Ray Wolf 🇨🇭 🇬🇱 🇨🇦
@raywolf.bsky.social
Retired NWS SOO, STN>DEN>DVN meteorologist/climatologist, Master Gardener🌱Conservationist, Chicago and ISU Cyclone sports, classic movies, trains, foodie, favors red and white flags.
Zone 5b and 320 ppm.
Upper Mississippi River Valley USA
Zone 5b and 320 ppm.
Upper Mississippi River Valley USA
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Ray Wolf 🇨🇭 🇬🇱 🇨🇦
@raywolf.bsky.social
· Dec 22
The garden year in review. 🌱 Spring - columbine, summer - monarda, fall - color mix, winter - snow on bristlecone pine.
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Is it time to end the tradition of passing out candy in a parade? The safety factor with kids running in the street (especially with little parental monitoring) always concerned me. But what put me over the edge are entitled kids AND parents going up to floats demanding candy. Call me Grinch. 😁
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Is it time to end the tradition of passing out candy in a parade? The safety factor with kids running in the street (especially with little parental monitoring) always concerned me. But what put me over the edge are entitled kids AND parents going up to floats demanding candy. Call me Grinch. 😁
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We knew winter would catch up to us eventually in the Midwest. It’s crazy that it will take almost the entire month before seasonal temperatures take hold. It’s also impressive the signal of change shows up in the forecast 2-3 weeks ahead.
A significant pattern change is becoming increasingly likely across much of the country during late November and early December.
Be sure to review Winter Weather Safety resources in advance of this pattern change at weather.gov/safety.
Be sure to review Winter Weather Safety resources in advance of this pattern change at weather.gov/safety.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We knew winter would catch up to us eventually in the Midwest. It’s crazy that it will take almost the entire month before seasonal temperatures take hold. It’s also impressive the signal of change shows up in the forecast 2-3 weeks ahead.
Continued dry weather/drought this fall in the Midwest should prompt gardeners to insure evergreen trees and shrubs are well watered heading into winter to avoid any winter kill damage. 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Continued dry weather/drought this fall in the Midwest should prompt gardeners to insure evergreen trees and shrubs are well watered heading into winter to avoid any winter kill damage. 🌱
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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From UNL Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Chair, Clint Rowe, on how the community can help make the case to the Univ. of Nebraska Board of Regents as to why their department should be retained:
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
From UNL Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Chair, Clint Rowe, on how the community can help make the case to the Univ. of Nebraska Board of Regents as to why their department should be retained:
Northern Lights at 715 pm CST from Eldridge (roughly the latitude of Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa).
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Northern Lights at 715 pm CST from Eldridge (roughly the latitude of Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa).
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Congrats to Miami, FL, for tying their record low for the date. This is their first record low since Feb 20, 2015. Since the previous record low, they have set or tied a daily high temp record 182 times.
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Congrats to Miami, FL, for tying their record low for the date. This is their first record low since Feb 20, 2015. Since the previous record low, they have set or tied a daily high temp record 182 times.
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
This event was critical in the decline of apple industry in Iowa which had been one of the top producing states in the country.
November 11th, 1940:
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This event was critical in the decline of apple industry in Iowa which had been one of the top producing states in the country.
So the Senate Democrat vote comes down to this, Fed employees likely missing a 3rd paycheck and SNAP recipients going without food vs health insurance rates going up hugely for some. It’s a NO-WIN situation made more challenging when you know people in each category.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So the Senate Democrat vote comes down to this, Fed employees likely missing a 3rd paycheck and SNAP recipients going without food vs health insurance rates going up hugely for some. It’s a NO-WIN situation made more challenging when you know people in each category.
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Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
First snow of the year and the dog is having fun with it (sound up) as are the neighborhood kids.
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
First snow of the year and the dog is having fun with it (sound up) as are the neighborhood kids.
It’s that time of the year when the SPC Meso page winter weather parameters is worth a look.
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It’s that time of the year when the SPC Meso page winter weather parameters is worth a look.
