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Michael Lowry
Personal blog · michaelrlowry.substack.comsciencedata
Michael Lowry writes Eye on the Tropics, a personal blog at michaelrlowry.substack.com about science and data. Since 2025, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack for its coverage of hurricane forecasting and the loss of key US satellite data, such as the SSMIS instrument being discontinued and the weaker ATMS sounder.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Daily tropical newsletter and updates from WPLG-TV Miami Hurricane Specialist and Storm Surge Expert Michael Lowry.
Most-linked posts?
- Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-06-26
- Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites This Week2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-07-29
What Hacker News says?
I recommend readng this article https://michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/critical-hurricane-fore...
Comment linking /p/critical-hurricane-forecast-tool
on “Loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back 'decades'”Submitted Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites This Week as a story · 5 points
HN discussionhttps://michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/critical-hurricane-fore... “The ATMS sounder that remains is far inferior to hurricane forecasters than the SSMIS instrument the Department of Defense is discontinuing. Unlike the SSMIS which scans at a continuous resolution, the quality of the ATMS degrades considerably on its edges, rendering the sounder useless for most operational hurricane forecasts. The example below shows…
Comment linking /p/critical-hurricane-forecast-tool
on “Loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back 'decades'”Submitted Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites This Week as a story · 1 points
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