{"id":4389,"date":"2014-11-11T04:45:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T10:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2014-11-10T21:54:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T03:54:14","slug":"weatherbrains-459-millions-in-the-bulls-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=4389","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 459:  Millions in the Bulls Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb111014.mp3\" title=\"Episode 459\">WeatherBrains Episode 459<\/a> is now online (November 10, 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\/j-mmTkAhDwA?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/piotr.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Piotr Domaszczynski\" align=\"left\" \/>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NASA&#8217;s Global Precipitation Measurement Ground Validation Unit. He received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from The Warsaw University of Technology and PhD in Water Resources Engineering from The University of Iowa.  <strong>Dr. Piotr Domaszczynski<\/strong>, welcome to WeatherBrains.<\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>Extremes: 88 at Blythe, CA, and Elsinore, CA, and 1 at Great Falls, MT<\/li>\n<li>Arctic air flooding the Nation<\/li>\n<li>Breaking News: Fropa in Norman, OK, during the show<\/li>\n<li>Tropical Atlantic is quiet as is severe weather  <\/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>  A tweet I noted last week prompted me to take a look at the naming of moons by Native Americans.  While it was the Name &#8220;Full Beaver Moon&#8221; that got my attention, it was interesting to find out that some of those names had their origins with weather events.<\/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 459:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pmm.nasa.gov\/GPM\">GPM Global Precipitation Measurement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pmm.nasa.gov\/TRMM\">TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shipwreckmuseum.com\/the-fateful-journey-62\/\">Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Piotr Domaszczynski &#8211; Humbled by Forecast Decisions <\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oX39ORxLv_c\">Weather Watch S6E3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Peters &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/news\/20141106_pa_natlSurgeMap.pdf\">NHC&#8217;s National Map of Storm Surge Risk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Scala &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/MTSAT2_2014304_2014308_WVEC_RES0.5loop.gif\">Satellite animation of Super Typhoon Nuri<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srh.noaa.gov\/oun\/?n=events-19111111\">Great Blue Norther of November 11, 1911<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/wxwise\/fitz.html\">Sinking of SS Edmund Fitzgerald<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aubrey Urbanowicz &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristopherNie\/status\/531955600465203200\/photo\/1\">Winter in Less than 4 hours<\/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 459 is now online (November 10, 2014). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NASA&#8217;s Global Precipitation Measurement Ground Validation Unit. 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