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BigBrain SportsNew Records, Crazy Games, Trades and MLB opening dayJoin me on this week's discussion as I chat about the March Madness tournament, the Raptors organization making history, the biggest trades, and the long awaited MLB opening day! Hurry up and click play fellow BigBrains because this one is a good one!2021-04-0827 minBigBrain SportsTrades, Signings, March Madness and More!Welcome back my BigBrains! Join me this week as I catch you up with what's going on in March Madness and my predictions for the rest of the tournament, the upcoming NBA trade deadline, the NFL free agency, and the latest update on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Lots to talk about and lots of fun to be had!2021-03-2428 minBigBrain SportsCovering the NFL Draft, NBA All-Star Game & Much More!The sports world has been super jam packed with good stories over the past week. Join me as I talk about the NBA All-Star game, my opinion on the upcoming NFL QB prospects in this year's draft, Dak Prescott getting BANK from the Cowboys, and my North Division round-up. It's all here, so come and dive in with me my fellow BigBrains!2021-03-1133 minBigBrain SportsLeafs, Cowboys and Australian Open with special guests Susan Scandiffio and Rory RonanHello my fellow BigBrains! I have an exciting episode for you guys this week as I am joined by not one, but two special guests! Join us as we talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs, the results of the Australian Open, some Dallas Cowboy drama, and so much more!2021-02-251h 02BigBrain SportsBreaking Down The Super Bowl, NHL & NBA Regular Season PLUS The NFL QB Trade MarketHello fellow BigBrains! Join me as I give you a Super Bowl LV recap, an update on the NHL North Division, biggest surprises from the NBA, the NFL QB carousel, and my weird stat of the week! 2021-02-1136 min
The GGWPBan Nazis, #FreeS8nBuenos días, GGWP-ers! For our 30th episode, we’re truly putting the ‘Worldwide’ in our name, covering three different pro LoL regions, as well as OWL and CWL. We even dip into the ninth circle of hell (no, not twitter, the other one).
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WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 351: Whatever Makes Me HappyJason Samenow from Capital Weather Gang joins us on WeatherBrains episode 351. Jason will weigh in on the debacle concerning the National Weather Service and the Department of Commerce and the National Weather Association annual meeting in Madison, Wisconsin.2012-10-171h 38WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 350: Particularly Dangerous SituationTonight’s Guest WeatherBrain needs little introduction to our audience. He was Chief Meteorologist and Hurricane Specialist for WFOR-TV, the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Miami, FL. He also served as the chief hurricane analyst for CBS News in New York. He is now a hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel. Bryan Norcross, welcome to WeatherBrains! Also joining us for tonight’s episode is Bob Ryan. Bob Ryan is lead meteorologist on the 11 PM News on ABC7/WJLA-TV and heads digital weather development at ABC7/WJLA-TV. He has served the Washington area as a broadcast meteorologist for more than 30 years. Ryan...2012-10-091h 54WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 349: He's Off Fixing A SprinklerTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a suggestion by Deputy Guest Booking Officer and friend of the podcast, Todd Foisy, a WeatherBrains alum who was on just a few weeks ago. Bruce Tremper is the Director of the Utah Avalanche Center. Bruce has worked as an avalanche professional for the past twenty years. He lives in Utah and was be involved in avalanche control for the 2002 Winter Olympics.2012-10-031h 42WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 348: Hang Out Hangs UpTonight's guest WeatherBrains are in charge of the Tornado Town Hall project in Norman. Kim Klockow, a WB alum is OU College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences. Dr. Randy Peppler is from the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies. Rick Smith, another WB alum, is the WCM at the NWS Norman.2012-09-251h 34WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 347: Brian Sails For BermudaTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Canadian adventurer, television presenter, storm chaser, and explorer, currently best known for his television series Angry Planet. He specializes in documenting extreme weather and worldwide natural disasters.2012-09-181h 08WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 346: F4 Moose, Gray Hair and Witness ProtectionTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a friend of the podcast, Todd Foisy. He is a WeatherBrains Alum, having appeared as the Guest Panelist on show 204 on December 21, 2009. He is the SOO from the National Weather Service in Caribou, Maine. He joins us from his home in northern Maine.2012-09-111h 27WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 345: We See A Mature Human!Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains are Jim and Daphne LaDue. Both are educators and weather researchers. Jim is an educator at the Warning Decision Training Branch in Norman, Oklahoma. His better half Daphne helps the NOAA NWS Warning Decision Training Branch integrate adult learning principles into their educational materials for NWS forecasters. Also joining us on this episode is Chester Lampkin from KSDK-TV in St. Louis.2012-09-051h 46WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 343: Spann is Packin'Tonight's guest WeatherBrain is Dr. John Christy. Dr. Christy is the Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville where he began studying global climate issues in 1987.2012-08-211h 31WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 342: Food in the NudeJoin us for this week's edition of WeatherBrains as we have special guest Meredith Garafolo from WWSB in Sarasota, Florida joining the panel as well as John Toohey Morales; chief meteorologist at NBC 6 in Miami.2012-08-141h 22WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 341: 28 Year Old UnderwearTiffany Sunday is an entrepreneur, emerging tech educator, strategist and speaker. Her passion for weather started when she was young listening to her grandparents tell stories about Texas tornadoes. She is a member of the National Weather Association’s Social Media Committee and one of the instructors for the 2012 NWA Social Media Boot Camp. Also joining us is Guest WeatherBrain Bryan Shaw from WIVB in Buffalo.2012-08-071h 43WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 340: Kevin Goes MissingTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Patrick Marsh, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather.2012-07-311h 32WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 338: The Hats Have It!!!Tonight’s GuestWeatherBrain is affectionately known as the “Godfather of Pacific Northwest Weather.” Dr. Cliff Mass is a professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Washington. We spoke with him Sunday afternoon from one of the most beautiful places in the U.S., Seattle, WA.
