{"id":4023,"date":"2014-01-21T04:45:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T10:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2014-01-20T22:12:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T04:12:59","slug":"weatherbrains-417-murphy-in-a-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=4023","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 417:  Murphy in a Hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb012014.mp3\" title=\"Episode 417\">WeatherBrains Episode 417<\/a> is now online (January 20, 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=\"281\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/czgqaNw6aPo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/mark_sudduth.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Suddeth\" align=\"right\" \/>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is about 416 shows overdue for an appearance.  He needs no introduction to weather fans which is most of our audience. He has worked in hurricane awareness and education since graduating from UNC-Wilmington in 1995. Over the past eighteen years, he has had the privilege of working with local, state and federal agencies to develop award-winning hurricane awareness projects. In addition, his work with business and industry to reach out to communities on a local level has led to several large-scale hurricane preparedness campaigns from Texas to Maine. He is the Founder of HurricaneTrack.com.  <strong>Mark Sudduth<\/strong>, welcome to WeatherBrains.  <\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>Extremes: 86 at Riverside, CA, and -17 at Grand Marais, MN<\/li>\n<li>Winter storm poised to dump sizable snowfall and cold on the eastern US<\/li>\n<li>Snowing on Aubrey<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<p>Our email bag officer gets an early spot just because she&#8217;s handling a big snow storm.<\/p>\n<p>Nate is not here, but he still sends in a news bit!<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Weather Center:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains 101:<\/strong>  So what&#8217;s the big brouhaha over the polar vortex &#8211; cue the panic music!  Egads, it&#8217;s a frozen hurricane or something akin to a frozen Margarita, right?  Well, no, not exactly.  And you may be surprised to learn how long it has been around!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TWIWH:<\/strong>  Bill Murray looks back at the week of January 20th.  <\/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 417:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hurricanetrack.com\">Hurricane Track<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurricaneanalytics.com\">Hurricane Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/hurricane-impact\/id539587329?mt=8\">Hurricane Impact app<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.sprint.com\/news-releases\/sprints-network-and-emergency-response-operations-stand-ready-for-tropical-storm-karen.htm\">Sprint news item on Hurricane Karen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/weather.uwyo.edu\/upperair\/sounding.html\">Historical Sounding Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Peters &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esrl.noaa.gov\/gmd\/grad\/solcalc\/\">Solar Calculator from NOAA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/100355451043993388771\/posts\">Weather+ on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark Sudduth &#8211;  Chris Allington Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Aubrey Urbanowicz &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eas.slu.edu\/CIPS\/SLR\/slrmap.htm\">Snow to Liquid Ratio Climatology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SkyDavers Blog &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/skydaver.blogspot.com\">The Fog Bank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your witty host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, 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 417 is now online (January 20, 2014). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is about 416 shows overdue for an appearance. He needs no introduction to weather fans which is most of our audience. 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