Archive for February, 2012

WeatherBrains 316: Disgusting Discussions

WeatherBrains Episode 316 is now online (February 13, 2012). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s guest panelist is a producer for The Weather Channel in Atlanta. She formerly was a news producer for WESH-TV in Orlando, FL, and the Tampa Weather Examiner. She also worked at KPHO in Phoenix, AZ. She is a WeatherBrains alum, having appeared on show 211 on Feb 8, 2010. Andrea Butera, welcome back to the show!

This episode features an open discussion involving a tiered warning experiment, the question of formatting NWS products without caps, and the question of defining the severe weather threat in simple statistical terms to promote more action. A number of previous guests including John Scala, Lynn Maximuk, and John Gordon will be weighting in on these topics.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • National extremes – minus 14 at Caribou, ME, and 73 at Fort Myers, FL
  • Snow across bunches of places
  • and more!

    • Thanks to everyone for filling our mail bag and keeping our Email Officer busy!

    From The Weather Center:

    WeatherBrains 101: Egads, you hear a siren so you have to pull over. So just how fast do you suppose raindrops fall? That is the topic for this week in WeatherBrains 101 as the professor and his radar gun go gunning for the velocity of raindrops.

    TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of February 14th.

    Listener SurveyListener 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 316:

    Notification of Experimental Warning Program

    NWS Central Region

    Picks of the Week:

    Andrea Butera – 1. School Bus Tornado Shelter
    2. Google Storm Reports

    JB Elliott – Full moon over Manhatten

    Bill Murray – Products in Lower Case

    Brian Peters – Gets the Horn ! !

    Kevin Selle – Warning Training Branch Overview of Dual Pol Radar

    James Spann – Emergency Food to Europe

    JP Spann – 14 Years of US Weather

    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.

    Feb 14, 2012 | 1 comment View Post

    WeatherBrains 315: Organized Noise and Garbage

    WeatherBrains Episode 315 is now online (February 7, 2012). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

    Kory Hartman, Severe StudiosKory Hartman is the CEO at SevereStudios, a site that is familiar to everyone on this show. He also recently joined the weather staff at KSFY in Sioux Falls as a weekend meteorologist and webmaster. Any other time, it would be a joy to have him on the show because of his excellent work, but it’s with a heavy heart that we speak with him tonight.

    Accomplished Storm Chaser and Severe Studios partner Andy Gabrielson was tragically killed in a traffic accident on the Turner Turnpike near Sapulpa OK Saturday afternoon. The driver that caused the accidents was driving on the wrong side of the interstate and crashed head on into Andy’s Tahoe. Authorities said they believed alcohol was a factor.

    Andy was a partner with Kory in Severe Studios, and Kory joins us tonight from his home in South Dakota.

    Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • About 26 percent of Lower 48 covered by snow
  • Extremes today -22 at Wisdom, MT, and 87 at MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL
  • Intense cold in Europe with hundreds of deaths
  • Extreme cold in Alaska backing off a bit
  • SPC has no outlooks for severe weather next two days
  • and more!

    • Our mail bag gets a lot of attention, so Kevin has his work cut out for him.

    From The Weather Center:

    WeatherBrains 101: The professor ends his series on upper air observations with some interesting facts about these critical observations.

    TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of February 8th. This week featured one of the coldest air masses on record.

    Listener SurveyListener 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 315:

    Severe Studios

    NewsOK article on Andy Gabrielson

    Picks of the Week:

    JB Elliott – How Polarimetric Radars Work

    Bill Murray – Tribute to Fallen Storm Chaser

    Brian Peters – Lenticular Cloud Time Lapse from Mt. Washington, NH

    Kevin Selle – NIDS Radar Map from Plymouth State

    James Spann – European Cold Wave

    J. P. Spann – iMap Weather Radio

    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.

    Feb 07, 2012 | 1 comment View Post
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