WeatherBrains 231: Grilling Ginger
WeatherBrains Episode 231 is now online (June 29, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
This week’s guest WeatherBrain is Bill Proenza, the Regional Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Southern Region, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A meteorology graduate of Florida State University, Proenza began his career at the National Hurricane Center in Miami and as a flight meteorologist on “hurricane hunter” aircraft (1963-1967). During his lengthy career with the National Weather Service, he received numerous performance commendations and awards, including recognition from the NWS Employees Organization as the NWS Manager of the Year for his collaborative leadership (1998).
Our guest panelist is Ginger Zee of WMAQ-TV in Chicago. She was always fascinated with math and science as a child, and went on to study Meteorology at Valparaiso University. Ginger’s B.S. in Meteorology (along with minors in Math and Spanish in tow, plus internships and experience in storm chasing), helped her move from WLAV (Grand Rapids, MI) to WEYI (Flint, MI) to WOOD TV (Grand Rapids, MI) and now NBC5 in Chicago. We should also mention that Ginger interned with James Spann at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham while still in college.
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective.
Picks of the Week:
Dr. Tim Coleman – Gets the AGW BUZZER!
JB Elliott – Gets the HORN!
Bill Murray – Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP)
Kevin Selle – AeroWeather for iPhone/iPod Touch
James Spann – Florida State tropical model page
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Kevin Selle, Dr. Tim Coleman, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
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