{"id":4658,"date":"2015-05-19T04:45:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T09:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=4658"},"modified":"2015-05-18T21:59:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T02:59:59","slug":"weatherbrains-486-working-the-drive-through-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=4658","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 486:  Pickles All Over It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb051815.mp3\" title=\"Episode 486\">WeatherBrains Episode 486<\/a> is now online (May 18, 2015).  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=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bis6PAt-n1U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/david-drobny.jpg\" alt=\"David Drobny\" align=\"left\" \/>Tonight&#8217;s Guest Panelist is a show alum, having appeared on episode 395 in August, 2013.  He is responsible for suggesting tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain, which we will punish by making him appear as the Guest Panelist.  Indeed, no good deed goes unpunished.  <strong>David Drobny<\/strong>, welcome back.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/kelton-halbert.jpg\" alt=\"Kelton Halbert\" align=\"right\" \/>Tonight&#8217;s Guest WeatherBrain was born in Nashville. He comes from a traveling musical family. He plays the guitar, banjo, and bass guitar, but his first love is meteorology.  He is currently a junior at the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology in Norman, where he is a research assistant with the Arctic and Antarctic Atmospheric Research Group.  He is currently the Director of Development at the Oklahoma Weather Lab.  <strong>Kelton Halbert<\/strong>, welcome to WeatherBrains.<\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>Extremes:  96 at Presidio, TX, and 22 at Scobey, MT<\/li>\n<li>Trio of WeatherBrains gang in Norman, OK<\/li>\n<li>Severe weather somewhat limited<\/li>\n<li>Cold in North Central US<\/li>\n<li>Drought busting rain in parts of Texas and Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>And more rain possible for those areas<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<p>Our email bag officer is out once again.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Weather Center:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains 101:<\/strong>  Last week there was a mention of cloud iridescence, so for this weekly episode we&#8217;ll take a look at what that is and why it is sometimes hard to see.<\/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 486:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To subscribe to the brand new SkyWritings, an email newsletter from the WeatherBrains gang, <a href=\"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=4453\">click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sharppy.github.io\/SHARPpy\/index.html\">SHARPpy software<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/owl.ou.edu\">Oklahoma Weather Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arctic.som.ou.edu\">AARG at OU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/19776813\/SHARPpy.exe\">Link to Windows version of SHARPpy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/19776813\/SHARPpy.zip\">Link to Mac OS X version of SHARPpy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tempestchasing.com\">Tempest Storm Chasing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Drobny &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLxeAIQgAiFqvsaAx79xN3gBjc8baIiWMn\">Tornado Forecasting Workshop with Rich Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kelton Halbert &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrf-model.org\/plots\/realtime_mpasconv.php\">WRF Model<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nate Johnson &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringnc\/videos\/10205763221417441\/\">Early May, 2015, Storms Time-lapse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/exper\/soundings\/help\/index.html\">Experimental sounding page at SPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Peters &#8211;  Gets the fog horn!<\/p>\n<p>John Scala &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nssl.noaa.gov\/projects\/facets\/\">FACETS at NSSL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Selle &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4G0BI_Y3pno&#038;feature=youtu.be\">Elmer, OK, Tornado time lapse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Smith &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/windhazard.davidoprevatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/6-May-2015-Oklahoma-Tornado-Summary-Report_Final.pdf\">Online Damage Report, May 6, 2015, Great Plains Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ospo.noaa.gov\/Products\/ocean\/sst\/contour\/index.html\">Sea surface Temperature Contours<\/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 486 is now online (May 18, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight&#8217;s Guest Panelist is a show alum, having appeared on episode 395 in August, 2013. 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