WeatherBrains 257: Last of the Past
WeatherBrains Episode 257 is now online (December 27, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
This week’s Guest Panelist, Tyler Allison, has had a long and varied career. At one time or another Tyler has been a storm chaser, network engineer, security manager for the largest research super computing facility in the world, computer security consultant, computer forensic investigator, firearms instructor, software developer, ham radio operator, gardener, beekeeper, Jeep owner, backpacker, home remodeler, tinkerer, husband and father. Tyler is driven by new challenges, learning something new and doing things that folks believe either cannot be done or are too hard to do. He lives in Wheaton, IL, with his wife and two children. His day job is to be the President and CEO of Allison House, a weather data provider.
Coming to us as our Guest WeatherBrain for the last episode of 2010 is Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. He has been a forecaster at the SPC since 1996. His love of weather began when he was a child in New England experiencing the excitement of snowstorms. When he received his degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College, he knew he wanted to be involved in operational meteorology and forecasting. He came to the Storm Prediction Center in Norman after working for Fleet Weather and for the National Weather Service (NWS) in North Carolina.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
Our email bag has gotten some input even if all the WeatherBrains have not been getting them in a timely manner. With Kevin off – again! – who knows who will jump in to recap the mail bag!
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: Taking a turn away from the science elements for an episode, the topic this week is some interesting weather facts that might amaze you. Listen in before the professor dismisses class for 2010.
TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of December 28th. Weather implications for football – with championships coming up, Bill recalls three big weather and football events.
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Web Sites from Episode 257:
WeatherWise Article on Greg Carbin
Picks of the Week:
Tyler Allison – Wx for Mac
Bill Murray –
pick 1: Hamweather
pick 2: Newseum, Washington, DC
Brian Peters – Storm Report Page at SPC
James Spann – Surprise in New York Blizzard
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Brian Peters, JB Elliott, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
Our Guest Panelist is Jeff Lyons. Jeff is the Chief Meteorologist at WFIE-TV, the NBC affiliate in Evansville, IN. He joined the news team there in 1988. He is a Hoosier from Indiana University and the proud father of three. The Indiana University graduate currently anchors the weathercasts for 14 News at 5, 6 and 10. Jeff earned his National Weather Association seal of approval in 1991 and the American Meteorological Society seal of approval and certification as a meteorologist in 1993.
And coming to us from Washington, DC, is our guest WeatherBrains, Jason Samenow Before graduating from high school, tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain interned for NBC4 chief meteorologist Bob Ryan. At the University of Virginia, he earned a degree in environmental science, focusing in atmospheric science. He went on to earn a master’s degree in atmospheric science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000. From 2000 to September, 2010, he worked as a climate change analyst for the federal government, monitoring, analyzing and communicating the science of climate change. He founded CapitalWeather.com in early 2004, the first professional weather blog on the Internet which was absorbed by the Post in 2008. He is a past chairman of the D.C. Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and a Weather and Society Integrated Studies Fellow. He lives with his wife, Deborah, in Washington, DC, where he serves as the Editor of the Weather Page for the Washington Post and as the Chief of the Capital Weather Gang. 
