{"id":3302,"date":"2012-12-24T23:45:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T05:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2012-12-31T05:11:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T11:11:45","slug":"weatherbrains-361-a-plethora-of-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=3302","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 361:  A Plethora of Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/media.bigbrainsmedia.com\/weatherbrains\/shows\/wb122412.mp3\" title=\"Episode 361\">WeatherBrains Episode 361<\/a> is now online (December 24, 2012).  If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> netcast audio program for you!<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.podtrac.com\/player\/embed.js?feed=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.bigbrainsmedia.com%2fweatherbrains%2fxml%2fWeatherBrains.xml\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o5dANlwu5UU?list=UUMBYCM0PeX3Dio8z3zdXz3A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are no guests or panelists for tonights show, so we use this opportunity to talk about a variety of weather sites that we find useful in a variety of topics. <\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>84 at Marathon and Punta Gorda, FL, and -29 at Kremmling, CO<\/li>\n<li>Severe weather along the eastern Gulf Coast including a tornado at Mobile, AL<\/li>\n<li>Current storm named Draco and next one to be Euclid<\/li>\n<li>Another big storm possible across the US Christmas week<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<p>Our email bag officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Weather Center:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains 101:<\/strong> Troughs come in a variety of types including positive, neutral, and negative.  So what determines what kind of trough it is.  And especially what does a negatively tilted trough mean?  We explore the characteristics of a negatively tilted trough.<\/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=932\" title=\"Listener Survey\">here<\/a> to take the survey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains Picks for Every Weather Enthusiasts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Satellites:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/weather.rap.ucar.edu\/satellite\/\">RAP\/UCAR Satellite<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goes.noaa.gov\">NOAA GOES Satellite Server<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov\/GOES\/\">NASA Interactive Weather Satellite Imagery<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/data\/geo\/\">SSEC Geostationary Image Browser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Radar:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.basevelocity.com\/RadarScope\/\">RadarScope<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grlevelx.com\">GRLevelX<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/radar.weather.gov\">NWS Radar Site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Severe Weather:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/\">Storm Prediction Center<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kamala.cod.edu\/svr\/\">College of DuPage Warning Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tropical:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\">National Hurricane Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Models:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mag.ncep.noaa.gov\/NCOMAGWEB\/appcontroller?model=GFS&amp;area=NAMER&amp;pname=&amp;rname=FOUR+PANEL+CHARTS&amp;areaDesc=North+America+-+US+Canada+and+northern+Mexico&amp;imagesurls=%5B%5D&amp;cycle=09%2F24%2F2011+06UTC&amp;storm=&amp;prevPage=Param&amp;page=Param&amp;cat=MODEL+GUIDANCE&amp;imageSize=&amp;currKey=model&amp;prevArea=NAMER&amp;page=Param\">NCEP Model<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbell.com\/login\/\">WeatherBell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winter Weather:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nohrsc.noaa.gov\/nsa\/\">National Snow Analysis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatheronline.co.uk\">WeatherOnline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blogs:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/capital-weather-gang\">Capital Weather Gang<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chicagoweathercenter.com\">Tom Skilling&#8217;s Chicago Weather Blog<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com\">Mike Smith&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Electronics:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davisnet.com\">Davis Weather Instruments<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberguys.com\">CyberGuys Computers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kestrelmeters.com\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;term=kestrel\">Kestrel Instruments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JP Spann and Brian Peters.  They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/audibletrial.com\/weatherbrains\/\" title=\"Link for Audible.com trial subscription\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/audible-graphic-for-weatherbrains.jpg\" alt=\"Audible.com graphic\" align=\"center\" width=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeatherBrains Episode 361 is now online (December 24, 2012). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! There are no guests or panelists for tonights show, so we use this opportunity to talk about a variety of weather sites that we find useful in a variety of topics. Other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3319,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions\/3319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}