{"id":11367,"date":"2025-09-30T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11367"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:36:11","slug":"weatherbrains-1028-spanking-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11367","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 1028:  Spanking Going On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 1028\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb092925.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 1028<\/a> is now online (September 29th, 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\/38409980\/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\/W9zRKSrFQ3k?si=2XEDJpyFAgX9EEkE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s Guest WeatherBrain is a Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University. \u00a0He&#8217;s a former Weather Channel Storm Analyst and co-author of &#8220;Philadelphia Area Weather Book&#8221;. \u00a0Dr. Jon Nese, it&#8217;s great to have you back on the show tonight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-style-directory-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.met.psu.edu\/sites\/met\/files\/styles\/directory_photo\/public\/directoryphotos\/Jon%20Nese%20400x560-1751.jpg?itok=zsl2Kcsc\" alt=\"Jon M. Nese\" width=\"216\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our second Guest WeatherBrain is the author of &#8220;Gettysburg&#8217;s Lost Love Story: The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt&#8221; and has over three decades of experience working with naval intelligence. \u00a0Jeffrey Harding, welcome to WeatherBrains!<\/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>&#8220;Second Summer&#8221; vs &#8220;Indian Summer&#8221; (05:00)<\/li>\n<li>Extreme hardships of Civil War soldiers (12:00)<\/li>\n<li>NOAA reanalysis capability regarding the Gettysburg Campaign (15:00)<\/li>\n<li>Weather observations available to Civil War-era professionals in early 1860s (21:30)<\/li>\n<li>When the reanalysis data disagreed with the soldier&#8217;s diaries (25:30)<\/li>\n<li>1863&#8217;s meteorological impacts and the turning point of the Civil War (32:00)<\/li>\n<li>Temperature difference between gray and blue uniforms while in blazing heat (37:00)<\/li>\n<li>Wet bulb globe temperature guidelines (49:45)<\/li>\n<li>Flash flooding and Lee&#8217;s retreat after Battle of Gettysburg (53:00)<\/li>\n<li>Greg Forbes and his involvement in the Gettysburg book (01:02:00)<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (No segment this week &#8211; stay tuned!)<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:21:20)<\/li>\n<li>E-Mail Segment (01:22:45)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 1028:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alabamaweathernetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Weather Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Philadelphia-Area-Weather-Book\/dp\/1566399564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Philadelphia Area Weather Book&#8221; by Jon Nese, Glenn Schwartz and Edward Rendell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gettysburgs-Lost-Love-Story-Ill-Fated\/dp\/1467151599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Gettysburg&#8217;s Lost Love Story: The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt&#8221; by Jeffrey J Harding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/okiejpow929-scaled.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Okie J in front of funnel cake stand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1MypjFxn4GHFH2N9bdBGHo?si=6b54152852274709&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=834900a37d644785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tornado Talk Podcast: September 30th, 1959 Ivy-Mechums River, VA F3 Tornado<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15135077\/hunters-die-lightning-hunting-florida-flatlands-miami.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two hunters die after being struck by lightning while hunting in Florida flatlands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15125409\/elk-hunting-friends-Colorado-wilderness-LIGHTNING.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young elk hunting friends who vanished in Colorado wilderness were both killed by lightning strike<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bmcnoldy.bsky.social\/post\/3lzlompr3vk2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fujiwhara typologies discussion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Gordon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.metoffice.gov.uk\/learn-about\/weather\/types-of-weather\/wind\/sting-jet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is a sting jet?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wr2llV-9Hrg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanning Alabama Ep. 3 &#8211; Rickwood Field (YouTube)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/403rdwing\/status\/1972676717736087767?s=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">403rd Wing on X: Lightning Cockpit Video<\/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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