Today's Open Line episode is the concluding episode on Little Free Libraries. Today, we visit with the caretaker of a LFL that is as far north as anyone can go in the eastern USA, a town called Fort Kent, Maine.

Flying a helicopter drone on Mars is no easy task! The most important hurdle to clear is the fact that the Martian atmosphere is very, very, very thin compared to Earth's rich, life-giving atmosphere. Jaakko Karras is a robotics electrical engineer with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and he joined me for this episode of WeatherJazz® to talk about all the special nuances NASA needed to address in order to make a helicopter flight on Mars possible.

This is the time of year when cool-cold cut-off low pressure systems frequently pay NEOhio a visit. These systems look like giant, glazed cinnamon buns on the visible satellite images! Because they move slowly, the cool, showery pattern typically lasts 1-2+ days. Check out the image on my show notes for this episode on WeatherJazz.com.  It's just one of the topics covered in today's Meteorological Monday episode, along with what to expect for the reminder of the month of April.

Let's get to know an author of books who seeks out Little Free Libraries as a portal to share his talent! This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on the phenomenon of Little Free Libraries.

What would happen if you took your home barometer and brought it to the surface of every solar system planet? This was the question I found myself asking after reading about the new Martian drone whose blades will have to spin far faster to get the lift it needs to become airborne. Let's explore the results!

WeatherJazz® is a podcast in constant motion forward! I'm always trying to take it to the next level. Enter "MRC.fm" from near London. Mike and Isabella Russell have a fabulous weekly LIVE YouTube show called Free Jingle Friday. Last Friday, I jumped into their sphere of influence by hiring them to make me a "Meteorological Monday" audio stinger. Watching them make my jingle was so much fun! The video is in my show notes for Episode #173 at WeatherJazz.com.

It has been a crazy start to April. From record snows to record quiet, I examine some of the memorable stats so far along with what is ahead in the next few weeks across the USA.

In 2009, the first "Little Free Library" was born in rural Wisconsin. That was only twelve years ago. Since then, the number of LFLs has increased to over 100,000 with 108 countries represented! Let's get to know Cathy Stang, the caretaker of one of northeast Ohio's LFL's located near a Cleveland-area elementary school.

Today is a historic science day for Chatham, Massachusetts. At 8:00 AM EDT, a weather balloon was launched for the last time at that location. The reason, however, is NOT because we no longer need the data. Let's explore the reason behind Chatham's decommissioning in today's episode of WeatherJazz®

March is likely the strangest month in NEOhio. It can be very warm at times. It can be cold and snowy at times. It can be thundery. It can be delightfully quiet, too. The next 17 days is no exception, as we will see. Plus, a trip to the highest summit of Vermont reveals a definitive trend for the winter of 2020-2021.

Here is a personal Palm Sunday reflection that has little to do with weather or science, but rather things that are far more important in the grand scheme of things. I'll return to my weather and science posts on Monday.