{"id":5126,"date":"2015-12-29T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T06:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=5126"},"modified":"2015-12-22T21:45:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T03:45:25","slug":"weatherbrains-519-is-that-something-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=5126","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 519:  Is That Something Stronger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 519\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb122815.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 519<\/a> is now online (December 28, 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\/\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qlSehV-5o70\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/met-memories-2015.png\" alt=\"Top 10 Biggest Weather Events for 2015 by Greg Carbin\" width=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We always ring out the old year with a special visit from, no, not Santa Claus, but I will go you one better.  The one, the only, the incomparable, <strong>Greg Carbin<\/strong> and his bag of Meteorological Memories.  Greg, welcome back to the show.<\/p>\n<p>The first of tonight\u2019s Guest Panelists is an IT Specialist with an interest in weather and storm chasing.  <strong>Ben Holcomb<\/strong>, welcome to the show!  <\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s other Guest Panelist is an IT Specialist\/Meteorology Instructor with the OU School of Meteorology.   He is working to further develop the broadcast meteorology program at OU with state of the art technology.  <strong>Shawn Riley<\/strong>, welcome to WeatherBrains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/WB519-guests.jpg\" alt=\"Guest on WeatherBrains Episode 519\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extremes: 85 at Fort Myers (Southwest International), FL, and -2 at Boulder, WY<\/li>\n<li>This show was actually recorded on December 22, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Southeast US preparing for severe weather just before Christmas<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our email bag officer had nothing in the mail bag since the various vacation schedules dictated an earlier date for recording this episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Weather Center:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WeatherBrains 101:<\/strong>  Oops, no WeatherBrains 101 for this show.  It should return in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 80px; height: 80px;\" title=\"Listener Survey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/images\/cans.jpg\" alt=\"Listener Survey\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" \/><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 title=\"Listener Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/\/?page_id=932\">here<\/a> to take the survey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 519:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\">SPC web site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/wcm\/\">WCM page on SPC&#8217;s web site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/severestudios.com\">Severe Studios<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/weatherbrains\/?p=4966\">WeatherBrains Episode 509 from Norman, OK<\/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>No Picks this week!  It will return in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Dr. John Scala, Aubrey Urbanowicz, 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 title=\"Link for Audible.com trial subscription\" href=\"http:\/\/audibletrial.com\/weatherbrains\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbrains.com\/graphics\/audible-graphic-for-weatherbrains.jpg\" alt=\"Audible.com graphic\" width=\"425\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-7719554-12084923-1439887597000\" target=\"_top\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/image-7719554-12084923-1439887597000\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>WeatherBrains is a proud affiliate of NetAtmo Weather Stations.<\/p>\n<p>Easy to install and affordable.  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The one, the only, the incomparable, Greg Carbin and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5126"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5137,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126\/revisions\/5137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}