{"id":4315,"date":"2014-09-09T04:45:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T09:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2014-09-08T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T03:01:00","slug":"weatherbrains-450-hes-been-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=4315","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 450:  He&#8217;s Been Tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb090814.mp3\" title=\"Episode 450\">WeatherBrains Episode 450<\/a> is now online (September 8, 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=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t__ofBN084Y?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest Panelist is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer for Mano Nanotechnologies, Inc., a New York-based startup company focusing on research and development of advanced environmental sensor technology.  He holds advanced degrees in meteorology and atmospheric science from Florida State University with 25 years of experience as a leader in technology and business management.  He is currently working on an exciting new start up project.  <strong>Dr. John Manobianco<\/strong>, welcome to WeatherBrains!<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a suggestion by listener Erick Church.  He is the Chief Meteorologist for KTUZ-TV in Oklahoma City.  <strong>Michael Saenz<\/strong>, welcome to WeatherBrains!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/WB-450-pics.jpg\" alt=\"Guests for WeatherBrains Episode 450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>Extremes:  106 at Needles, CA, and Ojai, CA, and 25 at Stanley, ID<\/li>\n<li>Tropics fairly quiet with just one area of concern south of the Cape Verde Islands<\/li>\n<li>Small slight risk area in Iowa for today and expanding on Day 2 in much the same area<\/li>\n<li>Discussion on Warning Coordination Meteorologist job<\/li>\n<li>Last Super Moon of the year going on during the show<\/li>\n<li>August a very low month for tornadoes since 1960<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<p>Our email bag officer is trying to catch up on incoming messages from our listeners.  It&#8217;s a never ending job!<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Weather Center:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains 101:<\/strong>  This week we take a peek into history and try to find a connection between a Lutheran minister, weather observations, and a big award for cooperative weather observers.  It&#8217;s interesting to see who some of the past weather geeks are.<\/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 450:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teespring.com\/weatherbrains\">WeatherBrains Limited Edition T-shirt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unidosok.com\">KTUZ-TV Web Site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spotthestation.nasa.gov\">Spot the International Space Station<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nate Johnson &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/unr\/?n=pw\">Upper Air Climatology Plots<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Manobianco &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/waters-edge-the-crisis-of-rising-sea-levels\/\">Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Peters &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/celebrating200years.noaa.gov\/magazine\/isaac_cline\/welcome.html#intro\">Galveston Meteorologist Isaac Cline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Scala &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/celebrating200years.noaa.gov\/magazine\/galv_hurricane\/welcome.html\">Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Selle &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/weather.unisys.com\/upper_air\/skew\/skew_KFWD.txt\">Sounding Data for KDFW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/08\/technology\/airlines-take-the-bump-out-of-turbulence.html?_r=0\">Taking Turbulence out of Air Travel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdl.nws.noaa.gov\/~naefs_ekdmos\/meteoform_naefs_v2.php\">EKDMOS version 2 Meteograms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aubrey Urbanowicz &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/capital-weather-gang\/wp\/2014\/09\/04\/oddity-more-tornado-warnings-in-d-c-region-than-most-texas-oklahoma-areas-in-2014\/\">Tornado Warning Graphic<\/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 host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Dr. John Scala, Rick Smith, Kevin Selle, 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 450 is now online (September 8, 2014). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight&#8217;s Guest Panelist is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer for Mano Nanotechnologies, Inc., a New York-based startup company focusing on research and development of advanced environmental sensor technology. 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