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WeatherBrains 407: 3 Corn Dogs and a Dr. Generic

| November 12, 2013 @ 5:15 am

WeatherBrains Episode 407 is now online (November 11, 2013). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Dr. Yvette RichardsonTonight’ s Guest WeatherBrain, Dr. Yvette Richardson, is an Associate Professor at Penn State University, where she studies tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena. She is active in the AMS and UCAR. She, her husband, and their two children reside in State College, PA.

Tim Troutman, Huntsville, ALTonight’s Guest Panelist is Tim Troutman, Lead Meteorologist at the NWS in Huntsville, AL. He has a special project many of our listeners will be interested in concerning April 3-4, 1974.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

  • Extremes: 91 at Mesa, AZ, Thermal, CA, and Indio, CA, and -3 at Minot AFB, ND
  • Turning colder across the lower 48 states
  • Typhoon Haiyan may have a death toll over 10,000
  • Typhoon was 300 miles wide at one point
  • 4.2 million people affected in the Philippines
  • and more!
  • Our email bag officer is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners including international email!

    And Nate has the latest weather news.

    From The Weather Center:

    WeatherBrains 101: This week in our 101 episode we begin a look at what might be one of the most overused terms in the field of meteorology – the jet stream. It gets blamed for a lot of things, so we look into what it is.

    TWIWH: Bill Murray looks back at the week of November 11th.

    Listener SurveyListener 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 407:

    PSU Meteorology Department

    NWS Huntsville, AL

    Fog Bank from Skydaver

    Picks of the Week:

    JB Elliott – Cryosphere Today

    Nate Johnson – Weather at College of DuPage

    Bill Murray – SPC Severe Weather Database

    Brian Peters – same as James Spann

    Yvette Richardson – Weather with the sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald

    James Spann – WPC Winter Weather Forecasts

    Aubrey Urbanowicz – Guest commentary at Capital Weather Gang

    The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like JB Elliott, Nate Johnson, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, and Brian Peters. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.

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    About the Author ()

    Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.

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