The Bryan Norcross Podcast

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What's The Bryan Norcross Podcast about?

Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross and meteorologist Luke Dorris bring their expertise and experience to discuss what kind of weather phenomena is currently happening in the tropics and around the world.

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The Bryan Norcross Podcast episodes:

10.29.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini.
Join Bryan and Luke Dorris for an in-depth conversation with the retiring Director of the National Weather Service, Louis Uccellini. Hear about Louis’s extraordinary career as a key player in everything to do with the science and practice of forecasting...
10.21.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with Jim Carrier, author of "The Ship and the Storm"
Join Bryan and Luke Dorris for an in-depth conversation about the epic story of the cruising ship Fantome that was lost in Category 5 Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Prolific author Jim Carrier talks about the twists and turns in the...
10.14.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with legendary former NHC director Neil Frank
Join Bryan and Luke Dorris for a wide-ranging conversation with the amazing, 90-year-old former director of the National Hurricane Center Dr. Neil Frank. Neil recalls the great hurricanes of the 1960s, how forecasts were made at that time, and how...
09.29.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Andrew Freedman, climate and energy reporter at Axios
Bryan and Luke talk with Andrew Freeman, the climate and energy reporter at Axios. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about climate and climate policy in the United States and elsewhere in the world, working on Mount Washington in 100 mph winds,...
09.22.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - David Bernard, Chief Meteorologist at WVUE-TV in New Orleans talks about Hurricane Ida
Bryan and Luke talk with David Bernard, Chief Meteorologist at WVUE-TV in New Orleans, about his and his TV station’s experiences during Hurricane Ida. What did they know before Ida hit? Was it a surprise? What was it like in...
09.03.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Roni Avissar, Dean of UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Roni Avissar, Dean of the oceanography and meteorology school at the University of Miami about research underway at the school, including a new idea for detecting the strength of hurricanes, a hurricane forecast model,...
08.25.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Luke interviews Bryan. Part 2 covers there years after Hurricane Andrew
A special edition of the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Luke interviews Bryan about how Hurricane Andrew changed his life, the morning Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, covering Hurricane Sandy, naming winter storms, and more. This is Part 2 of an extensive...
08.18.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Luke interviews Bryan. Part 1 covers up through Hurricane Andrew
A special edition of the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Luke interviews Bryan about his life, communications philosophy, key weather moments, and much more. From his first hurricane broadcast during Hurricane Camille, to his first time anchoring when nobody could get to...
08.11.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Brian Glazer, associate professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii and creator of a new system to measure water level heights along the coast
Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Brian Glazer from the University of Hawaii at Manoa about his research into microbes and how they exist is extreme natural environments like volcanoes and deep in the oceans. Plus we learn about a...
07.29.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Lixion Avila, retired Sr. Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center
Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Lixion Avila, who recently retired as Sr. Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center about growing up and learning meteorology in Cuba, coming to the University Miami, and spending his professional life at the...
07.21.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Kerry Emanuel, meteorology professor and climate scientist at MIT
Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Kerry Emanuel, meteorology professor and climate scientist at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts about how climate science has evolved, and his work to understand how hurricanes will behave in a warmer world. Is global warming...
07.06.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Robbie Berg, hurricane forecaster and communications specialist at the National Hurricane Center
Bryan and Luke talk with Robbie Berg, Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center who also specializes in communications. Learn how hurricane forecasts are made around the clock when multiple storms are active at the same time and other forecasting...
07.01.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Tropical Storm Elsa Update & Dr. Hal Needham, Storm Surge Expert
This is an update to Podcast #60 with a discussion of Tropical Storm Elsa, plus our discussion with Dr. Hal Needham. How high has the storm surge actually reached in hurricanes of the past? Luke and I talk with Dr. Hal Needham...
06.16.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Amy Clement of the University of Miami on hurricanes and climate change.
Are the cycles of hurricane activity in the Atlantic real? Is Europe warm because of the Gulf Stream? Will we have more hurricanes in a warmer future world? How should South Florida respond to climate change? Dr. Amy Clement of...
06.04.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University
Dr. Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University joins Bryan and Luke with the latest forecast for Hurricane Season 2021. Learn how the forecast is made, and the factors in the atmosphere and ocean that make a season busy or calm....
