An all new episode of our weekly 30 minute netcast, WeatherBrains, is available on the web
and on iTunes…
In this week’s Episode:
– “Smart Balloons†— The next generation of weather balloons not only gather data, but they
know where they are, and can control their own flight. Kevin Selle talks with Randy Johnson,
a high flying NOAA researcher;
– Understanding Tornadoes: Back from the Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, WeatherBrains
crew members Brian Peters, Jason Simpson and J.B. Elliott reflect on what’s being learned about
these amazing and deadly storms;
– The Warning Process: What has impact and what doesn’t. Printed messages carry valuable
information, but nothing beats live pictures to make people take tornadoes seriously;
– A tough job but somebody’s got to do it: From fried catfish to mouth watering barbecue to
homemade pies and cookies, we learn of the culinary sacrifices the WeatherBrains crew has to
endure just to attend the Severe Storms Symposium (yea, right!);
– This Week in Weather History: Bill Murray looks at amazing and deadly weather from this week
in 1932 when severe weather pounded the Southeast (including tornadoes that struck the same
location twice), from 1977 when fog helped cause the deadliest commercial aviation accident in
history and from 1994 when a tornado struck the Goshen United Methodist Church in Piedmont,
Alabama, killing 20 people;
Join Kevin Selle, J. B. Elliott, Jason Simpson, Brian Peters and David Black…
