WeatherBrains 215: Winter Storms To Remember

WeatherBrains Episode 215 is now online (Mar. 9, 2010). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Listen on the player on the left side of the blog, or on iTunes.

Tonight’s first Guest WeatherBrain is Kevin Ambrose, the author of the book “Washington Weather.” He specializes in capturing the beauty of our Nation’s Capitol through the lens of his camera is all of its glory through the seasons. His print series, “Seasons of Washington,” is a set of seasonal photographs of Washington, D.C. landmarks. He began photography to provide images for his weather books, but has continued the work and is now the photographer for Capitalweather.com He also created the books: Great Blizzards of New York City and Blizzards and Snowstorms of Washington D.C. Both of them are beautiful books of black and white photographs.

We are also joined by someone who probably needs no introduction to most weather enthusiasts and professionals, Paul Kocin. We wrote the definitive books on the meteorology of the greatest winter storms to affect the East Coast. We was the Winter Weather Expert for The Weather Channel from 1999-2006. He currently works at the National Center for Environmental Prediction in D.C.

This week’s Guest Panelist, Scott Sabol, is a native of northeastern Ohio, where he saw some very interesting weather growing up. He had a higher batting average than Ted Williams when he was captain for his college baseball team. He is a graduate of St. Louis University and is currently the morning meteorologist at WJW, FOX-8 in Cleveland.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

Our mail bag has been getting some attention and Kevin puts it in perspective.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: Weather history is laced with many names who have made significant contributions to the field of meteorology. One of those names is Lewis Fry Richardson who early work actually failed but still proved forecasts by numerical weather prediction could be done. So the professor takes a look at the life of Richardson and his contributions.

TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of March 9th.

Listener Surveys: Okay, we continue to drive this topic into the ground, but we really do like to hear from you. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to fill out the Listener Survey. The survey takes just a minute or two to complete and provides us with an opportunity to learn where you are and hear your thoughts and comments on the show. Click here to take the survey.

Web Sites from Episode 215:

Picks of the Week:

Dr. Tim Coleman – Review of the winter of 2009-2010

JB Elliott – NO PICK… J.B. gets the horn this week.

Bill Murray – Whatever-Weather.com

Kevin Selle – Daily Giz Wiz Podcast

James Spann – New SPC Meso Analysis Page

Scott Sabol – Thunder In The Heartland

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Kevin Selle, Dr. Tim Coleman, and Bill Murray. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

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