WeatherBrains 63: “Tropical Gray”
WeatherBrains Episode 63 is now online (April 9, 2007)
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In this week’s episode:
– Hurricanes galore? Famed tropical expert Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University believes this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be a busy one, and shares the predictions he and associate Phil Klotzbach are making with the WeatherBrains crew;
– The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the “parent company” of the National Weather Service, turns 200 this year. We’ll look at some Top 10 weather features of the NOAA 200 celebration website;
– Looking for a job? You might be interested in who’s hiring at a certain 24 hour weather network;
– Also, find out who that guest announcer is…does WeatherBrains have its first female contributor?;
– This Week In Weather: Would you believe a weather vane so special it may be worth more than a million dollars? Kevin has details;
– This Week In Weather History: Bill Murray recalls this week in 1927 when 30,000 men tried to hold back the floodwaters of a raging Mississippi River and lost, causing over a million acres of land to be flooded, destroying the town of Greenville;
Websites featured in this Episode:
The Tropical Meteorology Project…
NOAA 200 Years website…
Join J.B. Elliott, Bill Murray, Brian Peters, Kevin Selle and David Black…
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– “Heatbursts” — Ted Ryan, Forecaster at the National Weather Service Office in Fort Worth, TX, talks about a product of a thunderstorm that can sometimes be felt 100 miles away from the storm! 
– “Wi-fi Woes Aloft” — Looking forward to wireless Internet access when you fly? Don’t hold your breath. David Black talks with journalist Galen Gruman, who tells us why efforts to bring Wi-fi to commercial airline flights has been a big flop;
