Episode 809 is up with an American treasure! Legendary journalist, producer, narrator & news anchor Bill Kurtis! We explored his entire career and how the Topeka tornado of 1966 led him to a career in broadcast news!
Representatives from Spire Global joined us to discuss the emergence of AI/Machine Learning and Radio Occultation in weather forecasting.
RADAR CHECK: We have large areas of rain on radar this morning across Alabama as an upper trough continues to interact with a very moist airmass. The overall setup won’t change much through tomorrow… the sky will be mostly cloudy with periods of rain and a few thunderstorms likely statewide. Temperatures will likely hold in the 70s all day today, and the high tomorrow will be in the low to mid 80s with only a very limited amount of sun.
In this week’s show, we will learn about the National Weather Museum & Science Center! Co-Executive Director Ross Forsyth joins us. Dr. Elizabeth Smith, a research meteorologist at NOAA-NSSL & volunteer at the museum will be our guest Weather Brain!
This week’s show includes Harold Brooks and Paulina Cwik and the topic is tornado outbreaks! What are they? Have definitions been changing over time? Some of the reasons behind hotly-disputed events will be covered!
How many of you stopped what you were doing to catch your local forecast, radar, & almanac all while listening to smooth jazz music? This week, we go retro and explore the machines behind the Local On The 8s on The Weather Channel.
In Episode 803, we catch up with James Aydelott on what has been happening in his world and now that he has a Master’s Degree, perhaps he will share his thesis research project with us??
Episode 802 is a special show with several wonderful guests. We are looking back at one of deadliest tornadoes to strike the United States & it happened just 10 years ago: The Joplin, MO EF5 Tornado of May 22, 2011.
Our guest this week is adventurer and photographer Michael DeYoung! A former Air Force meteorologist, Michael uses his expertise to teach others forecasting for travel and photography.
