WeatherBrains Recap for Episode 974: I’m Going To Break A Lot of Stuff

We had a great show Monday Night!  Kim and James A. were LIVE from the NWA annual meeting in Irving, Texas.  They were at the RON and found some wonderful guests to be on the show sharing updates from their roles in the weather enterprise and what they have learned so far from the NWA!

Their first guest was former panelist Aubrey Urbanowicz who shared with us some great news!  She was named the National Weather Association’s 2024 Broadcaster of the Year!

Next, we chatted with Kevin Deitsch, warning coordination meteorologist from the NWS St. Louis!  Thank you Katie Nickolaou for snagging this photo!

We then got to talk at length with Director of the National Weather Service, Ken Graham!

Joining us at the tail end of the show is meteorologist Greg Stumpf, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorology Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma.

• Service equity/ NWS St. Louis  (15:30)
• Messaging underserved communities (20:00)
• Side Lobe Contamination (30:00)
• Caution surrounding warning decisions (31:00)
• False Alarm Ratio/POD in St. Louis (34:00)
• Dealing with burnout in the weather field (48:00)
• Hurricane season model performance (01:06:00)
• Hurricane season forecast improvements in recent decades (01:08:30)
• Community-centric warnings (01:11:00)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:42:05)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:44:02)
• E-Mail Segment (01:45:00)
• and more!

Playback for the show is available on your favorite podcast app and on our website!

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