WeatherBrains 961: I Got Hit By A Guy In A Minivan
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Our First Guest WeatherBrain is the Community Engagement Specialist for the Unified Forecast System. Good to see you on the show, Allison Gregory! Also dropping by as Guest Panelist is the Service Coordinator/WCM equivalent for the Space Weather Prediction Center. Shawn Dahl, thanks for chatting with us. The incoming Chair of the AMS Early Career Leadership Academy also makes an appearance as Guest Panelist. Alex Morrison, thanks for dropping by to chat. Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here:...
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WeatherBrains 960: Paid By The Frame
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Our First Guest WeatherBrain is a forecaster at the National Weather Service in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She's also a GIS expert and is involved in several local regional and national GIS projects. She has a Masters and Bachelors Degree in Meteorology from Mississippi State University. Megan Williams, it's great to see you. Our Second Guest WeatherBrain is the WCM/Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge. She also does community outreach, quality control, product improvement, and is largely the face of the forecast office....
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WeatherBrains 959: He Deserves To Be Insulted
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Our Guest WeatherBrain tonight is a Graduate of Valparaiso University and recently wrote a paper concerning Deviant Tornado Motion. He earned his PhD at Central Michigan University and he's a renowned Storm Chaser, Hodographer and Severe Storms Research Scientist. Cameron Nixon, it's great to have you join the Panel for tonight's episode! Bruce Jones of Midland Weather Radio also is back to discuss the importance of NOAA Weather Radio and its timely warnings and information. ****Also you can now get 25% off a NOAA Weather Radio at MidlandUSA.com by using PROMO CODE SPANN25**** Our...
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WeatherBrains 958: Count Our Blessings; Take Our Naps
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Our Guest WeatherBrain tonight is a 14-year-old weather enthusiast from St. Louis, Missouri. He's recently been interviewed on The Weather Channel, Fox News Weather, and other podcasts as well as going viral on X/formerly known as twitter. He focuses on severe weather forecasts and covering severe weather all over America. Most recently, he covered the severe weather outbreak last weekend in Texas and Oklahoma. Beckett Moore, it's an honor to have you on tonight's episode and welcome to the show! Bruce Jones of Midland Weather Radio also is back to discuss the...
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WeatherBrains 957: Bird Eggs and Limes
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Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain grew up dreaming of being a meteorologist and has had a passion for weather ever since he was a kid. He was born in Columbus Ohio where he went to high school and has lived there ever since. For college, he first went to Valparaiso for 1 year where he played baseball and took meteorology classes. Then, he transferred to Ohio State, for his final 3 years of college, where he got his undergraduate in Atmospheric Sciences and a minor in Computer science (coding). Since graduating from college, he has worked as a technology consultant for 7 years and...
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WeatherBrains 956: From One Swamp To Another
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Our Guest WeatherBrain tonight is an old friend of the show. He recently joined Spire, a weather forecasting company that utilizes advanced satellite technology and data analytics to produce highly accurate and timely weather forecasts. He appeared on show No. 303 in November 2011 and show 751 a few years later in 2020. He's a seasoned meteorologist with extensive experience in weather technology data analysis. He co-founded Weather Decision Technologies before it was acquired by DTN. Michael Eilts, welcome to back to WeatherBrains. Bruce Jones of Midland Weather...
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WeatherBrains 955: Potato Guns And Fire Alarms
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Tonight's Guest Panelist is a show regular. He's the SOO at the Birmingham NWS office. Kevin Laws, it's always good to see you on the show. Our first Guest WeatherBrain tonight is an Emergency Management Officer with the Jefferson County Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Melissa Sizemore, thanks for joining us on this week's episode. Guest WeatherBrain No. 2. is a former EMA officer with Calhoun County Alabama. He's now a full-time Professor at Idaho State University with the Homeland Security Program. He will soon be joining the faculty at Jacksonville State...
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WeatherBrains 954: Toxic Wasteland
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Tonight's Guest Panelist is the Meteorologist-in-Charge of the NWS office in Pueblo, CO. He got interested in weather as a youngster in elementary school and never got rid of the "bug". He attended FSU's Meteorology program and following graduation had employment stops as a freshman meteorologist in Wilmington, Ohio and Pittsburg, PA. He also worked with the Administrator of NOAA in Washington, DC for two years. He's a veteran of the show and and at the time was the Pacific Regional WCM in Honolulu. It's great to have him back. Charlie Woodrum, welcome! Our...
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WeatherBrains 953: Doing This For The Chemtrail Paycheck
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Tonight's Guest Panelist needs no introduction. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Mississippi State University in 2016. Johnny Parker, welcome to WeatherBrains. Our Guest WeatherBrains tonight consist of the team from the Tennessee Valley Weather network. They are redefining local weather broadcasting. They have a television-quality production with a state of the art studio stationed in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. It's an innovative approach that brings expert community-based weather reporting directly to viewers in their area. First joining us is the...
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WeatherBrains 952: On His Fourth Life
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Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a familiar face for those who watch The Weather Channel, as she regularly appeared on the network in the early 2000s. She's an experienced broadcast meteorologist and a podcaster. She also has a degree in journalism and worked as a reporter for several years to begin her career. Her first job was as a reporter for WEAR-TV in Pensacola before moving to KIII-TV in Corpus, Christi Texas. She then moved to Brunswick, Georgia to work in TV there, and then took a job in Bangor, Maine in TV news. It was in Maine where she really got...
info_outlineOur Guest WeatherBrain tonight is a 14-year-old weather enthusiast from St. Louis, Missouri. He's recently been interviewed on The Weather Channel, Fox News Weather, and other podcasts as well as going viral on X/formerly known as twitter. He focuses on severe weather forecasts and covering severe weather all over America. Most recently, he covered the severe weather outbreak last weekend in Texas and Oklahoma. Beckett Moore, it's an honor to have you on tonight's episode and welcome to the show!
Bruce Jones of Midland Weather Radio also is back to discuss the importance of NOAA Weather Radio and its timely warnings and information.
****Also you can now get 25% off a NOAA Weather Radio at MidlandUSA.com by using PROMO CODE SPANN25****
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: [email protected].
- Looking back at North Texas severe weather on 05/25/24
- Beckett's livestream setup for severe weather streams (16:00)
- Advice to younger weather enthusiasts who want to pursue the science (25:45)
- Monetizing weather and social media (38:00)
- Questioning wall to wall coverage of Valley View, TX tornado (43:30)
- Advice for those afraid of severe weather (58:00)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:16:36)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment this week)
- National Weather Round-Up (No segment this week)
- E-Mail Segment (01:18:38)
- and more!
Web Sites from Episode 958:
Picks of the Week:
Beckett Moore - Video of tornado near Windthorst, Texas over Memorial Day Weekend 2024
Bruce Jones - Barnsdall Main Street Well Site
James Aydelott - James Aydelott on X: Twin tornadoes lofting debris near Decatur, AR
Jen Narramore - 1925 Tri-State Tornado Damage Path and Associated Storm System
Rick Smith - Out
Neil Jacobs - Out
Troy Kimmel - Plane Being Blown Away from DFW Gate in Severe Storm
Kim Klockow-McClain - The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896
Bill Murray - Foghorn
James Spann - Keenan Willard on X: Multiple deaths in North Texas tornado
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.