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The Bryan Norcross Podcast

by WPLG Local 10

Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross and meteorologist Luke Dorris bring their expertise and experience to discuss what kind of weather phenomena is currently happening in the tropics and around the world.

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Episodes

  1. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini.

    Join Bryan and Luke Dorris for an in-depth conversation with the retiring Director of the National Weather Service, Louis Uccellini. Hear about Louis’s extraordinary career as a key player in everything to do with the science and practice of forecasting the weather in the United States and around...

  2. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with Jim Carrier, author of "The Ship and the Storm"

    Join Bryan and Luke Dorris for an in-depth conversation about the epic story of the cruising ship Fantome that was lost in Category 5 Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Prolific author Jim Carrier talks about the twists and turns in the saga that led to a huge passenger ship being trapped in the western...

  3. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with legendary former NHC director Neil Frank

    Join Bryan and Luke Dorris for a wide-ranging conversation with the amazing, 90-year-old former director of the National Hurricane Center Dr. Neil Frank. Neil recalls the great hurricanes of the 1960s, how forecasts were made at that time, and how he came to understand that communications is as...

  4. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Andrew Freedman, climate and energy reporter at Axios

    Bryan and Luke talk with Andrew Freeman, the climate and energy reporter at Axios. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about climate and climate policy in the United States and elsewhere in the world, working on Mount Washington in 100 mph winds, modern formats for communicating efficiently, and his...

  5. Bryan Norcross Podcast - David Bernard, Chief Meteorologist at WVUE-TV in New Orleans talks about Hurricane Ida

    Bryan and Luke talk with David Bernard, Chief Meteorologist at WVUE-TV in New Orleans, about his and his TV station’s experiences during Hurricane Ida. What did they know before Ida hit? Was it a surprise? What was it like in the city during the storm? How has the recovery gone in the city and it...

  6. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Roni Avissar, Dean of UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

    Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Roni Avissar, Dean of the oceanography and meteorology school at the University of Miami about research underway at the school, including a new idea for detecting the strength of hurricanes, a hurricane forecast model, using a helicopter to better understand how...

  7. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Luke interviews Bryan. Part 2 covers there years after Hurricane Andrew

    A special edition of the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Luke interviews Bryan about how Hurricane Andrew changed his life, the morning Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, covering Hurricane Sandy, naming winter storms, and more. This is Part 2 of an extensive conversation.

  8. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Luke interviews Bryan. Part 1 covers up through Hurricane Andrew

    A special edition of the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Luke interviews Bryan about his life, communications philosophy, key weather moments, and much more. From his first hurricane broadcast during Hurricane Camille, to his first time anchoring when nobody could get to the TV station in a major...

  9. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Brian Glazer, associate professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii and creator of a new system to measure water level heights along the coast

    Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Brian Glazer from the University of Hawaii at Manoa about his research into microbes and how they exist is extreme natural environments like volcanoes and deep in the oceans. Plus we learn about a new system called Hohonu, which has the goal of measuring ocean, bay…

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  10. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Lixion Avila, retired Sr. Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center

    Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Lixion Avila, who recently retired as Sr. Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center about growing up and learning meteorology in Cuba, coming to the University Miami, and spending his professional life at the National Hurricane Center. Lixion wrote more...

  11. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Kerry Emanuel, meteorology professor and climate scientist at MIT

    Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Kerry Emanuel, meteorology professor and climate scientist at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts about how climate science has evolved, and his work to understand how hurricanes will behave in a warmer world. Is global warming already affecting hurricanes? Also, learn...

  12. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Robbie Berg, hurricane forecaster and communications specialist at the National Hurricane Center

    Bryan and Luke talk with Robbie Berg, Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center who also specializes in communications. Learn how hurricane forecasts are made around the clock when multiple storms are active at the same time and other forecasting challenges. Robbie is also a...

  13. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Tropical Storm Elsa Update & Dr. Hal Needham, Storm Surge Expert

    This is an update to Podcast #60 with a discussion of Tropical Storm Elsa, plus our discussion with Dr. Hal Needham. How high has the storm surge actually reached in hurricanes of the past? Luke and I talk with Dr. Hal Needham who has studied the historical records from Texas to Maine to learn…

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  14. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Amy Clement of the University of Miami on hurricanes and climate change.

    Are the cycles of hurricane activity in the Atlantic real? Is Europe warm because of the Gulf Stream? Will we have more hurricanes in a warmer future world? How should South Florida respond to climate change? Dr. Amy Clement of the University of Miami talks with Bryan and Luke answering these...

  15. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University

    Dr. Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University joins Bryan and Luke with the latest forecast for Hurricane Season 2021. Learn how the forecast is made, and the factors in the atmosphere and ocean that make a season busy or calm. Will the activity be above normal again? And what is normal in the...