Guest Panelist for the evening is Matt Ernst from Fox 34, Lubbock, TX.2012-07-171h 18WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 337: Kevin At The DiscoTonight's guest WeatherBrain is Brad Panovich; Chief Meteorologist at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, NC. Brad grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. Also, guest WeatherBrain Matt Meister is joining us this week, who is the chief meteorologist at KROD-TV in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Matt graduated from the Metropolitan State College of Denver.2012-07-101h 27WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 336: Dress Like BatmanTonight's guest WeatherBrains are a special couple from Huntsville. Chris and Elise Schultz both do weather research at UAH and have done a lot of work with the ARMOR radar. Elise also has a huge interest in lightning, which really got going when her childhood home was unfortunately struck by lightning.2012-07-031h 46WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 335: Don't Hit The Red XTonight's guest WeatherBrain is Gray Stream. Gray is the Board Chairman of the National Hurricane Museum and Science Center. Gray joins us in Lake Charles with Jimmy and Keith Trahan, who are survivors of Hurricane Audrey. Jimmy and Keith are stars in the documentary about Hurricane Audrey. Our guest panelist this week is Brian Neudorff. Brian is the chief meteorologist at KMVT in Southern Idaho. A graduate of Purdue University, Brian also has earned his Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology and is certified by the American Meteorological Association.2012-06-261h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 334: Put Your Clothes On J. B.!If you tell tonight's Guest WeatherBrain not to have a COW, he would tell you he already has. He is an Iowa State Cyclone. He received his Meteorology degree from there in 2001. He has since been working for the Department of Meteorology. One of his main roles has been collecting environment data that supports agricultural activities in the Hawkeye State. He also has done several formal and informal projects with the National Weather Service. Daryl Herzmann, welcome to WeatherBrains!2012-06-191h 42WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 333: Did I Flip You Off?Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain #1 is the Emerging Dissemination Technologies Program Lead for the NOAA’s NWS. He joined the NWS in 1992. Mike Gerber is leading efforts to bring about the integration of NWS alert information across the widest possible range of warning systems and consumer electronic devices to better save lives, protect property, and enhance the national economy. Joining us as Guest WeatherBrain #2 is Wade Witmer, Deputy Director of FEMA IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System). His division runs the alerts aggregator that feeds WEA. He’s also had extensive discussions with the wireless carriers and the FCC.2012-06-131h 24WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 332: Grease Covered CardboardTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is one of the leading severe weather researchers in the world. He works at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. He is also a recent alum of the show, having appeared on show #312 on 1/16. He joins us tonight from his office in Norman, Oklahoma. Harold Brooks, welcome to WeatherBrains!2012-06-051h 33WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 331: J. B. Push the Blue ButtonFirst, Sean Potter is back to test his threshold for pain like last week’s guest. Sean is a Communications Specialist for the NWS in New York City. He is also a contributing editor at Weatherwise Magazine. He has formerly served as a producer at Good Morning America. Our second guest is Gerard McNiff has been a meteorologist for ABC News for 25 years. His main role has been with the Good Morning America program also. He is a graduate of Lyndon State University.2012-05-301h 17WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 330: Threshold For PainTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Enterprise Solutions Senior Vice President for AccuWeather, Mike Smith.2012-05-221h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 329: WeatherBrains Funky VooDooTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Keith Stammer, the Emergency Manager for Jasper County, Missouri. He will be discussing the tornado that devastated his community last May 22nd.2012-05-151h 14WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 328: James Misses the PostTonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is a senior forecaster at the NWS Forecast Office in Paducah, KY. Chris Noles got his start in weather in 1991 with WeatherData and joined the NWS in 1992.
