Archive for March 5th, 2019

WeatherBrains 685: Stupid GFS Model

WeatherBrains Episode 685 is now online (March 4, 2019). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz, on-air broadcast meteorologist at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, PA.  In addition, also joining us from WCAU-TV is on-air broadcast meteorologist Steven Sosna.  Gentleman, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Also joining us is the Chief scientist/SOO at the National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL.  Kevin Laws, welcome to the show!

Last but not least, Joel Housman is joining us this week to celebrate National Weather Podcast Month.  Hailing from Washington DC, he runs Ice Station Housman and is a weather enthusiast.  Welcome to the show, Joel!

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • 23 killed in EF4 Lee County, Alabama tornado on 3/3
  • National Weather Podcast Month
  • The Astronomy Report from Tony Rice
  • National Weather round-up
  • and more!

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From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101:   No WB101 this week

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Web Sites from Episode 685:

NBC10/WCAU-TV

Picks of the Week:

Nate Johnson –  Steven Sosna/John Hope photo

Joel Housman – Lee County billboard lands 20 miles away in Georgia yard

Joel Housman – Avalanche captured on video: Plume of snow covers cars on I-70

Troy Kimmel – SkyVector

Kim Klockow-McClain – Mobile home tornado risks

Bill Murray –  The astonishing power of a thunderstorm

Dr. John Scala – MWObservatory

Brian Peters –  Out

Kevin Selle – Out

James Spann – AccuWeather, Man, What Are You Doing?

Aubrey Urbanowicz –  Foghorn

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Dr. John Scala, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Kevin Selle, Kim Klockow-McClain, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

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