Thursday, July 09, 2009

This is the End

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Weather Service.”

New demands on my time involving weather-climate linkage research and predictions are rapidly approaching. So, the Rottweiler and myself must now walk off into the Blogosphere sunset. This has been a great 3 1/2 year ride, and thank you all for the wonderful support!!!

Best regards,
Ed Berry

35 comments:

Carsonspotter said...

Ed,

Thanks for all the wonderful insights. I wish you the best of luck in your future research. We will miss your discussions Hopefully we will see more of your future work at a later date.

Best,

Robert

Unknown said...

Ed,

You can't leave us this year! There is so much uncertainty with the ENSO and all.

Is there any chance of you continuing an abbreivated version of your blog? If not, I wish you well in your endeavors.

Jim

Greg said...

Ahh....

I was just starting to get the hang of this stuff and then POOF, no more.

It was enjoyable while it lasted. Thank you for the dedication you have given us, and hopefully one day I will read your atmospheric insights once again.

Good luck with your project, and I wish all of your hard work pays off.

Best of luck,
Greg

Arnost said...

Ed,

I feel remiss that I never said thank you before. I have read just about every one of your weekly updates over the last 2 years and have found them an invaluable resource. So thank you for your insights into the atmosphere - I have learnt much I do hope that I see your GWO research gain more prominence.

Good luck, and thank you (again and again)...

cheers

Justyn Jackson said...

Ed,

I regret to see you stop writing, but I appreciate your willingness to make this work more public in the last 3 1/2 years. I hope that will only continue in your future endeavors. I would still like to see a COMET module later on down the road!

I've read your posts for a while but only recently began studying these concepts. I truly appreciate your help in answering my questions. I'm glad I am able to read your discussions and understand the large majority of what you write. I'll continue studying this and monitoring the weather-climate linkage everyday.

I wish you the best of luck with your future work!

Justyn

GV said...

Ed,

Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and insights, and for developing a framework that is not only elegant, but effective and useful. (Hopefully we will see more resources added to the ESRL/PSD GSDM page in the not too distant future.)

We are all going to miss the growls of the Rottweiler!

Best regards,

Gary

Captain Climate said...

I am so sad to see you go. Thanks for sharing your insights with us. I have learned more in the past 2 years than the previous 10.

You helped me build a rudimentary global understanding of what drives the weather/climate.

Would you consider a 2-3 paragraph update structure (as Snoman suggested)?

Thanks again!!!

Deam

magellan said...

Ed,
You are a legend in many forums. I wish you well.

noworkfish said...

Oh wise and gracious one,

You must be confused, it is not April 1. Practical jokes are out of season.

This cannot be. A "Berry" drought will be unbearable. I look forward to each and every post/blog of yours. Your posts/blogs have been enlightening, entertaining and inspiring to me and so many others. The void will be large.

This will not do. What can we do to change your mind? I beg you to reconsider. Even the smallest post/blog will suffice. It will make you feel good to "feed us hungry folk" as your limited time permits. Beg, plead, beg, beg, beg, plead, beg.

If you must go, go knowing you will be missed and fondly remembered.

Unknown said...

I'm sorry to see this go by the wayside. You've been very informative.

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Unknown said...

Great post noworkfish!

You reflect the opinion of many of us. I think Ed is going to be surprised when he ses how many people are going to miss him.

I'm sure many more will miss him that do not post. I've always heard only a very small percentage of people that visit forums and blogs actually post.

We want more...we want more...!

Jim

Sam Lillo said...

Ed,

I've followed your posts for a while now, and your insights are enormously valued. You'll certainly be missed through the boreal autumn with the changes occurring in the Pacific.

All the best, Sam

Unknown said...

I'll add my voice to this appeal for you to reconsider as well - I think most truly interested folk here can get the gist of what you are saying by looking at the maps and data, so perhaps, as some have suggested, you only need to write a couple of paragraphs each week to get your point across. We can join the dots and fill in the blanks, we just need a framework to help us.
Look forward to reading more from you (in whatever form) in the future.
Cheers

G Dan Mitchell said...

I've been reading your reports for a good time now, and I'll be very disappointed if they cannot continue - but I'll have to understand if other pressures have to come first.

Perhaps an occasional short update might still work?

Thanks.

Dan

Anonymous said...

