Climate/Snow Scientist; Nevada State Climatologist, Professor of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno; National Geographic Explorer
Reno, NV
Joined June 2019
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We love seeing our Wind Monitor in action at the top of the world! Check out this incredible @CNN feature w/ Dr. Baker Perry: cnn.com/2025/05/26/climate/v…
#RMYoung #WindMonitor #TopOfTheWorld #ClimateScience #EverestWeather #BakerPerry #ExtremeWeatherTech #RMYinTheField @NatGeo
Epic rainbow along Truckee River in west Reno on Friday May 2nd! @NWSReno @unevadareno
Here is the full press release on our Aconcagua Proyecto Wayra @TkrMatthews86 @MWObs @RMYoungCompany unr.edu/nevada-today/about/n…
Excited to share the below news about a new weather station network on the highest mountain in the Americas. Argentine partners at @ianigla led by Pierre Pitte were exceptional. Excited to watch/analyze data! @TkrMatthews86 @MWObs @InsideNatGeo
On February 18, @UNRScience geography professor Baker Perry led an expedition to install the highest weather station in the world outside Asia. @InsideNatGeo @Kings_SGA @kclgeography @unrcabnr
#CambellSci #CSExtremeApp2025
ALT The full team at Plaza Francia view point, with Aconcagua South wall in the background. Top (left to right): Pilar Jeanneret, Mariano Masiokas, Mariano castro, Martin "Picante" Guajardo, Pierre Pitte, Baker Perry, Tom Matthews, Juan Pablo Scarpa. Bottom (left to right): Mariana Correas Gonzalez, Maximiliano Viale, Martín Salas and Ivanna Pecker Marcosig.
ALT Baker Perry configuring the OTT Hydromet Pluvio2 weighing precipitation sensor at the Plaza de Mulas station.
ALT Expedition team wearing CABNR beanies with mountains in the background.
ALT Pierre Pitte (yellow helmet), Baker Perry (blue sun hat), Tom Matthews (yellow jacket), Ivanna Pecker Marcosig (red jacket, sitting), Mariano Castro (black jacket), and Martin 'Picante' Guajardo (orange hood) putting the final touches to the weather station on the summit of Aconcagua.
Baker Perry retweeted
A weather geek look at yesterdays graupel fest @AltaSkiArea, including a comparison with the mother of all Alta graupel storms on January 5, 2008 and comparisons with snow extremes in the Andes (h/t @BakerPerry1).
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Our team has just published an article that analyzes snow water equivalent from the SnowFox cosmic ray detector on Mera Glacier in the Nepal Himalaya. Congrats to Navaraj Pokhrel for leading! @UNRScience @appstate @TkrMatthews86 @GlacioBrun @AriKhadka1 tc.copernicus.org/articles/1…
Congrats to @Max_VWDV on leading this new paper using our Everest weather station network data. Great application using machine learning to improve forecasts in high mountains. @TkrMatthews86 @InsideNatGeo @ROLEX @UNRScience
New paper using machine learning workflows to downscale global weather forecasts to local conditions. We use a new weather station network on Mt Everest (up to 8810 m elevation!) to forecast meteorological hazards on the summit path.
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Ph.D. opportunity in the Department of Geography at @unevadareno! Application deadline is 15 December 2024 with a start date of August 2025. Details below. @UNRScience @TkrMatthews86 @glacier_glasses @realglacier @GlacioBrun @AriKhadka1 @DrMiriamJackson
Huge numbers of trees down near Fall Creek VFD Station 1 in Old Beech Mtn, NC (Avery County) from #helene. Electric coop says 4-6 WEEKS for power restoration. Took 5 gallons of gas & 2 days just to clear this section. @VanDamCNN @wxbrad @NWSGSP @WataugaOnline @NCSCO
Update on #helene from NC State Climate Office. Thank you Corey Davis, @KathieDello @spheuser climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/0…
Fall Creek VFD Asst Chief Josh Phillips shared the below video with me from Station 2 on Buckeye Rd (Avery Cty, NC). Road is completely swept away and station is cut off. (Video credit: Josh Phillips, Fall Creek VFD). Urgent need for cell service restoration for comms. @NWSGSP
Absolutely devastating news from Chimney Rock, NC. There are likely many more similar scenes that we will learn about in coming days/weeks. #helene
Max wind gusts with #helene across @gsp cwa in WNC. It will be a bit before I can access data from our Poga Mountain station in northern Avery where we had massive numbers of downed trees.
Extreme rainfall totals this week across western North Carolina with #Helene. Busick RAWS coming in with just over 30”. @CoCoRaHS @SERCC @NCSCO
Elk Mills (TN) FD completely washed away by Elk River with fire apparatus. Both Fall Creek (NC) FD stations inaccessible due to landslides, washouts, and extensive downed trees. Watauga River peaked above 1940 flood but gauging station offline & likely destroyed.
Tough news from Thame in the Khumbu region of Nepal following a devastating GLOF that destroyed much of the village and other infrastructure across the region. @ten10zing92 @realglacier @prajjwalpanday @TkrMatthews86 icimod.org/press-release/glo…
Excited to report that I have started a new position at the University of Nevada, Reno as Nevada State Climatologist and Professor of Climatology. I am thrilled about this opportunity. Thanks to all for the support and encouragement. Ph.D. opportunities to be announced soon!
An article led by @TomGrib investigating dry season streamflow in the tropical high Andes has just been published. Key findings highlight critical role of bofedales in buffering seasonal declines in streamflow. @WouterBuytaert onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
