{"id":11323,"date":"2025-08-19T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11323"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:26:19","slug":"weatherbrains-1022-tighter-than-a-ticks-butt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11323","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 1022:  Tighter Than A Tick\u2019s Butt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 1022\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb081825.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 1022<\/a> is now online (August 18th, 2025). If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> podcast for you!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: medium;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37878890\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/87A93A\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" 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\/kyoPpN-11Uw?si=pP15k_eSd18vuj5i\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a professor of mechanical engineering and applied mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. \u00a0He previously served as a principal scientist at Microsoft Research, where he led the development of Aurora. \u00a0This was the groundbreaking AI foundation model for earth system forecasting. \u00a0Dr. Paris Perdikaris, welcome to WeatherBrains!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dr.PP_.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"355\" \/><\/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>What is Aurora and the motivation for the program? (08:15)<\/li>\n<li>Practical experience and forecasting with tropical forecasting with Aurora (12:30)<\/li>\n<li>Success stories with Aurora (14:00)<\/li>\n<li>Convection-allowing models (CAMS) (17:15)<\/li>\n<li>Convective feedback problems with models (18:45)<\/li>\n<li>Emergence of the Google DeepMind ensemble and other AI models (20:00)<\/li>\n<li>Aurora&#8217;s hardware architecture and its importance (23:30)<\/li>\n<li>Continuing need of physics-based models in the age of AI (28:00)<\/li>\n<li>Ethical considerations and biases in model training data (33:30)<\/li>\n<li>Role of US agencies and potential loss of funding (37:55)<\/li>\n<li>Communicating AI forecasts to the public and the ensuing ethical issues (42:30)<\/li>\n<li>Broad risks of using AI (44:30)<\/li>\n<li>Aurora business model (58:45)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:05:25)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:07:25)<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (01:09:30)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 1022:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ai4science.seas.upenn.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penn&#8217;s Predictive Intelligence Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alabamaweathernetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Weather Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alabamawxnet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Weather Network on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K7sBRehYeQA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Cameron Nixon on YouTube: Cell Mergers and Nudgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Significant-Tornadoes-1680-1991-Chronology-Analysis\/dp\/1879362031\/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.K04a9A4f7jJGlH31dEsv7YtzdfpGItZhuMYCIQIPwfmMdhw7V6wVOR17VKQZDqK1LraRsQo6sy7IkDGmrGWC0RYfPhWU-KHW_xLtYTgtV0628xcXwrl1b0li4YdmhK-P.wy2boxEltGhDJAfO4F2HifUMhdAE4S6P2_KDkpDH53A&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;qid=1755619354&amp;refinements=p_27%3AThomas+P.+Grazulis&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991&#8221; by Thomas Grazulis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>John Gordon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tropicalatlantic.com\/recon\/ge\/Recon_Data_for_the_Atlantic_Basin.kmz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Recon in the Atlantic Basin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.google.com\/science\/weatherlab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weather Lab: Cyclones<\/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, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. 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