Archive for July, 2019

WeatherBrains 704: My Cuckoo Is In For Service

WeatherBrains Episode 704 is now online (July 15, 2019). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Meteorologist at WDSU-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana.  She is a graduate of Mississippi State University’s Broadcast Meteorology program and is a member of both the AMS and NWA.  Margaret Orr, welcome to WeatherBrains!

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Tonight’s Guest Panelist is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and broadcast meteorologist for WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi.  Eric Jeansonne, welcome to WeatherBrains!

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Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • Hurricane Barry
  • Congruence in forecasting between officials concerning tropical systems
  • National Weather Round-Up
  • and more!

Our email bag officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners.

WeatherBrains 101:   No WB101 this week

Web Sites from Episode 704:

WDSU-TV New Orleans, LA

Picks of the Week:

Nate Johnson – Out

Troy Kimmel – Out

Kim Klockow-McClain – USA rivers colored by catchment areas and weighted by size

Bill Murray – Foghorn

Dr. John Scala –  July 14-15, 1995 Derecho

Kevin Selle –  Foghorn

James Spann – NSSL

Aubrey Urbanowicz – Capital Weather Gang Tweet

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

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WeatherBrains 703: Tracking The Trackers

WeatherBrains Episode 703 is now online (July 8, 2019). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain should be familiar to you – he’s the Chief Meteorologist of ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama, and has recently written and released a book entitled “Weathering Life”.  Also, you’ll recognize him as the weekly host of WeatherBrains.  James Spann, let’s talk books!

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Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • April 8, 1998 and the emergence of TV long-form tornado coverage
  • Tropical Storm Barry on the horizon?
  • Mississippi beaches closed to toxic algae
  • National Weather Round-Up
  • The Astronomy Report from Tony Rice
  • and more!

Our email bag officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners.

WeatherBrains 101:   No WB101 this week

Web Sites from Episode 703:

Weathering Life by James Spann

Picks of the Week:

Nate Johnson – Out

Troy Kimmel – Out

Kim Klockow-McClain – Out

Bill Murray – Foghorn

Dr. John Scala –  Out

Kevin Selle –  Foghorn

James Spann – Harmful Algal Blooms

Aubrey Urbanowicz – Capital Weather Gang Tweet

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

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