{"id":8621,"date":"2020-08-18T01:53:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T06:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8621"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:45:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:45:33","slug":"weatherbrains-761-pixelated-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8621","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 761:  Pixelated Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 761\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb081720.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 761<\/a> is now online (August 17th, 2020). 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=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15655745\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"460\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yP1y9ziIN20\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span>&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s first Guest WeatherBrain is the Severe Weather Services Program Leader for the National \u00a0Weather Service. \u00a0Greg Schoor, welcome to WeatherBrains!<\/p>\n<p>Our second Guest WeatherBrain for this episode is Todd Lericos, the Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC) of the National Weather Service (NWS) Office in Las Vegas, NV, a position he has held since November, 2012. Todd grew up in Southwest Florida and began his career in meteorology by joining the Air Force in 1991 as a Weather Observer. His first assignment was Homestead AFB, arriving just eight months before Hurricane Andrew hit the base in August, 1992. \u00a0Welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Our third Guest WeatherBrain is Alan Gerard, the President of the National Weather Association Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on the education and scholarship aspects of the National Weather Association. Welcome to WeatherBrains!<\/p>\n<p>Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hurricane Camille of 1969<\/li>\n<li>Atlantic Basin heating up?<\/li>\n<li>Iowa Super Derecho\/clean-up<\/li>\n<li>NWA Annual Meeting September 2020 goes virtual<\/li>\n<li>This Week in Tornado History with Jen<\/li>\n<li>National Weather Round-Up<\/li>\n<li>The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midlandradio.com\" rel=\"www.midlandusa.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8560 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WeatherBrains-Promo-1-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WeatherBrains-Promo-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WeatherBrains-Promo-1-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/WeatherBrains-Promo-1.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our email officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Sites from Episode 761:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddlericos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Todd Lericos Twitter<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/forschoor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greg Schoor Twitter<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picks of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greg Schoor &#8211; Son Jack turns 18 months old Friday!\/National Weather Service Radar page gets 2.0 version refresh within next few months!<\/p>\n<p>Todd Lericos &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Prediction-Machines-Economics-Artificial-Intelligence\/dp\/1633695670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alan Gerard &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nwafoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NWA Foundation<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2020\/08\/16\/california-fire-tornado-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fire Tornado Warning<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nate Johnson &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/noaahrd.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/14\/45th-anniversary-of-hurricane-camille\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45th Anniversary of Hurricane Camille<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mesonet.agron.iastate.edu\/cgi-bin\/afos\/retrieve.py?pil=lsraus&amp;limit=5000&amp;fmt=html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 1995 Austin TX Local Storm Report<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mesonet.agron.iastate.edu\/cgi-bin\/afos\/retrieve.py?pil=torbhm&amp;limit=5000&amp;fmt=html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 2004 Birmingham AL Tornado Warning<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2020\/08\/12\/iowa-derecho-corn-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa derecho corn damage<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Murray &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/publications\/assessments\/palmsunday65.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Report of Palm Sunday Tornadoes April 1965<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Spann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSQuadCities\/status\/1295469135548354569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NWS Quad Cities Tweet<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aubrey Urbanowicz &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrg.com\/news\/iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa Derecho<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Dr. John Scala, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore and Kim Klockow-McClain. 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