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WeatherBrains 483: Very Chaotic Start

| April 28, 2015 @ 5:15 am

WeatherBrains Episode 483 is now online (April 27, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s guest WeatherBrain works with the Capitol Weather Gang and joins us at the last minute. Jason Samenow, welcome to WeatherBrains.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • Extremes: High 96 at Fort Lauderdale (Executive Airport), FL, and Death Valley, CA
  • Low: 17 at Eureka, NV, and Stanley, ID
  • MCS created disaster to regatta on Mobile Bay Sunday
  • Severe weather again along Gulf Coast
  • Anniversary of historic tornado event in 2011
  • MCS with wind knocking train off tracks in New Orleans
  • and more!
  • Our email bag officer continues to bring us the incoming messages from our listeners.

    From The Weather Center:

    WeatherBrains 101: Weather is a visual field and weather geeks often review weather conditions with pictures referred to as maps or charts. On those maps are contour lines that have special names.

    Listener SurveyListener 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 483:

    Dauphin Island Regatta disaster

    Interactive project looking back at Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011

    Capitol Weather Gang site

    To subscribe to the brand new SkyWritings, an email newsletter from the WeatherBrains gang, click HERE.

    Picks of the Week:

    Nate Johnson – Animated gif of storms near Dallas/Fort Worth April 26, 2015 (note, large file)

    Bill Murray – Bows out for an early flight

    Brian Peters – Gets fog horn!

    John Scala – Alabama leads Nation in tornado deaths

    Kevin Selle – Train being blown off tracks

    Rick Smith – Don’t park under an overpass in a hailstorm
    NWS BHM coming to a channel near you
    James Spann and lessons of April 27, 2011

    James Spann – NCAR Ensemble Forecasts

    Aubrey Urbanowicz – NWS Blacksburg, VA, summary on April 27-28, 2011

    SkyDavers Blog – The Fog Bank

    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 ()

    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.

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