WeatherBrains

WeatherBrains Episode 240 is now online (August 30, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

This week’s guest WeatherBrain is Joe D’Aleo… the first Director of Meteorology at the cable TV Weather Channel. He has over 30 years experience in professional meteorology. Mr. D’Aleo was Chief Meteorologist at Weather Services International Corporation and Senior Editor of “Dr. Dewpoint” for WSI’s popular Intellicast.com web site. He is a former college professor of Meteorology at Lyndon State College. Mr. D’Aleo is a Certified Consultant Meteorologist and was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). He has served as a member and then chairman of the American Meteorological Society’ Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, and has co-chaired national conferences for both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. Mr. D’Aleo was elected a Councilor for the AMS.

Also joining us again is meteorologist Joan Van Ahn… remember by many as the host of the PBS show “AM Weather” back in the 1980s. Joan is now with the NWS HQ in the Washington, DC area.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

Picks of the Week:

Dr. Tim Coleman – HORN!

JB Elliott – HORN!

Bill Murray – NOAA Natural Hazard Stats

James Spann – The Sleeping Giant – From Digital Meteorologist

Joan Van Ahn: (NWS) database system used to catalog and display NWS Products and Product Enhancements

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Dr. Tim Coleman, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

WeatherBrains Episode 239 is now online (August 23, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

This week’s WeatherBrain is Karen Trahan Leathem, Ph.D., the lead historian for the Louisiana State Museum exhibition Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond. A native of Kaplan, Louisiana, she earned her B.A. at Louisiana State University and M.A. and Ph.D. in American History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked at the Louisiana State Museum for nine years, researching and writing a broad range of exhibitions on Louisiana history and culture, including Mardi Gras: It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana. Her recent publications include essays in New Orleans Cuisine: Fourteen Signature Dishes and Their Histories (2009) and Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times (2009).

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: .

TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of August 23 .

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.

Picks of the Week:

JB Elliott – Gets the HORN!

Bill Murray – Louisiana’s Hurricane History

Kevin Selle – Walk To The Cure – Fund Rasier for Juvenile Diabetes

James Spann – This Week In Radio Tech podcast (on the TWIT network)

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Kevin Selle, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

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WeatherBrains Episode 238 is now online (August 16, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

It’s a two guest night on WeatherBrains.

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain loves weather, especially extreme weather. She can be seen weekdays giving the National and International weather on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s network news show NewsWorld. She studied at the University of Western Ontario and York University. She also spent some time at Environment Canada, where she held the position of storm chaser.
She joined CBC News in the spring of 2007 as a research meteorologist. The powers that be quickly recognizaed that she should be on air and the rest is history. Tonight, we welcome Canada’s favorite meteorologist to the show, Johanna Wagstaffe.

Our second guest is National Weather Service CIO, Craig Hegermann.

Back as a panelist with us for this show is Rob Dale, EMA Planner with Eaton County Emergency Services, and former weathercaster at WLNS.

Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: Some weather events have strange names not to mention some spectacular folklore to go along with those events. This week the professor explores one of those events called a chinook – not the helicopter but the wind.

TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of August 16.

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 238:

Picks of the Week:

JB Elliott – Gets the VUVUZELA! No pick.

Johanna Wagstaffe – CBC Twitter Account

Rob Dale – BUFKIT 10.7

Bill Murray – Cloud Spotters Guide

Kevin Selle – Digital Meteorologist

James Spann – No pick… he was across the hall on TV when the “Pick Of The Week” segment hit.

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Kevin Selle, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

WeatherBrains Episode 237 is now online (August 9, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Back on February 14th, Micah Maziar dropped us a line and in it he said: One of my coworkers at Toledo Air Traffic Control Tower in Northwest Ohio is an absolute weather geek. And I mean an extreme weather geek! So with that kind of advance billing, we had to get him on the show as tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain!

He is originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended Purdue University where he received a degree in Aviation Technology. He was hired by the FAA in 2003 and has worked in the tower at Toledo since then. Jeff Hormann, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Joining us as our guest panelist is Dr. John Scala who appeared on Episode 224 on May 11, 2010.

Dr. Scala began his professional career at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center where he focused on the observation and numerical modeling of storms. Dr. Scala holds a BS degree in Biology and Geology from the University of Rochester, and MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.

Dr. Scala is often asked to address insurance underwriters and claims adjusters, first responders, emergency managers and coordinators at the municipal and county level, as well as public schools and community service organizations on disaster preparedness, severe weather awareness and hazard mitigation. He maintains a close working relationship with the National Weather Service by collaborating on research projects designed to improve operational forecasting as well as assisting in site surveys of tornado and severe storm damage. Dr. Scala consulted with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Association where he developed curricular-based materials for integrating service learning, scientific knowledge, and emergency response and preparedness activities.

Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: Measuring the elements is of great fascination to professional meteorologists and weather enthusiasts alike. This week 101 looks at measuring air movement with an anemometer. Do you believe the anemometer has been around since the 1400s? Well it has, so listen in to a rundown on one of the most common measurements in weather.

TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at one of the greatest hurricanes of the 20th century, that occurred during This Week in Weather History.

Web Sites from Episode 237:

Picks of the Week:

Dr. Tim Coleman – Hot summer for the Deep South

JB Elliott – Gets the HORN!

Bill Murray – Live ATC Air Radio

James Spann – Retired Hurricane Names

Jeff Hormann – NOAA Aviation Weather Center as well as the Toledo Local of the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers and the FAA opportunities page for air traffic controllers.

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Dr. Tim Coleman, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.