WeatherBrains 151: Cold Notes from Glasgow
WeatherBrains Episode 151 is now online (December 15, 2008). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
wb121508.mp3Tonight, with lots of winter weather going on, we place a call to Andrew Zimmerman, a meteorologist at the NWS in Glasgow, Montana. Lows today were into the -30 degree range, coldest since 2005. At Glasgow they set another record low high, that’s two days in a row. About 10 inches of snow fell over the weekend. Blizzard Warnings were up over the weekend along with a Wind Chill Warning for wind chills approaching -60.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
Our mail bag has been getting some attention and James puts it in perspective filling in for the Email Officer, Kevin.
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: So there’s a big hole in the clouds overhead – something that might be right out of the movie “Independence Day.” If you watch the sky at all, a hole like this one will really grab your attention. So what is it and where do they come from? Most importantly, why has the professor not seen one in over 40 years in the weather business? Well, get some of those answers on this episode of WeatherBrains 101.
TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of December 16th – a week with diverse weather including snow in Florida and Las Vegas, conditions for an historic flight, an earthquake, and an Admiral’s encounter with a typhoon.
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Web Sites from Episode 151:
National Weather Service Glasgow, MT
Picks of the Week:
Bill Murray – Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers
Brian Peters – A storm proof house?
James Spann – NORAD Santa Tracking
JB Elliott – Information on the 50 States
Dr. Tim Coleman – NOAA National Ice Center
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to an earlier show about the definition of “continental US.” The terminology we use in the field of meteorology is often misunderstood since there are literal meanings as well as common usage. The topic for this week is a look at the term conus or continental US and what it means.
