Category: WeatherBrains

WeatherBrains 862:  Data Vomit

WeatherBrains 862: Data Vomit

| July 26, 2022 @ 10:00 am

Episode 862 is now online (July 25th, 2022). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!

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WeatherBrains 861: Eddy Dissipation Rate

WeatherBrains 861: Eddy Dissipation Rate

| July 19, 2022 @ 10:00 am

This week’s Guest WeatherBrain, Dr. Adam Houston, is a guest suggestion.  He’s a professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska. He is also the director of TORUS (Targeted Observations by Radars and UAS of Supercells), where he quite literally flies in the face of storms, seeking the reasons some supercell thunderstorms generate tornadoes while others do not.

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WeatherBrains 860:  Strikingly Unpleasant

WeatherBrains 860: Strikingly Unpleasant

| July 12, 2022 @ 8:00 am

Anna Sims, from Atlas Forensic Meteorology, is our Guest WeatherBrain this week, while Sam Lane Gould (also from AFM) and Jim LaDue (NWS Warning Training Division instructor) are the guest panelists.

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WeatherBrains 859:  Neil Didn’t Respect The Polygon

WeatherBrains 859: Neil Didn’t Respect The Polygon

| July 6, 2022 @ 10:00 am

This week’s Guest WeatherBrains are the co-chairs of the Joint Conference for Weather Warnings and Communication, as well as the Broadcast Meteorology Conference. Robbie Berg is a Senior Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center. Jennifer Spinney is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Disaster and Emergency Management at York University.

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WeatherBrains 858:  My Bird Has Been Talking To Me Today

WeatherBrains 858: My Bird Has Been Talking To Me Today

| June 28, 2022 @ 10:00 am

This week’s Guest WeatherBrain is the owner of HurricaneTrack.com. Mark Sudduth, welcome back to the show!

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WeatherBrains 856:  There’s A Knucklehead In Every Group

WeatherBrains 856: There’s A Knucklehead In Every Group

| June 14, 2022 @ 10:00 am

This week’s Guest WeatherBrain graduated with a degree in environmental geography.  He’s a storm chaser and weather enthusiast, as well as a photographer.  Larry Snow Fleury, welcome!

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WeatherBrains 855:  Nocturnal MCS Mode

WeatherBrains 855: Nocturnal MCS Mode

| June 7, 2022 @ 2:00 pm

This week’s Guest WeatherBrain is a retired Rear Admiral and Chief Oceanographer for the US Navy.  He’s also a former NOAA Chief Operating Officer, and Director for the Center of Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, and a professor of meteorology at Penn State.  Admiral David Titley, welcome!

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WeatherBrains 854:  Dancing, Cussing, and Naked

WeatherBrains 854: Dancing, Cussing, and Naked

| June 1, 2022 @ 10:00 am

This week’s Guest WeatherBrain is is a meteorologist and journalist based in Boulder, Colorado. He has written on weather and climate for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Weather Underground, and many freelance venues. Bob Henson, welcome!

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WeatherBrains 853:  Lightning Of Doom

WeatherBrains 853: Lightning Of Doom

| May 24, 2022 @ 10:00 am

This week’s Guest WeatherBrain is the Communication and Public Affairs Officer at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. He’s worked for NOAA for over 20 years, and prior to that, he worked almost three decades as a broadcast meteorologist. He’s retiring on June 1st. Dennis Feltgen, welcome!

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WeatherBrains 852:  Yellow Snow In Michigan

WeatherBrains 852: Yellow Snow In Michigan

| May 17, 2022 @ 10:00 am

David Shultz, the Chief Editor of the Monthly Weather Review, is this week’s Guest WeatherBrain.

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WeatherBrains 851:  Never Fly With Neal

WeatherBrains 851: Never Fly With Neal

| May 10, 2022 @ 10:00 am

This week’s Guest WeatherBrain grew up in Rockford, Illinois. He graduated with a BS in meteorology from NIU, and started his career in broadcast meteorology in 1999. He eventually became the Chief Meteorologist at WREX-TV in his hometown of Rockford, Illinois. He has since entered the political arena and is now running for Congress in the state of Illinois. Eric Sorensen, welcome!

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WeatherBrains 850:  From One Swamp To Another

WeatherBrains 850: From One Swamp To Another

| May 3, 2022 @ 10:00 am

It’s a homegrown special this week with guest panelist Brian Lindsey from the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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WeatherBrains 849:  137 By The Weekend

WeatherBrains 849: 137 By The Weekend

| April 26, 2022 @ 6:00 pm

This week’s WeatherBrain is Dr. Stephen Bieda, National Science and Operations Officer and National Development Operations Hydrologist for the NWS. Guest panelist is Kevin Laws, the Science Operations Officer at the NWS in Birmingham.

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WeatherBrains 848:  Joint Class

WeatherBrains 848: Joint Class

| April 19, 2022 @ 10:00 am

Our guest WeatherBrain is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the NWS in Wichita, Kansas, where he’s held the position since 1995.  Chance Hayes, welcome to the show!

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