Professor in Meteorology and Computer Science, Director of the NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES), mom to @wrmf.bsky.social and @agileschnauzers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3ml44kl74bc2jIntroducing a new framework for evaluating AIWP and NWP models on a standardized set of extreme weather cases! arxiv.org/abs/2605.01126 https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.0112605 May 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml44kl74bc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mijob2eof22cInky is so cute! We had fun with her in class today (though I had to turn her off when I derived back prop because she kept hovering over the math LOL) https://blog.notability.com/post/honk-inky-is-back02 Apr 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijob2eof22chttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mhfxw7au7224Had this dream that I went to an AMS banquet and they served us all shrimp stuffed with escargot. Eww. That woke me up fast!19 Mar 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfxw7au7224https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mgqpnojxrc2rStorm was pretty as it dropped insane hail on OKC tonight #okwx11 Mar 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqpnojxrc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mdfrlov3ss2yWe are releasing extreme weather bench today!! Come see our pair of talks on it. #AMS2026 Check out: ExtremeWeatherBench 1.0: A Flexible Evaluation Framework for Extreme Weather Events @ 106th AMS Annual Meeting https://ams.confex.com/ams/106ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/47714027 Jan 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfrlov3ss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mddcwwj2s22mDallas from above on my way to #AMS202626 Jan 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddcwwj2s22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mdbqyg3mo22eAI2ES has a huge presence at #AMS2026 this year - this is a list of all ours talks along with a copy of my slides for the summary of AI2ES over the last 5 years! www.ai2es.org/ams2026/ https://www.ai2es.org/ams2026/25 Jan 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbqyg3mo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mbx6zlse6k23Anyone made an #AMS2026 feed yet?09 Jan 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbx6zlse6k23https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3macg2nulmk22What does NCAR do for you? Made your life a lot better and safer!! Help fight for weather science! Read this and call your representatives and senators!! https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2025/12/18/8-ways-the-national-center-for-atmospheric-research-helps-you/19 Dec 2025 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3macg2nulmk22https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m7oiw5a37c25Science! We have a new deep learning precipitation nowcasting paper under review! arxiv.org/abs/2512.09059 https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.0905911 Dec 2025 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7oiw5a37c25https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m7nl4orn2k2dMore ways we are killing science (gift article) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/science/nobel-prize-immigrants-science.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.ssO3.6VdkmHN8BDLi&smid=url-share10 Dec 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nl4orn2k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m7b4rm32b22eThe decimation of science continues https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/research-cut-impacts-john-quackebush-profile-american-science-shattered-series/05 Dec 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7b4rm32b22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m6hvh75fac2xFrom what I see, AMS isn't in this greedy cycle. They don't operate the journals as money makers (but they do have to break even and pay their staff to maintain quality and that seems to be missed by this!) #science https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/we-need-to-talk-about-the-billion-dollar-industry-holding-science-hostage/25 Nov 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hvh75fac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m5wj6ipqy227Office is toasty today 🔥18 Nov 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wj6ipqy227https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m5wfqgvwvk27This is quite disturbing- I know LLMs are a problem but the extent they discovered is really concerning for science https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/science/letters-to-the-editor-ai-chatbots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E8.rM4M.SvrA2NxC948N&smid=url-share18 Nov 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wfqgvwvk27https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m5hoqvadx22oAnyone know what time to look for aurora tonight? I was planning to head to a more rural part of town for less light pollution.12 Nov 2025 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hoqvadx22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m5fodrihes25Northern lights tonight! #okwx12 Nov 2025 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5fodrihes25https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m4oop7uirk2iYes, it is this scary in science. We were world leader only 10 months ago. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/top-researchers-consider-leaving-u-s-amid-funding-cuts-the-science-world-is-ending02 Nov 2025 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4oop7uirk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m3yc74idqc2nDumb question: what happened to Ian from capital weather gang and his account on here? Also he had a list that I had pinned.25 Oct 2025 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3yc74idqc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m3ukwnja7c24Alan has it right - we had NOTHING to do with "climate hysteria" and the sudden inability to focus on trustworthy AI for weather is only going to hurt us. We need to find a way to fund this critical research! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ukwnja7c24https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m3qllaoznc2qNPR’s All Things Considered covered our renewal cut to AI2ES. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5577879/the-federal-government-ends-funding-for-an-ambitious-ai-project22 Oct 2025 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3qllaoznc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m36q5xku5k2wGo vote for Brightband! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Oct 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36q5xku5k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m233ubvc2k2zAnyone know an editor at “discover sustainability” a nature journal? They have signed me up to do a review that I did not agree to and they refuse to do anything but send me reminders every day. I have emailed them three times at the official address. Help!30 Sep 2025 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m233ubvc2k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3m22kiuufy22sSunrise was brief, but beautiful this morning #okwx30 Sep 2025 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22kiuufy22shttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3lzlgt26xik2xSunrise was on fire this morning and then if you turned around, you had a sunrise rainbow! #okwx24 Sep 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlgt26xik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3ly6ryssvos26This was nice, someone not hating science and instead singing to it. https://youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w6W5B-E?si=PlMx-4jO-E4GDkNV06 Sep 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6ryssvos26https://bsky.app/profile/profamymcgovern.bsky.social/post/3ly23d3yn7c2gMore news on AI2ES. Please help save science funding in general but also help save AI for weather! https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/white-house-cuts-science-funding-threaten-ai-weather-forecasting-insti-rcna22893404 Sep 2025 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:vddwphggf4wedp4gnuwgrb2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly23d3yn7c2g