WeatherBrains 564: Kevin Is Smoking Something
WeatherBrains Episode 564 is now online (November 7, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain #1 is currently a forecaster for the National Weather Service at Blacksburg, VA. His interest in remote sensing and drone technology was piqued during his time spent at NOAA/NESDIS “flying” GOES weather satellites. During his time outside of the weather office, Mike is an avid mountain biker and self-professed “bird nerd”. Michael Sporer, welcome to WeatherBrains!
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
- Extremes: 91 at Lake Elsinore, CA, and 12 at Mount Washington, NH
- Extra-Super Moon coming on Monday the 14th; last one wa in 1984, next one in 2034
- And we have an audio note from Tarmo, our Estonian correspondent
- The future of the use of drones in covering severe weather
- Drought issues
- Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice
- and more!
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From The Weather Center:
WeatherBrains 101: Clouds come in a variety of flavors with most classifications coming from the height of the clouds. In the lower troposphere, there are two types of low clouds known as cumulus and stratus. In this edition of WeatherBrains 101, we take a look at these two types of clouds and their differences.
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Aubrey Urbanowicz – EOSDIS Worldview
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Rick Smith, Kevin Selle, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

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