05.26.2021
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Getting ready for hurricane season with NHC Director Ken Graham
To get ready for Hurricane Season 2021, Bryan and Luke talk with Ken Graham, the Director of the National Hurricane Center about the big challenges and lessons of the 2020 hurricane season and what we learned about how storms behave,...
10.21.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - NHC Branch Chief – Forecaster Unit Manager Dr. Mike Brennan
Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with Dr. Mike Brennan who runs the unit at the National Hurricane Center that produces the advisories and outlooks that we’re all so familiar with. They discuss Hurricane Season 2020 – what was especially difficult...
10.14.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - South Florida Water Management District Emergency Manager Beth McElroy
Bryan and Luke talk with Beth McElroy, the Director of Emergency Management at the South Florida Water Management District. The District is the agency that’s tasked with keeping South Florida from flooding from heavy rain and protecting the fresh water...
10.07.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Former National Hurricane Center Director and Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield
Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with former National Hurricane Center Director and Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield about the changes in hurricane forecasting during his time in the business, forecasting Hurricane Gilbert and Andrew, how communications have changed, and...
09.29.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Former FEMA Administrator and Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate
Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate about managing hurricanes and other disasters including Covid-19, his time in Florida dealing with the monumental hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, and lessons for dealing with hurricanes in...
09.23.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - The next generation of weather specialists
Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with two very prolific and accomplished young meteorologists: Matthew Cappucci of the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang and Jack Sillin, who is still in school at Cornell University, but also has a big presence on...
09.17.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Storm Surge Specialist Jamie Rhome on Laura, Sally, and modern day storm surge forecasting
Bryan and Luke Dorris talk with National Hurricane Center Storm Surge Specialist and leader of the Storm Surge Unit Jamie Rhome about the challenges presented by erratic Hurricane Sally, the forecasting success in Hurricane Laura in spite of the instant...
09.09.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Luke and Bryan talk about what's going on in the tropics - lots of action in the eastern Atlantic and over Africa - plus a conversation with author Greg Funderburk who has a new book coming out called "Mourning Wave:...
09.01.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - One year after Dorian with Silbert Mills in Abaco plus Calvin Hughes and Nicole Perez.
Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris talk about current developments in the tropics, whether Hurricane Laura was as bad as "expected", and Hurricane Dorian. Local 10 anchors Calvin Hughes and Nicole Perez remember Dorian - what it was like on the...
08.27.2020
Norcross Pod: Hurricane Laura's near miss at landfall with Bryan Norcross and hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.
Bryan talks with University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy about Hurricane Laura. Could the forecast have been any more accurate? The state of hurricane science. What's going on with South Florida's climate? And much more.
08.20.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - South Florida closely watching Tropical Depression Thirteen plus Eric Jay Dolin on his new book
Bryan talks with Eric Jay Dolin, the author of the new book, "A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes." From the first hurricane forecast by a European, Christopher Columbus, to the great hurricanes that have hit America in...
08.17.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - The 1888 Miami Beach Hurricane Mystery
This special audio and video podcast follows up on research from last year about the details behind the 1888 Cat 3 or higher hurricane that hit Miami Beach on August 16, 1888, according to the official database.
08.10.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - The New 2020 Hurricane Season Outlook with Dr. Louis Uccellini
Bryan talks with Dr. Louis Uccellini, the Director of the National Weather Service, about the new forecast for Hurricane Season 2020, operating the National Weather Service in a pandemic, how the American computer forecast model compares to others in the...
08.04.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan Norcross talks with Dr. Adam Sobel of Columbia University about Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaisas
Was the Florida miss possible to forecast? Plus his book about Hurricane Sandy, how scientists become scientists, climate science, and much more.
07.28.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine with Dr. Phil Klotzbach
Bryan Norcross talks with Dr. Phil Klotzbach about the current uncertain situation in the tropics related to Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. Plus why this hurricane season looks like it will be very busy, and more hurricane talk.
07.15.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Impacts of Climate Change on our Weather with Dr. Jeff Masters
Bryan Norcross talks with Dr. Jeff Masters, one of the preeminent weather and climate bloggers on the internet, and a founder of the famous weather-information website Weather Underground. They talk about what's going on with Hurricane Season 2020, how climate change is affecting...