  16. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Getting ready for hurricane season with NHC Director Ken Graham

    To get ready for Hurricane Season 2021, Bryan and Luke talk with Ken Graham, the Director of the National Hurricane Center about the big challenges and lessons of the 2020 hurricane season and what we learned about how storms behave, the computer forecast models, and much more.

  17. Bryan Norcross Podcast - NHC Branch Chief – Forecaster Unit Manager Dr. Mike Brennan

    Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with Dr. Mike Brennan who runs the unit at the National Hurricane Center that produces the advisories and outlooks that we’re all so familiar with. They discuss Hurricane Season 2020 – what was especially difficult during this very busy season? How did the computer…

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  18. Bryan Norcross Podcast - South Florida Water Management District Emergency Manager Beth McElroy

    Bryan and Luke talk with Beth McElroy, the Director of Emergency Management at the South Florida Water Management District. The District is the agency that’s tasked with keeping South Florida from flooding from heavy rain and protecting the fresh water supply. Learn how the massive system works...

  19. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Former National Hurricane Center Director and Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield

    Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with former National Hurricane Center Director and Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield about the changes in hurricane forecasting during his time in the business, forecasting Hurricane Gilbert and Andrew, how communications have changed, and much more.

  20. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Former FEMA Administrator and Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate

    Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate about managing hurricanes and other disasters including Covid-19, his time in Florida dealing with the monumental hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, and lessons for dealing with hurricanes in the future.

  21. Bryan Norcross Podcast - The next generation of weather specialists

    Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with two very prolific and accomplished young meteorologists: Matthew Cappucci of the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang and Jack Sillin, who is still in school at Cornell University, but also has a big presence on Twitter and his own weather websites. Both have…

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  22. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Storm Surge Specialist Jamie Rhome on Laura, Sally, and modern day storm surge forecasting

    Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with National Hurricane Center Storm Surge Specialist and leader of the Storm Surge Unit Jamie Rhome about the challenges presented by erratic Hurricane Sally, the forecasting success in Hurricane Laura in spite of the instant criticism, and the modern science behind...

  23. Bryan Norcross Podcast - The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900

    Luke and Bryan talk about what's going on in the tropics - lots of action in the eastern Atlantic and over Africa - plus a conversation with author Greg Funderburk who has a new book coming out called "Mourning Wave: A novel of the great storm." It's a gripping tale about the Great Galveston...

  24. Bryan Norcross Podcast - One year after Dorian with Silbert Mills in Abaco plus Calvin Hughes and Nicole Perez.

    Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris talk about current developments in the tropics, whether Hurricane Laura was as bad as "expected", and Hurricane Dorian. Local 10 anchors Calvin Hughes and Nicole Perez remember Dorian - what it was like on the ground in Abaco and what it was like anchoring from…

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  25. Norcross Pod: Hurricane Laura's near miss at landfall with Bryan Norcross and hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.

    Bryan talks with University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy about Hurricane Laura. Could the forecast have been any more accurate? The state of hurricane science. What's going on with South Florida's climate? And much more.

  26. Bryan Norcross Podcast - South Florida closely watching Tropical Depression Thirteen plus Eric Jay Dolin on his new book

    Bryan talks with Eric Jay Dolin, the author of the new book, "A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes." From the first hurricane forecast by a European, Christopher Columbus, to the great hurricanes that have hit America in more modern times, Bryan and Eric talk about...

  27. Bryan Norcross Podcast - The 1888 Miami Beach Hurricane Mystery

    This special audio and video podcast follows up on research from last year about the details behind the 1888 Cat 3 or higher hurricane that hit Miami Beach on August 16, 1888, according to the official database.

  28. Bryan Norcross Podcast - The New 2020 Hurricane Season Outlook with Dr. Louis Uccellini

    Bryan talks with Dr. Louis Uccellini, the Director of the National Weather Service, about the new forecast for Hurricane Season 2020, operating the National Weather Service in a pandemic, how the American computer forecast model compares to others in the world, and much more.

  29. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan Norcross talks with Dr. Adam Sobel of Columbia University about Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaisas

    Was the Florida miss possible to forecast? Plus his book about Hurricane Sandy, how scientists become scientists, climate science, and much more.

  30. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine with Dr. Phil Klotzbach

    Bryan Norcross talks with Dr. Phil Klotzbach about the current uncertain situation in the tropics related to Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. Plus why this hurricane season looks like it will be very busy, and more hurricane talk.

  31. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Impacts of Climate Change on our Weather with Dr. Jeff Masters

    Bryan Norcross talks with Dr. Jeff Masters, one of the preeminent weather and climate bloggers on the internet, and a founder of the famous weather-information website Weather Underground. They talk about what's going on with Hurricane Season 2020, how climate change is affecting our weather, and...

