WeatherBrains

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Meteorologist from NBC 2 in Fort Myers, Florida.  Allyson Rae, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain was a suggestion of listener Harvey Day.  He's an Emmy Award-winning TV meteorologist at WTSP in Tampa.  He attended the University of Florida and then to Mississippi State University to study meteorology.  Rich Fields, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a suggestion of meteorologist Anna Wolverton.  He is the SOO (Science Operations Officer) at the National Weather Service in Jackson, MS.  He's held this position since 2015, and he's been with the NWS since 1999.  He graduated from Northeast Louisiana University (Now ULM) in 1998.  Chad Entremont, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Also briefly joining us is the creator of HurricaneTrack.com, Mark Sudduth.  Thanks for joining us, Mark!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a weather sensation and well-known YouTuber.  He was born and raised in eastern Kentucky.  He is an American meteorological analyst and YouTube personality. He is best known for his weather forecast discussions, a weather model commentary show centered on forecasting short term and long term weather events. Ryan started creating weather videos online when he was only 14 years old. He created a website that aimed to predict school closings in his local area and drew thousands of visitors per season. His current YouTube channel, “Ryan Hall, Y’all” was created in 2012. However, no content was actually uploaded to this channel until January of 2021, when he started making his weather themed videos. Ryan Hall, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain grew up in Athens, Alabama.  She earned her degree in meteorology at the University of South Alabama, and earned her graduate degree at Mississippi State University.  She is the MIC (meteorologist-in-charge) at the NWS Forecast Office in Nashville, TN.  She's been employed by the NWS for over 20 years and has previously worked at the NWS offices in Amarillo, Memphis, and Huntsville.  Krissy Hurley, welcome to the show!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Research Meteorologist for the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University, and works from home in Enid, Oklahoma. He earned is B. S. in Meteorology at SUNY Oswego in 1986 and his M. S. in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University in 1988. Throughout his 34-year career, currently contracted with the National Weather Service (NWS) Meteorological Development Laboratory (MDL), he has been at the forefront of the research-to-operations (R2O) process of new technology for improving NWS severe weather and tornado warnings. He was a NWA Board of Directors member from 2016-2018, and coordinator of the NWA Research Operations Nexus (RON) Meetups between 2015-2020.  Greg Stumpf, welcome to the show!

Tonight's show is a suggestion of friend of the podcast Chris White.  We are pleased to welcome the producers of the Across the Sky podcast.  Meteorologist Kirsten Lang joins us from Tulsa Word.  Meteorologist Joseph Martucci is a meteorologist for the Atlantic City Press and is on the show with us tonight.  Last but certainly not least, it's a pleasure to welcome Sean Sublette on tonight's podcast.  He's a familiar face with many years of service with Climate Central.  He's now the Chief Meteorologist at Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Tonight's show comes to you from the NWA Annual Meeting in Pittsburg, PA.  The panel presents several contributors of this year's conference along with our regular contributors.  Thanks for listening!

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is a Fleet Representative at the US Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command.  Ivory Reinert, welcome! Joining as second Guest WeatherBrain is a Senior Watch Officer at the US Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. Lieutenant Chris Wilson, welcome to the show!

Tonight is a special show discussing the Lakeland Weather Club.  Joining us as the first of several Guest WeatherBrains is author Dorna Schroeter.  Welcome!  Our next Guest WeatherBrain might have more impact on the field of meteorology than almost any other person.  He's had a positive impact on the thousands of students he's had.  He was nominated by his former students and recognized with an AMS special award for his innovative leadership in teaching meteorology at the high school level while mentoring and inspiring his students.  Jim Witt, welcome!  Also joining us is the DIrector of the Hurricane Research Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorology Laboratories for NOAA.  Dr. Frank Marks, thanks for joining.  Karl Silverman retired as a Lead Forecaster in the Space Flight meteorology group at Johnson Space Center.  Thanks for joining.  Greg Tripoli became the Chair of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a New Jersey based writer and editor who covers sustainability, wildlife and weather for publications like the BBC, Scientific American, Weather.com, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and National Geographic.  Ally Hirschlag, welcome to the show!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is a meteorologist for the Washington Post.  He does routine forecasts on MPR as well as CTV News.  Matthew Cappucci, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is an AMS-certified broadcast meteorologist and weather content consultant.  Tim Heller, welcome!   Guest Panelist tonight is a longtime friend of the show.  He's a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington.  Dr. Cliff Mass, thanks for joining us!

This week, we introduce our new full-time Panelist to the show.  He's been Chief Meteorologist for FOX23 in Tulsa Oklahoma for over 12 years.  James Aydelott, welcome aboard!!!  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a guest suggestion.  He's a professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska. He is also the director of TORUS (Targeted Observations by Radars and UAS of Supercells), where he quite literally flies in the face of storms, seeking the reasons some supercell thunderstorms generate tornadoes while others do not.  His project, a collaboration with the University of Colorado, NOAA and the University of Oklahoma, includes manned aircraft, fixed wing drones and on-the-ground instruments mounted in SUVs. His goal is to improve forecasting and increase public safety by reducing false alarms. He is in the midst of a research season, the first since COVID, where for the first time his group will provide real-time data to National Weather Service meteorologists for their forecasts.  He attended Texas A&M for his undergraduate studies and attended the University of Illinois for his phD.  Dr. Adam Houston, welcome to the show!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a graduate of the University of Georgia.  She was a broadcast meteorologist at WTVM-TV in Columbus, Georgia.  Since February 2022, she became the lead Forensic Meteorologist for Atlas Forensic Meteorology.  Anna Sims, welcome!  Also joining the show as Guest Panelist #1 is meteorologist Sam Lane Gould.  He's worked in Tulsa, Joplin and Panama City, Florida.  He's now the Senior Forensic Meteorologist at Atlas Forensic Meteorology.  Sam, welcome!  In addition, welcome Guest Panelist #2 Jim LaDue.  He works as an instructor for the National Weather Service Warning Training Division.  Welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains are the co-chairs of the Joint Conference for Weather Warnings and Communication as well as the Broadcast Meteorology Conference.  Tonight's show will be looking at the highlights of the conference and what many in the meteorology community took away from the experience.  Robbie Berg is a Senior Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center.  Jennifer Spinney is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Disaster and Emergency Management at York University.  Robbie and Jennifer, welcome to WeatherBrains!