Our guest panelist for this episode is Brian Shields, morning meteorologist at WFTV, the ABC affiliate in Orlando, FL. He graduated from Villanova with a degree in geography and went on to obtain his Broadcast Meteorolgy degree from Mississippi State. He worked in Salisbury, MD, and Charleston, WV.2012-05-081h 14WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 327: Colonel Sanders UnpluggedTonight features guest WeatherBrains panelist and WBBJ-TV meteorologist Ryan Hoke and guest WeatherBrain Chuck Doswell, who is a distinguished convective storms researcher. In addition to our special guests, join the usual crowd of J. B. Elliott, Bill Murray, Brian Peters, Kevin Selle and host James Spann.2012-05-011h 28WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 326: Mushy Monkey BrainsTonight’s Guest WeatherBrain found himself staring into the teeth of the Tuscaloosa tornado last April 27th and had the presence of mind to snap what some think is the definitive picture of that beast of a storm. Jimmy Jones is a UPS driver who lives with his family in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He joins us tonight from his home.2012-04-241h 34WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 325: Big Events Then and NowThis is probably the biggest group of guests we’ve ever had on one WeatherBrains show. Joining us as guest panelists are Mike Wilhelm and John Brown. They are avid weather enthusiasts and took to the Central Plains during the recent high risk day for some fascinating storm chasing. Also joining us will be special guest, Dave Freeman from KSN in Wichita, KS. And rounding out the guest WeatherBrains will be Greg Carbin, WCM at SPC, Jim Stefkovich, MIC of WFO Birmingham, and Alan Gerard, MIC of WFO Jackson, MS. The main topic for discussion with our guest WeatherBrains will be...2012-04-172h 15WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 324: Kevin Has Had His Energy DrinkThis week's guest WeatherBrain is Dr. Laura Myers, a disaster preparedness research professor at Mississippi State University. She has been conducting extensive response to the April 27th tornadoes and helped with the NWA meeting recently. She is also a graduate of Florida State University.2012-04-101h 44WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 323: They Still Have 3 of My Teeth in That CarThis week's guest WeatherBrain is Dr. Jeremy Rogers. He was working the night of the April 27th, 2011 tornado outbreak at the closest hospital to the tornado in western Jefferson County. He is the Medical Director at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in the Emergency Department and is the current President of the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He earned his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Alabama.2012-04-031h 27WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 322: Seventeen Inches of Yellow CrudTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a legend. He needs no introduction to any person who has read the text of more than a couple of severe weather watches written since 1975. Jack Hales recently retired after 46 years of Federal service including 36 years at the Storm Prediction center, formerly the National Severe Storms Forecast Center. During his 36 consecutive years as a SELS/SPC Lead Forecaster, Jack issued over 5500 tornado and severe thunderstorm watches nationwide since 1975. Jack was the presented the Department of Commerce Silver Medal along with six other meteorologists who collaborated in the forecast of the April 2, 1982, outbreak that successfully used...2012-03-271h 31WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 321: Weiners and SauerkrautTonight's guest WeatherBrain is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS in Norman, OKlahoma. Rick Smith is responsible for hazardous weather preparations and has been with the National Weather Service since 1997. Join the rest of the regular WeatherBrains crew for other topics like severe weather issues in Texas and the nation's temperature extremes on this week's edition of WeatherBrains!2012-03-201h 20WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 320: Trouble In ParadiseTonight's guest WeatherBrain is WAVE-TV meteorologist Kevin Harned. Kevin is a graduate of Purdue University who began his career at WAVE 3 in June of 1998. The WeatherBrains panel discusses the March 2nd tornado outbreak and it's effect on Mr. Harned's Louisville market, severe weather in Hawaii, and numerous other topics. Join the usual crew of Brian Peters, Kevin Selle and your host James Spann on this week's edition of WeatherBrains!2012-03-131h 20WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 319: Booms, Tremors and ShimmiesTonight's Guest WeatherBrain comes to us as a suggestion by listener Sue Watkins. He has been with UPS Airlines for over 21 years and was tasked with starting up the airlines Meteorology Department 18 years ago. Randy Baker represents UPS at industry forums, manages weather support systems, and has led the use of aircraft to deliver automated high-resolution aircraft data to meteorologists on the ground. He is currently working on the evaluation of 25 water vapor sensors on UPS 757 aircraft.2012-03-081h 15WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 318: Couldn’t Drive A Ten Penny Nail Up J.B.’s RearGary Carter has served as Director for the Office of Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), since November, 2000. He is responsible for a group of 80 Government and contract employees engaged in research and development activities to advance the National Weather Service mission to forecast the water in America’s rivers and streams. In November, 2006, Mr. Carter was selected to lead the NOAA Priority Area Task Team on Integrated Water Resource Services. Currently, he is the Water Forecasting Program Manager for NOAA.2012-02-281h 14WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 317: We Don't Need No OrganizingOur special WeatherBrain tonight is Dr. Russell Schneider, who has spent his entire career in the National Weather Service. He became the first Science and Operations Officer at the HPC. He was selected Director of the Storm Prediction Center in 2010. He has authored and coauthored many publications and was an Associate Editor at the AMS Journal of Weather and Forecasting for more than a decade. In addition, hang out with the regular WeatherBrains crew in this weeks edition!2012-02-211h 24WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 316: Disgusting