  32. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Simplifying hazardous weather alerts with Eli Jacks of the National Weather Service

    Bryan and Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris discuss the superplume of Saharan dust in the Atlantic, the unusually early arrival of the 4th named storm of the season, and a project by the National Weather Service to streamline weather alerts, called HazSimp, with National Weather Service...

  33. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Early season storms and the challenges of hurricane forecasting with National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham

    Bryan and Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris discuss the active start so far this season, including the earliest "C" named storm on record with Tropical Storm Cristobal. Joining them is Ken Graham, the Director of the National Hurricane Center to discuss whether 6 or 7 day hurricane forecasts are...

  34. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Hurricane Planning Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

    Bryan and Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris kick on Hurricane Season 2020, which has been active so far. Joining them is Shannon Weiner, Emergency Management Director in the Keys to talk about hurricane planning with COVID-19 as a consideration and more.

  35. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Wrapping up the end of the hurricane season with the NHC's Dr. Mike Brennan

    The National Hurricane Center's Dr. Mike Brennan joins Bryan to help wind down the 2019 hurricane season on this episode of the Bryan Norcross Podcast

  36. Bryan Norcross Podcast - The challenges of communicating local weather with Robert Molleda

    In this episode of the Bryan Norcross Podcast, Bryan and Luke discuss the challenges of communicating local weather in a high-tech era with Robert Molleda of the National Weather Service.

  37. Bryan Norcross Podcast - The NHC's Matt Onderlinde talks the tech behind forecasts

    The National Hurricane Center's Matt Onderlinde joins Bryan and Luke on the Bryan Norcross Podcast to talk about the technology and science branch of the NHC and his Weathernerds website.

  38. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Finding the truth from the myths of 1888 hurricane

    This week, Bryan and Luke welcome Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield to the podcast to discuss the 1888 hurricane that reportedly brought 18-foot tides to South Florida. But is the legend of that storm more fiction than fact?

  39. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Great storms, great books, great authors

    Willie Drye, author of "Storm of the Century, and Les Standiford, author of "Last Train to Paradise" join Bryan and Luke to discuss their renowned South Florida-centric books and the history behind them on the Bryan Norcross Podcast.

  40. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian's devastation with Local 10's Jenise Fernandez

    Local 10's Jenise Fernandez shares her eyewitness accounts of Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas when she joins Bryan and Luke on the Bryan Norcross Podcast

  41. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian's track changes a bit, so what does it mean?

    Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Betty Davis explain the slight changes to the Hurricane Dorian forecast and whether South Florida could be in the clear on the Bryan Norcross Podcast.

  42. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Betty Davis and the future of Hurricane Dorian

    Local 10 Chief Certified Meteorologist Betty Davis joins Bryan Norcross to talk about a wild day for Hurricane Dorian and what it all means for the chance of a direct hit to South Florida.

  43. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Thursday Afternoon: Dorian predicted to be Cat. 4

    Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Brandon Orr discuss the very latest on Hurricane Dorian and which models are the most successful in predicting where a storm may head.

  44. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian threatens Florida, what you need to know

    Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris have the very latest on Hurricane Dorian as it strengthens and targets Florida.

  45. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Where will Dorian strike after the Caribbean? Plus, Leslie Chapman-Henderson

    Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris discuss the future path of Tropical Storm Dorian and how it could affect Florida after it makes it's way through the Caribbean. Plus, Leslie Chapman-Henderson from FLASH joins the Bryan Norcross Podcast.

  46. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Talking storm chasing with the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore

    Bryan and Luke are joined by the legendary and fearless storm chaser Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel on the Bryan Norcross Podcast.

  47. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Something brewing in the tropics; hurricane tracker Mark Sudduth

    Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris discuss what's brewing in the tropics after a slow start to hurricane season, and they're joined by hurricane tracker Mark Sudduth on the Bryan Norcross Podcast

  48. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Chasing storms with "Hurricane Man" Josh Morgerman

    Local 10's Bryan Norcross talks to the "Hurricane Man" himself, Josh Morgerman, about chasing storms around the world and his new show that debuts September 15 on the Science Channel.

  49. Bryan Norcross Podcast - Forecasting the rest of the '19 season with Dr. Phil Klotzbach

    Dr. Phil Klotzbach joins Bryan and Luke on the Bryan Norcross Podcast to discuss Colorado State's updated forecast for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season.

  50. Bryan Norcross Podcast - How prepared is Florida for a big hurricane?

    On the podcast, Bryan and Luke discuss how prepared the Sunshine State is for hurricane season with Jared Moskowitz, Director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management.

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Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross and meteorologist Luke Dorris bring their expertise and experience to discuss what kind of weather phenomena is currently happening in the tropics and around the world.

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