To my atmospheric science colleagues, hope you are having a great day. "Observing" refers to measuring the atmosphere with thermometers, weather balloons, radar, et cetera. 

You will find hundreds of professional, curated images in my gallery at Adobe Stock Photography .  I do not use filters -- what the images present is how it looked in real life. Adobe has high standards so I think you will find that, even if you are not in the market for stock photography, you will enjoy pursuing the images. We have images from wildfires to floods and from tornadoes (and tornado shelters) to blizzards. 

Next time you criticize a meteorologist, just remember:  It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.                                                        --- Yogi Berra

Growing up in a Catholic, Ford family, this brought a smile to my face.  The story -- which should be of interest to about everyone -- is here . The SUV, built at Ford's Chicago Plant (5 miles from the Pope's childhood home), has a special hybrid engine, many "Chicago" touches and personalized license plates that say "Da Pope" and "Leo XIV." A number of the assembly workers wrote touching letters to Pope Leo. Hope you enjoy reading the story.  And, since it is Sunday, get to church!

Saturday: The item below is from Twitter/X and was published by Dr. Ryan Maue who is a meteorologist and the former chief scientist of NOAA. I share his concern. As I mention below, I would be putting proactive water conservation measures in effect now, just in case.  -- The information below was published Thursday --  We try very hard to make this a "no hype" site for weather forecasts and other information. With that said, my concern is growing by the day that we are in for serious and worsening drought in the western half of the "Lower 48." The map above is the difference from average forecast temperature for the next five days. From California to the Rockies and High Plains it is forecast to be very warm. This is an "ensemble" of forecasts from the ECMWF model system (which tends to dampen out forecast extremes as we get farther into the future) and it continues to show significantly warmer than average weather in the same area. With greater heat, high...

With the airport screening situation getting worse by the day, here is a list of airports that have private sector -- rather than TSA -- screening.  Example: Rather than dealing with the reportedly huge hassles at Philadelphia, leave from Atlantic City. Zero delay because they do not have the TSA (they use private security) and are operating normally.  Atlantic City International Airport (New Jersey) Charles M. Schulz—Sonoma County Airport (California) Dawson Community Airport (Montana) Great Falls International Airport (Montana) Glacier Park International Airport (Montana) Greater Rochester International Airport (New York) Havre City-County Airport (Montana) Kansas City International Airport (Missouri) L. M. Clayton Airport (Montana) Orlando Sanford International Airport (Florida) Portsmouth International Airport (New Hampshire) Punta Gorda Airport (Florida) Roswell International Air Center (New Mexico) San Francisco International Airport (California) Sarasota-Bradenton Inter...