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8/9/23 Account Updates

  • I will no longer be adding accounts to this list that are only intended to replicate other sources
  • This includes those that don't at least make a minimal effort to engage with the community

Quick Reminder

  • These links have been reviewed and checked and are working at this time.
  • If at any time a link goes down, please contact me immediately.

Meteorologists:

Mark Ingalls ingalls@pdx.social - Portland based renewable energy meteorologist
Gerry Díaz @geravitywave@sfba.social - San Francisco Chronicle newsroom meteorologist
Athena Masson, PhD @WeatherGoddess@journa.host - Meteorologist & Hurricane specialist
Jason Stiff @JasonStiff@sfba.social - Action News Now Chief Meteorologist for Chico, Redding, and all of NorCal
Phil Baker @philbaker1@fosstodon.org - Meteorologist @ NWS Memphis, TN
Rusty L Mehlberg @RustyMehlberg@newsie.social - Meteorologist KQDS-TV Fox 21 (Duluth, Minnesota)
WeatherMatrix (Jesse Ferrell) @weathermatrix@mastodon.world - Meteorologist & Senior Weather Editor at AccuWeather
Austin Burkes @austinburkeswx@mastodon.social - Weekend Meteorologist CBSAustin
Matt Lanza @mattlanza@mstdn.social - Meteorologist in energy in Houston, TX
The Eyewall @theeyewallwx@mastodon.social - Atlantic tropics from Houston-based meteorologists Matt Lanza and Eric Berger
Rusty Dawkins @rustywx@lincolnite.net - Meteorologist at KLKN-TV - Lincoln, Nebraska
Stephen Mullens @srmullens@scicomm.xyz - Instructional Professor of Meteorology at UF
Rob Mayeda @robmayeda@sfba.social - Bay Area Meteorologist Semi-Active
James Spann @spann@mastodon.social - AMS Certified Meteorologist in the Deep South Semi-Active
Jeremy Reiner @jreineron7@toot.community - Chief Meteorologist, 7News Boston. AMS Certified Inactive

- International:

Scientists:

Zack Labe, PhD @ZLabe@fediscience.org - Atmospheric Climate Scientist, Postdoc at Princeton University & NOAA GFDL
Brian Brettschneider, PhD @Climatologist49@fediscience.org - A climatologist in Anchorage, Alaska
Brett Hoover @bretthoover@fediscience.org - Physical Scientist, Numerical Weather Prediction, NOAA GDAS/UFO Development
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe @kathhayhoe@climatejustice.rocks - Climate Scientist
Rick Thoman @AlaskaWx@alaskan.social - Climate Specialist with ACCAP/IARC at UAF
Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann@fediscience.org - Scientist, Presidential Professor @ Center for Science Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn
Paul Knightly, PhD @paulknightly@mstdn.social - Planetary & Environmental Geologist
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf@fediscience.org - Climate Scientist, Head of Earth System Analysis at the Potsdam Institute
Dr. Peter Gleick @petergleick@fediscience.org - Climate and water scientist and communicator
John Fleck @jfleck@fediscience.org - Science writer with a focus on water

- International:

  • The Netherlands
    • Ruth Mottram @Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org - Climate scientist at DMI

Emergency Management & Disaster Relief

AE4WX @AE4WX@mas.to - MD, Disaster Response

WX Media

Ian Livingston @ianlivingston@journa.host - Information Lead and Forecaster at The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang

Enthusiasts:

BakersRelay @BakerRL75@m.ai6yr.org - Weather and emergency info relay
Lisa Marie @Copacetic_vibe@m.ai6yr.org - Shares outlooks and weather news
Karen @geekaren@mstdn.social - Main focus on New England weather
Technodad @technodad@cunnin.me - An enthusiast focusing on the NWS Gray area, w/ special interests in forecasts/alerts in the coastal zone
Denise Gutzmer @DeniseGutzmer@mindly.social - Keeping tabs on drought impacts for the National Drought Mitigation Center
WXFanatic @WXFanatic@m.ai6yr.org - Avid weather geek, aggregator of information. Shares weather outlooks, forecasts, software etc.
Global Weather & EAS Society @GWESOfficial@masto.globaleas.org - Home for everything EAS, Weather, and so much more since 2015!
Mike Wolfinbarger @jmwolf@mastodon.social - Co-Founder of Base Velocity, LLC (RadarScope)
Jared Smith @jaredwsmith@mastodon.online - Software engineering, weather, indie web - Owns @chswx@chswx.social

Localized Accounts

DMV Weather @rvaweather@dmv.community - Weather forecasts and severe weather alerts for central Virginia, Maryland, and DC
Charleston Weather @chswx@chswx.social - Weather forecasts and alerts for the Charleston, SC Tri-County area
Idaho Fire Info @IdahoFireInfo@syringa.social - The first person to put a Smokey Bear fire danger sign on the internet. Former USFS
LexMAWeather @LexMAWeather@toot.community - Amateur weather enthusiast & spotter focusing on Lexington, MA

Specialty Accounts

Zoom Earth @zoom_earth@mapstodon.space - Hurricanes, weather, wildfires, and observations of the Earth from satellite.
Joseph Elfelt @mappingsupport@m.ai6yr.org - Developer of GISsurfer web map using the Leaflet map API

Bot creators & maintainers

AI6YR @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org - Satellite imagery enthusiast, bee-keeper, python coder
Chip Kroh @lckrohjr@fediverse.krohsnest.com - Emergency Management, Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness
Daryl Herzmann @akrherz@masto.globaleas.org - IEMBot creator, Systems Analyst, Iowa State University, USA

Bots

The official IEMBots can all be found here, however they're not currently using the necessary hashtags, as requested, for Fediverse outreach.

Hashtags of interest
#Weather
#WX
#YourStateAbbreviationwx Examples: #ILwx #GAwx #CAwx
#SPC
#WPC
#FireWX
#HurricaneName - Example: #HurricaneLee - Some may also use just the name #Lee
#TSName - Example: #TSLee (This is for tropical storms)
#TropicalWX
#Tropics
#Climate
#ClimateChange
#MastoWX
#WXTooter
To be continued...

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Pub: 23 Jul 2023 19:30 UTC
Edit: 08 Sep 2023 17:13 UTC
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