Draft talk and JQ is back!
Matt And Lars 303: “Just A Gut Feeling” Arch To Bama
Deep dives into Alabama’s A Day and USFL/Birmingham Stallions
Matt And Lars 302: $5,000,000 For A Set Of Golf Clubs!!!!
Matt and Lars recap Augusta and talk AU QBs
Matt And Lars 301: I’ll Take A Pair Of Waffle House Golf Shoes, Size 10
Jayhawks won the Natty,…but wow, did the Tar Heels make a fantastic run! Hall off the Bama roster, Jabari to the NBA.
Matt And Lars 300: Nope, Not Gonna Talk Rock ‘n Smith
Destiny for Coach K? Arch to Alabama? Kiffin is just funny.
Matt And Lars 299: OK, Time To Talk Some Spring Football!
Alright, we will talk some NCAA hoops as the SEC, sans Arkansas, tanked over the weekend. Also, NFL QBs flying everywhere.
WeatherBrains 843: Young Turk To Mr Chips
WeatherBrains Episode 843 is now online (March 14th, 2022). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is the emeritus senior policy fellow at the AMS from 2000-2021. He founded and then directed the AMS Summer Policy Colloquium for 21 years. He was Director of the Policy Program from 2001-2013 and also served as AMS associate executive director. From 1967 to 2000, he worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and antecedent agencies, including tenures as Deputy Chief Scientist and Acting Chief Scientist of NOAA, and eighteen months as Senior Scientist in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce. Dr. Bill Hooke, welcome!
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.
- Cultivating the social science in meteorology (28:30)
- Uncertainty when it comes to climate change (43:50)
- Looking ahead to the future of the weather enterprise (01:22:00)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:34:25)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:35:53)
- National Weather Round-Up
- E-Mail Segment (No segment this week)
- and more!
Web Sites from Episode 843:
Picks of the Week:
Dr. Bill Hooke – “The Children’s Blizzard: A Novel” by Melanie Benjamin
Bruce Jones – Blizzard of 1888
Jen Narramore – Out
Rick Smith – IEMBot Monitor
Neil Jacobs – Summer Policy Colloquium
Troy Kimmel – Putting Weather on the Map
Kim Klockow-McClain – Hurricane Sandy’s Real Lesson…will we learn it?
Bill Murray – Out
James Spann – 2008 Atlanta Tornado during SEC Tournament
Aubrey Urbanowicz – Out
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.
WeatherBrains 842: He Is Still Hanging Around Bothering All Of Us
WeatherBrains Episode 842 is now online (March 7th, 2022). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is from St. Louis. She’s a master instructor at the NWS Leadership Academy. She studied meteorology at the University of Missouri and earned her Master’s degree at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. She’s worked at WFOs in St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri. Christina Crowe, welcome!
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.
- Program Coordination Officer program (20:30)
- Mentoring in meteorology (36:00)
- Conducting emotionally challenging research module (01:02:30)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:26:10)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment this week)
- National Weather Round-Up (
- E-Mail Segment ()
- and more!
Web Sites from Episode 842:
Picks of the Week:
Christina Crowe – NWA Annual Meeting
Bruce Jones – March 5th, 2022 Central and Southern Iowa Tornadoes
Jen Narramore – Out
Rick Smith – Foghorn
Neil Jacobs – Training forecasters to warn severe hazardous weather on AWS
Troy Kimmel – Foghorn
Kim Klockow-McClain – Daryl Herzmann Tweet
Bill Murray – Out
James Spann – Daryl Herzmann Tweet
Aubrey Urbanowicz – NOAA NCEI Tweet
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.
WeatherBrains 841: I HATE sleet
WeatherBrains Episode 841 is now online (February 28th, 2022). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!
Tonight’s show is a homegrown discussion on numerical weather prediction led by Dr. Neil Jacobs.
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.
- Discussion on global models and convection-allowing models (43:35)
- Launch of the GOES-18 satellite (1:36:40)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:22:40)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:24:34)
- National Weather Round-Up (01:45:50)
- E-Mail Segment (01:26:35)
- and more!
Web Sites from Episode 841:
Midland Two Way and Weather Radios
Picks of the Week:
Bruce Jones – Out
Jen Narramore – First WEAM alert issued today by Cass County Sheriff
Rick Smith – SPC Severe Weather Outlooks At A Glance
Neil Jacobs – Unified Forecast System
Troy Kimmel – Foghorn
Kim Klockow-McClain – Vulnerability beyond Stereotypes: Context and Agency in Hurricane Risk Communication
Bill Murray – Out
James Spann – The amazing improvements in winter weather forecasting since the 1970s
Aubrey Urbanowicz – Out
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.
WeatherBrains 840: Bananas On The Wall
WeatherBrains Episode 840 is now online (February 21st, 2022). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE podcast for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is a senior at the University of Oklahoma majoring in meteorology and minoring in broadcasting and mathematics. She’s the senior weather producer at OU Nightly and is also the weekend meteorologist for News12-TV in Sherman, TX. Mikayla Smith, welcome!
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.
- Issues with getting younger audiences to watch local television (29:20)
- Helping the deaf community in broadcast meteorology (42:55)
- Pursing meteorology during COVID (20:45)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:25:00)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:26:50)
- National Weather Round-Up (0
- E-Mail Segment (0
- and more!
Web Sites from Episode 840:
Picks of the Week:
Mikayla Smith – Difference Between Freezing Rain and Sleet
Bruce Jones – West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years
Jen Narramore – Historical Preservation
Rick Smith – Fema Region Maps
Rick Smith – State Maps
Rick Smith – NWS County Warning Area Maps
Neil Jacobs – Whirlwind Forms Over Icelandic Volcano
Troy Kimmel – New SPC social media graphics
Kim Klockow-McClain – Perils: Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms
Bill Murray – James Spann TikTok video
James Spann – Ham radio operator in Erie charged with broadcasting false weather emergencies
Aubrey Urbanowicz – Out
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.