DiscussionsWelcome to another exciting edition of WeatherBrains. Join the usual gang at WeatherBrains as we welcome several guests on the show this week. If you enjoy the weather, this is THE show for you!2012-02-141h 21WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 315: Organized Noise and GarbageWelcome to WeatherBrains! In addition to the usual crew, tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Kory Hartman, the CEO of SevereStudios.com and weekend meteorologist at KSFY in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He also serves as KSFY-TV's webmaster. In addition, this episode discusses the loss of storm chaser Andy Gabrielson, who was tragically killed in a car accident.2012-02-071h 17WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 314: Colder than a Well Diggers BohunkusTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the leading forecaster for the National Weather Service Office in Peachtree City, Georgia. Having earned his B. S. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his masters degree at the University of Oklahoma, WeatherBrains welcomes Lans Rothfusz to the show where tonight we will discuss integrated warning teams among many other weather topics!2012-01-311h 25WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 313: Rants R UsScott Unger is a forecaster at the NWS in Birmingham. After a stint in the Air Force, he got the weather bug and became an intern at Birmingham. He was promoted to a journeyman forecaster position in 2007 and has assumed responsibility as the focal point for the upcoming dual polarization radar upgrade. The Birmingham WSR-88D is scheduled to have the upgrade completed during February. He joins us tonight to talk about that process, the radar products, and some other interesting topics.s2012-01-241h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 312: Babe Magnet AppearsTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is one of the leading severe weather researchers in the world. Dr. Harold Brooks leads the Modeling, Observation, and Analysis Team at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK. Originally from St. Louis, MO, Dr. Brooks has served in a variety of positions primarily in the area of meteorological research since receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in Atmospheric Sciences in 1990. He has formally and informally be associated with over 100 publications including several books.2012-01-171h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 311: Babbling Texan and Helena HellraiserTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) at the National Weather Service, Mobile, Alabama. Jeff Garmon grew up in Centre, AL. He is an FSU Seminole - Go Noles! - and 21 year veteran with the NWS.2012-01-111h 15WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 310: Ghost Riders in JB's EyeFirst guest this week is Jaret Rogers. Jaret is a Mesoscale Assistant Forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. And number two guest WeatherBrain is Joseph Goudsward. Joseph is a Senior Forecaster and Incident Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Little Rock, AR. He is a graduate of Lyndon State College in Vermont.2012-01-041h 19WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 309: Confused JB Dancing NakedThere's only one way to end the year like we've had in the US. And that's with Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. Since 1996, Greg has performed as a severe weather outlook forecaster, fire weather forecaster, mesoscale meteorologist and lead forecaster at the SPC.2011-12-261h 21WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 308: Lost in the YucatanIt's a double barrel episode with two guest Weather Brains. Kicking things off after the normal chaotic banter of the crew, will be Charlie Woodrum. Charlie is a forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Pittsburgh, PA. Up next as our second guest is John Ferree. John is the National Weather Service's Severe Storms Services Leader. In this role, John leads efforts to improve severe weather forecasting and warning performance, facilitates promising research into operations, and identifies emerging concepts and techniques to disseminate throughout all NWS operational units. John was the co-chair of the NOAA/NSF sponsored Tornado...2011-12-201h 27WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 307: JB UpchucksIt's another round table discussion for the WeatherBrains crew discussing topics for some big Weather Ready Nation event that Bill Murray will be attending. So who knows where this episode will lead with all microphones open! And James does get to chip in now that his voice is back!2011-12-131h 21WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 306: Round and RoundThis episode of WeatherBrains features a roundtable with the regular cast of characters. The plan for the show was suggested by listener Doug Deliefde. He wanted to see a show-long roundtable discussion with the regulars talking about where to turn to and trust for severe weather information in this digital wireless age in which we live. So we have no idea where the spinning table will take us!! I'm sure there will be detours and other side trips! We do have a guest panelist, Michael Moss, a storm chaser in Indiana and a weather enthusiast.2011-12-061h 18WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 305: Kevin Hearts FacebookOur Guest WeatherBrain for this episode is Dr. Keith L. Seitter. Dr. Seitter was named Executive Director of the American Meteorological Society in September 2004. He served as Deputy Executive Director of the Society from 1999 to 2004.2011-11-291h 11WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 304: QLCS 1 - Spann 0Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Ron Gird. Ron is a meteorologist with NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS). He is responsible for NWS Customer Outreach and Education Programs. He has his B.S. in meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University.2011-11-221h 16WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 303: The Fee is a Six Pack and a Can of ViennasTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Mike Eilts, one of four people who founded Weather Decision Technologies in Norman, OK, in April, 1999. The founders of WDT all came from meteorological research organizations in Norman and WDT continues to maintain relationships with these research organizations to extract new technologies from them. Before