Anne Heggli

Wrapping up a great week of surveys for cool new #snowscience w/@aeheggli coming to #NevCAN! Pals from Western Regional Climate Center @DRIScience #WRCC get refreshed at the "Cow Shower" in Spring Valley. So glad to have this #LongScience observatory with @Longnow!

Check out this story by @DRIScience on @aeheggli and @NWS's work to understand flood risk in real-time! COMET helped fund Anne’s early work through our University Partnerships Program (UPP). Story: dri.edu/a-new-tool-can… UPP: comet.ucar.edu/university-par…

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From our friends at @DRIScience and @unevadareno! Calling all weather observers! Forecast offices need your help verifying where it is raining and snowing. Your observations will be made available in real-time to your local NWS office.

@UCB_CSSL yay for reaching median!!!

We have received 19.1" (48.5 cm) of #snow in the last day. Snowpack at the lab is now 102% of median to date. Conditions have already deteriorated this morning with gusty winds and significantly reduced visibility. The next 24 hours will be the heaviest portion of the storm.

DRI’s Anne Heggli (@aeheggli) is partnering with the @NWS to understand flood risk from #RainonSnow storms in real-time, protecting communities and enabling #WaterConservation throughout #Nevada and #California. Read more on our website at bit.ly/drirainonsnow. #DiscoverDRI

The snow is this deep at @UCB_CSSL (1.8 m) Hopefully we can get double overhead. My back won't be happy but the research will be! I'll be digging snow pits all winter with @hydromet_man for @DRIScience

10" and counting in NW Reno! #nvwx

We are partnering with the Mountain Rain or Snow team to grow the community of observers to improve the ways that we track the changes in rain, snow, and mixed precipitation during winter storms. (1/5)

Check out this incredible job opportunity helping to design open source, low-cost hydromet instrumentation with @COMETMetEd ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Car…

Thursday!

@nplareau @ProfessorPowder But why is the color scale rainbow 😭 noooo but yaaaaay snow!

Excited about tomorrow's Sierra snow event. Still not the major base builder we need, but here is the University of Utah's (@ProfessorPowder) experimental HRRR snowfall forecast for the next 37 hrs, showing a solid foot (locally higher) over the Sierra Crest. #CAwx

Happy winter solstice! Got out with some @DRIScience colleagues and the @sierraavalanche to learn a new-to-me aspect of snow observation to celebrate the start of winter!

@nplareau It's happening!!! @UCB_CSSL CSSL Live Conditions Stream youtube.com/live/N0oaGXASf… via @YouTube

Seeing a change over from rain to snow at 6500 ft in #Truckee as the precipitation rate goes up in this band. Immediate mood improvement!

#DRI’s Guo Yu presented his research at #AGU23, looking at how #wildfire combines with other flood drivers to shape flood frequency. #WideOpenScience #DiscoverDRI

#DRI’s Mari Webb presented her doctoral dissertation work at #AGU23 looking at the potential impacts of a #megastorm of #AtmosphericRivers in the #TruckeeRiver watershed. Dubbed #ArkStorm 2.0, she found that flows would be larger than the largest historical flood peak on record.

#DRI’s Christine Albano presented her research at #AGU23 that shows increases in evaporative demand of between 6 and 12% across the country over the last 40 years. #WideOpenScience #DiscoverDRI

It's been a wonderful week at #AGU23 but time to go home, rest, and get back to work. See you in my inbox until I see you all again!

#DRI is at #AGU23 this week! A few of our scientists, including Christine Albano, Mari Webb, and Anne Heggli, are sharing their research at the @theAGU conference. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the week! #WideOpenScience