{"id":120,"date":"2008-11-24T22:48:40","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T04:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=120"},"modified":"2008-11-24T22:48:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T04:48:40","slug":"weatherbrains-148-winter-weather-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 148:  Winter Weather Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/audio\/wb112408.mp3\" title=\"Episode 148\">WeatherBrains Episode 148<\/a> is now online (November 24, 2008).  If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> netcast audio program for you!<\/p>\n<a id='wpaudio-69efc25699951' class='wpaudio wpaudio-readid3' href='wb112408.mp3'>wb112408.mp3<\/a>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew discusses some of the developments in the weather business as well as some potential losses in weather jobs including the story from layoffs at The Weather Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>Cold weather summary from JB<\/li>\n<li>Extreme temperature requirements for National Weather Summary<\/li>\n<li>A Thanksgiving storm system promising interesting weather<\/li>\n<li>Summary of winter weather briefing from NWS Fort Worth<\/li>\n<li>Some revision to winter weather NWS watches and warnings<\/li>\n<li>Computer versus hand analysis<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<p>Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective after being AWOL for a couple of weeks.  A note from a new Twitter follower, a question about QLCS, and some surveys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Weather Center:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains 101:<\/strong>  Cyclo-what-a-sis?  Digging into the world of weather this week, WeatherBrains 101 takes on the term cyclogenesis &#8211; what is it and what does it mean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TWIWH:<\/strong>  Bill Murray looks back at the week of November 25th.  And one of the biggest events in US weather history occurred during this week in 1950, so hear all about a big, big storm with cold implications and some snow records.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"8\" align=\"right\" width=\"80\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/images\/cans.jpg\" hspace=\"8\" alt=\"Listener Survey\" height=\"80\" style=\"width: 80px; height: 80px\" title=\"Listener Survey\" \/><strong>Listener Surveys:<\/strong> Okay, we continue to drive this topic into the ground, but we really do like to hear from you.  Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to fill out the Listener Survey. The survey takes just a minute or two to complete and provides us with an opportunity to learn where you are and hear your thoughts and comments on the show. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/\/?page_id=14\" title=\"Listener Survey\">here<\/a> to take the survey.<\/p>\n<p>Web links from Episode 148:<\/p>\n<p>Note:  These are compressed Powerpoint presentation files.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/special\/FWDENSONeutralWinters.ppsx\">ENSO Neutral Winter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/special\/FWDFrontogenesis.ppsx\">Frontogenesis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/special\/FWDWinterProducts2008.ppsx\">Winter Weather Products<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/special\/FWDMarch6Snow.ppsx\">March 6 Snow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Selle &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurricanewarning1.com\/\">hurricane intern web site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Peters &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stormeyes.org\/tornado\/faq\/notahose.htm\">Tornado Look-a-likes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecmwf.int\/products\/forecasts\/d\/charts\/medium\/deterministic\/msl_uv850_z500!Wind%2520850%2520and%2520mslp!72!North%2520America!pop!od!oper!public_plots!2006090500!!\/\">ECMWF (European model)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JB Elliott &#8211; no pick this week but some pet peeves<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tim Coleman &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nVrwupzLiDQ\">Dave Schwartz snippets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join James Spann, JB Elliott, Kevin Selle, Dr. Tim Coleman, and Brian Peters as they come together for another fascinating netcast about the weather.<\/p>\n<p>We love to hear from you! To leave a recorded message, call <strong>1-888-247-8627<\/strong>. Some calls may be used in future episodes. Also, feel free to post comments to the site and drop us an email at email at (at symbol) weatherbrains dot com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeatherBrains Episode 148 is now online (November 24, 2008). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! wb112408.mp3 The WeatherBrains crew discusses some of the developments in the weather business as well as some potential losses in weather jobs including the story from layoffs at The Weather Channel. 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