WeatherBrains 197: A Legend Joins Us
WeatherBrains Episode 197 is now online (Nov. 2, 2009). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
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Our guest on this landmark show is none other than the greatest meteorological legend on the planet – Dr. Charles (Chuck) A. Doswell III. Dr. Doswell is a prolific severe convective storm researcher, a noted photographer, and along with Leslie R. Lemon produced the concept of the supercell thunderstorm. Dr. Doswell was born in Elmhurst, IL, and resides with his wife, Vickie, in Norman, OK. Dr. Doswell has degrees in meteorology from University of Wisconsin (BS) and Oklahoma University (MS and PhD). He served a stint in the Army serving in Vietnam before being assigned to White Sands Missile Range where he worked on fog modeling.
After departing the Army in 1972 and earning his doctorate degree in 1976, he went to work as a researcher at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center (predecessor to the Storm Prediction Center). His research also took him to Boulder, CO, for four years before returning to Norman in 1986. He retired from Federal service in 2001 and joined the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS). His research interest focuses on tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. He has many, many published papers, and Chuck is often considered outspoken on his opinions about weather and warnings. He also wears a unique hat!!
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
Our mail bag keeps getting letters, but James Spann fills in for the missing Email Officer. One letter addresses bringing Dave Schwartz back to The Weather Channel.
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: After butchering the names of the ocean layers last week, the Professor takes a gander at some of the effects water has on weather.
TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of November 3rd which takes us to 1977 and north Georgia.
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Web Sites from Episode 197:
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
Picks of the Week:
Dr. Tim Coleman – Gets the Horn!!
JB Elliott – Chuck Doswell’s Site
Bill Murray – Proposed NWS Radar Display
Brian Peters – Dr. Doswell’s tornado pictures
James Spann – Apple’s new Magic Mouse
Join James Spann, JB Elliott, Dr. Tim Coleman, Bill Murray, and Brian Peters as they come together for another fascinating netcast about the weather.
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