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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!

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!

Tonight's show is a homegrown discussion on numerical weather prediction led by Dr. Neil Jacobs.  

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!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains are a husband and wife weather team.  He is an award-winning meteorologist for The Weather Channel.  He's an Ohio native and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric Science from Ohio State University.  He's been with The Weather Channel since 2003.  She's been a CNN  and HLN on-air broadcast meteorologist since 2015.  She graduated with a degree in Atmospheric Science from Ohio State and received an Emmy nomination for her coverage of Hurricane Dorian in 2019.  Mike Bettes and Allison Chinchar, Welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is one of the Deputy Division Directors of the National Science Foundation.  She attended Iowa State University and was a recipient of the George Washington Carver Scholarship.  She is the first African American woman to receive an undergraduate degree in meteorology from Iowa State.  She also received a double masters in both meteorology and water resources.  Dr. Kandis Boyd, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado.  She's also the Director of the Natural Hazards Center.  She's also a principle investigator for the CONVERGE Facility, which is a facility dedicated to improving research coordination and disaster research.  Dr. Lori Peek, welcome!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is a meteorologist who writes for the Capital Weather Gang.  Camden Walker, welcome!

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Meteorologist for Minnesota Public Radio.  He's a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Paul Huttner, welcome!  Tonight's Second Guest WeatherBrain is a professor of meteorology at the University of Hawaii.  Dr. Steven Businger, welcome to the show!

Tonight is yet another homegrown show.  Tonight we discuss the recent winter weather event and the challenges of snow forecasting for the meteorological community in general.

Tonight's show is a homegrown roundtable discussion of all things weather related.  Join us!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain has appeared on shows 203, 513, 609, 655 and 712.  He's the science operations officer for the NWS in Paducah, Kentucky.  He also served as the Commissioner of Committees for the NWA.  Pat Spoden, welcome!  Tonight's Second Guest WeatherBrain is from New Zealand and has provided life-saving information regarding wildfires in California.  Michael Sylvester, welcome!

Enjoy a Weatherbrains Christmas gift to you with a heartwarming story all ages will enjoy, "Christmas Eve with The Weather Lady", written by Janet L. Chestnut.  "Christmas Eve with The Weather Lady" is the first story in The Weather Lady stories written by Janet L. Chestnut from Nashville. The stories were inspired by Janet's memories of growing up in the Midwest and her love of weather.

Our Guest WeatherBrains are both Dr. Bob Henson and Greg Carbin.  Greg Carbin is the Chief of Forecast Operations for the WPC.   Welcome back both Bob and Greg!  Tonight's Guest Panelist has been a member of the First Alert Storm Team at WBKO-TV at Bowling Green, KY since 2001.  He's a member of the NWA and earned his Broadcast Seal of Approval in November 2006.  He's been honored 4 times by the Kentucky AP for Best Weather Anchor in TV Division 2.  Shane Holinde, welcome!

Our Guest WeatherBrain was the first African-American female to receive an undergraduate degree in Meteorology from Iowa State University, and she entered NOAA as an operational meteorologist at the Des Moines Weather Forecast Office. She's held many positions over her 27 year career in federal government including 13 years as an operational hydrologist and operational meteorologist with the National Weather service.  Dr. Kandis Boyd, welcome back to the show!  Also joining us as Guest Panelist is TV meteorologist at Action New 5 in Memphis. He started his career at KAIT in Jonesboro, Arkansas, which is a sister station of Action News 5. Spencer came to Memphis from WAAY-TV in Huntsville, Alabama where he was the chief meteorologist. Prior to that, he worked at the CBS station in Huntsville as a weekend and morning meteorologist.  Spencer Denton, welcome!  In addition, one of the main writers and researchers for Tornado Talk joins us for this discussion.  He's a student at Millersville University.  Nelson Tucker, welcome!

This week's guest WeatherBrain attended the University of Wisconsin where he earned his phD.  He has spent over 50 years in the field of meteorology and 43 years as a public servant.  Tonight, we celebrate the career of this legend of the weather community.  Dr. Louis Uccellini, welcome to the show!  Tonight's Guest Panelist has been the Chief Meteorologist for KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington for the last ten years.  Morgan Palmer, welcome to the show!