WeatherBrains

This week's guest WeatherBrain is a Phoenix based professional photographer, spending half the year shooting weddings and doing family portraits, and the other half chasing storms across the central plains of the United States and then back home in Arizona for monsoon season. He loves his wife Jina and three kids, Asher, Eli and Lyla, and enjoys drinking an old fashion while watching Succession on down days. Specializing in time-lapse and storm photography, Mike's work has been licensed by major companies like Marvel Studios, Nat Geo, Al Gore, the BBC, Microsoft, Canon, Pearl Jam, Blake Shelton, Amblin Entertainment just to name a few.  Mark Olbinski, welcome to WeatherBrains!

This week's guest WeatherBrain is a writer, navigator and an explorer.  He is the Sunday Times bestselling author of "The Walkers Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs",  one of the world's only books related to natural navigation.  He's written for Sunday Times, New York Times, and the BBC.  He recently wrote a book called "The Secret World of Weather".  Tristan Gooley, welcome to WeatherBrains!

This week we welcome two friends of the podcast.  Dr. John Knox, who is a Professor at the University of Georgia, and Nick Walker, Retired On-Camera Meteorologist from The Weather Channel.   This week's guest WeatherBrain is a Dr. Peter Thuesen, a Professor of Religious Studies and Adjunct Professor of American Studies at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). A historian of American religion, he is author, most recently, of Tornado God: American Religion and Violent Weather (Oxford, 2020), which received the 2021 Christianity Today Book Award for History/Biography.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Travis Farncombe, one of the executive producers on the film Thirteen Minutes . He is also an avid storm chaser.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains are two legends. Our first WeatherBrain is an American meteorologist and prolific severe convective storms researcher. He is a seminal contributor to the modern conception of the supercell thunderstorm. Charles Doswell, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Joining us as second Guest WeatherBrain ranks among the world's foremost experts on wind damage to the built environment. In addition to being a structural forensic engineer and meteorologist, he is a pioneering storm chaser. He has conducted more than 10,000 damage surveys of hailstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes over the past 40+ years.  Dr. Tim Marshall, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Senior Meteorologist Investigator for the NTSB.  He's been with the NTSB since January 2011, serving in the Office of Aviation Safety.  He has served as a Meteorologist Investigator in more than 500 accidents including Spaceship 2, Flight 214 in  San Fransisco, and the Caribbean Flight 523 in Guyana.    He has a B.S. in Meteorology and M. S. in Atmospheric Science from North Carolina State University.  Paul Suffren, welcome back to the show! 

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a suggestion of longtime friend of the podcast, Tim Brice, who also will be onboard tonight as Guest Panelist.  He's a Senior Forecaster for the NWS in El Paso, TX.  Welcome Tim!  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is one of the country's premier crisis communications and media response experts.  He trains thousands yearly and is award-winning television director and former news anchor.  His seminar "Crisis Communications And Media Response Training For Today's Leaders" is still being discussed to audiences around the world including National Weather Service meteorologists.  Richard Brundage, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the current President of the AMS and is the new director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP).  Dr. Mike Farrar, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest Panelist has been on the show several times prior.  He runs a weather blog and a chaser convention, among other things.  We welcome back friend of the podcast, Chris White!  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is an award-winning journalist and author.  He's written several books, and in 2019 received the Overseas Press Club Award for the best Human Rights Reporting in any medium.  He also won the Amnesty International Award for Foreign Reporting.  Jeff Stern, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a legend in the field of meteorology.    He grew up in northwestern Kanas.  He he attended Southwestern College  with the goal of becoming a basketball couch.  He served in the U. S. Air Force  and was eventually assigned to Okinawa.   He earned his Masters Degree and phD at Florida State University and soon became a forecaster for the National Hurricane Center in 1961, and made Director from 1974-1987.   He then  worked as Chief Meteorologist at KHO-TV in Houston, Texas until 2008.  Dr. Neil Frank, welcome! Tonight's Guest Panelist chases extreme weather like hurricanes.  He's also a veteran the the show. Mark Sudduth, welcome back to WeatherBrains!  

Tonight's Guest Panelist is a lifetime member of the National Weather Association.  She's also a recipient of the 2020 NWA Special Act Award.  Dr. Kandis Boyd, welcome to the show!  Tonight's First Guest WeatherBrain is a Professor of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma and holds a PhD in Meteorology.  Dr. Caleb Fulton, welcome!  Tonight's Second Guest WeatherBrain is a Professor of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, focusing on radar development.  Dr. David Bodine, welcome!  Our Third Guest WeatherBrain is MIT's Jim Kurdzo.  Welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain has worked for NOAA for nearly 18 years, with most of that time being with the National Weather Service in various roles.  Her current acting role is the Acting Deputy Director for the National Weather Service Office of Organizational Excellence.  She has a Bachelor's in Meteorology from Penn State and a Masters in Science Technology Studies from Virginia Tech and is pursuing a Certification in Facilitation from Georgetown University.  Andrea Bleistine, welcome!  Our Second Guest WeatherBrain has worked for the National Weather Service for over 30 years.  She spent 15 years at the National Hurricane Center in Miami as a Hurricane Specialist.  She has a Bachelor's in Meteorology, a Master's in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, and a MBA in Technology Management.  Her current role is Director of the National Weather Service Office of Dissemination.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a former NWS employee who led the agency in developing innovative ways to communicate high impact weather threats to decision-makers and the general public.  Gary Szatkowski, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is an American scientist and former government official who served as the acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He's previously appeared on the show.  Dr. Neil Jacobs, welcome back!  Tonight's second Guest WeatherBrain is a WeatherBrains alum and an American structural and forensic engineer as well as meteorologist, concentrating on damage analysis, particularly that from wind and other weather phenomena. He is also a pioneering storm chaser and was editor of Storm Track magazine.  Dr. Tim Marshall, welcome back to the show!  Last but certainly not least, we welcome Special Guest founder of the legendary band Wet Willie.  Jimmy Hall, welcome!

Tonight's first Guest Panelist is the founder of NashSevereWX, the definitive source for Music City weather information.  David Drobny, welcome back!  Tonight's second Guest Panelist is a legend of The Weather Channel fame.  He spent 33 years as a Lead Forecaster and on-camera  meteorologist for The Weather Channel.  Tom Moore, welcome to the show!  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains were a suggestion of Richard Cooke.  They are the co-founders of Tornado Trackers.  With a background, our first WeatherBrain made it possible to make a career out of capturing storm footage.  Residing in Georgetown, Texas, we welcome Gabe Cox!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain grew up in Austin, Texas.  He spent 23 years as a Pastor, and just last year made the transition to broadcast meteorology.  He's currently enrolled in Mississippi State's meteorology program.  Jeff Mangum, welcome!  Tonight's third Guest WeatherBrain resides in the State of Colorado.  He grew up fascinated by severe weather growing up in Nebraska.  Jeremy Hamann, welcome!