Episode description
Episode description
Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is an Atmospheric Scientist and a Research Meteorologist and Managing Director of the FARM (Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets). With a passion for fieldwork, she's collected data from over 100 tornadoes and 9 hurricanes. Karen Kosiba, thanks for joining us.
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.
- Active weather pattern ahead for Southeast (01:45)
- Increasing attention on hail production (19:00)
- The importance of field research for the emerging generation (20:30)
- Vortex 2 Project (24:30)
- Steps forward in understanding tornadogenesis (27:00)
- Next big steps in the warning process (41:00)
- Significance of cold pools (01:04:45)
- Real time upper air data in the future? (01:06:30)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (No segment this week)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:13:42)
- E-Mail Segment (01:15:20)
- National Weather Round-Up
- and more!
Web Sites from Episode 995:
Picks of the Week:
James Aydelott - James Aydelott on X: Close call for ice in Tulsa
Jen Narramore - Morgan County, TN EF-2 damage drone footage
Rick Smith - Out
Neil Jacobs - The Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) Project
Troy Kimmel - NWS Weather Forecast Offices
Kim Klockow-McClain - Foghorn
Bill Murray - Foghorn
James Spann - James Spann WO4W: The Future of Severe Weather Communications | Rocket City Weather Fest 2025
The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.