WeatherBrains
by BigBrains Media
The show by weather geeks, and for weather geeks. We talk about all things weather, and have some of the biggest weather brains in the world on the show weekly. Our regular gang includes James Spann, J.B. Elliott, Bill Murray, Kevin Selle, Brian Peters (the professor), and Dr. Tim Coleman.
Episodes
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WeatherBrains 351: Whatever Makes Me Happy
Jason 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.
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WeatherBrains 350: Particularly Dangerous Situation
Tonight’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...
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WeatherBrains 349: He's Off Fixing A Sprinkler
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 348: Hang Out Hangs Up
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 347: Brian Sails For Bermuda
Tonight'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.
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WeatherBrains 346: F4 Moose, Gray Hair and Witness Protection
Tonight'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.
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WeatherBrains 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...
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WeatherBrains 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.
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WeatherBrains 342: Food in the Nude
Join 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.
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WeatherBrains 341: 28 Year Old Underwear
Tiffany 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...
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WeatherBrains 340: Kevin Goes Missing
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 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...
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WeatherBrains 337: Kevin At The Disco
Tonight'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…
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WeatherBrains 336: Dress Like Batman
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 335: Don't Hit The Red X
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 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...
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WeatherBrains 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...
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WeatherBrains 332: Grease Covered Cardboard
Tonight'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…
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WeatherBrains 331: J. B. Push the Blue Button
First, 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...
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WeatherBrains 330: Threshold For Pain
Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Enterprise Solutions Senior Vice President for AccuWeather, Mike Smith.
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WeatherBrains 329: WeatherBrains Funky VooDoo
Tonight'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.
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WeatherBrains 328: James Misses the Post
Tonight’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…
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WeatherBrains 327: Colonel Sanders Unplugged
Tonight 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...
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WeatherBrains 326: Mushy Monkey Brains
Tonight’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…
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WeatherBrains 325: Big Events Then and Now
This 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…
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WeatherBrains 324: Kevin Has Had His Energy Drink
This 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.
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WeatherBrains 323: They Still Have 3 of My Teeth in That Car
This 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...
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WeatherBrains 322: Seventeen Inches of Yellow Crud
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 321: Weiners and Sauerkraut
Tonight'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…
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WeatherBrains 320: Trouble In Paradise
Tonight'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…
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WeatherBrains 319: Booms, Tremors and Shimmies
Tonight'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…
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WeatherBrains 318: Couldn’t Drive A Ten Penny Nail Up J.B.’s Rear
Gary 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...
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WeatherBrains 317: We Don't Need No Organizing
Our 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...
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WeatherBrains 316: Disgusting Discussions
Welcome 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!
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WeatherBrains 315: Organized Noise and Garbage
Welcome 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...
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WeatherBrains 314: Colder than a Well Diggers Bohunkus
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 313: Rants R Us
Scott 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...
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WeatherBrains 312: Babe Magnet Appears
Tonight'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...
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WeatherBrains 311: Babbling Texan and Helena Hellraiser
Tonight'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.
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WeatherBrains 310: Ghost Riders in JB's Eye
First 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…
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WeatherBrains 309: Confused JB Dancing Naked
There'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...
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WeatherBrains 308: Lost in the Yucatan
It'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...
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WeatherBrains 307: JB Upchucks
It'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!
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WeatherBrains 306: Round and Round
This 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...
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WeatherBrains 305: Kevin Hearts Facebook
Our 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.
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WeatherBrains 304: QLCS 1 - Spann 0
Tonight'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.
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WeatherBrains 303: The Fee is a Six Pack and a Can of Viennas
Tonight'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…
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WeatherBrains 302: Old Coots on Guard
Our 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,...
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WeatherBrains 301: J.B.'s Big Shakers
Our 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...
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WeatherBrains 300: Armed with a Strawberry Shortcake
Tonight'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...
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The show by weather geeks, and for weather geeks. We talk about all things weather, and have some of the biggest weather brains in the world on the show weekly. Our regular gang includes James Spann, J.B. Elliott, Bill Murray, Kevin Selle, Brian Peters (the professor), and Dr. Tim Coleman.
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