WeatherBrains

Our show tonight is the brainchild of loyal listener and fellow weather geek Rick Haltermon, who will also be joining us as a guest on tonight's show.  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain grew up in southwest Oklahoma and has a background in Emergency Management.  He has worked extensively with Kansas agriculture producers and has experience communicating weather threats and risk through the lens of farming and ranching.  David Hogg, thanks for joining us!  Our second Guest WeatherBrain is the incoming Commissioner on the Commission on Professional Affairs. She is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, most recently working as an on-camera meteorologist for WNBC, the flagship TV station of the NBC-owned station group. She also currently serves on the AMS Council, the AMS Board on Best Practices, and the AMS Board on Enterprise Economic Development.  Erica Grow, welcome!

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorology student at Millersville University and is a contributor to TornadoTalk.com.  Nelson Tucker, welcome to the show! Also joining us as our second Guest WeatherBrain is KVUE-TV meteorologist Jordan Darensbourg.  He has a Bachelor of Science in meteorology from Jackson State University.  He also received a Bachelor of Arts and Communication with an emphasis on Broadcasting from Mississippi State University.  He's a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Weather and Climate Task Force, and the American Meteorological Society.  Jordan, welcome to the show!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Meteorologist from NBC 2 in Fort Myers, Florida.  Allyson Rae, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain was a suggestion of listener Harvey Day.  He's an Emmy Award-winning TV meteorologist at WTSP in Tampa.  He attended the University of Florida and then to Mississippi State University to study meteorology.  Rich Fields, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a suggestion of meteorologist Anna Wolverton.  He is the SOO (Science Operations Officer) at the National Weather Service in Jackson, MS.  He's held this position since 2015, and he's been with the NWS since 1999.  He graduated from Northeast Louisiana University (Now ULM) in 1998.  Chad Entremont, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Also briefly joining us is the creator of HurricaneTrack.com, Mark Sudduth.  Thanks for joining us, Mark!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a weather sensation and well-known YouTuber.  He was born and raised in eastern Kentucky.  He is an American meteorological analyst and YouTube personality. He is best known for his weather forecast discussions, a weather model commentary show centered on forecasting short term and long term weather events. Ryan started creating weather videos online when he was only 14 years old. He created a website that aimed to predict school closings in his local area and drew thousands of visitors per season. His current YouTube channel, “Ryan Hall, Y’all” was created in 2012. However, no content was actually uploaded to this channel until January of 2021, when he started making his weather themed videos. Ryan Hall, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain grew up in Athens, Alabama.  She earned her degree in meteorology at the University of South Alabama, and earned her graduate degree at Mississippi State University.  She is the MIC (meteorologist-in-charge) at the NWS Forecast Office in Nashville, TN.  She's been employed by the NWS for over 20 years and has previously worked at the NWS offices in Amarillo, Memphis, and Huntsville.  Krissy Hurley, welcome to the show!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Research Meteorologist for the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University, and works from home in Enid, Oklahoma. He earned is B. S. in Meteorology at SUNY Oswego in 1986 and his M. S. in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University in 1988. Throughout his 34-year career, currently contracted with the National Weather Service (NWS) Meteorological Development Laboratory (MDL), he has been at the forefront of the research-to-operations (R2O) process of new technology for improving NWS severe weather and tornado warnings. He was a NWA Board of Directors member from 2016-2018, and coordinator of the NWA Research Operations Nexus (RON) Meetups between 2015-2020.  Greg Stumpf, welcome to the show!

Tonight's show is a suggestion of friend of the podcast Chris White.  We are pleased to welcome the producers of the Across the Sky podcast.  Meteorologist Kirsten Lang joins us from Tulsa Word.  Meteorologist Joseph Martucci is a meteorologist for the Atlantic City Press and is on the show with us tonight.  Last but certainly not least, it's a pleasure to welcome Sean Sublette on tonight's podcast.  He's a familiar face with many years of service with Climate Central.  He's now the Chief Meteorologist at Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Tonight's show comes to you from the NWA Annual Meeting in Pittsburg, PA.  The panel presents several contributors of this year's conference along with our regular contributors.  Thanks for listening!