WeatherBrains

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain was raised on a farm in El Dorado, Kansas.  He got his first job as afternoon announcer at KOYY radio, and has worked at several radio stations throughout his career.  He earned his Broadcast Meteorology certification at Mississippi State in 2006.  He is the President and co-founder of The Storm Report.  Dan Holiday, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Also joining us on this episode is photojournalist Brian Emfinger.   He grew up in Arkansas and he's been a photojournalist for 10 years.  A few years ago he started storm chasing full-time.  Brian, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the emeritus senior policy fellow at the AMS from 2000-2021. He founded and then directed the AMS Summer Policy Colloquium for 21 years. He was Director of the Policy Program from 2001-2013 and also served as AMS associate executive director.  From 1967 to 2000, he worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and antecedent agencies, including tenures as Deputy Chief Scientist and Acting Chief Scientist of NOAA, and eighteen months as Senior Scientist in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce.  Dr. Bill Hooke, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is from St. Louis.  She's a master instructor at the NWS Leadership Academy.  She studied meteorology at the University of Missouri and earned her Master's degree at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.  She's worked at WFOs in St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri.  Christina Crowe, welcome!

Tonight's show is a homegrown discussion on numerical weather prediction led by Dr. Neil Jacobs.  

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a senior at the University of Oklahoma majoring in meteorology and minoring in broadcasting and mathematics.  She's the senior weather producer at OU Nightly and is also the weekend meteorologist for News12-TV in Sherman, TX.  Mikayla Smith, welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains are a husband and wife weather team.  He is an award-winning meteorologist for The Weather Channel.  He's an Ohio native and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric Science from Ohio State University.  He's been with The Weather Channel since 2003.  She's been a CNN  and HLN on-air broadcast meteorologist since 2015.  She graduated with a degree in Atmospheric Science from Ohio State and received an Emmy nomination for her coverage of Hurricane Dorian in 2019.  Mike Bettes and Allison Chinchar, Welcome!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is one of the Deputy Division Directors of the National Science Foundation.  She attended Iowa State University and was a recipient of the George Washington Carver Scholarship.  She is the first African American woman to receive an undergraduate degree in meteorology from Iowa State.  She also received a double masters in both meteorology and water resources.  Dr. Kandis Boyd, welcome!