{"id":11438,"date":"2025-12-23T06:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11438"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:29:07","slug":"weatherbrains-1040-i-will-hunt-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11438","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 1040:  I Will Hunt You Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 1040\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb122225.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 1040<\/a> is now online (December 22nd, 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\/39515615\/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\/G59QI1tcqnA?si=En1jiSwb1qD5qRj0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On WeatherBrains this week are two special guests. \u00a0Friend of the show and WeatherBrains veteran <strong>Mark Sudduth<\/strong> is the owner of HurricaneTrack.com and has over three decades of experience documenting landfalling hurricanes and other high impact weather events. \u00a0He founded the Hurricane Intercept Research Team, which pioneers the use of unmanned camera systems to safely capture severe weather. \u00a0Welcome to the show!<\/p>\n<p>Last but certainly not least is our second Guest WeatherBrain <strong>Bruce Thomas<\/strong>. \u00a0He&#8217;s the President of WeatherCall and is the former spokesman of Midland Weather Radio and is a former broadcast meteorologist. \u00a0He covered the 1997 Jarrell, TX tornado and has even worked with the Red Cross. \u00a0Bruce, it&#8217;s great to have you on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. <strong>Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark&#8217;s major projects in 2025 (08:00)<\/li>\n<li>2025 Hurricane season&#8217;s overall unexpected lack of activity (13:30)<\/li>\n<li>Launch of Mark&#8217;s new podcast (18:00)<\/li>\n<li>Self-appointed Mayor of Weatherville (47:00)<\/li>\n<li>What is <strong>WeatherCall<\/strong> and where is it going? \u00a0(53:00)<\/li>\n<li>AL\/MS are the most dangerous places on Earth for tornadoes (01:08:00)<\/li>\n<li>Turning the page to 2026&#8217;s very early hurricane season predictions (01:19:00)<\/li>\n<li>Jobseekers, watch what you post on social media!!! (01:30:00)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice<\/strong> (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li><strong>This Week in Tornado History With Jen<\/strong> (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-Mail Segment<\/strong> (01:24:00)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 1040: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alabamaweathernetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Weather Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weathercallservices.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WeatherCall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Thomas &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1460.JPG.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fire photo from Yuma, Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cira_csu\/status\/2000660256368844839?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tule Fog over California&#8217;s Central Valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2025\/12\/18\/144-mph-wind-gust-is-strongest-ever-recorded-in-wyoming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">144 MPH Wind Gust On Wednesday One Of The Strongest Ever Recorded in Wyoming<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/stormready\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StormReady<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>John Gordon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WeatherWupk\/status\/1698324780397510871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ice Tsunami<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; Foghorn<\/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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