06.24.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Simplifying hazardous weather alerts with Eli Jacks of the National Weather Service
Bryan and Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris discuss the superplume of Saharan dust in the Atlantic, the unusually early arrival of the 4th named storm of the season, and a project by the National Weather Service to streamline weather alerts,...
06.03.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Early season storms and the challenges of hurricane forecasting with National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham
Bryan and Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris discuss the active start so far this season, including the earliest "C" named storm on record with Tropical Storm Cristobal. Joining them is Ken Graham, the Director of the National Hurricane Center to...
05.27.2020
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Hurricane Planning Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Bryan and Local 10 meteorologist Luke Dorris kick on Hurricane Season 2020, which has been active so far. Joining them is Shannon Weiner, Emergency Management Director in the Keys to talk about hurricane planning with COVID-19 as a consideration and...
11.08.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Wrapping up the end of the hurricane season with the NHC's Dr. Mike Brennan
The National Hurricane Center's Dr. Mike Brennan joins Bryan to help wind down the 2019 hurricane season on this episode of the Bryan Norcross Podcast
10.23.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - The challenges of communicating local weather with Robert Molleda
In this episode of the Bryan Norcross Podcast, Bryan and Luke discuss the challenges of communicating local weather in a high-tech era with Robert Molleda of the National Weather Service.
10.07.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - The NHC's Matt Onderlinde talks the tech behind forecasts
The National Hurricane Center's Matt Onderlinde joins Bryan and Luke on the Bryan Norcross Podcast to talk about the technology and science branch of the NHC and his Weathernerds website.
10.02.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Finding the truth from the myths of 1888 hurricane
This week, Bryan and Luke welcome Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield to the podcast to discuss the 1888 hurricane that reportedly brought 18-foot tides to South Florida. But is the legend of that storm more fiction than fact?
09.18.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Great storms, great books, great authors
Willie Drye, author of "Storm of the Century, and Les Standiford, author of "Last Train to Paradise" join Bryan and Luke to discuss their renowned South Florida-centric books and the history behind them on the Bryan Norcross Podcast.
09.10.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian's devastation with Local 10's Jenise Fernandez
Local 10's Jenise Fernandez shares her eyewitness accounts of Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas when she joins Bryan and Luke on the Bryan Norcross Podcast
08.30.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian's track changes a bit, so what does it mean?
Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Betty Davis explain the slight changes to the Hurricane Dorian forecast and whether South Florida could be in the clear on the Bryan Norcross Podcast.
08.29.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Betty Davis and the future of Hurricane Dorian
Local 10 Chief Certified Meteorologist Betty Davis joins Bryan Norcross to talk about a wild day for Hurricane Dorian and what it all means for the chance of a direct hit to South Florida.
08.29.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Thursday Afternoon: Dorian predicted to be Cat. 4
Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Brandon Orr discuss the very latest on Hurricane Dorian and which models are the most successful in predicting where a storm may head.
08.28.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian threatens Florida, what you need to know
Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris have the very latest on Hurricane Dorian as it strengthens and targets Florida.
08.27.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Where will Dorian strike after the Caribbean? Plus, Leslie Chapman-Henderson
Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris discuss the future path of Tropical Storm Dorian and how it could affect Florida after it makes it's way through the Caribbean. Plus, Leslie Chapman-Henderson from FLASH joins the Bryan Norcross Podcast.
08.22.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Talking storm chasing with the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore
Bryan and Luke are joined by the legendary and fearless storm chaser Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel on the Bryan Norcross Podcast.
08.21.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Something brewing in the tropics; hurricane tracker Mark Sudduth
Local 10's Bryan Norcross and Luke Dorris discuss what's brewing in the tropics after a slow start to hurricane season, and they're joined by hurricane tracker Mark Sudduth on the Bryan Norcross Podcast
08.15.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Chasing storms with "Hurricane Man" Josh Morgerman
Local 10's Bryan Norcross talks to the "Hurricane Man" himself, Josh Morgerman, about chasing storms around the world and his new show that debuts September 15 on the Science Channel.
08.05.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - Forecasting the rest of the '19 season with Dr. Phil Klotzbach
Dr. Phil Klotzbach joins Bryan and Luke on the Bryan Norcross Podcast to discuss Colorado State's updated forecast for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season.
07.24.2019
Bryan Norcross Podcast - How prepared is Florida for a big hurricane?
On the podcast, Bryan and Luke discuss how prepared the Sunshine State is for hurricane season with Jared Moskowitz, Director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management.

