WeatherBrains Episode 777 is now online (December 7th, 2020). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you!
Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is a friend of the show, having appeared on shows 331, 292, and 254. Those shows were named “JB push the blue button”, “It looks like a Vienna Sausage” and “What’s that smell”, tree of the more notoriously named shows. He pens the monthly weather history column Retrospective in Weatherwise magazine and has recently penned a book for AMS books about Cleveland Abbe. Sean Potter, welcome back to WeatherBrains!
Other discussions in this weekly podcast include topics like:
Meteorological research advice (56:20)
Governor’s Island New York Fort Columbus (59:30)
1932 Tri-State Tornado era storm surveys (1:03:25)
Winter of 1869-1870 (1:19:25)
Texas drought (1:39:50)
The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice
This Week in Tornado History with Jen
National Weather Round-Up
and more!
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The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, Nate Johnson, and Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating netcast about weather.
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