Attn: @jamiboettch.bsky.social and other Norman friends.
"As they scoured well records & years of data, they zeroed in on a significant clue: The purges were occurring near wells where companies were injecting oil field wastewater at excessively high pressure, high enough to crack rock deep underground & allow the waste to travel uncontrolled for miles."
Oil regulators claim Oklahoma's wastewater incidents are under control.
But our reporting with @readfrontier.bsky.social shows the state is still dealing with dozens of instances of toxic waste spewing out of the ground, one of which killed about two dozen cows in Sept.
🔗 https://propub.li/4oWsppu
But our reporting with @readfrontier.bsky.social shows the state is still dealing with dozens of instances of toxic waste spewing out of the ground, one of which killed about two dozen cows in Sept.
🔗 https://propub.li/4oWsppu
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Attn: @jamiboettch.bsky.social and other Norman friends.
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“Tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded NASA property and laboratories are at risk of either being discarded, mishandled, or out-of-commission for significant time periods.” 🔭🧪
www.gesta-goddard.org/blog/gestas-...
www.gesta-goddard.org/blog/gestas-...
GESTA’s Summary of Goddard Building Closures Status
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is the largest group of scientists, technicians and engineers in the US who develop Earth and space science flight missions. Below is GESTA's understanding of the...
www.gesta-goddard.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“Tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded NASA property and laboratories are at risk of either being discarded, mishandled, or out-of-commission for significant time periods.” 🔭🧪
www.gesta-goddard.org/blog/gestas-...
www.gesta-goddard.org/blog/gestas-...
Thought for the late night: The impact of and recovery from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica sure fell off the news cycle quickly.
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Thought for the late night: The impact of and recovery from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica sure fell off the news cycle quickly.
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🔥🔥🔥A record warm October for the Arctic (60N to 90N) AND a record warm October for the Antarctic (60S to 90S). This is a disaster. 🔥🔥🔥
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🔥🔥🔥A record warm October for the Arctic (60N to 90N) AND a record warm October for the Antarctic (60S to 90S). This is a disaster. 🔥🔥🔥
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Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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How to Avoid A Climate Disaster
1. Ignore Bill Gates on climate
2. Repeat #1
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
1. Ignore Bill Gates on climate
2. Repeat #1
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
How to Avoid A Climate Disaster
1. Ignore Bill Gates on climate
2. Repeat #1
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
1. Ignore Bill Gates on climate
2. Repeat #1
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
Midway Airport has a better steak house than anything in the Quad Cities. At an airport!
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/g...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/g...
Gene & Georgetti owner says the city is pushing her out at Midway to make way for Bally’s
The owner of Gene & Georgetti, the iconic Chicago steak house, said she is being pushed out of her space at the Midway Airport concession area after five years to make room for a Bally’s sports…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Midway Airport has a better steak house than anything in the Quad Cities. At an airport!
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/g...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/g...
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It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
billmckibben.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
Sorry Alabama, there is something just wrong with a mayo-based bbq sauce.
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sorry Alabama, there is something just wrong with a mayo-based bbq sauce.
Weird
“I don’t like good looking people. I never liked good people, I’ll be honest with you. I’ve never admitted that before.” Trump rambled during his speech. trib.al/0jGqnuW
Trump Tells U.S. Troops He Hates Hot People—and Other Weird Stuff
Donald Trump forced U.S. troops in Japan to listen to him ramble about the strangest things.
trib.al
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Weird
First birds (goldfinches) at the feeders which have been up for three weeks. This new neighborhood with homes still being built is an ecological desert. I’m impatient to turn it around but I’ll have to wait until spring to do so. Planted 50 native bare root plants and 200 bulbs. 🌱
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
First birds (goldfinches) at the feeders which have been up for three weeks. This new neighborhood with homes still being built is an ecological desert. I’m impatient to turn it around but I’ll have to wait until spring to do so. Planted 50 native bare root plants and 200 bulbs. 🌱