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The Bryan Norcross Podcast episodes:

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini.

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with Jim Carrier, author of "The Ship and the Storm"

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with legendary former NHC director Neil Frank

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Andrew Freedman, climate and energy reporter at Axios

Bryan Norcross Podcast - David Bernard, Chief Meteorologist at WVUE-TV in New Orleans talks about Hurricane Ida

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan and Luke talk with Dr. Roni Avissar, Dean of UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Luke interviews Bryan. Part 2 covers there years after Hurricane Andrew

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Luke interviews Bryan. Part 1 covers up through Hurricane Andrew

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Brian Glazer, associate professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii and creator of a new system to measure water level heights along the coast

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Lixion Avila, retired Sr. Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Kerry Emanuel, meteorology professor and climate scientist at MIT

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Robbie Berg, hurricane forecaster and communications specialist at the National Hurricane Center

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Tropical Storm Elsa Update & Dr. Hal Needham, Storm Surge Expert

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Amy Clement of the University of Miami on hurricanes and climate change.

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dr. Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Getting ready for hurricane season with NHC Director Ken Graham

Bryan Norcross Podcast - NHC Branch Chief – Forecaster Unit Manager Dr. Mike Brennan

Bryan Norcross Podcast - South Florida Water Management District Emergency Manager Beth McElroy

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Former National Hurricane Center Director and Local 10 Hurricane Specialist Max Mayfield

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Former FEMA Administrator and Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate

Bryan Norcross Podcast - The next generation of weather specialists

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Storm Surge Specialist Jamie Rhome on Laura, Sally, and modern day storm surge forecasting

Bryan Norcross Podcast - The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900

Bryan Norcross Podcast - One year after Dorian with Silbert Mills in Abaco plus Calvin Hughes and Nicole Perez.

Norcross Pod: Hurricane Laura's near miss at landfall with Bryan Norcross and hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.

Bryan Norcross Podcast - South Florida closely watching Tropical Depression Thirteen plus Eric Jay Dolin on his new book

Bryan Norcross Podcast - The 1888 Miami Beach Hurricane Mystery

Bryan Norcross Podcast - The New 2020 Hurricane Season Outlook with Dr. Louis Uccellini

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Bryan Norcross talks with Dr. Adam Sobel of Columbia University about Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaisas

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine with Dr. Phil Klotzbach

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Impacts of Climate Change on our Weather with Dr. Jeff Masters

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Simplifying hazardous weather alerts with Eli Jacks of the National Weather Service

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Early season storms and the challenges of hurricane forecasting with National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Hurricane Planning Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Wrapping up the end of the hurricane season with the NHC's Dr. Mike Brennan

Bryan Norcross Podcast - The challenges of communicating local weather with Robert Molleda

Bryan Norcross Podcast - The NHC's Matt Onderlinde talks the tech behind forecasts

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Finding the truth from the myths of 1888 hurricane

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Great storms, great books, great authors

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian's devastation with Local 10's Jenise Fernandez

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian's track changes a bit, so what does it mean?

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Betty Davis and the future of Hurricane Dorian

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Thursday Afternoon: Dorian predicted to be Cat. 4

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Dorian threatens Florida, what you need to know

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Where will Dorian strike after the Caribbean? Plus, Leslie Chapman-Henderson

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Talking storm chasing with the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Something brewing in the tropics; hurricane tracker Mark Sudduth

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Chasing storms with "Hurricane Man" Josh Morgerman

Bryan Norcross Podcast - Forecasting the rest of the '19 season with Dr. Phil Klotzbach

Bryan Norcross Podcast - How prepared is Florida for a big hurricane?