WeatherBrains 461: I’m Thinking “Oh Crap”
WeatherBrains Episode 461 is now online (November 24, 2014). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
Tonight’s Replacement Panelist is a writer and Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech in the Science and Technology Studies program. She’s currently at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO, where she’s studying how forecasters communicate certainty in short fused, high uncertainty events, like flash floods and tornadoes. She’s particularly interested in the challenges forecasters face in using ground truth reports by various groups in their decision making process, and in the history of citizen observation networks more generally. She is a WB Alum from show 416 last year. She is Jen Henderson.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
Our email bag officer brings us up-to-date on the latest mailings over the last couple of weeks.
And while Nat is out tonight, he did have the forethought to send along a news clip!
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: It’s not a warm front and it’s not a cold front, but it does mix the two! So what is an occluded front? That is the question and the topic for the 101 segment for this week.
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Web Sites from Episode 461:
Picks of the Week:
Jen Henderson – Disaster Collaboratory
Bill Murray – SPC Sounding Climatology
Brian Peters – National Snow Analysis
John Scala – Governor Criticizes the NWS and then Governor’s Backstep
Kevin Selle – picks Rick Smith as his pick of the week
Rick Smith – AMS Conference Severe Local Storms
James Spann – SPC Plume Forecast
Aubrey Urbanowicz – Space Weather
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Dr. John Scala, 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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About the Author (Author Profile)
Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.Subscribe
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