Across the Sky

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Across the Sky episodes

November 21, 2022 Hear from the man who's been on 70-plus hurricane hunting flights
We're in the final days of the 2022 tropical storm and hurricane season (it official ends on Nov. 30), so it seemed like an appropriate time for closure.
Nick Underwood, an aerospace engineer and hurricane hunter at NOAA, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, joined the hosts to talk about hurricane hunting, his experiences and his lifelong goal of becoming an astronaut.
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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36 min
November 14, 2022 How to measure snow and the world's biggest snow database
Winter is approaching and before you know it, snow will start to blanket parts of the country. Dave Robinson, who runs the Rutgers Global Snow Lab, is an expert in measuring snow. He talks with the Lee Weather team about who uses this immense database of historic snow cover, how climate change has impacted snowfall and the best way to measure this finnicky precipitation.
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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53 min
November 07, 2022 2022-2023 Winter weather outlook | Part 2
We put aside predictions from woolly caterpillars and the almanacs and look at the science to get a sense for how this winter will play out across the United States. This is the second of two episodes focused on the upcoming 2022-2023 winter season.
Judah Cohen, Director of Seasonal Forecasting at AER (Atmospheric and Environmental Research), is a climatologist who focuses on long-range forecasts and is the guest for both episodes. He talks about his memories of past storms, thoughts on popular forecasting methods and what we might see this year.
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.
42 min
October 31, 2022 2022-2023 Winter weather outlook | Part 1
We put aside predictions from woolly caterpillars and the almanacs and look at the science to get a sense for how this winter will play out across the United States. This is the first of two episodes focused on the upcoming 2022-2023 winter season.
Judah Cohen, Director of Seasonal Forecasting at AER (Atmospheric and Environmental Research), is a climatologist who focuses on long-range forecasts and is the guest for both episodes. He talks about his memories of past storms, thoughts on popular forecasting methods and what we might see this year.
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.
41 min
October 24, 2022 Hurricane Sandy: Looking back at the superstorm 10 years later
October marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the 4th-costliest hurricane on record for the United States, causing phenomenal damage along the coasts of New Jersey and New York.
For this week's episode, Gary Szatkowski, a meteorologist working for the National Weather Service in South Jersey when Sandy hit, joins the Lee meteorologists for a look back at the system that became known as Superstorm Sandy.

In his retirement, Szatkowski now works part time for the online weather service, Currently.
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.
1 hr 1 min
October 14, 2022 What makes good fall foliage?
Dr. Amanda Gallinat at Colby College in Maine studies the impacts of environmental conditions on fall foliage.
She joins the team to talk about what conditions are best for bright fall colors, what is out there this season, and how the warming climate may impact the timing and brilliance of the colors in the future.
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.
45 min
October 10, 2022 Translating English to Spanish weather alerts is hard. How do we fix it?
By 2060, nearly 1 in 3 Americans will be able to speak Spanish. Previous National Weather Service assessments have linked casualties and fatalities to faulty communication in Spanish.
Joseph Trujillo Falcón, a research scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Cooperative Institute with the National Severe Storm Labatory in Norman, Oklahoma, and a meteorologist for MyRadar, comes on the show to talk to the weather team about his goals.
Falcón, 25, says that translating weather alerts from English to Spanish is more than putting it through an online translator. Different words mean different things, depending on where in the Spanish-speaking world you are from. Furthermore, the culture of weather forecasting is less prominent than in the United States. He takes us through the issues, and solutions he's working on.
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.
50 min
October 03, 2022 What went right and wrong with Hurricane Ian: forecasts and communication
The meteorologists from the Lee Weather Team talk about the strengths of the large-scale forecasts, the challenges of conveying the storm's finer-scale impacts, and how people reacted to those forecasts from Tampa Bay to Fort Myers and beyond.
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.
54 min
September 26, 2022 Why the 2022 hurricane season has taken off
The second half of hurricane season has exploded, making up for its slow start. Purdue University's Jhordanne Jones, a native of Jamaica whose research focuses on seasonal hurricane forecasting, joins us to talk about why the season started slowly, why it's picking up so rapidly now.
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.
52 min
September 19, 2022 Counting down the 10 greatest weather movies of all time
Grab a bucket of popcorn and get comfortable. If you like weather and movies, you have to listen to this!
Weather plays a role in lots of films, but in some it has a starring role. With the help of Bruce Miller, from Lee Enterprises' TV, streaming and movie podcast Streamed & Screened, the Lee Weather Team takes a look at the best weather movies ever made.
Listen along as the gang counts down the movies from ten to one. What makes these films stand out? Do they accurately portray the lives of meteorologists? Do they get the science right? Or are they just too much fun to leave out?!
Find out if your favorite weather movie made the cut and which film the team crowned number one on this week's episode of Across the Sky.
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The podcast is hosted by Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal, and Chris Lay, the podcast operations manager for Lee Enterprises. Use these links to listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio
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.
1 hr 10 min

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The Lee Weather Team hosts a fast-paced weekly podcast that tackles hot topics (and cold!) plus what’s trending in meteorology, science and climate. The show isn't limited to hard science as our…