July 30, 2014

31: It's Supposed To Be Raining

1 hour 25 minutes

Since information could travel faster than the weather we've strived to predict the weather more accurately into the future. Joel Housman joins John to dig deep into just how hard weather prediction can be and why.
With Joel Housman and John Chidgey.

Related Links:

Weather Forecasting

Synoptic Scale Meterology

Atmospheric Pressure

Dark Sky: A Weather App To Keep You Dry (Review)

Weather Data and Content Sources

Numerical Weather Prediction

Ensemble Forecasting

Weather Balloons

Monte Carlo (Method)

Tropical Cyclone Scales

Tornados

Cyclone Joy

Cyclone Oswald

Historical Huricane Tracks

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale

Fujita Tornado Damage Scale

NOAA’s Weather Supercomputers Get Massive Upgrade

Why are snowstorm forecasts sometimes so wrong?

The Secrets of Weather Forecast Models, Exposed

How Do Weather Models Work?

Weather Apps Joel and John Use:

RadarScope

Dark Sky

Today Weather

Pocket Weather Australia and their blog post

Movies Mentioned in this Episode:

Twister

Jurassic Park

Sharknado

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