Director, Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Opinions my own.
Boulder, CO
Joined September 2017
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My first foreign trip as RAL Director, to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. A busy but good week teaching a short course, giving a seminar at the National Center for Meteorology, and visiting with colleagues and friends.
Now is an appropriate and necessary moment to acknowledge the deep pride I take in my family's Puerto Rican heritage. It is an important part of the person I am today, in what I can offer in service to society as an American citizen. From my trip to Vieques in July 2023.
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It is with a heavy heart that we share that Warren Washington, internationally recognized leader in the atmospheric and climate sciences and trailblazer for Black and other underrepresented scientists, passed away at age 88.
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My first Director's column in our October RAL Report. What a two months it has been in the lab since my onboarding.
Thanks very much to UCAR President Tony Busalacchi for his annual conversation with NCAR RAL. Lots of great Q&A on many important issues for the lab.
Never mind the academic debates about Category 6 hurricanes. The climate changed real world is making a darn good case.
4pm CDT Oct 7th Key Messages for Category 5 #Hurricane #Milton:
Hurricane Warnings & Storm Surge Warnings in effect for parts of W coast of Florida Peninsula. This is an extremely life-threatening situation. Please follow advice by local officials & evacuate if told so.
hurricanes.gov/#Milton
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4pm CDT Oct 7th Key Messages for Category 5 #Hurricane #Milton:
Hurricane Warnings & Storm Surge Warnings in effect for parts of W coast of Florida Peninsula. This is an extremely life-threatening situation. Please follow advice by local officials & evacuate if told so.
hurricanes.gov/#Milton
As our UCAR institutions gather for our members meeting, let us not forget that trusted, actionable science is urgently needed now more than ever. We confront a world of rapidly increasing extremes with climate change. Hurricane Milton is just this week's exclamation point.
10:55 CDT Monday Update: Milton rapidly intensifies into a category 5 hurricane. Data from a @53rdWRS hurricane hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph (250 km/h) with higher gusts. Follow the latest at hurricanes.gov
Latest artwork my daughter from her new middle school in Colorado. Thinking today of all my friends and colleagues at the University of Arizona and the Meixner and Cotter families.
Two months into my new position as RAL Director. Though it's been a challenging time with the passing of two RAL staff, I am so proud to lead such a dedicated, resilient, and caring group of people within an organization well aligned with my values. Time to get to work now...
Congratulations to my colleague Jen McIntosh for being awarded the Tom Meixner endowed professorship. There is no one more deserving of this honor. You live like Tom, Jen, in courage and love.
science.arizona.edu/news/jen…
A break from my NCAR onboarding activities to participate in the CONVECT2 workshop at the Mesa Lab to strategize on a new North American monsoon field campaign. Happy RAL is able to facilitate this effort and host the workshop!
The temporary home office setup in my new dining room, till more boxes cleared out. My colleagues at University of Arizona may recognize the table and chairs transplanted from my former office in the Harshbarger building.
Going to be an eventful first day of work tomorrow. Wow!
Due to the #LakeShoreFire, the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab campus and the road to the building are CLOSED to staff and the public as of 5 p.m. today (Wed, July 31) until further notice. We are monitoring the situation and will provide updates. Follow @BoulderOEM for wildfire updates. #COwx
Now a second fire even closer to Boulder and Longmont. Smoke is over my house now.
There is a new fire start by Lyons. Please follow any advice from local authorities. #COwx
What an introduction to Colorado! A reminder of just how critical and urgent the work is at NCAR RAL which I will be soon leading.
Colorado: The Alexander Mountain Fire in Colorado continues to grow, as seen in these photos from Northern Colorado
Helitak. #cofire #cowx #wildfire
Air support has arrived including 4 helicopters , 3 type1, and 1 type 3, 1 large airtanker, air attack, 1 multi mission aircraft, and 1 additional Type 1 helicopter en route from Wyoming.
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Incredible time lapse from our Department’s sky cameras showing the intense #thunderstorm moving into #Tucson yesterday afternoon! #azwx #monsoon