpful. Currently trying to not rip my hair out because it claims I'm not online and don't have a subscription 😭
4-2 Illinois with losses to two of the best teams in the country while 4-2 Notre Dame and a 5-1 USC who Illinois beat staying in the poll makes negative sense
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
4-2 Illinois with losses to two of the best teams in the country while 4-2 Notre Dame and a 5-1 USC who Illinois beat staying in the poll makes negative sense
One of my most favorite days of the semester: launching weather balloons with the @climasillinois.bsky.social undergrad thermo class! So much fun to help them learn how to radiosonde and collect their own data!
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
One of my most favorite days of the semester: launching weather balloons with the @climasillinois.bsky.social undergrad thermo class! So much fun to help them learn how to radiosonde and collect their own data!
Reposted by Melinda Berman
Calling all prospective grad students! 🚨
Come learn about CliMAS during our annual Prospective Graduate Student Webinar - featuring our internationally recognized on campus and online MS and PhD programs.
RSVP here to receive a Zoom link: forms.gle/CYsLWz5uoRNm....
Come learn about CliMAS during our annual Prospective Graduate Student Webinar - featuring our internationally recognized on campus and online MS and PhD programs.
RSVP here to receive a Zoom link: forms.gle/CYsLWz5uoRNm....
October 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Calling all prospective grad students! 🚨
Come learn about CliMAS during our annual Prospective Graduate Student Webinar - featuring our internationally recognized on campus and online MS and PhD programs.
RSVP here to receive a Zoom link: forms.gle/CYsLWz5uoRNm....
Come learn about CliMAS during our annual Prospective Graduate Student Webinar - featuring our internationally recognized on campus and online MS and PhD programs.
RSVP here to receive a Zoom link: forms.gle/CYsLWz5uoRNm....
Oh hey cold front
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Oh hey cold front
Sko Brus!! Peak Big Ten season where you lost to Northwestern and then beat Penn State the week after
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sko Brus!! Peak Big Ten season where you lost to Northwestern and then beat Penn State the week after
Apparently I've about that meteorology experiment life since 5th grade 😂
October 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Apparently I've about that meteorology experiment life since 5th grade 😂
Excited to share a new publication led by @drdavepeterson.bsky.social with contributions by Mike Fromm, René Servranckx and others, that analyzes the inventory of all known, worldwide, observed pyroCb events from 2013-2023! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Worldwide inventory reveals the frequency and variability of pyrocumulonimbus and stratospheric smoke plumes during 2013–2023 - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Worldwide inventory reveals the frequency and variability of pyrocumulonimbus and stratospheric smoke plumes during 2013–2023
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Excited to share a new publication led by @drdavepeterson.bsky.social with contributions by Mike Fromm, René Servranckx and others, that analyzes the inventory of all known, worldwide, observed pyroCb events from 2013-2023! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We must have a decently strong inversion tonight because whoever came all the way here from Oakland was rather loud!
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
We must have a decently strong inversion tonight because whoever came all the way here from Oakland was rather loud!
Good move by UCLA. Not waiting around to see if the situation would improve. Sad because Foster was a UCLA guy but hopefully we can turn the ship around.
September 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Good move by UCLA. Not waiting around to see if the situation would improve. Sad because Foster was a UCLA guy but hopefully we can turn the ship around.
10° temperature gradient in less than 20 mi between Rantoul and Savoy. Can really tell who had a brush with the earlier storms and who didn't #ILwx
Note these obs were taken ~20 mins apart but still a strong temp gradient within the county!
Note these obs were taken ~20 mins apart but still a strong temp gradient within the county!
September 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
10° temperature gradient in less than 20 mi between Rantoul and Savoy. Can really tell who had a brush with the earlier storms and who didn't #ILwx
Note these obs were taken ~20 mins apart but still a strong temp gradient within the county!
Note these obs were taken ~20 mins apart but still a strong temp gradient within the county!
Top 10 Illini!!!
September 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Top 10 Illini!!!
Reposted by Melinda Berman
Greetings from the CliMAS Fall 2025 Welcome BBQ!
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Greetings from the CliMAS Fall 2025 Welcome BBQ!
I maintain my SEC is overrated argument
Heck yes Lee Corso's last pick is THE
August 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I maintain my SEC is overrated argument
Heck yes Lee Corso's last pick is THE
August 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Heck yes Lee Corso's last pick is THE