Australian climatologist rambling about climate drivers, variability, trends & impacts. Once played goalie for Antarctica. Born @ 325ppm. All tweets personal
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7 Dec 2019
For those wanting to look at the weeks ahead to find out when patterns will change, you can save the Bom outlooks as an app on your phone.
1) Use Safarai to open bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks
2) click on the ‘Share’ icon
3) scroll across and select ‘Add to Homescreen’
—voila!
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11 May 2025
Regular reminder I’m on BlueSky now… bsky.app/profile/windjunky.b…
9 Jan 2025
Regular reminder that I now post weather and climate stuff at the other place - where the sky is blue.
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Feb 1
As a person I worry, as a scientist I’m not surprised, says @windjunky of the prospect of more heatwaves and 50 degree days in summer more often #climate #mallee
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16 Sep 2025
The funniest thing…
The NCRA report is actually quite explicit that the economic modelling is very likely an **UNDERestimate** due to a lack of complex and systems risk thinking in all economic modelling. See link below @australian
acs.gov.au/pages/ncra-delive…
16 Sep 2025
A landmark climate risk report has been criticised by economists for making “gross exaggerations” on the economic impact of climate change, with doubt cast over core assumptions: bit.ly/3IkOZZp
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16 Sep 2025
Our article in The Conversation on Australia's first National Climate Risk Assessment.
theconversation.com/is-this-…
More info at:
acs.gov.au/pages/national-cl…
Minister Bowen press conference: youtube.com/live/GLvd_fuRfAk
Our report on the weather and climate hazards: climateservice.maps.arcgis.c…
The sobering assessment is a national call to action. The sooner Australia mitigates and adapts, the safer we will be.
theconversation.com/is-this-…
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29 Jul 2025
Our article in today’s @ConversationEDU - US cuts will have a global (negative) ripple effect on weather and climate monitoring and forecasting, right when weather extremes mean we have never needed accurate early warnings more.
For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk @windjunky @tasvo @ProfMattEngland @MonashUni @RMIT @UTAS_ @UTSEngage @UNSW theconversation.com/as-us-cl…
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27 Jun 2025
Our article out today that I wrote (with some colleagues from Monash and BoM) on the current ‘green’ drought across southern Australia, and how it relates to climate change. Feedback welcome!
Yes, it’s been raining in southeast Australia – but it's too little, too late. Now it’s too cold to grow decent pasture. This is called a 'green drought'. @windjunky @https://x.com/PallaviGoswami_ @MonashUni theconversation.com/the-drou…
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7 Jun 2025
Our article in Monash Lens with Ailie Gallant, Tas van Ommen, Brenda Lin, Sonia Bluhm and Angela Koning on the importance to Australia of a national climate risk assessment done well. And hence why we must legislate to ensure timely updates.
lens.monash.edu/2025/06/06/1…
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31 May 2025
Wow… I post for the first time in ages on twitter about climate and the Trolls/bots come out en masse to attack. So glad I left. What a cesspool.
Feel free to follow me on BlueSky.
Ta ta.
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31 May 2025
Breaking my twitter silence. My letter in yesterday’s (30/5/2025) The Age, re: the immoral NW Shelf gas extraction approval.
The private profit and tax generated by the expansion of NW shelf gas project will be swamped by the future costs. Our children will live with its impacts.
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24 Mar 2025
I don’t post on X anymore but have moved to Blue Sky.
Speaking of moving… I’m leaving the BoM (after over 25 years!) on Thursday. Taking a break, though head still in the cloud…
New email is:
Andrew.Watkins1@monash.edu
(don’t forget the 1!)
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9 Jan 2025
Regular reminder that I now post weather and climate stuff at the other place - where the sky is blue.
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20 Nov 2024
Just a reminder I’m moving the majority of my messages to bsky.app/profile/windjunky.b…
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20 Nov 2024
Proud of this work we did with @MonashUni Global Challenges young researchers
5 Sep 2024
🚩#Highlycited paper
"#Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping: A Case Study from #Australia’s Hawkesbury-Nepean #Catchment" by Matthew Kelly et al.
📚more information: doi.org/10.3390/hydrology100…
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5 Sep 2024
🚩#Highlycited paper
"#Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping: A Case Study from #Australia’s Hawkesbury-Nepean #Catchment" by Matthew Kelly et al.
📚more information: doi.org/10.3390/hydrology100…
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