Tom Hamill
@tomhamill.bsky.social
Meteorologist and Head of Innovation Science with The Weather Company. I work on deep learning applied to probabilistic weather prediction. In my free time, I hike, bike, read, pick up dog poo, and chip the bark off trees (disc golf).
No Kings, Boulder, CO from the far periphery (we arrived late). Good energy, estimate a bigger crowd than the June rally.
October 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
No Kings, Boulder, CO from the far periphery (we arrived late). Good energy, estimate a bigger crowd than the June rally.
Bless Guy Garvey and Elbow. Thank you so much for coming to Denver, to the intimate confines of the Summit Music Hall. It was an amazing event.
October 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Bless Guy Garvey and Elbow. Thank you so much for coming to Denver, to the intimate confines of the Summit Music Hall. It was an amazing event.
This sort of ad amuses me, in that the picture is clearly clickbait and utterly related to the product. Sex sells.
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This sort of ad amuses me, in that the picture is clearly clickbait and utterly related to the product. Sex sells.
I'd like to see ellipses, not circular cones of uncertainty. From here: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'd like to see ellipses, not circular cones of uncertainty. From here: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
So USA needs a new political party. Here's the Finley party platform. 1. Just walk away from yappy loudmouths. 2. Prioritize play over everything. 3. Love your peeps, always. 4. More walks. 5. Kisses! 6. Eating cat poo optional.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
So USA needs a new political party. Here's the Finley party platform. 1. Just walk away from yappy loudmouths. 2. Prioritize play over everything. 3. Love your peeps, always. 4. More walks. 5. Kisses! 6. Eating cat poo optional.
It's struck me that the rate of flow of water through a drip coffee maker resembles a unit hydrograph. Google Gemini tells me I'm full of it.
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/technology/g...
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/technology/g...
July 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's struck me that the rate of flow of water through a drip coffee maker resembles a unit hydrograph. Google Gemini tells me I'm full of it.
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/technology/g...
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/technology/g...
More bad car design. Who ever said "Why don't you paint a third of the back window black so I can't see behind me very well?"
June 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
More bad car design. Who ever said "Why don't you paint a third of the back window black so I can't see behind me very well?"
It used to be cars had bumpers that the government regulated could stand a 5 MPH bump. But this was big government run amok, so now we have cars with "bumpers" that require enormous repair with the slightest tap
June 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It used to be cars had bumpers that the government regulated could stand a 5 MPH bump. But this was big government run amok, so now we have cars with "bumpers" that require enormous repair with the slightest tap
Dangerously tiny windows is the rage in new car design. I'd welcome cars with good visibility, which strikes me as a safety issue.
June 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dangerously tiny windows is the rage in new car design. I'd welcome cars with good visibility, which strikes me as a safety issue.
No Kings Day in Boulder, CO. I'd estimate 2K people.
June 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
No Kings Day in Boulder, CO. I'd estimate 2K people.
A movie about Writer's Block
June 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A movie about Writer's Block
Found at Balloon Juice
May 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Found at Balloon Juice
Here's what the online dictionary says about the meaning of eighty-six. No death threat implied.
May 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here's what the online dictionary says about the meaning of eighty-six. No death threat implied.
Saw this pic and thought of the old military aphorism "salute the office, not the man." (would *hate* to be the woman in the pic).
April 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Saw this pic and thought of the old military aphorism "salute the office, not the man." (would *hate* to be the woman in the pic).
Us meteorologists feel that "adiabatic" is a legitimate word in NYT Spelling Bee.
March 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Us meteorologists feel that "adiabatic" is a legitimate word in NYT Spelling Bee.
Aside from the obvious constitutional issues, the prognosticator in me has to laugh at the assertion that Trump thinks he would have a chance of winning.
March 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Aside from the obvious constitutional issues, the prognosticator in me has to laugh at the assertion that Trump thinks he would have a chance of winning.
generative AI for the win.
March 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
generative AI for the win.
Fingers crossed for you, Tuscaloosans
March 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Fingers crossed for you, Tuscaloosans
gulfof.mapquest.com
My contribution.
My contribution.
February 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
gulfof.mapquest.com
My contribution.
My contribution.
Finley can't help but bring smiles to our faces in this dark time.
January 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Finley can't help but bring smiles to our faces in this dark time.