founding WDT, he was employed with the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) for 18 years, the last 7 as Assistant Director.2011-11-151h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 302: Old Coots on GuardOur Guest WeatherBrain for this show started out like many of us with a real fascination for weather from early childhood. Chris Parker even began actively forecasting the weather each day starting in 3rd grade at age 8 years old. In high school, he broadcast widely-listened-to forecasts on WBSL, an FM radio station in Western Massachusetts, then studied Meteorology for 2 years at Lyndon State College in Vermont.2011-11-081h 15WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 301: J.B.'s Big ShakersOur guest WeatherBrain is Mike Brown, Associate Professor of Meteorology & Climatology at Mississippi State University. Mike is a climatologist/meteorologist with interest in land-surface-atmosphere interactions. Mike has looked at the impact of heterogeneous surfaces upon formation regions of convection in Illinois and Mississippi. Mike has also studied severe local storms in the Mid-Atlantic region in an attempt to identify processes generated at the Earth's surface that augment the mesoscale atmosphere creating an environment of enhanced instability and shear.2011-11-011h 08WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 300: Armed with a Strawberry ShortcakeTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is James Ladue, an educator at the Warning Decision Training Branch in Norman, OK. He trains meteorologists on how to use radar and satellite data so they may produce more accurate forecasts and warnings. He develops new techniques for combining satellite and radar data. He was one of the really big brains that were in Birmingham last week for the National Weather Association Annual Meeting. He has a life long fascination with weather and sky, and he is doing something about it. His undergraduate work in meteorology was done at SUNY Oswego and his Masters is from...2011-10-251h 19WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 299: Live From The NWAThis week's WeatherBrains is a special show done live at the 2011 National Weather Association, featuring Bill "Bubba" Bussey of the Rick and Bubba Show, and other meteorologists from around the nation who were gathered at the annual meeting at the Wynfrey in Hoover.2011-10-181h 09WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 298: JB's Buzzing HaboobsTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Mike Goldberg, a free lance broadcast meteorologist based in Richmond, VA. Mike Goldberg is a 20 year veteran of the weather industry. He has his CBM and NWA seals. He is a former chair of the Broadcast Meteorology Committee of the NWA. This will mark the third straight year that he has organized the extremely popular Broadcast Meteorology workshop. It will be held on October 16th at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham.2011-10-111h 03WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 297: Bunch Of BrainsThis week features a special show highlighting the upcoming National Weather Association (NWA) national conference which will be held in Birmingham, AL, beginning on October 15th. So the WeatherBrains gang along with numerous other folks will be discussing the program and providing some insight into the events for this spectacular event.2011-10-051h 49WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 296: Victoria Reveals Her SecretTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Christina Crowe, a forecaster at the National Weather Service in Huntsville, Alabama. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri with undergraduate work on convective snowstorms. She came to the University of Alabama in Huntsville to look at hurricane spawned tornado outbreaks.2011-09-271h 22WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 295: Spann Goes FlatTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a life long weather enthusiast. Growing up in East Central Illinois, Nolan Doesken was fascinated with thunderstorms, snow, and freezing rain, but appreciated any and all aspects of weather and climate. He went on to study meteorology and oceanography at the University of Michigan in the early 1970s and then came back to get his Masters degree from the University of Illinois in Atmospheric Science in 1976. He went to work for the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, in 1977 and has been there ever since. He was appointed State Climatologist for...2011-09-201h 13WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 294: Google FooThis week's Guest WeatherBrain, Jill Hasling, has worked in the field of meteorology since 1974 as a programmer, forecaster, researcher and forensic meteorologist. Since graduating in 1975, she has worked as a marine and tropical meteorologist and provides daily weather forecasts for the offshore oil industry all over the world.2011-09-131h 13WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 293: Dancing Naked in 40 Degree Dew PointsTonight's Guest WeatherBrain i Dr. Jon Nese… who has three degrees from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a Nittany Lion through and through, even co-hosting two radio shows about Penn State Athletics. He was a Storm Analyst at The Weather Channel and the Chief Meteorologist for the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. He is currently in his second teaching stint at Penn State and is a Senior Lecturer there.2011-09-061h 01WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 292: It Looks like a Vienna SausageTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a WB alum, appearing on show 254 last December. Sean Potter is a free lance science writer and contributing editor at WeatherWise magazine. He is a Hoosier, graduating from Indiana University. He writes the column Retrospect for WeatherWise, which focuses on interesting events in weather history. He is a CBM and a CCM and a member of NCIM. With all those acronyms, it's no surprise that he works for the National Weather Service, where his day job is Communications Specialist.2011-08-301h 24WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 291: Size Doesn't MatterTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Canadian storm chaser, professional photographer, speaker, and workshop leader. His passion is education. He was recommended by WeatherBrains alum Jaclyn Whittal, who is his chase partner. We welcome Greg Johnson to the show.
