Archive for January, 2020

WeatherBrains 730: Don’t Come Back No More

WeatherBrains Episode 730 is now online (January 14, 2020). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is a Forecaster at the Department of Meteorology in Nassau, Bahamas.  Previously featured on WeatherBrains in 2017, he is also a best-selling author, international speaker, and lecturer on hurricanes.  Wayne Neely, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Wayne Neely

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • Misused model output data by amateur weather forecasters
  • Last weekend’s severe weather event across the South
  • National Weather Round-Up
  • The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice
  • and more!

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

Web Sites from Episode 730:

“The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes To Impact the Bahamas: The Stories Behind the Great Storms” by Wayne Neely

Picks of the Week:

Nate Johnson – CO Weatherman Tweet

Troy Kimmel – Out

Kim Klockow-McClain – Out

Bill Murray – Foghorn

Dr. John Scala – Out

Kevin Selle – Google says new AI models allow for ‘nearly instantaneous’ weather forecasts

Kevin Selle – Don’t Tilt Scales Against Trump, Facebook Executive Warns

James Spann – GIBM Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System (IBM GRAF)

Aubrey Urbanowicz – Out

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 729: She Is All Flummoxed

WeatherBrains Episode 729 is now online (January 6, 2020). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is an El Paso NWS employee and leads the School Outreach Team, which helps NWS forecasters make virtual visits to classrooms around the country.  He leads a team of over 60 NWS meteorologists across the country to remotely talk to kids all over the United States about weather.  Tim Brice, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Our second Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist at the NWS Forecast Office in Kansas City, MO and also works with the School Outreach Team.  Sarah Atkins, welcome to the show!

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • Next generation of meteorologists
  • National Weather Round-Up
  • The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice
  • and more!

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

Web Sites from Episode 729:

Tim Brice Twitter

Picks of the Week:

Nate Johnson – 2019 was warmer than normal – but what does “normal” even mean?

Sarah Atkins – Australian Space Agency Tweet

Tim Brice – NWS Education Link

Troy Kimmel – Out

Kim Klockow-McClain – Disaster-zone research needs a code of conduct

Bill Murray – Out

Dr. John Scala – Out

Kevin Selle – “Coweatherman” Tweet

James Spann – Weathering Life (Audiobook) by James Spann

Aubrey Urbanowicz – MRCC Application Tools Environment

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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