Across the Sky

How does the celebration for Punxsutawney Phil differ from the popular Bill Murray movie "Groundhog Day" and what are some of the gaffes that have happened there over the years?

Meteorologist Joe Murgo has covered it in person for more than 20 years and shares his stories about the crowds and dignitaries, including a governor who nearly got his finger bitten off!

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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Veteran meteorologist Don Paul of the Buffalo News joins our team to look back at the Blizzard of 2022 in the Buffalo area. Don and the team talk about how it compared to historical blizzards there, and why 47 fatalities occurred despite the accurate forecasts.

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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2022 was among the 10 hottest years in the global record and each of the last eight years has been one of the eight warmest. This week's episode dives into the details.

Nadya Vinogradova-Shiffer, an ocean physicist with NASA, talks about the warming climate’s impact on the oceans and what that means for people living both near and far away from the water.

After their conversation with Vinogradova-Shiffer, the team discusses our changing climate further and what can be done to limit the impacts.

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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Our guest this week is Mike Augustyniak, Director of Meteorology for WCCO-TV, the CBS affiliate in the Twin Cities. He joins us to talk about the recent cold weather, what happens at the American Meteorological Society's annual weather conference (the largest in America), how technology is changing forecast communication and — most importantly — cocktails!

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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We feature meteorologist Joe Martucci's work from The Press of Atlantic City in this crossover episode of the Across the Sky podcast. Joe was a guest on Lee Enterprises' sister podcast, Behind the Headlines with host Teri Barr, to talk about his year-long series on increased tidal flooding.

Martucci says that schools, restaurants and roads are closing more than ever due to coastal flooding. He shares why that is as well as options lawmakers are considering to fix the growing problem.  

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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As 2022 comes to an end the team came together one last time to look ahead to 2023 with a list of resolutions for the upcoming year for the field of meteorology.

The group touches on getting more people interested in entering the field, helping students understand all the career options for meteorologists, and ways forecast accuracy can be improved.

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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It was a busy meteorological year across the United States, with blizzards, tornadoes, floods and hurricanes.

With so much going on, we asked an outside expert to help summarize the most notable events of the year.

Our guest this week is Greg Carbin, chief of the NOAA Weather Prediction Center’s forecast operations branch in suburban Washington, DC. Before his position at the WPC, he worked at the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

Greg walks us through and recaps his top 10 national weather events of 2022, including Hurricane Ian in Florida and the historic flash flooding in St. Louis.

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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Yes, there is a lot of snow in Alaska. But can you build a snowman? Does anyone have a swimming pool or play golf? And what weather does it take for schools to close?

Our guest this week is Brian Brettschneider, a climatologist working for the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska. He is famous in weather circles for his social media presence (Twitter: @Climatologist49) and the weather maps he produces, from the serious to the silly.

Brettschneider corrects misconceptions about winters and summers in Alaska, including the everyday adjustments needed living north of the the Lower 48. He also relays surprising stats about the size of Alaska’s vegetables!

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

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We have a good understanding of hurricane seasons that took place over the past 100 years. But how many hurricanes were there hundreds or even thousands of years ago? Where did they strike? By analyzing sediment on the ocean floor, we're learning more about hurricane history than ever before.

Tyler Winkler, a postdoctoral researcher in oceanography for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is our guest and discusses the research he is conducting by unlocking the secrets of "blue holes" near The Bahamas.

You can read more about his research in a recent article he wrote for The Conversation: We’re decoding ancient hurricanes’ traces on the sea floor – and evidence from millennia of Atlantic storms is not good news for the coast

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are a lot of great songs that touch on the weather, but which ones are the best? For this week's episode, we had some fun and voted on our 10 favorite weather-related songs of all time.

Since this is a podcast about weather and climate, we tried to stick to songs that are actually about the weather as opposed to love songs that use weather as a metaphor. (Sorry "Purple Rain," "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and "Thunder Road," among others.)

Joining the program this week is Terry Lipshetz, Across the Sky's behind-the-scenes producer, host and producer of the Hot off the Wire podcast and periodic host of the Behind the Headlines podcast. Lipshetz is a record collector and active on social media, where he curates his @vinyl_terry and @brucespringsteencollection Instagram accounts.

We ended up with three songs tied at No. 10 and need your help. Vote here on the song you think should round out the Top 10. Also, check out our Spotify playlist where you can play all of the songs that made our Top 10!

About the Across the Sky podcast

The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:

Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.