{"id":10233,"date":"2023-02-07T03:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=10233"},"modified":"2023-02-07T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:44:27","slug":"weatherbrains-890-a-lot-of-pucker-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=10233","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 890:  A Lot Of Pucker Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 890\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb020623.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 890<\/a> is now online (February 6th, 2023). If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> podcast for you!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25854600\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/87A93A\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"192\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wLlrp-dqunk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span>&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;?&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;gt;?&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;gt;?&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Our show tonight focuses on forecasting and defining snow squalls and what qualifies as a snow squall, why the public should pay attention, and the difficulty of the science of forecasting winter weather events.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in State College, Pennsylvania. \u00a0He previously joined us back on show 877. \u00a0John Banghoff, great to see you again!<\/p>\n<p>Our second Guest WeatherBrain is also a 30-year veteran meteorologist at NWS State College PA. \u00a0He&#8217;s the Lead Forecaster at NWS State College, and is passionate about winter storms and winter weather forecasting. \u00a0Greg DeVoir, welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Our third Guest WeatherBrain is the Science and Operations Officer at the NWS in State College PA. \u00a0Michael Jurewicz, welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early February New England cold snap (16:30)<\/li>\n<li>Forecasting snow squalls (29:00)<\/li>\n<li>Origin on the term &#8220;snow squall&#8221; (41:00)<\/li>\n<li>Hard stop alerts (52:30)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:34:22)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:35:38)<\/li>\n<li>National Weather Round-Up (01:28:30)<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (01:37:45)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 890:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/midlandusa.com\">Midland USA<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u.osu.edu\/metclub\/2023-symposium\/\">2023 OSU Weather Symposium<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Banghoff &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/ctp\/snowsquall\">Snow Squall Science<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Banghoff &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/ctp\/SnowSquallFAQ.pdf\">Snow Squall FAQ<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Banghoff &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoonamirror.com\/news\/local-news\/2023\/02\/murgo-signing-off-at-wtaj\/\">Murgo signing off at WTAJ<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg DeVouir &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/accidents-beloit-madison-climate-and-environment-61824d6fd144399d9ad8ae4041ebd166\">Snow leads to massive pileup in Wisconsin, dozens injured<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg DeVouir &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0uv7gYbPAEcMWiPNN5MokCxVAhKyDGzbWgDhgYZmGTJjD2U21B4xz3yzmrBPAxdThl&#038;id=100002933839609&#038;mibextid=uc01c0\">Wisconsin black ice video<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Jurewicz &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.511pa.com\">511 PA<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Jones &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_3430.jpeg\">The Tornado At St. Louis<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image.png\">Helicorder (seismograph) imagery from an Oklahoma site showing the seismic waves from the catastrophic M7.8 earthquake in Turkey Sunday Evening<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tornadotalk.com\/gore-springs-ms-f2-tornado-february-4-1971\/\">Gore Springs, MS F2 Tornado February 4, 1971<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Neil Jacobs &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e4Jo-6uzG5I\">Coast Guard Rescue Video<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.0119.NYT_.Bomb-Cyclone-and-Other-Weather-Terms.Hyperbole.pdf\">NY Times Article on hyperbole by Matt Richtel<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.0119.NYT_.Bomb-Cyclone-and-Other-Weather-Terms.Hyperbole.pdf\">NY Times Article on hyperbole by Matt Richtel<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11714511\/FedEx-cargo-plane-crashing-Southwest-Airlines-plane-taxiing-runway-Austin-Airport.html\">FedEx plane narrowly misses crashing into Southwest Airlines jet at Austin airport<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/winter-storms-texas-power-woes-linger-324597af427713087bffbb7787428444\">Austin Mayor apologizes as city struggles to restore power<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/crcm.shinyapps.io\/WxDash\/\">WxDash<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023-02-06_22-04-25.png\">Blizzard of &#8217;78<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/bmx\/outreach_swaw\">Severe Weather Awareness Week<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. 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