WeatherBrains 309: Confused JB Dancing Naked
WeatherBrains Episode 309 is now online (December 26, 2011). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
There’s only one way to end the year like we’ve had in the US. And that’s with Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. Since 1996, Greg has performed as a severe weather outlook forecaster, fire weather forecaster, mesoscale meteorologist and lead forecaster at the SPC. Prior to starting his career with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1993, Greg worked in the private sector in New York and Vermont. He earned a B.S. degree in Meteorology from Lyndon State College in 1985 and has completed some graduate course work at the University of Oklahoma while an employee of the NWS.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
- Extremes were 83 at Fort Myers and Punta Gorda, FL, and 4 below at Bryce Canyon and Ryndon, UT
- 50 inches of snow in some locations in Alaska
- Heavy snow in Rockies
- New Mexico under winter weather advisories of some sort for all counties
- and more!
Our email bag gets a bit of attention even on a short schedule of episodes.
From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: Our 101 segment for the last show of 2011 takes a brief look back at the year. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!
TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of December 27th. The week featured a historic snowfall in the Southeast US that affected a football game.
Listener Surveys: Okay, we continue to drive this topic into the ground, but we really do like to hear from you. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to fill out the Listener Survey. The survey takes just a minute or two to complete and provides us with an opportunity to learn where you are and hear your thoughts and comments on the show. Click here to take the survey.
Web Sites from Episode 309:
Weatherwise Article on Greg Carbin
Contact information:
Greg Carbin – spc dot wcm at noaa dot gov
Picks of the Week:
JB Elliott – Snow Cover Animation
Bill Murray – Warning: A Call to Action
Brian Peters – Earth Science Picture of the Day
Kevin Selle – National High/Low Temperatures
James Spann – Three Stooges Official Trailer
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Kevin Selle, Bill Murray, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
Up next as our second guest is John Ferree. John is the National Weather Service’s Severe Storms Services Leader. In this role, John leads efforts to improve severe weather forecasting and warning performance, facilitates promising research into operations, and identifies emerging concepts and techniques to disseminate throughout all NWS operational units. John was the co-chair of the NOAA/NSF sponsored Tornado Symposium in Norman, Oklahoma last week, and also served as program chair for the American Meteorological Society’s Warnings and Communications Conference this past summer. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, John has worked for the National Weather Service for over thirty-three years. Prior to his current position, he worked as a forecaster in Arkansas, Nevada, Kansas, and Missouri, and then as an instructor on the NEXRAD Doppler radar and on warning decision making.
