WeatherBrains 142: Alaskan Weather
WeatherBrains Episode 142 is now online (October 13, 2008). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
This could be the most northerly guest we’ve ever had on WeatherBrains. Our guest for the show tonight is Todd Foisy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska. Todd was getting to the end of his shift. He grew up in the Birmingham area, and the blizzard of 1993 got him interested in weather. He has gradually moved to snowier climates because of his interest in snow. His main interests are mountain weather and snow. Anchorage NWS is unique because they have such a large forecast area.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
Our mail bag has been getting a lot of attention. Some mailbag bumper music suggestions. A question about lightning in a square pattern. Climate web sites. Thanks for filling the mail bag.
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: Just how thick can it be? Well, the well known professor delves into thickness by first looking in the dictionary and then going into the field of weather to find the meaning.
TWIWH – This Week in Weather History: Bill Murray discusses 1954 Hurricane Hazel and a honeymooning couple who actually survived the storm. Hazel caused damage all the way to Canada.
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Web Sites from Episode 142:
Global climate change links provided by Jan Curtis:
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/Timeseries/
Create a monthly or seasonal time series of climate variables
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html
Climate at a glance
http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-climatls/index.html
US Climate Atlas (click upper left menu for scales)
http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/state.php3?c=US&s=&refer=
Simple tables
http://www.worldclimate.com/
More tables
http://prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?view=maps
PRISM: Spatial climate data
http://elnino.agen.ufl.edu/tools/yieldRisk/index.php
Statistic climate modeling link
Editor’s note: My apology for not getting this included with the original show notes. Truth is I got distracted and completely forgot. Special thanks to WeatherBrains listener David Phillips from Winston-Salem, NC, for noting my omission. -Brian-
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