WeatherBrains

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain led a panel discussion at the 101st Annual Meeting of the AMS this year about a multidisciplinary approach to reduce the astronomical cost of certain weather disasters.  He's a team lead instructor at the Warning Decision Training Branch at the NWS in Norman.  James LaDue, welcome back to WeatherBrains!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain has written several books on the economics of tornadoes.  He also has researched the economic impact of the WSR 88-D radar network.  Dr. Kevin Simmons, welcome!  Our third Guest WeatherBrain is the Director of Public Affairs and Economic Development, to help provide Moore's ongoing story with community resilience.  She's been through all of Moore's major tornadoes and had a part in helping with Moore's response from its disasters.  Deidre Ebrey, Welcome!  Our fourth Guest WeatherBrain is a structural and wind engineer from Trinidad and Tobago.  For over twenty years, his research addresses the widening gap between poor performance of residential structures in high wind events and the limited structural engineering within these structures. His research identifies engineering solutions that reduces wind damage to buildings from tornadoes and hurricanes.   He is a professor at the University of Florida.  Dr. David Prevatt, welcome!  Our fifth Guest WeatherBrain is the Managing Director of Research at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety.  Dr. Tanya Brown-Giammanco, thanks for joining us!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Chief Meteorologist for WHNT-19 TV in Huntsville and a former meteorologist for ABC 33/40.  Jason Simpson, welcome back!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain is the former MIC at the NWS in Birmingham who was working on 4/27/11.  Jim Stefkovich, welcome!  Our third Guest WeatherBrain is the SOO for the NWS Birmingham.  Kevin Laws, welcome!  Our fourth Guest WeatherBrain is the MIC for the NWS Birmingham.  Chris Darden, welcome back!  Also joining the show is former ABC 33/40 TV meteorologist John Oldshue.  Lastly, the Head of the Warning Research and Development Division of NOAA's NSSL joins the show.  Alan Gerard, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Meteorologist at WJHL-TV in Johnson City, Tennessee.  Mark Reynolds, welcome!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Meteorologist at WRCB-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Paul Bayrs, welcome!  Our third Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Morristown, Tennessee.  David Hotz, welcome!  

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Meteorologist at ABC 11 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He's been in broadcast meteorology since 1991.  He was named Chief Meteorologist in in 2007.  Chris Hohmann, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain is the Emergency Coordinator for central Carolina amateur radio Skywarn.  She's been volunteering with the NWS since 2005.  She's also a SKYWARN class instructor.  Virginia Enzor, welcome!  Our third guest WeatherBrain is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS in Raleigh.  He's been with the NWS since 1999.  He's worked at the NWS offices in Newport, Morehead City, Tampa, Flagstaff and Raleigh, where he's been since 2012.  Nick Petro, welcome to WeatherBrains! 

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a leading authority on weather, climate and human affairs.  He served as a contributing author and expert reviewer for the IPCC.  He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Meteorological Society. Awards include the Eduard Bruckner Prize for interdisciplinary climate research and the Sally Hacker and Louis J. Battan book prizes.  He studied astronomy and atmospheric science before earning his phD in history from Princeton University.  Dr. James Fleming, welcome!  Tonight's first Guest Panelist is the Head Weather Ready Nation Ambassador.  Doug Hildebrand, welcome!  Also returning to the show as Guest Panelist is friend and former regular of the show, Dr. John Scala.  Welcome back!  Coral Arroyo and Cory Demko also join the panel to discuss the AMS Weather Band.  

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is John De Block, who is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the NWS in Birmingham.  Welcome back to the show!  Also joining us as second Guest WeatherBrain is a Professor of Meteorology at at the University of Georgia.  He's made several prior appearances on WeatherBrains.  Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. John Knox, welcome back to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain has done more things in meteorology than we can mention, but we will say that he won the National Weather Association Lifetime Achievement Award for improving marine safety through increasing the number of marine weather observations.  David Gilhousen...welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is the Director of Research and Modeling at WeatherFlow, Inc. An engineer and meteorological scientist by trade, He leads WeatherFlow’s forecast systems and severe storm product development, overseeing a talented team capable of turning innovative ideas into functioning systems. An avid outdoorsman and observational meteorologist, He brings a unique blend of academic and applied skills to the company since joining in 2011.  Dr. Marty Bell, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is one of the world's leading experts on tornadoes from an engineering perspective.  He's a veteran and friend of the podcast, having appeared in several prior episodes.  Tim Marshall, welcome!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is the General Manager for the Hampton in Fultondale.  Her hotel was destroyed by an EF3 tornado in January.  Lisa Stone, welcome!  Also joining the show as Guest Panelist is Jason Davis, the General Forecaster at the NWS in Birmingham.  He is the one who issued the warning on the night of the EF3 in Fultondale.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain earned his PhD in atmospheric and space sciences from the University of Michigan.  He was part of the team that transitioned the Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF) from research to operations at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center - the first such transition of a physics-based numerical geospace model.  He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.  He is a developer for the SWMF and studies both the physics of space weather and advancements in space weather forecasting.   Dr. Daniel Welling, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is the suggestion of Friend of the Podcast Jay Farlow.  Our Guest Panelist is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS in Indianapolis.  Sam Lashley, welcome!

This week's Guest WeatherBrain is the former Director of NOAA.  Dr. Neil Jacobs, welcome to WeatherBrains!

This week's Guest WeatherBrain needs no introduction.  He last appeared on August 27, 2015, on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.  He was the MIC at the NWS in Slidell then.  He has since gone on to become the Director of the National Hurricane Center.  Ken Graham:  Welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University where she studies the human side of meteorology. She is also this year’s president-elect for the National Weather Association. Dr. Kathy Sherman-Morris, welcome to the Show!  Tonight's second Guest WeatherBrain is a Lecturer in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University and the Chief Meteorologist at KAGS TV. His research interests are diverse and include public perception of weather information and public response to hazards.  Christopher Nunley, welcome to the Show!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is no stranger to the show, and former regular panelist, Rick Smith.  Rick is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS in Norman, OK.

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is a Senior Scientist and Deputy Director of the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Rebecca Morss, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's second Guest WeatherBrain is a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Lab with the Weather Risks and Decisions in Society (WRaDS) research group. Julie DeMuth, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's third Guest WeatherBrain is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.  He has his Ph.D. in Quanitative Psychology.  Stephen Strader, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's final Guest WeatherBrain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Villanova University. His appearances are becoming sort of an annual Spring occurrence. Stephen Broomell, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and the Director of the National Weather Service.  In that role, he's responsible for all the day to day civilian weather operations for the United States territories and adjacent waters.  Dr. Louis Uccellini, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Our Guest Panelist is Jamie Morrow, who is the Executive Officer at the National Weather Headquarters.  Jamie, welcome back!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a friend of the podcast.  He's appeared on show 437 back in 2014 and show 339 in July 2012.  He's the Chief of the Statistical Modeling Branch at the Meteorological Development Laboratory.  He's also a former President of the NWA.  Jeff Craven, welcome back!