{"id":10253,"date":"2023-02-21T03:58:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T09:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2023-02-21T03:58:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T09:58:08","slug":"weatherbrains-892-journal-of-stuff-that-didnt-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=10253","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 892:  Journal of Stuff That Didn&#8217;t Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 892\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb022023.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 892<\/a> is now online (February 20th, 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\/25995825\/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\/CBesKQ-p3r8\" 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;&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;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;amp;gt;?&amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;gt;&amp;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;amp;gt;?&amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Our show tonight focuses on numerical weather prediction.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s first Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist, oceanographer, and science educator turned historian of science. \u00a0She authored &#8220;Weather by the Numbers: \u00a0The Genesis of Modern Meteorology&#8221;. \u00a0She currently works for the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen. \u00a0Dr. Kristine Harper, welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Our second Guest WeatherBrain is a mesoscale\/outlook forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK. \u00a0She&#8217;s been at the National Weather Service since 2002, and started her career as a student volunteer at the NWS in Norman. \u00a0She&#8217;s also the first woman to ever issue a convective watch at the SPC. \u00a0Elizabeth Leitman, welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Our Guest Panelist this week is is a meteorologist from Texas with a M.S. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.\u00a0 He is an advocate for the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature and is working with legislators in Texas to educate and implement policy changes across the state for heat safety.\u00a0 In addition, he is a GitHub code developer who has made a a self install script for the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) which has had over 2500 downloads across 80 countries. \u00a0Will Hathaway, 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>Deep South severe weather bust (02:00)<\/li>\n<li>Field of geology today in the broader Earth spectrum (36:30)<\/li>\n<li>History of woman in the field of geology (01:01:00)<\/li>\n<li>Desalination and water shortages (01:14:20)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:46:38)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:48:05)<\/li>\n<li>National Weather Round-Up<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 892:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midlandusa.com\">Midland Radio<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/HathewayWill\">HathewayWill GitHub<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WxLiz\">Elizabeth Leitman Twitter<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/M\/bo25338705.html\">&#8220;Make It Rain: State Control of the Atmosphere in the Twentieth-Century America&#8221; by Dr. Kristine Harper<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will Hathaway &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bm.linkedin.com\/in\/michelle-pitcher-82868412a\">Michelle Pitcher new Director of Bermuda Weather Service<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Leitman &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlswhochase.com\">Girls Who Chase Storms<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kristine Harper &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmi.dk\">Dutch Meteorological Institute<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Jones &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mynehistory.com\/items\/show\/480?tour=5&amp;index=5\">Japanese Balloon Bombs<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox23.com\/news\/tulsa-native-named-director-of-noaa-national-severe-storms-laboratory\/article_cb5fb6b8-af17-11ed-aac0-e35d888485d4.html\">Tulsa native named Director of NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirensproject\/status\/1627807418523475968\">Sirens Project, Inc Tweet<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amsweatherband.org\/index.cfm\/weatherband\/weather-band-jamposium-2023\/\">Weather Band Jamposium 2023<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neil Jacobs &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/scientists-find-first-observational-evidence-linking-black-holes-to-dark-energy\/\">Scientists find first observational evidence linking black holes to dark energy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/kim.oucreate.com\/uncategorized\/am-i-safe-sheltering-at-home-during-a-tornado\/\">Am I safe sheltering at home during a tornado?<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/publications\/assessments\/Mississippi%20Delta%20ornados%20February%201971.pdf\">Mississippi Delta tornadoes of February 21, 1971<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spann\/status\/1627698677702705154?s=61&amp;t=0o-xPKLjVjDQrb0Xq-rt7Q\">Skew T Plot\/Hodograph Cake Tweet<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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