{"id":8755,"date":"2020-10-27T00:42:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T05:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8755"},"modified":"2020-10-27T00:42:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T05:42:53","slug":"weatherbrains-771-valium-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8755","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 771:  Valium Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 771\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb102620.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 771<\/a> is now online (October 26th, 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\/16561865\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" 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\/havEYkw_qkY\" width=\"560\" height=\"438\" 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;&amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; 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<a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smithsonia Global Volcanism Program<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen Narramore &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KOCOMichael\/status\/1318965466312880128?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Armstrong Tweet<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nate Johnson &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image0.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wind Chill\/Heat Index Map<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Kimmel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mesonet.agron.iastate.edu\/cgi-bin\/request\/asos.py?hours=750&amp;station=KAUS&amp;data=metar&amp;report_type=2&amp;nometa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simple METAR data<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mesonet.agron.iastate.edu\/cgi-bin\/request\/asos.py?hours=750&amp;station=KAUS&amp;data=metar&amp;nometa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simple METAR data<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mesonet.agron.iastate.edu\/cgi-bin\/request\/asos.py?hours=750&amp;station=KAUS&amp;data=metar&amp;report_type=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raw METAR data<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mesonet.agron.iastate.edu\/cgi-bin\/request\/asos.py?hours=750&amp;station=KAUS&amp;data=metar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raw METAR data<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kim Klockow-McClain &#8211; 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