WeatherBrains
The world's oldest and greatest weather podcast. Join weather geeks James Spann, Bill Murray, Kim Klockow-McClain, Dr. Neil Jacobs, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, and Troy Kimmel along with some of the most brilliant minds in the weather enterprise every week!
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WeatherBrains 1080: Swamp Stink (opens the original)
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This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about weather wisdom, forecasting in the model era, communicating uncertainty, climate change, and what meteorologists can still learn by opening the window and looking outside. Our Guest WeatherBrains for tonight's episode is Dr. Lou McNally AKA "Altitude Lou". He's spent half a century proving that good forecasting involves more than simply reading model input. He's a long time broadcast meteorologist, a professor, historical climatologist and champion
WeatherBrains 1079: My Phone Overheated (opens the original)
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This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about 2022's devastating Hurricane Ian. Our Guest WeatherBrains for tonight's episode is very special guest and author Scott Withers . He's a 4-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and journalist with more than two decades of TV experience. On September 28th 2022, Scott was reporting live in Fort Myers when Hurricane Ian's storm surge submerged his vehicle and trapped his crew. Three strangers rescued them by boat, and all six then rode out the Category
WeatherBrains 1078: I Gotta Pee (opens the original)
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This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about Wisconsin Public Radio's "Weather Guys". Our Guest WeatherBrains for tonight's episode are some of the smartest people in the weather enterprise. Dr. Jonathan Martin joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. He won the Edward Lawrence Teaching Award in 2016 by the AMS. He's authored 90 papers and has helped publish several books including a biography on British meteorologist Reginald Sutcliffe about inventions on modern weat
WeatherBrains 1077: You Got A Pulse? (opens the original)
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This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about "The Next Big Thing" by Meteorologist Rob Marciano. Our Guest WeatherBrain for tonight's episode is an award-winning meteorologist with more than two decades of experience covering some of the nation's biggest weather stories. His career includes positions at major networks such as CNN and ABC News, and he now serves as a Senior Meteorologist at CBS News. He has recently written a book entitled "The Next Big Thing". The Panel also discusses Rob's jo
WeatherBrains 1076: Big Blue H (opens the original)
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This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about hydroplaning and why it happens. Guest WeatherBrain for tonight's episode is the Assistant Director of the Vision of Maintenance for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Discussing a national hydroplaning project with the panel in the episode, she has over two decades experience in transportation and is a friend of the field. Randi Feltner , thanks for joining us! Joining us as Second Guest WeatherBrain is very special guest Zion Powell . He's pursu
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