WeatherBrains 473: Shockingly Taller

Brian Peters | February 17, 2015 @ 5:15 am

WeatherBrains Episode 473 is now online (February 16, 2015). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is the State Climatologist for Oklahoma, Gary McManus. Gary has been with Oklahoma Climatological Survey since 1999, joining the Climate Information Group in 2000. Mr. McManus has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma. As a climatologist, McManus studies long-term weather statistics for the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. Although he is trained to forecast the weather, he said he often tells people he chose climatology because he is better at reporting what happened than predicting it.

Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:

Extremes: 87 at McAllen, TX, Edinburg, TX, and Death Valley, CA, and -35 at Mount Washington, NH

A surface low moving through the Southeast US creating winter problems;

Boston having one of their snowiest years EVER;

Lots of winter weather advisories/warnings from East Tennessee into Mid-Atlantic states;

Nate facing a serious ice storm; and,

and more!

Our email bag officer is out yet again because of snow – what an excuse! But we promise she’ll be back eventually to update everyone on notes from our listeners.

From The Weather Center:

WeatherBrains 101: We see them nearly every day, and they are sometimes the thing that snags our interest in the atmosphere and weather. They are clouds. But what are they and where do they come from? This begins a multi-part segment on clouds.

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 473:

Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Oklahoma MesoNet Ticker

Twitter Exchange between Kevin and American Airlines

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Picks of the Week:

Bill Murray – Summary Section Added to SPC Watch Messages

Brian Peters – Boston Globe Snowstorms Gallery

John Scala – A Push for Advanced Forecasts

Kevin Selle – Cloud Seeding Operations & Research

Rick Smith – Presentations from 95th AMS Annual Meeting

James Spann – SPC SREF Plume Forecasts

SkyDavers Blog – The Fog Bank

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

Category: WeatherBrains

About the Author (Author Profile)

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.