And joining us with a last minute invitation from Kevin Selle is our guest panelist Larry Mowry from CBS 11 in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.2011-08-231h 09WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 290: Blowing Up SkypeTonight's Guest WeatherBrain created a product that was a pick from a listener last year. Several of us have become big fan boys of it. He grew up in Tulsa and was actively involved in spotting/amateur radio in Tennessee. He worked for Weather Decision Technologies before moving to Denver, where he works for Jeppesen. His product, SimuAWIPS, is a fantastic website that presents weather information in a format that looks like the NWS AWIPS system. Andrew Oldaker is our special guest WeatherBrain.
Levi Cowan is a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A listener wrote...2011-08-161h 26WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 289: Trolls and YoopersOur guest WeatherBrain for this edition of the show is Jeff Piotrowski. Jeff is an experienced storm chaser. He is also a Regional Sales Manager at Baron Services. He and his wife Kathryn, also a chaser, live in Tulsa OK.2011-08-091h 24WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 288: We Have a Theme Song!Long time listener Steve Bauer suggested tonights topic, and as is the long time tradition on WeatherBrains, if you suggest it, you own it. So when he wrote in and said we should do a show on the challenges that people with disabilities face in utilizing weather information, we made him the Guest WeatherBrain. Steve Bauer is totally blind. But that doesn't stop him from being involved in weather.
Our second Guest WeatherBrains for this show is Miles Muzio. Miles is the chief meteorologist at KBAK-TV in Bakersfield.2011-08-021h 18WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 287: It's 110 In My Wife's CarThis week's WeatherBrain is Eric Sorensen, Chief Meteorologist at WREX-TV in Rockford, IL. Also joining us is AirDat Chief Meteorologist Neil Jacobs.2011-07-261h 20WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 286: Help... McDonalds Is Following Me!This week's Guest WeatherBrain is Kim Klockow, a PhD student in the Department of Geography at the University of Oklahoma. She has her Masters degree in Meteorology and Undergraduate degrees in Meteorology and Economics. Her interest is in the intersection of weather and decision making.2011-07-191h 17WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 285: Full as a Tick and a Black EyeOur guest for the show tonight is Dr. Frank Tatom, head of Engineering Analysis, Inc., Huntsville, AL. Dr. Tatom shares a concern about the false alarm rate. From his personal research, he believes there is strong scientific evidence that tornadoes in contact with the ground produce a seismic signal which is detectable at distances of 10 to 20 miles. With a network of seismic sensors spaced roughly 15 miles apart, confirmation of a tornado touchdown could be accomplished when used in conjunction with NWS NEXRAD radar.2011-07-121h 14WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 284: The Kids are HurricanesTonight's Guest WeatherBrain, Dr. Chris Landsea, has been a research meteorologist with the Hurricane Research Division of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory at NOAA. Now he is serving in the capacity of the Science and Operations Officer (SOO) at the National Hurricane Center.2011-07-061h 22WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 283: Back Hair and A CatheterTonight's Guest WeatherBrain needs no introduction to our audience. He is Dr. Greg Forbes of The Weather Channel... a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University. His graduate degrees came from the University of Chicago, where he studied under the legendary Theodore Fujita. He taught at Penn State, became a Fellow of the AMS, and has authored two books on forecasting and disasters. He has been on the team at The Weather Channel where he is known as StormMasterG.2011-06-281h 24WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 282: I Hit the Wrong ButtonThis week's guest WeatherBrains, Jeff and Kathryn Piotrowski, were detained by a moderate risk on the Plains today. Last we heard, they were setting up shop near Grand Island, NE.
But, Nate Johnson graciously agreed to stand in. He is an old friend of the show. Nate is a weather producer/meteorologist, WRAL-TV in Raleigh. He is extremely active in societal impacts and social media.
He will be hosting a panel discussion at the 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology/The Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication in Oklahoma City later this week.2011-06-211h 19WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 281: In Memory of Miss MollyTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Weather Specialist for Global Regina in Canada. She grew up in a small town near Windsor, Ontario. She was always interested in weather, but if you had asked her about the Wizard Of Oz, she was more likely to have been singing “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” than studying the twister.
And, of course, we express our condolences to J.B. Elliott in the loss of his dog, "Little Miss Molly"...2011-06-141h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 280: James' Favorite Heat TipsOur guests this week... Grady Dixon, an adjunct professor of meteorology at Mississippi State University. He is a meteorologist / climatologist with research interests in human-environment interactions whereby humans alter their local climate and weather variations affect human health and mortality.
Also joining us is Renny Vandewege, the Director of the On-Campus Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University.2011-06-071h 19WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 279: Looks like a Breast ImplantWeatherBrains has a special appearance in this episode with Gary Bandy, Chief Meteorologist, KSN, Joplin, MO. Gary was driving to the station even as the tornado was hitting the town. Hear some of this thoughts on the tornado.
