{"id":11763,"date":"2026-10-21T10:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11763"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:27:32","slug":"weatherbrains-1083-publish-or-perish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=11763","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 1083:  Publish or Perish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 1083\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb102026.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 1083<\/a> is now online (October 20th, 2026). 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\/43390709\/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\/tme-pU1xwRI?si=KVNDPMx-6gWsHvfX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This week&#8217;s WeatherBrains episode is a Tuesday night special on-site at the National Weather Association 2026 Annual Meeting in Omaha. \u00a0Tonight&#8217;s focus then shifts to the Southwest as NWS Tucson lead forecaster John Glueck and University of Arizona professor Michael Crimmins break down everything about monsoons. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HVBNap8XgAAjMIe?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"795\" height=\"447\" \/><\/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>Panel preliminary thoughts on NWA Annual Meeting (04:00)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Law&#8217;s NWA presentation summary (06:45)<\/li>\n<li>FAR (False Alarm Ratio) (11:00)<\/li>\n<li>Birmingham NWS&#8217;s FAR success story (11:30)<\/li>\n<li>Necessary culture changes at different NWS offices (24:30)<\/li>\n<li>Looking back at 2019 F4 Beauregard tornado aftermath (26:00)<\/li>\n<li>Information gaps between watches\/warnings (29:00)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Threats-In-Motion (TIM) dissemination (32:00)<\/li>\n<li>Forecasting in Kodiak vs Tucson (39:30)<\/li>\n<li>What is the North American monsoon? \u00a0(45:30)<\/li>\n<li>How can y0u prepare for monsoons? \u00a0(55:30)<\/li>\n<li>Blowing dust vs haboob (01:05:00)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Crimmins monsoon research (01:07:00)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice<\/strong> (01:23:00)<\/li>\n<li><strong>This Week in Tornado History With Jen<\/strong> (No segment this week)<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-Mail Segment\u00a0<\/strong>(01:25:00)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sneak peak at future WeatherBrains episodes!<\/strong> (01:32:30)<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 1083: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nwas.org\/2026-annual-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NWA 2026 Annual Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alabamaweathernetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Weather Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Crimmins &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingwx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everything Weather<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Aydelott &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tornadoproject.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tornado Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; Foghorn<\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/wcas\/9\/2\/wcas-d-16-0031_1.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tornado Warning Response and Perceptions among Undergraduates in Nebraska<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/wrn\/dhh-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weather Safety Information for Deaf and Hard of Hearing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; Out<\/p>\n<p>John Gordon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/epz\/monsoon_background\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Examining the U.S. Desert Southwest Monsoon: A Look at the Onset of, and Climatology of the Monsoon For New Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/urrd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPC URRD<\/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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