Phil Baker

@philbaker11.bsky.social

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GenX dad and Nebraska native, possibly a meteorologist Interests in Formula One, Linux, FreeBSD and ham radio “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." - John 13:34

Absurd schematic of a supercell thunderstorm, created by AI
Omaha skyline backlit by a pink sunset - picture taken from the Iowa side of the Missouri River
Screenshot of RadarScope in iOS, showing Base Reflectivity and Base Velocity products for the Grand Rapids MI (KGRR) radar, showing thunderstorms moving in from Lake Michigan.
A picture of Storz brewery taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s
Screenshot of the AirNow.gov fire and smoke map
The tornado, as seen from the Aksarben horse racing track on May 5, 1975 - looking west-northwest
Screenshot id RadarScope iniOS.
Image of downtown Omaha taken from the Iowa side of the Missouri River at sunset
A rainfall map showing as much as 15 inches of rainfall over the Midsouth during the latter half of last week.
Rain showers, snow, and sleet, becoming all snow after 10am. The rain, snow, and sleet could be heavy at times. Some thunder is also possible. Widespread blowing snow, mainly between 9am and 5pm. Temperature falling to around 32 by 1pm. Very windy, with a north wind 30 to 36 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible.
An image of a lightning strike in Omaha Nebraska during the predawn hours. Camera is looking northeast.
A late afternoon picture of sunset over central Texas from a CRJ700 flight over central Texas. Two cloud decks, the sun peering from behind the upper cloud deck.
A graph of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) Index, showing the potential of a northward shift of the jetstream over the eastern half of the US
GOES East loop 1200x1200 resolution
Winter impacts map - snow developing Thursday night, becoming heavy at times Friday morning. 4 to 6 inches of snow expected
Regional map showing probability of major impacts from a winter storm, based on forecast snow amounts, population density and infrastructure. Memphis has a 50% chance of experiencing major impacts from the snow.
SPC Mesoscale Discussion for developing blizzards conditions in northeast Kansas
NWS Omaha winter weather forecast slide, showing highest accumulations over far southeast Nebraska. Omaha metro is in the "zone of disappointment" - not enough snow to have fun, but still have clean it off the driveway
Cat spotting "2024" on the table, followed by contemplation, then swatting "2024" off the table
Picture of clouds have a billowing base, illuminated in soft white light, road surface is illuminated with slight green tint from vehicle windshield.
App Store screenshots of available app updates and their respective release notes. Only Pocket Casts provides useful release notes. Google and Firefox… meaningless boilerplate.
Koss Porta Pro headpones
GFS forecast of sudden stratospheric warming over the northern polar region, indicating possible tropospheric polar vortex instability in the latter half of December
Picture of Mr. Milchick and Mark S. at Lumon Industries
A DuckDuckGo Shopping search for an ASUS PA24ACRV monitor
A Google Shopping list of computer monitors.
Captain Picard pleading with is furnace to "Engage!"
A meme Me: Wiggling my toes under the blanket My cat: "You're sheltering enemies of the state, are you not?"
Some kids are smarter than you. Some kids have cooler clothes than you. Some kids are better at sports than you. IT DOESN'T MATTER. You have your thing, too. Be that kid who can get along. Be that kid who is generous. Be that kid who is happy for other people. Be that kid who does the right thing. Be the NICE kid!
An Amazon Kindle showing the “Absolute FreeBSD” book
A picture of green grass (mixture of Bermuda and Fescue) on November 16, 2024 in the Memphis, TN area.
A picture of the Gene Leahy Mall in downtown Omaha
A Google Now news feed (or whatever they're calling it this month), showing a deal on a Samsung SSD. The link is to a 4 month old article from Tom's Hardware
A picture of a large furry orange cat resting in his “arm”