And our guest WeatherBrain is Chris Novy. Chris hails from Illinois, but he is currently the Assistant Chief Engineer with the FOX/CW station in Oklahoma City. He is an active storm spotter and has trained thousands of spotters across the Midwest in spotter safety. His degrees are in law enforcement and he is a amateur radio operator. He...2011-05-281h 15WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 278: Kevin's Secret ConnectionsTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Brent MacAloney. He has a degree in meteorology from Lyndon State in Vermont. He worked as a contractor for National Weather Service Headquarters on the programming of warnings verification and performance statistics. After 5 years, they liked him so much they hired him! He is now involved with the planning, specifications, and training processes. His area of expertise is still with the verification of NWS warnings and oversees the national process of logging severe and unusual weather events process.2011-05-241h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 277: Bedbugs, Snakes, and Dogs, Oh My!Tonight's Guest Panelist is Matt Ernst, morning meteorologist for FOX 34 in Lubbock, TX. Tonights Guest WeatherBrain, Dr. Ernst Kiesling, is one of the world’s leading experts on storm shelters. He is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas Tech University and Executive Director of the National Storm Shelter Association.2011-05-171h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 276: Rollin' On The RiverOur guest WeatherBrain for Episode 276 is Richard Okulski, Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) for the National Weather Service (NWS) in Memphis, TN. Richard is probably THE most scheduled guest on WeatherBrains along with the most postponed! Richard was supposed to have been on the show at least three times before, but weather sometimes has a knack of getting in the way. He will be discussing outdoor weather events along with comments about the record flooding on the Mississippi River.2011-05-101h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 275: Heavy HeartsThis week we talk about Alabama's unspeakable tornado tragedy of April 27, 2011. A time for the gang to reflect and decompress. A two hour special.2011-05-031h 57WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 274: Attack of the YetiWe tried taking you right into the teeth of the storms, but our planned guest is really in the middle of the storms. So we'll go with Plan B! Coming to us from our very own backyard is guest Weather Brain this evening, Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist in Charge of the National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office for Central Alabama in Calera (Birmingham area). Besides the job of running an NWS Forecast Office, Jim is also the program committee chair for the upcoming National Weather Association (NWA) national conference to be held in Birmingham in October, 2011.2011-04-261h 14WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 273: Pepperoni TVS and Beer MarkersOur guest WeatherBrains tonight is Nate Johnson from WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC. Our friend Nate was on the air through the entire event on Saturday as several long tracked tornadoes wreaked havoc across the Tar Heel State, including one that moved directly through his city.2011-04-191h 37WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 271: Bocce Ball PaperbackTonight's Guest WeatherBrain joins us from his home in Naples, FL. H. Michael Mogil is a certified consulting meteorologist with B.S. and M.S. degrees in meteorology from Florida State University. His company, How The Weather Works, is dedicated to providing high-quality educational weather services to teachers and students from pre-school through adulthood. He has earned the American Meteorological Society's Television Seal of Approval and is also a Certified Consulting Meteorologist.2011-04-051h 20WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 270: Give the BananaListener Ronald Argo heard tonight's Guest WeatherBrain speak in Atlanta back in November. He thought the Weatherbrains Nation would be interested in hearing how she used weather to help her set a new world record. So tonight we introduce you to Carol Ann Garratt, a true aviation pioneer. She smashed the around-the-world speed record in a light, single-engine plane.2011-03-291h 22WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains269: Banned From OklahomaTonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is Sean Casey. He is the IMAX filmmaker who produced the Tornado Alley film. Sean also built the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV) and the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 (TIV2) to film inside a tornado.2011-03-221h 18WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 268: Apple Apps AbsolutelyWith a background in software development, you might wonder why we'd invite Michael Wolfinbarger to be our guest WeatherBrain. Well, Michael - or Mike as he prefers - is the founder of RadarScope, an iPhone/iPad app that brings radar data right to your phone. Mike took a job at OU working for the Oklahoma mesonet where he focused on visualization tools. He founded RadarScope which is the 2nd highest grossing weather app for the iPhone and iPad. He enjoys working on GUIs and in computer visualization. He helped to spin off Weather Decision Technologies in Norman, OK2011-03-151h 12WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 267: Pizza in the ColdJoining the WeatherBrains gang for this episode is Carolyn Glenn Brewer, author of Caught in the Path: A Tornado's Fury, A Community's Rebirth. Carolyn Glenn Brewer is a writer, historian, teacher and lecturer. Her book has been featured on local and national television and radio programs, and adapted into a one-act play. She will join us from her home in Kansas City.2011-03-081h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 266: Boneheaded LeaderOur guest Weather Brain tonight is Jeff Rosenfeld. As editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Rosenfeld will be responsible for story ideas, leads, and structuring the overall content of the Bulletin, which will be transformed into a new publication intended to better serve AMS members and the community at large.2011-03-011h 22WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 265: Spann Gets PowderedOur Guest WeatherBrain for episode 265 is Dr. John Ogren. Dr. Ogren is Director of the National Weather Service Training Center located in Kansas City, MO. As an integral component of mission support, the NOAA/NWS Training Center provides training to NOAA/NWS employees in the areas of management, meteorology, hydrology, equipment maintenance, systems support, and related activities.
