Rob Carver
@wundersooner.com
Retired meteorologist from Penn St., OU, and NM Tech. Waiting for monsoon thunderstorms in Grants, NM.
In the misty distant past of my academic career, most of the private sector-relevant material was either “Get a CCM” or broadcast tv related. Both of which are booming sectors of the AMS membership.
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
In the misty distant past of my academic career, most of the private sector-relevant material was either “Get a CCM” or broadcast tv related. Both of which are booming sectors of the AMS membership.
Wasn’t his nickname among the students “Big Red” or something like that? (Ken Minschwaner was my undergraduate research advisor)
January 27, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Wasn’t his nickname among the students “Big Red” or something like that? (Ken Minschwaner was my undergraduate research advisor)
As we speak, DFW ground crews are frantically looking for the five deicers that were last seen near the old Braniff HQ. God speed to everyone going to #AMS2026
January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
As we speak, DFW ground crews are frantically looking for the five deicers that were last seen near the old Braniff HQ. God speed to everyone going to #AMS2026
Ahh, I remember the ice storm for AMS in San Antonio. Good times were had by all.
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Ahh, I remember the ice storm for AMS in San Antonio. Good times were had by all.
Have to add autumnplot-gl to my personal backlog for Q1.
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Have to add autumnplot-gl to my personal backlog for Q1.
NCL for my grad school work, at Wunderground we used GrADS for interactive model maps.
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
NCL for my grad school work, at Wunderground we used GrADS for interactive model maps.
Obviously a rough draft since Flower Mound and Southlake haven’t been renamed, and they really deserve it.
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Obviously a rough draft since Flower Mound and Southlake haven’t been renamed, and they really deserve it.
Reposted by Rob Carver
Without Unidata, the company I co-founded, Weather Underground, would never have come to be.
May 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Without Unidata, the company I co-founded, Weather Underground, would never have come to be.
If you’re taking requests, I’d love to see a random simulation slide to see how they visualized the sims Back In The Day.
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you’re taking requests, I’d love to see a random simulation slide to see how they visualized the sims Back In The Day.
Did Bob W take these? Or just part of his research collection?
April 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Did Bob W take these? Or just part of his research collection?
My list of programs does not include Michigan because Michigan is always #1 for this competition.
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My list of programs does not include Michigan because Michigan is always #1 for this competition.
Will there be more students than professionals at AMS2026? I mean , Princeton’s CI is probably the first domino for the other CI’s, NCAR is probably toast, the drama about EESM shows DOE programs are at risk, and NASA is going to give all their money to SpaceX. #strictlymypersonalopinion
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Will there be more students than professionals at AMS2026? I mean , Princeton’s CI is probably the first domino for the other CI’s, NCAR is probably toast, the drama about EESM shows DOE programs are at risk, and NASA is going to give all their money to SpaceX. #strictlymypersonalopinion
There are days when I wonder about the future of our discipline.
April 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
There are days when I wonder about the future of our discipline.
But not that unusual given TX-26’s history. Dick Armey was Michael Burgess’s predecessor.
March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
But not that unusual given TX-26’s history. Dick Armey was Michael Burgess’s predecessor.
The results were bad enough to forestall the proposed cuts. I’m not particularly eager to run that experiment again.
March 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The results were bad enough to forestall the proposed cuts. I’m not particularly eager to run that experiment again.
I got my undergraduate degree at NM Tech, which also happened to host NM's independent WIPP monitoring agency, the Environmental Evaluation Group. Lots of fun reference reports in the library.
March 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I got my undergraduate degree at NM Tech, which also happened to host NM's independent WIPP monitoring agency, the Environmental Evaluation Group. Lots of fun reference reports in the library.