WeatherBrains 170: Risk Assessment

WeatherBrains Episode 170 is now online (April 28, 2009). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

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JB predicts active severe weather in the Plains and average to below hurricane season.

Should SPC change the wording on the severe weather risk assessment? This topic is thrown out by James Spann and it generates a great deal of discussion among all of the Weather Brains crew.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

winter storm warnings in Wyoming and Montana

only one tornado warning in New Mexico

3 flash flooding events in last 12 days in Houston, TX, area with over 18 inches of rain

still warm in the Northeast but cool off coming

76 at Caribou but low of 26 by Thursday

sunset very late in Alaska

and more!

Thankfully, our mail bag continues to get attention and our illustrious Email Officer, Kevin, brings the details to light.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: For this 101 episode we venture down to the coast for a bit of the seabreeze. Or landbreeze if it’s the overnight hours. Weather exists on so many scales and the seabreeze is such an interesting phenomena.

TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of April 29th – a week filled with water, hailstones, snow, tornadoes, lightning, and the launch of a special cable channel.

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 170:

Super Bolts (just one link)

Super Bolts

Picks of the Week:

Kevin Selle – Daily Giz Wiz LED Hat

Brian Peters – Weather World 2010 Project (Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

James Spann – Murfreesboro, TN, tornado 911 recordings

JB Elliott – Total Yellowstone Weather Page

Bill Murray – WGN Weather

Twitter links: James Spann is spann, Brian Peters is helenawx, JB Elliott is jbelliott, Kevin Selle is kevinselle, Bill Murray is wxhistorian, and Tim Coleman is timbhm.

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

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