Assoc. prof at Purdue specializing in severe wx & radar. Storm chaser since 2001. All opinions expressed here are solely mine and not my employer's. She/her
Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️
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Not bad for having not even made the decision to chase until 6:30 pm! This tornado was north of DeMotte, IN around 8:00 pm on 11 June (0000 UTC on 12 June).
New research argues that losing your skills to AI is a structural problem, not a personal failing. That changes what you should do about it.
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My advice to all grad students: if you want to give a good talk, add a Star Trek reference, preferably one involving Spock.
Academics love Spock.
Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️
Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️
There is a straightforward mechanism for the public to comment. Former NIH program office Elizabeth Ginexi has written an exceptionally helpful guide on how to so, with detailed suggestions. 3/n
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪
What's the problem?
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Our last day of SPOTTR featured a picture perfect RaXPol deployment on a slow-moving supercell with prolific lightning and a funnel cloud near Pickrell, NE! The week has flown by!
🌪️ 📷: @hail-cham.bsky.social
Our SPOTTR class returned to Purdue on 6 June after witnessing three tornadic storms and driving more than 3,000 miles. We collected RaXPol radar data on nearly every day of the trip. Thanks to NSF for supporting the participation of 14 students! #NSFFunded
Nearly 4hours after the initial outage, the Wilmington OH NWS office appears to still be without comms. Warnings for their service area being issued by NWS Jackson KY. Radar data from the office and the 3 TDWRs are still not being disseminated. Luckily the severe wx threat seems to be waning.
NY times covered our cut today (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...
Used the NYT "Lost Science" story about @profamymcgovern.bsky.social and NSF funding loss for AI2ES to take another look at how AI is making tangible progress to improve weather forecasts & warnings, making the admin's decision to cut funding for research even more enraging. tinyurl.com/3ynwwcyc
As severe weather knocks out power to more than 100K customers in OH/PA, an NWS office is incommunicado during impact wx for the second time in a few months, causing missing radar data and forcing other offices to step in and issue warnings. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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NWS comms outage leaves missing radar data and backup offices having to issue warnings for parts of Ohio Valley
