WeatherBrains 348: Hang Out Hangs Up!!
WeatherBrains Episode 348 is now online (September 24, 2012). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
It’s a three for all on this episode with three guests plus our interviewer is Nate and not Bill who is at a ball game in Baltimore, MD. Kim Klockow is a WeatherBrains alum from the OU College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences in Norman, OK. Also we have Dr. Randy Peppler is from the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies. Besides these great guests, we have Rick Smith, another WB alum, who is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS Norman office.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
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From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: This week we’re taking a look at the units of pressure – specifically the pascal! Yes, that’s standard unit for pressure, but to keep things of a similar magnitude by adding “hecto” to the front pascal. So what does this all mean? 101 tries to sort this out!
TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of September 24th.
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Web Sites from Episode 348:
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
Picks of the Week:
Nate Johnson – Paper by Klockow and Peppler
Brian Peters – Gets the Horn!
Kevin Selle – app called Skitch
James Spann – Behind the Scenes Look at Meteorology
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Kevin Selle, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is a Canadian adventurer, television presenter, storm chaser, and explorer, currently best known for his television series Angry Planet.
WeatherBrains 101: I never cared much for history in high school, but a professor of history at Florida State changed that by making history more interesting. So this week we take a look at a name in the history of the weather business, General Albert J. Myer. Checkout this episode to find out what he is known for.
