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Our Guest: Meredith Garofalo

Meredith joined WeatherNation TV in 2017.  She’s been live out in the field during destructive tropical storms on the Gulf Coast of Florida, raging wildfires in Southern California, and covered the wreckage from tornadoes in the Great Plains. Prior to joining WeatherNation, Meredith worked in Santa Barbara, Rapid City SD, Sarasota and began her career as an intern at WGN-TV in Chicago.  She received a Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology from Valparaiso University.

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• Twitter: @garofalowx

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Next Episode as we begin Season 6.0 records on January 7th (Time TBD) and audio podcast will be posted January 10th.  We will have first-time guest, Stephanie Abrams of The Weather Channel's AMHQ.

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• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

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Our Guest

Marc Remillard

OUTBRK is a multiplayer storm chasing video game, designed to emulate all of the fun of storm chasing, with none of the boring bits.  A successful Kickstarter campaign last year assured the game is coming to a PC near you soon.

Marc Remillard, from Montreal, is Head of Development for OUTBRK and has been storm chasing for 15 years.  Being a sound designer, mixer and composer, he started learning about game engines, using his basic knowledge in programming as a starting point.

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• Twitch: @outbrkgame

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Next Episode records on December 17th at 9pmET/8pmCT and the audio podcast will be available by Christmas.  We will have first-time guest, TV Meteorologist Meredith Garofalo from Weather Nation joining us.

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• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

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Our Guest

Cyrena Arnold

Cyrena-Marie Arnold wanted to be a meteorologist since she was 5 years old and saw her first tornado. She has chased tornadoes and hurricanes, built weather stations all over North America, even worked for NASA! She worked at the world-famous Mount Washington Observatory and has been on TV all over the world. She volunteers with kids of all ages, talking with them about STEM careers and overcoming adversity to achieve their dreams. Recent author of the children's book, "The Weather Story".

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• Facebook: @wxcyrena

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Next Episode records on December 10th at 9pmET/8pmCT and the audio podcast will be available by December 13th.  Welcome back to the show, Marc Remillard of the OUTBRK storm chasing video game with updates on their production.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

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Guest

Dr. Greg Forbes

Dr. Greg Forbes received his master's and doctorate degrees at the University of Chicago, where he studied tornadoes and severe thunderstorms under Dr. Ted Fujita - famous for his invention of the F-scale used to rate tornadoes. He joined the faculty in the department of meteorology at Penn State in 1978, where he taught courses in weather analysis and forecasting until joining The Weather Channel in June 1999.  Dr. Forbes developed The Weather Channel TOR:CON forecast and retired from there in 2018.

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• Facebook: @twcdrforbes

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Next Episode records on November 19th at 9pmET/8pmCT and the audio podcast will be available by Thanksgiving.  We will be sharing our 5th annual Holiday Weather Shopping show with great weather gifts for you or your friends.  We'll also be talking with meteorologist and children's author Cyrena-Marie Arnold.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In this Episode

• Guest: Brad Panovich, Chief Meteorologist at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, NC

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Our Guest

Brad Panovich

In 2003, Brad Panovich became the Chief Meteorologist at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, NC. Prior to that, Brad spent time on TV in Dayton, Traverse City, and New Orleans where he went back to cover Hurricane Katrina and Rita. Brad received his degree in Atmospheric Science from The Ohio State University.

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• Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @wxbrad

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Next Episode records on November 12th at 9pmET/8pmCT.  We will welcome for the first time Dr. Greg Forbes, Severe Storm Specialist formally of The Weather Channel.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guest: Joe and Kelly Mays, Meteorology Graduates and Creators of the Solid F2 Minute-by-Minute Twister Podcast

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Our Guests

Joe and Kelly Mays

Joe & Kelly Mays met at Penn State while earning their degrees in meteorology in 2007. Following their time at Penn State, Kelly continued her education in Atmospheric Chemistry at Purdue University and Joe worked for the Indiana State Climate Office. The married couple began a minute-by-minute podcast about the movie Twister in May 2020.

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• Twitter:  @SolidF2Pod

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Next Episode records on October 29th at 9pmET/8pmCT.  We welcome Brad Panovich, Chief Meteorologist at WCNC-TV Charlotte, NC.  Join us at www.patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks to watch us record LIVE.

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guest: Doug Hilderbrand, NWS Weather-Ready Nation Preparedness and Resilience Lead

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Our Guest:

Doug Hilderbrand is the Weather-Ready Nation Preparedness and Resilience lead at the National Weather Service Headquarters. He has been at the National Weather Service for 18 years, starting at the Weather Prediction Center and also a 2-year stint as the NOAA Policy Adviser for weather and satellites. He has a Bachelors Degree from Bucknell University, a masters in geology from University of South Florida, and a masters in meteorology from North Carolina State University.

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• Twitter:  @dcweatherbrand

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Next Episode records on October 15th at 9pmET/8pmCT.  We get to chat "Twister the movie" with meteorology graduates Joe and Kelly Mays, creators of the Minute by Minute Twister Podcast!

Credits:

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guest: Mike Eilts, Sr. Vice President of Weather, DTN

Our Guest: Mike Eilts

Mike worked at the National Severe Storms Lab and was Co-Founder and former President and CEO of Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) until its sale to DTN in 2018.  WDT's core offerings included SkyWise, WeatherOps, Frontier and the well-known RadarScope still supported by DTN today.  Mike is now Senior Vice President of Weather at DTN and leader of the Weather Business Unit which would be the largest, privately held weather information company in the world if it were a stand-alone company.

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• Twitter:  @Eilts

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Next Episode records on October 1st at 9pmET/8pmCT.  We welcome the Preparedness and Resilience Program Lead for the NWS, Doug Hildebrandt!

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guest: Rob Marciano, Sr. Meteorologist at ABC News/Good Morning America

Our Guest

Rob Marciano

Rob Marciano is the senior meteorologist of ABC’s “World News Tonight” and the weekend edition of “Good Morning America.”  Since joining the network he has reported on nearly every natural disaster to hit the United States. Marciano has covered tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and blizzards; even erupting volcanoes surrounding towns in Hawaii.

Before joining ABC News, Marciano was the co-host of “Entertainment Tonight" and worked at CNN.

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• Twitter:  @RobMarciano

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Next Episode records on September 17th at 9pmET/8pmCT.  We'll be with the Vice President of Weather for DTN/Radarscope, Mike Eilts

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein

In This Episode

• Guests: Storm Chaser Round Table-Daniel Shaw, Hank Schyma, Mike Olbinski

Our Guests

Daniel Shaw

Daniel often chases severe weather in Sydney and captures events for the local media.  He serves as News Director for Severe Weather Australia.  Every year he travels to the United States between April and June to seek out some of the world's most powerful storms. 

Hank Schyma

Hank Schyma, also known as Pecos Hank, is a musician, songwriter, filmmaker and professional storm chaser based in Houston, Texas. He has directed and produced a catalogue of storm and nature documentation on The Weather Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and more.

Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski calls himself a storm-chasing wedding photographer. He's based out of Phoenix, Arizona, and when he's not shooting weddings, he's chasing storms across the desert southwest and the Central Plains. Mike creates amazing time-lapse films a few times a year. His work has been seen across the world, in commercials, documentaries, magazines and even films.

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Next Episode records on August 20th at 9pmET/8pmCT.  We have a storm chasers roundtable with Daniel Shaw, Hank Schyma and Mike Olbinski!

Credits

• Opening Music: Brett Epstein