WeatherBrains 680: Convective Affective Disorder
WeatherBrains Episode 680 is now online (January 28, 2019). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is the teaching professor in meteorology and the associate head of the undergraduate program in meteorology at The Penn State University. He is also the host, feature writer, and producer of Weather World, Penn State Meteorology Department’s weekday weather magazine show. He also produces a segment on Wednesday’s called WeatherWhys (WxYz). In addition, he was an on-air storm analyst at The Weather Channel from 2002 to 2005 (just after Dr. John Scala was there) and was the chief meteorologist at the historic Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia from 1998 to 2002. He has also co-authored two books: “The Philadelphia Area Weather Book” and “A World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology.” Dr. Jon Nese, welcome to WeatherBrains!
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
- Winter Storm in the South
- The Franklin Institute Weather Co-Op Observing Center
- Groundhog Day upcoming on Saturday
- NWS employees struggling during government shutdown
- The Astronomy Report from Tony Rice
- and more!
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Web Sites from Episode 680:
Jon M. Nese – Penn State Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Picks of the Week:
Jon M. Nese – WeatherWhys
Nate Johnson – Eric Sorensen WQAD-TV Facebook post
Troy Kimmel – National Weather Service Climate Services Web Page
Kim Klockow-McClain – Out
Bill Murray – Foghorn
Dr. John Scala – Mount Washington Observatory
Brian Peters – Out
Kevin Selle – Decoding the Weather Machine
James Spann – National High and Low Temperature
Aubrey Urbanowicz – Mount Washington Observatory Facebook Post
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Dr. John Scala, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Kevin Selle, Kim Klockow-McClain, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