Ed,

Thanks for helping me to regard the atmosphere-ocean system in its entirety. While I have merely the barest understanding of the GWO, I hope to gain a better grasp of the 'big picture' through my graduate studies, which I will begin in the coming months. Even if you are unable to resume blogging, I will definitely bookmark your data links, and keep an eye out for any future publications.

Good luck!

Paul Knightley said...

Ed - best of luck in the future. I have enjoyed reading and learning from your posts, especially when trying to piece the GWO and ENSO phases with the UK/European climate! Hope you can occasionally post in the future!

Paul.

BA said...

Nooooooooooooooo. Ed, I have been learning so much from you & was excited to continue. I hope you find time in the future to start writing again.

Storm said...

Ed, I'm so sorry to see you leave. I was just getting acquainted with your blog, and had embraced the learning curve with the expectancy I absorbing both the terminology and the concepts over time. I guess that won't be an option now, and speaking out of pure selfishness, I hope you'll reconsider. If your decision to discontinue the blog truly is locked in, can you recommend anything else out there of a similar nature? I suspect that you've been offering something quite unique, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

In any event, thank you for having shared your insights so freely. I wish you the very best as you move in new directions.

Cheers,

Bob

Nona said...

Please advise where we can aquire the same level of insite on the www???
We will miss your discussions. Wonderful insite and incredible lessons learned.

Cheers to you,

Nona said...

I thank you for the insights and education of your blog. Your efforts were not in vain. Please advise a temporary site, containing much the same information. I am hopeful you will return to blogging.

Cheers to you,

Nona

Linda Maldonado said...

I feel like everyone else.

However, keep your previous posts online.

There is a lot of information that we can learn from.


Thank You,

Linda

Linda

jens said...

Hello Ed,

I was really shocked when I read your last message. Thats it, over and out, no Ed Barry blog anymore :-( It was a must for me to read the last insight blog every Monday Morning in the last 2 years.
It is really sad, but I have to accept it too. I dont know so many things about you, but I will miss you and your blog here. Perhaps you can give me some links or ideas where I can read something from you about the actual atmosphere situation or some forum links where you are active at least from time to time. Thank you and farewell Ed.

Jens

Unknown said...

Ed,

Thanks for all your good work., I'll miss your forecasts as will all of us powderhounds in McCall,Idaho.

Godd Luck!

Todd

silvertip said...

Ed,
I enjoyed reading your thoughts. Please let us know where we might be able to see your insight again.........Again thanks for the great product you produced we all will miss it.


John

weatherBTL said...

Ed,

I have been in disbelief that you really were going to be able to stop blogging about GWO! Like many others have said, your expertise has taken us to another level~ one that, indeed, warrants additional funding to further. I kept hanging onto the hope that the Rottweiler would get an itch, feeling compelled to blog at least once more. I hope that you're not being held hostage by a global financial firm! Best wishes in your future endeavors. I hope those of us in the scientific/weather community can learn more about GWO and the global weather climate system from you in the future.

Thank you for your dedication and expertise,
Brett

Fwx Sharon said...

I haven't looked at your blog for a while and was hoping to catch up on the atmosphere. Rats! Thanks for all your work here in shareing your insights.

Sharon Alden

Harold Ambler said...

Dear Ed,

Thank you for the extraordinary run.

I am still interested in interviewing you about the end of the blog and your career change.

Feel free to e-mail me at hambler@mac.com

All the best,

Harold

Kipp said...

Dr. Berry, I am a Civil Engineer who works for a local City in California that really appreciated your insight over the years. Your forecasts were so much more reliable than the local NWS forecasts that I soley relied on your forecasts when relaying weather info to other City Departments. Even though all the experts are calling for an El Niño type winter for us the current weather patterns look sadly similar to the 2006 El Niño false alarm which could spell bad news for this drought stricken area. You were calling for a possible El Niño false alarm for this year and it looks like you could be right. Despite my efforts to find an atmospheric scientist to explain in layman terms (like you did so well) why California is so dry this year so far despite an "El Niño" year my efforts have been fruitless. You always had the answers I was looking for, and without your blog I can't express how much this "regular joe" will sorely miss your insights. I wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavors and I really hope someday you would reconsider coming back and at least doing your blog once a monh. Without it I am wondering in the wilderness, totally clueless on what the future lies for Southern California!

Mikayla Allegretto said...

Ed,

It's been 6 months, don't you miss the blog yet?

Fwx Sharon said...

I keep checking back just in case you have started up again.

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