WeatherBrains 143: AOML Guest

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WeatherBrains Episode 143 is now online (October 20, 2008). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

This show we head back to South Florida after our visit to Alaska last week for a chat with Dr. Mark Powell, an atmospheric scientist with NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) located at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami. Dr. Powell has a long list, and I do mean loooooong list, of credentials that you can find here.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

H-wind analysis of wind field of hurricanes

IKE – Integrated Kinetic Energy scale for describing tropical systems, a combination of intensity and size

SDP – Surge Destructive Potential

The issue of getting people to understand the strength of a hurricane

and more!

Our mail bag has been getting a lot of attention. Storm Chaser show on the Discovery Channel. Old western link (see it below). New winter weather product changes? A weather discussion in which the potential snow might mean a call to Mom. Blog is called greatest weather resource on the planet. Weather folklore concerning a persimmon seed. Merging of tropical systems. AT&T pinheads have not called.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: Time. There’s local time and Eastern Time and daylight savings time and UTC and Zulu time. So, just what time is it really? This week our episode delves into weather time and how all of it stay coordinate. And you might even here a little Chicago, too.

Listener Surveys: Okay, we continue to drive this topic into the ground, but we really do like to hear from you. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to fill out the Listener Survey. The survey takes just a minute or two to complete and provides us with an opportunity to learn where you are and hear your thoughts and comments on the show. Click here to take the survey.

Web Sites from Episode 143:

Those Old Westerns

NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, AOML

AOML, Hurricane Research Division

Information on IKE, Integrated Kinetic Energy

Picks of the Week:

Kevin Selle – Recon decoder

Brian Peters – Cloud chart

James Spann – Dr. Roy Spencer’s latest paper

Join James Spann, Kevin Selle, and Brian Peters as they come together for another fascinating netcast about the weather.

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