Published on: February 20, 2007 at 5:42 AM

An all new edition of WeatherBrains, our weekly 30 minute netcast, is available on the web, and on iTunes.

In this week’s Episode:

-Dangerous weather shaping up for the February 24th weekend;

-“Hogwash” — The National Weather Service draws criticism over a decision involving Severe Weather Awareness Week in Alabama;

-A WeatherBrains Extra: “The Father of Satellite Meteorology” — We look at the contributions to meteorology and science by Dr. Werner Suomi, a researcher considered ahead of his time;

-“A sign of the times” — Where more and more people are turning for severe weather information;

-This Week in Weather History: The close call Christopher Columbus had with bad weather, that almost changed world history;

Join James Spann, Kevin Selle, Brian Peters, Bill Murray, J.B. Elliott, Jason Simpson and David Black…