{"id":4724,"date":"2015-07-14T04:45:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T09:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2015-07-13T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T02:52:18","slug":"weatherbrains-494-my-wife-is-playing-poker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=4724","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 494:  My Wife is Playing Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb071315.mp3\" title=\"Episode 494\">WeatherBrains Episode 494<\/a> is now online (July 13, 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=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jtJIdppOMhw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/geoff-fox.jpg\" alt=\"Geoff Fox\" align=\"left\" \/>Geoff Fox had been with WTNH for 27 years, and did a brief stint at Fox CT before moving across the country to Palm Springs Ca , where I hear this time of year the average high is 107 degrees! <\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<li>Extremes: 116 at Death Valley, CA, and 36 at Truckee, CA<\/li>\n<li>TS Claudette formed off North Carolina coast<\/li>\n<li>Claudette soon to be post tropical<\/li>\n<li>700+ mile squall line across Ohio Valley<\/li>\n<li>Death ridge over Texas<\/li>\n<li>Eastern Pacific has Hurricane Dolores and TS Enrique<\/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>  Thanks to a tweet from a WeatherBrains fan for the topic for this episode of 101.  We take a look at those interesting circles sometimes seen on the NWS Doppler radar network around dawn sometimes referred to as roosting rings.<\/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 494:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geofffox.com\">Geoff Fox Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmir.com\/weather\">KMIR-TV weather web site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmir.com\/story\/28121820\/geoff-fox\">Full Geoff Fox biography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wingsofcarolina.org\">Wings of Carolina Flying Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/nasatv\/index.html\">NASA television<\/a><\/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><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Geoff Fox &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdtb.noaa.gov\/tools\/BUFKIT\/\">Bufkit plug<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nate Johnson &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2015\/07\/10\/science\/An-Image-of-Earth-Every-Ten-Minutes.html?_r=0\">Japan&#8217;s new weather satellite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Peters &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSSPC\/status\/620666974113300481\/photo\/1\">Twitter posting from SPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Scala &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/scitation.aip.org\/content\/aip\/magazine\/physicstoday\/news\/10.1063\/PT.5.4014?utm_source=Physics+Today&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=5886637_Physics+Today%3a+The+week+in+Physics+29+June-3+July&#038;dm_i=1Y69,3I65P,E1OAUL,CK155,1\">Understanding the Madden-Julian oscillation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Selle &#8211;  <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MeteoEU\/posts\/1604428543154009\">Italian tornado chase<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=luOnBMnA7Wk&#038;app=desktop\">Drone video of Kansas tornado<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aubrey Urbanowicz &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Freddy-Frogcaster-Huge-Hurricane-Janice\/dp\/1621572609\">Freddy the Frogcaster and the Huge Hurricane<\/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 494 is now online (July 13, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! 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