Archive for February, 2023

WeatherBrains 893: These Guys Have The Same Voice

WeatherBrains Episode 893 is now online (February 27th, 2023). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is an expert on the Global Lightning Mapper.  He’s a NOAA Physical Scientist who splits time between offices at the University of Maryland and Kent State University.  He’s a graduate of Ohio State University in 2004 as well as Florida State University in 2007 and 2011.  Dr. Scott Rudlosky, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.

  • Observation capabilities of GLM (10:00)
  • Origins and development of sensor-detected lightning (13:55)
  • GLM’s uses for volcanic eruptions as well as commercial aviation (35:30)
  • GLM’s ability to aid radar gaps (43:05)
  • GLM’s ability to aid forecasting of convective initiation (44:30)
  • Applications of electromagnetism (51:00)
  •  2/26/23 Oklahoma severe weather event (57:55)
  • False claims of no warning regrading Norman tornado (01:24:00)
  • Percentage of homes that have NOAA weather radios? (01:41:30)
  • The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:37:48)
  • This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:38:52)
  • National Weather Round-Up
  • E-Mail Segment (01:46:15)
  • and more!

Web Sites from Episode 893:

Scott Rudlosky Twitter

Geostationary Lightning Mapper Imagery

Midland Weather Radio

Picks of the Week:

Scott Rudlosky – Longest Lightning Flash Ever?

Bruce Jones – The infamous Kansas Turnpike Bridge-in-Tornado

James Aydelott – SPC Sounding Analysis Page 2/27/23 03UTC

Jen Narramore – Barnesville, GA EF3 Tornado – April 28, 2011

Rick Smith – Tornado Tales

Neil Jacobs – Full Committee Hearing – The United States, China, and the Fight for Global Leadership: Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy

Troy Kimmel – NWS Gulf Coast Aviation Weather Safety Conference

Kim Klockow-McClain – Chad Hensley tweet

Kim Klockow-McClain – NWS Norman tweet

Bill Murray – Out

James Spann – Norman, OK tornado damage

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Feb 28, 2023 | 0 comments View Post

WeatherBrains 892: Journal of Stuff That Didn’t Work

WeatherBrains Episode 892 is now online (February 20th, 2023). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!

Our show tonight focuses on numerical weather prediction.

Tonight’s first Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist, oceanographer, and science educator turned historian of science.  She authored “Weather by the Numbers:  The Genesis of Modern Meteorology”.  She currently works for the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen.  Dr. Kristine Harper, welcome!

Our second Guest WeatherBrain is a mesoscale/outlook forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK.  She’s been at the National Weather Service since 2002, and started her career as a student volunteer at the NWS in Norman.  She’s also the first woman to ever issue a convective watch at the SPC.  Elizabeth Leitman, welcome!

Our Guest Panelist this week is is a meteorologist from Texas with a M.S. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.  He is an advocate for the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature and is working with legislators in Texas to educate and implement policy changes across the state for heat safety.  In addition, he is a GitHub code developer who has made a a self install script for the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) which has had over 2500 downloads across 80 countries.  Will Hathaway, welcome!

Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.

  • Deep South severe weather bust (02:00)
  • Field of geology today in the broader Earth spectrum (36:30)
  • History of woman in the field of geology (01:01:00)
  • Desalination and water shortages (01:14:20)
  • The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:46:38)
  • This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:48:05)
  • National Weather Round-Up
  • E-Mail Segment (No segment this week)
  • and more!

Web Sites from Episode 892:

Midland Radio

HathewayWill GitHub

Elizabeth Leitman Twitter

“Make It Rain: State Control of the Atmosphere in the Twentieth-Century America” by Dr. Kristine Harper

Picks of the Week:

Will Hathaway – Michelle Pitcher new Director of Bermuda Weather Service

Elizabeth Leitman – Girls Who Chase Storms

Dr. Kristine Harper – Dutch Meteorological Institute

Bruce Jones – Japanese Balloon Bombs

James Aydelott – Tulsa native named Director of NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

Jen Narramore – Sirens Project, Inc Tweet

Rick Smith – Weather Band Jamposium 2023

Neil Jacobs – Scientists find first observational evidence linking black holes to dark energy

Troy Kimmel – Out

Kim Klockow-McClain – Am I safe sheltering at home during a tornado?

Bill Murray – Mississippi Delta tornadoes of February 21, 1971

James Spann – Skew T Plot/Hodograph Cake Tweet

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Feb 21, 2023 | 0 comments View Post
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