Erik R. Nielsen

Attached is a special sounding launched at 2031Z March 15th, 2026 from College Station, TX valid at 21Z. Data has been sent to be assimilated. Launch ahead of both the dry line and cold front currently working through central Texas. @NWSSPC @NWSWPC @NWSHouston @NWSFortWorth

Attached is a special sounding launched from College Station, TX at 2033Z March 6th, 2026 valid at 21Z. Data has been sent to be assimilated, and the TEMP data should show up on the new Univ. of Wyoming soundings page. @NWSSPC @NWSWPC @NWSHouston @NWSSanAntonio @NWSFortWorth

Special sounding launched from College Station, TX at 2028Z Feb. 14th, 2026 valid at ~21Z. This was launched just ahead of the convective line. Warm nose from last sounding has eroded and low-level hodograph is impressive. @NWSSPC @NWSWPC @NWSHouston @NWSSanAntonio @NWSFortWorth

Special sounding launched from College Station, TX at 1730Z February 14th, 2026 valid at 18Z. Skies were a bit overcast with some slight clearing occurring since launch. 21Z balloon is planned. @NWSHouston @NWSFortWorth @NWSSanAntonio @NWSSPC @NWSWPC

Here is the 21z sounding from College Station provided by @TAMU. Observations show ample moisture and a deep warm layer between 900-700mb. This warm layer and above freezing surface temps are currently staving off winter precipitation. #TXwx #HOUwx #Houston

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Attached is a 1949UTC special sounding from College Station, TX. Balloon was launched between the initial round of storms and ahead of the main frontal boundary. There is some convective contamination between ~540mb and 450mb. @NWSSPC @NWSHouston @NWSWPC

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July 8th, 2025 1516 UTC special sounding launched as part of a youth camp on Texas A&M's College Station, TX campus. Mixed layer parcel path is plotted. @NWSHouston @NWSSanAntonio @NWSFortWorth @NWSSPC @NWSWPC

All I'll say is this. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Kerr County more than 12 hours ahead of the catastrophic flood. A flash flood warning was issued for Hunt & Ingram 3 HOURS before the Guadalupe started to climb. They did their job and they did it well

This is it. *THE* video to watch from yesterday's destructive supercell. Credit to Iskra Mahler for catching it on his drone from east Austin. Edited to highlight: 1. Wall cloud over Austin with brief tornado attempt 2. Rare capture of a microburst 3. FFD ripping into the city

Now that I have gotten over the jet lag, a special thanks to @timraupach and @UNSW for hosting @tamu_atmo SEA-Met's last day in Sydney! Even better ending with a tour of the Sydney observatory and the first night of Vivid. Thanks a wrap! Thank you to all who made it possible.

Special Aggie thank you to Paul from @BOM_Tas for being such an instrumental part to @tamu_atmo SEA-Met's visit to Hobart! Chatting with IMAS, touring the ice core lab, a special tour of the RV Investigator, and a wonderful visit to the BoM office!

@tamu_atmo Convective Storms Field Study special student launched sounding at ~2130Z UTC 18 May 2025 from Seiling, OK. It has also been sent out through email list/NWSChat. @NWSWPC @NWSSPC @NWSNorman

A whole hearted thanks to all those at the @BOM_au Melbourne office who graciously gave our @tamu_atmo SEA-Met students a tour of their facilities and offered great discussions of their operational capabilities. Can't wait to keep the educational and research coms paths open!

@tamu_atmo Convective Storms Field Studies class launched a special sounding from Riesel, TX (just southeast of Waco) at 1934 UTC 05/16/25. Radiosonde was launch just shy of the tropoause. @NWSSPC @NWSWPC @NWSHouston @NWSSanAntonio @NWSFortWorth

A special thanks to Mick, Tim, Rob, and all the others at the @BOM_au training center for giving our @tamu_atmo SEA-Met students some first-hand training on SH analysis techniques. I even did my first nephanalysis! We even got to see an ozondesonde launch. Thanks and Gig'em!

Huge thanks to Dr. Claire Vincent for making yesterday's @tamu_atmo SEA-Met visit to the University of Melbourne a success! We couldn't not have done it without you. Thanks to all the speakers who shared their research!

And we are off with the @tamu_atmo SEA-Met 2025! Thanks to Dr. Ailie Gallant and Monash University for kicking us off with a discussion of Australian climatology, drought, landscapes, and indigenous peoples.

I couldn't be more excited for the @tamu_atmo class of 2025! They have worked so hard to get here. My best wishes on their future endeavors. It is always bittersweet, and they will be greatly missed! Also, the stoles and anemometer mortarboard are straight 🔥. Congrats!