Weather Brains episode 25 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-How bad is our current heatwave?  Not as brutal as you might think. J.B. Elliott and James Spann recall some far tougher heatwaves central Alabama residents have endured;

-The dangers of lightning:  J.B. and James recall their close call with a 1995 hurricane's lightning strike that was far too close for comfort;

-General safety rules to help avoid being struck by lightning;

-Trial by fire:  James recalls his start in Birmingham television weather;

-Bill Murray visits the National Hurricane Center...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 24 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-James Spann tells us all about the newest weather website: www.weatherparty.com, and what makes it so special;

-We get an update from Alabaster and Shelby County Water Authority officials on water levels and conservation efforts;

-J. B. Elliott looks at the prospects for central Alabama residents to see rain any time soon;

- How good of a job did the National Weather Service do handling Hurricane Katrina?  A new assessment looks at the strong and weak points;

-A voice from the past!  We hear samples of Birmingham's most well known weather radio announcer--and it's none other than one of our own WeatherBrains crew members, who tells us about the days of people actually producing weather radio broadcasts...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 23 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-When you want to know about hurricanes in the Atlantic, Stan's the man.  Stan Goldenberg, a hurricane researcher with the federal government, and who has flown through the eye of hurricanes hundreds of times, is our guest.  Stan talks about increases in Atlantic hurricane activity, as well as what may be ahead.  And he has plenty to say about many of the reports circulating these days about global warming. Plus, Stan describes what it was like to be living through a direct hit by Hurricane Andrew...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 22 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-We look at the storm many people mistakenly thought was nothing to worry about: Bill Murray describes 1957's Hurricane Audrey;
-J. B. Elliott recalls tropical systems from nearly sixty years ago;
-Trial by fire:  J. B. Elliott recalls what happened his very first day on the job with the National Weather Service 49 years ago;
-What are the prospects for rain in central Alabama?  Bill Murray has the answer...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 21 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-James Spann reveals ABC 33/40 Skywatcher, a new Internet-based real-time severe weather reporting system connecting public volunteer skywatchers with ABC 33/40 meteorologists;
-David Black takes us to a Pelham produce stand where we learn about the effects the lack of rain is having on Chilton county peaches;
-J. B. Elliott is declared Birmingham's weather legend;
-We discuss the just completed City Stages -- Brian Peters talks about protecting concert goers during severe weather;
-Hot and dangerous:  We meet a British soldier, on-duty in Iraq, who talks about the weather;
-Partly sunny, partly cloudy, mostly sunny and mostly cloudy:  J.B. and Brian talk about what they mean...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 20 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-Tropical Storm Alberto:  We talk about the storm and the job the news media did covering it;
-James Spann shares his growing concerns about many of the broadcast journalists covering hurricanes;
-An early prediction about Alberto that turned out to be extremely close:  The computer model forecasters initially snickered at;
-What you don't hear in news coverage about global warming;
-What Baghdad, Iraq, and Birmingham, Alabama, had in common;
-Brian Peters shares observations about the new hurricane season, his Lake Martin, Alabama vacation and his alleged visits to Wesley's Boobie Trap...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 19 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-James Spann's Alabama coast getaway, taking roads less travelled;

-The challenging task television meteorologists face relating to viewers;

-The new weather technology viewers didn't like;

-J. B. Elliott reveals the name of a book he wants to write;

-Tired of the negative campaign ads?  We consider what it would be like if the job of television meteorologist was an elected position--not pretty!

-WeatherBrain opens telephone voicemail number for listeners: 206.339.5482...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 18 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-Remembering the Brent/Centreville Tornado of May 27th, 1973: We talk with Ed Landry, a retired National Weather Service employee who survived the deadly twister's fury as it plowed through Central Alabama, destroying lives and property, including the NWS radar tracking the storm;

-WeatherBrains members James Spann, Bill Murray, and J. B. Elliott
recount their memories of the tornado;

-Are Alabama residents becoming complacent about severe weather?

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 17 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

-We talk with the man considered the nation's top hurricane prediction expert... Dr. William M. Gray of Colorado State University's Dep't. of Atmospheric Science, shares his latest predictions for the 2006 Atlantic Basin hurricane season and discusses other aspects of tropical weather forecasting;

-Dr. Gray gives us his views on global warming and why he believes it has nothing to do with recent hurricane activity;

-The growing politicization of global warming by politicians and the news media, and its wide-ranging effects, from personal attacks on scientists like Dr. Gray to research driven by financial interests over scientific interests.

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 16 is now on the server!

In this week's podcast:

In this week's podcast, we look at:

-       POPs:  Probabilities of Precipitation -- Helpful or totally confusing? We talk about why some forecasters make it a point to avoid them;
-       The challenges of forecasting 'wedges' and other unusual temperature patterns;
-       Too close for comfort:  A Shelby county couple's lightning strike that left a trail of destruction...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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