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WeatherBrains


Longest running weather podcast in the universe. Eleven years in production, James Spann and a group of private sector and NWS meteorologists gather around the digital mahogany table to talk about their favorite subject, with some great guests.

Feb 21, 2023

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist, oceanographer, and science educator turned historian of science.  She authored "Weather by the Numbers:  The Genesis of Modern Meteorology".  She currently works for the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen.  Dr. Kristine Harper, welcome!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain is a mesoscale/outlook forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK.  She's been at the National Weather Service since 2002, and started her career as a student volunteer at the NWS in Norman.  She's also the first woman to ever issue a convective watch at the SPC.  Elizabeth Leitman, welcome!  Our Guest Panelist this week is is a meteorologist from Texas with a M.S. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.  He is an advocate for the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature and is working with legislators in Texas to educate and implement policy changes across the state for heat safety.  In addition, he is a GitHub code developer who has made a a self install script for the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) which has had over 2500 downloads across 80 countries.  Will Hathaway, welcome!