WeatherBrains 491: Milk Out of My Eyeballs
WeatherBrains Episode 491 is now online (June 22, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
Tonight’ Guest WeatherBrain is the Deputy Chief of Staff for the National Weather Service. Welcoming Paul Schlatter to WeatherBrains.
Paul Schlatter works at NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) in the Office of the Assistant Administrator, as an executive advisor to the Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and Director of the NWS. In this position, he staffs the director on a wide range of policy issues and is involved with strategic and tactical discussions with the NWS Corporate Board. His one year post began in April, 2011, and in March, 2012, he transitioned to NOAA’s Program Coordination Office (PCO). As the NWS’s PCO representative, he was a liaison between NWS leadership and NOAA leadership, and staffed Dr. Jane Lubchenco (NOAA Administrator) and Dr. Kathryn Sullivan (NOAA Deputy Administrator) for events related to the NWS mission. Prior to working at NWS headquarters, Paul worked for 8 years at the NWS Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB) in Norman, OK, the first three years were as a contract employee through the University of Oklahoma/CIMMS. While with WDTB, he designed and delivered a wide range of training modules for the NWS, focusing on high impact weather warnings. He was the project lead for the dual-polarization radar operations course and was instrumental to the success of the development and current deployment of the upgrade to the nation’s fleet of 159 radars. As subject matter expert in the NWS for the operational application of dual-polarization radar products, he has presented at countless conferences, workshops, and meetings. He is an active member of both AMS and NWA. Paul graduated from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA with a BS in Engineering Physics, and received an MS in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma.
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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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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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