WeatherBrains 565: I Choose the Canned Response

WeatherBrains Episode 565 is now online (November 14, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Our guest WeatherBrain this evening is Dr. Ray Russell from Ray’s Weather from the mountains of North Carolina. He calls Ray’s Weather his hobby gone berserk. Dr. Russell is a Computer Science professor at Appalachian State University. His PhD is in Computer Science from Georgia Tech (1989); weather has been a long-time passion. He started posting a “snow forecast” on the university website back in the mid 1990’s; this evolved into RaysWeather.Com in 2000. Ray lives in Boone and has taught at Appalachian State since 1991.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

• Extremes: 94 at Lake Elsinore, CA, & Riverside, CA, and 12 at Alamosa, CO, & Waverly, CO
• Tropical Atlantic is quiet
• Severe weather scene is also quiet
• Drought extreme in SE and southern California
• Drought extends into western NC
• Warm in North Central Texas
• Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice
• and more!

Our email bag officer, Aubrey, is out tonight, but she is expected back next week.

From The Weather Center:

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Web Sites from Episode 565:

Ray’s Weather

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Picks of the Week:

Nate Johnson – GOES-13 images of smoke in SE US

Brian Peters – Reed Timmer goes to work for Accuweaher

Ray Russell – Come ski in the high country this Thanksgiving

Kevin Selle – 2nd generation WeatherBrains teeshirt

James Spann – HRRR Smoke Forecast

Aubrey Urbanowicz – What is the moon illusion?

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Rick Smith, Kevin Selle, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

Category: WeatherBrains