{"id":3993,"date":"2014-01-08T04:45:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T10:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=3993"},"modified":"2014-01-08T06:20:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T12:20:33","slug":"weatherbrains-415-less-popular-than-toe-fungus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=3993","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 415:  Less Popular than Toe Fungus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb010714.mp3\" title=\"Episode 415\">WeatherBrains Episode 415<\/a> is now online (January 7, 2014).  If you are crazy about weather, this is <strong>THE<\/strong> netcast audio program for you!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"http:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/destination\/id\/143089\/height\/300\/width\/400\/theme\/standard\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sdx7ImsAPBE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/sullivan.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Sullivan, meteorology student\" align=\"right\" \/>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a student at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, where he is a senior Meteorology student.  <strong>Brandon Sullivan<\/strong> is an avid storm chaser and photographer.  He owns his own company, Hazard Notifications. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/kim-klockow.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Kim Klockow\" align=\"left\" \/>Tonight&#8217;s Guest Panelist is no stranger to the WeatherBrains crowd having starred in Episode 286: Help, McDonald&#8217;s is Following Me.  <strong>Dr. Kim Klockow<\/strong> is a recent Doctoral graduate from the University of Oklahoma who received an exciting Fellowship for Science Policy on Capitol Hill where she is working right now.  <\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>Extremes:  75 at San Pasqual Valley, CA, and -35 at Brimson, MN, and Embarrass, MN<\/li>\n<li>Cold across the eastern half of the country<\/li>\n<li>48 percent of Lower 48 covered by snow<\/li>\n<li>So cold there are no severe weather threats<\/li>\n<li>Media gone nuts over &#8220;polar vortex&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<p>Our email bag officer has been AWOL for several weeks and claims she&#8217;s sick tonight.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Weather Center:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains 101:<\/strong> Professor Peters takes a look at what liquid equivalent is when dealing with snow.  Believe it or not, snow can be wet or dry.  Listen to this episode for the whole story on water equivalent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TWIWH:<\/strong>  Bill Murray looks back at the week of January 7th.  <\/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>Web Sites from Episode 415:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazardnotifications.com\">Hazard Notifications<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/som.ou.edu\">University of Oklahoma, Meteorology Department<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polarvortexisnotnew.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/i-am-certain-term-derecho-is-feeling.html\">Polar Vortex discussion by Dr. Shepherd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nate Johnson &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+NateJohnson\/posts\/8VRgLzFpKwA\">Nate&#8217;s Notes on Weather Hacks for Chrome<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kim Klockow &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/markup\/subcommittee-environment-markup-hr-2413-weather-forecasting-improvement-act-2013\">Weather Forecasting Improvement Bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/BAMS-D-12-00171.1\">Hurricane Amanda, 1863<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Peters &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/cliffmass.blogspot.com\/2013\/12\/meteorological-snake-oil-salesman-ultra.html\">Cliff Mass Discussion of Ultra-Long Daily Forecasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/cliffmass.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/does-cold-wave-imply-anything-about.html\">Cliff Mass Blog on cold and global warming<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Sullivan &#8211;  crowd source modeling<\/p>\n<p>SkyDavers Blog &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/skydaver.blogspot.com\">The Fog Bank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, and Brian Peters.  They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.<\/p>\n<p><center><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><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeatherBrains Episode 415 is now online (January 7, 2014). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a student at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, where he is a senior Meteorology student. Brandon Sullivan is an avid storm chaser and photographer. 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