WeatherBrains 595: Unified Message Mania

WeatherBrains Episode 595 is now online (June 12, 2017). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Our Guest WeatherBrain for this episode is Lans Rothfusz. Lans is a veteran on WeatherBrains having appeared on Episode 314 and more recently on Episode 493.

Lans has had a varied career in the National Weather Service including serving as the Meteorologist-in-Charge of the Atlanta, GA, office and heading the Olympic Weather Support Team for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Lans now works in the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

• Extremes: 113 at Rio Grande Village, TX, and 24 at Squaw Valley, CA
• Severe weather North Central US next couple of days
• Heat over the eastern portion of the US
• Heat in SW US, too
• First PDS watch for Wyoming
• Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice
• and more!

Our email bag officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: This episode of WeatherBrains 101 features new information about the GOES-16 satellite, the latest element in our satellite coverage. NOAA has set the date for it to become operational, and it is going to be located over 75 degrees so it will transition in name to GOES-East when that happen.

Listener Surveys: Okay, we continue to drive this topic into the ground, but we really do like to hear from you. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to fill out the Listener Survey. The survey takes just a minute or two to complete and provides us with an opportunity to learn where you are and hear your thoughts and comments on the show. Click here to take the survey.

Web Sites from Episode 595:

National Severe Storms Laboratory

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Picks of the Week:

Bill Murray – details the guests but gets the fog horn anyway

Brian Peters – The skinny on car thermometers

Lans Rothfusz – Warning hot seat

Kevin Selle – Brain hacking

James Spann – NHC Data Archive

Aubrey Urbanowicz – Split cell example

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.

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