WeatherBrains 842: He Is Still Hanging Around Bothering All Of Us

WeatherBrains Episode 842 is now online (March 7th, 2022). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is from St. Louis.  She’s a master instructor at the NWS Leadership Academy.  She studied meteorology at the University of Missouri and earned her Master’s degree at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.  She’s worked at WFOs in St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri.  Christina Crowe, welcome!
Christina Crowe headshot

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  • Program Coordination Officer program (20:30)
  • Mentoring in meteorology (36:00)
  • Conducting emotionally challenging research module (01:02:30)
  • The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:26:10)
  • This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment this week)
  • National Weather Round-Up (
  • E-Mail Segment ()
  • and more!

Web Sites from Episode 842:

Christina Crowe Bio

Picks of the Week:

Christina Crowe – NWA Annual Meeting

Bruce Jones – March 5th, 2022 Central and Southern Iowa Tornadoes

Jen Narramore – Out

Rick Smith – Foghorn

Neil Jacobs – Training forecasters to warn severe hazardous weather on AWS

Troy Kimmel – Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain – Daryl Herzmann Tweet

Bill Murray – Out

James Spann – Daryl Herzmann Tweet

Aubrey Urbanowicz – NOAA NCEI Tweet

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

WeatherBrains 841: I HATE sleet

WeatherBrains Episode 841 is now online (February 28th, 2022). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!

Tonight’s show is a homegrown discussion on numerical weather prediction led by Dr. Neil Jacobs.

Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.

  • Discussion on global models and convection-allowing models (43:35)
  • Launch of the GOES-18 satellite (1:36:40)
  • The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:22:40)
  • This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:24:34)
  • National Weather Round-Up (01:45:50)
  • E-Mail Segment (01:26:35)
  • and more!

Web Sites from Episode 841:

Midland Two Way and Weather Radios

Picks of the Week:

Bruce Jones – Out

Jen Narramore – First WEAM alert issued today by Cass County Sheriff

Rick Smith – SPC Severe Weather Outlooks At A Glance

Neil Jacobs – Unified Forecast System

Troy Kimmel – Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain – Vulnerability beyond Stereotypes: Context and Agency in Hurricane Risk Communication

Bill Murray – Out

James Spann – The amazing improvements in winter weather forecasting since the 1970s

Aubrey Urbanowicz – Out

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.