WeatherBrains 206: Met from Across the Pond

WeatherBrains Episode 206 is now online (Jan. 5, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

WeatherBrains - January 5, 2010

Joining the insanity of the WeatherBrains regulars is our guest panelist, Brian Neudorff, the morning meteorologist on WROC-TV in Rochester, NY. Like many meteorologists, Brian’s love for weather came at an early age after experiencing severe storms that rolled through his hometown of Martinsville, Indiana. Brian began his career in Bismarck, North Dakota, at KFYR-TV in 2001 and then moved to Erie, Pennsylvania ,in 2003, where he fell in love with lake effect snows. He joined WROC in January, 2008. An avid musician who plays the trumpet, Brian gravitated to the business of broadcasting after graduating Purdue University with his meteorology degree, finding it to be a winning combination of his passion for weather and his love of “performing.” He is a member of both the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association. Brian lives in Brighton with his wonderful wife Trisha and his three sons, “the twins” Ryan and Zachary, and their youngest, Alexander. When Brian isn’t delivering the weather he enjoys spending time with his family, watching sports, and enjoying all that Rochester and the surrounding areas have to offer.

This episode we go across the pond to snag our guest, Hannah Bayman, a weather presenter for BBC program, Look North.

This episode’s Guest WeatherBrain is a Weather Presenter for the BBC. Hannah moved around Northeast England while growing up, living in Northumberland, County Durham and Newcastle. She studied journalism at college in London. Her first job was with the BBC in 2002. She has worked as a reporter all over England. Hannah shares her views of the UK weather and the cold that is gripping them, too.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

The Nation in a word – COLD!

5-below air covers a big chunk of the lower 48

freeze watch for South Florida

and more!

Our Email Officer, Kevin, has a firm grip on the reins of the mail bag. The Weather Brains web site includes a link for the listener survey. A few global warming updates from C. R. Vaughn and Mr. Thompson, pictures from a snow event in Japan, and some interesting weather forecasts from the Northeast.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: And to go along with our guest from across the pond, the professor takes a look at how your rain coat came to be. This episode is a look at Charles Macintosh who developed the rain coat that bears his name – Mackintosh – except no one seems to know where the ‘k’ came from!

TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of January 6th which included a surprise snow storm warning or not.

Web Sites from Episode 206:

WROC-TV

Brian Neudorff Twitter

BBC Look North

Hannah Bayman background

Picks of the Week:

Dr. Tim Coleman – Gets THE Horn! (because he has no pick)

JB Elliott – Gets Fog Horn!

Bill Murray – Star Wars Weather

Brian Peters – Indoor Climate Monitoring

Kevin Selle – The Big Picture Snowy Scenes

James Spann – DGEX Home Page

Brian Neudorff – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs DVD

Email Links – Thanks to C.R. Vaughan, Charles Prevatte and Andrew Thompson for these global warming stories.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091230184221.htm

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14096723

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20100101113458666C113855

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE60002120100101?type=marketsNews

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100101/od_afp/usweathersnowprisonoffbeat_20100101000544

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=adEgGRWjmUdA

http://vortex.plymouth.edu/uschill.gif

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100103/NEWS/1030352/-1/SiteMap/Feeling-cold?-We-re-at-30-below-normal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/03/peru-mountain-farmers-winter-cold

http://www.theage.com.au/world/siberian-winds-usher-in-record-lows-in-beijing-20100103-lna6.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1240319/As-Britain-told-expect-snow-10-days-rest-world-coping-Arctic-weather.html

http://www.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&date=2010-01-03_20:08

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Dr. Tim Coleman, Kevin Selle, Bill Murray, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.