Rob Lightbown (Crown Weather)
Meteorologist for Crown Weather. Avid amateur astronomer. Happily married for 15 yrs to @icecat516. Dog dad to 6 rescues. Bruins, Red Sox & Celtics fan. I live in Central Mass but have lived in Maine & New Hampshire.
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- Thanks to @johnmoralestv.bsky.social for noticing this on the open entry level NWS positions. To get your foot into the NWS, it seems as if you have to kiss the ass of the executive branch. I've given serious thought of applying for the positions at the 2 NWS offices in Maine. Now, not so much.
- @millsish.bsky.social Wanted to see if you and Peter are going to be at the Baseball Project show in Somerville, Mass on September 23rd. My wife, Meg, has been a huge fan of R.E.M. for 30-plus years and is also a huge Red Sox fan. Would love to see you and Peter on stage together. Thanks!!!
- Only a 1500 mile spread in the GFS ensemble guidance of where Invest #97L might be in 10 days from now. Seems to be 2 camps w/ 1 in the SW Atlantic & the second way out in the open Atlantic. My gut says this goes up and out, but I'm not discounting a closer approach to the SE US coast.
- Invest #97L is very close to becoming a depression over the eastern Atlantic. I do think that it will likely become a depression and then a tropical storm over the next few days. Invest 97L should stay far enough north to avoid the Lesser Antilles.
- The very much advertised tropical wave located over the far eastern Atlantic is now tagged Invest 97-L by NHC. Let the real hype begin.
- I know I'm going to regret it, but I went ahead and activated my account on the "bad site". While I love BlueSky and the interactions I have on here, it lacks the ability for me to follow breaking severe or tropical weather. Sadly, this is where the other site still excels. Ugh, I hate myself!
- As a meteorologist, I have to remind myself that while weather models are fun to look at, they are just a tool in our weather toolbox. Analysis of what's actually going on & actually analyzing what the models are showing is ALWAYS better than just looking at a model depiction.
- The new wave pushing off of the coast of Africa has now been outlooked by @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link I definitely agree that slow development seems likely due to sub-optimal SSTs over the E & C Atlantic. Faster development may occur once this wave hits 55-60 W longitude.
- It appears that there is going to be a burst of tropical activity across the Atlantic over the next week or so. In fact, we are watching several areas with interest. All of these were extensively discussed in our latest weather update that can be found at crownweather.com/discussions/ .
- I wanted to take a moment to invite you to become a Crown Weather PLUS subscriber by going to the following link - crownweather.com/cws-plus/ . The cost of a subscription is well worth the money given what you get in return for being updated on the latest about the tropics.
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- Reposted by Rob Lightbown (Crown Weather)#Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a #tsunami warning and advisory for the Pacific coast from #Hokkaido to #Okinawa. The estimate of maximum wave height is now expected to be 3 meter. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...
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- A legit tornado signature in the woods west of Ashland in northern Maine. Also that part of the storm seems to be turning more to the right & may head for the more populated towns such as Ashland, Washburn & even Caribou. I used to live in this part of Maine for 26 years, so I know it well.
- TSUNAMI WARNING for all areas along the Alaskan Peninsula as a 7.2 magnitude earthquake has occurred only 50 miles south of Sand Point, AK.
- Yet another system that a majority of the weather models are not doing a good job forecasting. All models are under forecasting the overall structure of low pressure just east of Melbourne, Florida. Is this due to the reduced number of sites that do weather balloon launches? I absolutely think so.
- Area of disturbed weather off of SE US coast should be watched once it gets into the northern Gulf by Wed/Thu. ICON model continues to be the most aggressive w/ showing it becoming a bonefide TS. Other guidance much more muted & barely shows anything. Will be watching throughout this week.
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- I can't even. I'm just going to log off for the day after I post this. We would completely lose AOML, which does some of the hurricane modeling research & we would lose ARL, which models air pollution transport & wildfire smoke transport. I'm just done for the day.
- What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔 NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
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- I mean what could go wrong cutting off detailed SSMI data during the peak hurricane season months. A delay until even November 1st would suffice - at least then we would have the winter months to figure things out.
- NEW: Hurricane forecasters at NOAA are getting a one-month reprieve before crucial satellite data is cut off by the Defense Dept. Delay is due to NOAA, NASA pushback because of the potential forecasting ramifications. edition.cnn.com/2025/06/30/w...
- Reposted by Rob Lightbown (Crown Weather)I did a handful of interviews yesterday on the imminent shutdown of SSMIS data flow and the expected consequences for hurricane forecasting at NHC. I've tried to collect and polish up my thoughts on the topic, attached...
- Every summer I think the same thing - How do y'all in the South stand the heat/humidity for months at a time. This is day 3 of 90-plus degree temps combined with 70-plus degree dew point temps up here in Mass. It's miserable & draining (even w/ window A/C units). Already ready for Winter!!
- How it feels going outside right now here in Sturbridge, Mass. Temp: 93 Degrees, Dew Point Temp: 74 Degrees, "Feels Like": 104 Degrees.
- Looks like Trump was shit posting about the ceasefire. Not surprised at all - He has never had a clue of what's going on & more than likely, there is no ceasefire at all. It's all in his demented, delusional imagination.
- And here we go. Things are REALLY about to go to shit.
