WeatherBrains 329: WeatherBrains Funky VooDoo
WeatherBrains Episode 329 is now online (May 14, 2012). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is Keith Stammer, the Emergency Manager for Jasper County, Missouri. He will be discussing the tornado that devastated his community last May 22nd.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
- J. B. and Brian take the week off
- An attempt at a video conference using Google Hangout didn’t quite go as planned!
- A recent tornado warning in Columbia, SC is largely ignored in rural areas
- Aletta becomes the first tropical storm in the Eastern Pacific
- Wireless Emergency Alert System discussion
- and more!
Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective.
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: Last week we discussed some of the characteristics involved in thunderstorms that produce hail. This week we take a look at the process of hail growth in thunderstorms.
TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of May 15th.
Listener 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 329:
Picks of the Week:
Bill Murray – Grand Isle, LA Tornado Video
Kevin Selle – Gets the horn!
James Spann – RAP Computer Model output
JP Spann – http://www.youtube.com/user/wxrenny
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like J.P. Spann, Kevin Selle, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
Posted: May 14th, 2012 under Shows.
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Our guest panelist for this episode is Brian Shields, morning meteorologist at WFTV, the ABC affiliate in Orlando, FL. He graduated from Villanova with a degree in geography and went on to obtain his Broadcast Meteorolgy degree from Mississippi State. He worked in Salisbury, MD, and Charleston, WV.
Tonight’s guest WeatherBrain needs no introduction to our community of weather geeks. He is one of the premiere severe weather researchers in the world. His monograph, Severe Convective Storms, has a place on the bookshelf of nearly every serious meteorologist in the country. He appeared on show number 197 in November, 2009. Dr. Chuck Doswell, welcome back to WeatherBrains!
Our guest panelist for this episode is Ryan Hoke, an undergraduate meteorology student at Mississippi State University and a weekend weather forecaster at WBBJ-TV Channel 7 in Jackson, TN. Ryan Hoke’s passion for weather started at a very early age with a childhood fear of thunderstorms which quickly developed into a full-fledged obsession with weather. Ryan joined a storm chasing vacation tour company during his junior year of high school in 2008. Since then, he has spent many weeks in the Great Plains guiding and driving customers to see tornadoes and severe weather. Ryan has seen over a dozen tornadoes and thrives off the thrill of the chase while relaying crucial storm reports to the National Weather Service and media. Storm chasing has been the ultimate field-learning experience, giving him an early edge in severe weather tracking and forecasting that most students never get. Even though he calls Louisville his hometown, his birthplace of Murfreesboro, TN, remains close at hand.
Tonight’s Guest Panelist is a WeatherBrains alum. Chris Novy came to Birmingham in November to teach spotter safety at the ABC 3340 Weather Xtreme spotter training event. He is perfect to help us debate recent events in the chaser community tonight. His video-rich presentations are always eye-catching, amusing, informative, and occasionally sobering. His message is always the same – no spotter report, no video clip, no smidgen of name recognition, is worth losing your life for.