We discuss the proposed NWS budget cutbacks and much more!2011-02-221h 14WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 264: Brian's Nautical Wifi TheftOur guest WeatherBrain this week is Kristine Kahanek, who was an icon on Dallas television for 20 years as a meteorologist for channel 8 and channel 11. Last fall, she was featured on the cover of Equanimity, a magazine about life changes...and she has gone through a big one in the past two years.
Brian also joins us from a cruise ship along the coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula!2011-02-151h 24WeatherBrainsWeatherbrains 263: Brian's All PackedAs if one round of WeatherBrains was not enough, we welcome Laura Velasquez back to the show tonight as Guest Panelist. She is an On-camera Meteorologist with WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, MI, handling the weekend weather duties for Storm Team 8.
Our guest WeatherBrain comes to us from the Great State of Texas. Frank Brody is the Chief of the National Weather Service Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG) at the Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston, TX.2011-02-081h 22WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 262: Five Great YearsFIVE YEARS OLD: Hard to imagine, but WeatherBrains is five years old, and this week we celebrate with some clips from past shows. Also joining us are former WeatherBrains host David Black, and Mike Wilhelm, who keeps up our Facebook page.2011-02-011h 33WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 261: Two Bars Of WoodpeckerOur guest panelist is Nicole Misencik (pronounced Miz-CEN-sick). She is weekend sunrise meteorologist at WTHR - Channel Indianapolis.
Guest WeatherBrain for the show comes from the heart of the Nation's breadbasket. Scott Blair is a general forecaster with the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) in Topeka, Kansas. Prior to arriving in Topeka, he served as a meteorologist with the NWS in Goodland, KS. In 2005, he graduated from the University of Louisiana at Monroe with a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences.2011-01-251h 15WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 260: 40 Grit TPTonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Dr. Curtis Carey , the Director of Communications and Executive Affairs for the National Weather Service. He is also an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, D.C., where he teaches Social Marketing.
He is immersed in national issues ranging from energy policy to natural disaster preparedness and response. As a national press officer in Washington, D.C., he has produced over 100 news conferences and placed news stories in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, as well as on national network and cable news shows.2011-01-181h 23WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 259 - Who Did You Sleep With?Tonight's guest panelist, Nate Johnson, is a weather producer/meteorologist at WRAL-TV in Raleigh. He is on a return visit and on a mission tonight.
And our special Guest WeatherBrain is a big man in radar. Mike Gibson has a background in computers as a software design engineer with two decades of experience writing PC applications and operating system software. His primary specialty is graphics and font technology, from the API down to the driver level. He is the inventor or co-inventor in three patents related to that work. Mike is the owner of Gibson Ridge Software...2011-01-121h 18WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 258: Fish Floaters and Bird DroppingsMorgan Palmer was one of the WeatherBrains on show 213 nearly one year ago. We talked about Social Media since he has mastered its use in his delivery of the weather. He is the Weekday Meteorologist on NBC2 News (WBBH Fort Myers/Naples, FL). Morgan is our guest panelist this week.
This week's Guest WeatherBrain is back by popular demand. Roger Hill is arguably the most prolific storm chaser in the world. He has appeared on the National Geographic Channel, The Weather Channel, The Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel, The Learning Channel, NOVA, BBC, 60 Minutes, all the major...2011-01-041h 21WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 257: Last of the PastThis week's Guest Panelist, Tyler Allison, has had a long and varied career. At one time or another Tyler has been a storm chaser, network engineer, security manager for the largest research super computing facility in the world, computer security consultant, computer forensic investigator, firearms instructor, software developer, ham radio operator, gardener, beekeeper, Jeep owner, backpacker, home remodeler, tinkerer, husband and father.
Coming to us as our Guest WeatherBrain for the last episode of 2010 is Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. He ha...2010-12-271h 35WeatherBrainsWeatherBrains 256: Eating A Girl Scout Cookie!Guest Panelist is Jeff Lyons. Jeff is the Chief Meteorologist at WFIE-TV, the NBC affiliate in Evansville, IN. He joined the news team there in 1988. He is a Hoosier from Indiana University and the proud father of three.
And coming to us from Washington, DC, is our guest WeatherBrains, Jason Samenow Before graduating from high school, tonight's Guest WeatherBrain interned for NBC4 chief meteorologist Bob Ryan.
And we have the pleasure of a special student guest tonight, Laura Radford. Laura is from Athens, AL. She is in the 3rd semester of Masters program in Geography...2010-12-211h 28