Jeremy Gibbs

@gibbs

Physical scientist at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory. Ph.D., meteorology. I use math and computers to study the atmospheric boundary layer, storms, and stuff.

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Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· 19d

Shows up sorta hidden under the time bar for me.

screen grab of a radar viewer with an arrow pointing to the lower right.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· 20d

At 9:10pm, conditions in Norman are what we in the business call “bullshit”.

Mesonet screenshot for Norman Oklahoma. Temperature of 92F, dewpoint of 71F and feels like temp of 99F.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· 21d

Under an obscure provision in the NSSL charter* that grants us emergency powers when things get wild, I am issuing a Particularly Dog-day Summer (PDS) Absolutely Not Warning for all of Oklahoma. *I wrote the charter, but it's just a note on a napkin.

Map of Oklahoma, colored in deep red, showing the current (3 p.m. local time) air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Most values exceed 100.

Map of Oklahoma, colored in reds and pinks, showing the current (3p.m. local time) heat index in degrees Fahrenheit. Most values exceed 100 and go as high as 117.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jul 5

Reposting because I forgot how to type: Do as I say and not as I do (I picked a bad day to mistime a solo errand by 5 minutes). This was at Flood and Robinson in Norman at 10:15pm. I saw a few power flashes on the west side of I-35, and blowing tree debris, signs knocked over, and other damage.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jul 4

Cat pretzel.

A grey cat naps on a chair, its legs and arms twisted in a weird way.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jul 4

Our hanging plant has been claimed.

Light eggs with dark brown splashes sit in a nest.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jul 2

Oklahoma City just had its 5th driest start to a year through June 30 (1948-present) with 11.26" of precipitation. The average precipitation in Oklahoma City for the first half of the year is 18.32", with a minimum of 7.33" (1996) and a maximum of 34.43" (2015).

A plot showing the cumulative precipitation record for Oklahoma City Will Rogers airport from 1948 to current day. The background is black and gray striped (one month wide each). The x-axis is month, y-axis is cumulative precipitation in inches. A dashed black line is the mean value, which is surrounded by a white envelope that represents plus/minus one standard deviation. There is a red line for Max year (2007) with 56.95", a blue line for min year (1954) with 17.84", and a yellow line for 2026 with 11.26" through June 30 (the 5th driest during the period of record).

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 26

I present to you this throwback to the weirdest week of my life in grad school. Mr. Martin had a very colorful relationship with the weather community and was prone to impersonation and delusions of grandeur. But, for the record, the only thing I harassed anyone with was my poor hair choice!

A blog post from a person who used to harass people in the meteorology community.

"Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology
harasses weatherman

Jeremy A. Gibbs, a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma's Meteorology Department, is harassing a Southern California weatherman. Gibbs has written e-mails threatening the contractors and employers of the weatherman. Gibbs states that a Blogger Web site is what led the action to occur. The Website was designed to ruin the California weatherman by providing false information, impersonations, and much worse. On the Internet you cannot tell who is who. For all anyone knows you could be talking to President Barack Obama and not know it. What Gibbs does not know at the moment is that
spreading information in attempt to hurt a company or person on dis-info is illegal, against the U.S.
Laws. "That statement on the Blogger site was made by you, it has been logged and saved by countless people online", said Gibbs. "It led to your original website being shut down. Please don't insult
anyone's intelligence by denying it." The fact is, people assume too much and it gets them in a lot of trouble. No person has the right to assume online unless actual court evidence of the accused is available. No one is guilty until proven innocent in the court of law. The previous Website he claims never shutdown for that
reason, only to rid the bad name others gave it from jealous factors. You would think a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma would know this? Why would a
Ph.D. student believe everything read on a site that has no credibility. "We are taking this matter seriously and will contact the needed parties should this arise to be a problem for our company", SCWXA Spokesperson Nicholas Gumina said. "We take libel seriously,
and we have dealt with Google for months trying to solve this, it may hurt business."

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 25

My new office buddy dropped by to see what’s up.

A bird (rock dove?) with a white body and dark head looks at the camera. Green trees are behind.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 24

I think this raises more questions than it answers.

A sign attached to a floor stand reads “snake in area“. Exit doors to the building are in the background.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 23

it is hard to pick one!

cover art for wave race 64. there are 4 jet skis on top of water.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 23

epic handshake meme. left "2026 OU Baseball", right "2000 OU Football", center "13-2".

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 23

Fat Freddy was delighted.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 23

Fat Freddy action shot. Look at that extension!

a toad extends its tongue to catch food.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 23

Fat Freddy was hungry.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 23

My mom introduced me to her new neighbor, Fat Freddy (respectful).

a toad (?) sits regally on concrete at top of frame.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· Jun 8

Seems no. I tried the MAS version (not realizing it was 26.5), and it complained. Tried 26.6 from the developer site, and it is the same story.

System Prompt from macOS 27 that says:
This version of Xcode isn't supported in this version of
macOS. Download Xcode from the
Developer website.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 31

some color.

A lily of the Nile with blue and purple hues. Each bug has six petals with a darker stripe in the center line and long stems.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 30

the local greenhouse has some helpful employees.

A tabby cat sleeps on a bench, lying on their back.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 30

we are hard at work in this house today.

A black dog and black cat are asleep on a red love seat.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 29

Thanks to the emailer for finding an extra “a” on the website. This will help us write tighter copy. However, I am invoking goose-gander rules. The first sentence is passive. One should alternate between single and double quotation marks with a nested quote. The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

On the page regarding FAQ, there's a deeply unsettling grammar error. Someone wrote:
'''Tornado alley" is a just a nickname for an area of relatively high tornado occurrence" at the very bottom of the page.
1 am disappointed NSSL, do better.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 28

google search that asks how many ps are in Jeremy. The AI overview says "There is only 1 p in Jeremy (spelled J-E-R-E-M-Y).

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 28

Game cartridge for paperboy 2 on Super Nintendo. It has a kid on a bike ramping with bags of papers on his body.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 22

Neko in a tray.

A black cat in a blue tray, napping because life is hard for a cat.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 21

I made it as far as SW 149th and Penn before having to stop for downed power lines. I saw this house and went over to make sure everyone was okay. I met a nice elderly woman who was in shock bc she could see out of her roof. We got her safely out and were able to call her family who lived nearby.

A damaged home and trees, with the roof partially removed.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 21

This is just after that video, continuing on the same road. Toward the end, you can see some power flashes in the distance.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 21

I was a new post-doc back in May 20, 2013 when these storms fired. I tried to make it home from the National Weather Center to get home to my dog. Luckily it missed my house by a mile or so. This is the view looking northwest while driving on Indian Hills Rd. just west of I-35.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 18

I’m working on gratitude. Today, I am thankful for this fancy new office phone that I will never use.

A new Cisco phone for my office. It is black and has a screen with time and functions on it.

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs· May 12