WeatherBrains

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a filmmaker and documentarian of "The Boy With the Pop Bottle on His Head".  He is the drummer for the legendary gospel group "The Dixon Singers" of Hazlehurst, MS.  In his spare time, he loves to go cycling on his varsity Schwinn bike.  Steve Collins, Welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's Guest Panelist is the long-time radio voice of The Weather Channel.  She is an accomplished weather historian and runs the weather website "Tornado Talk".  Jennifer Narramore, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's guest WeatherBrain is a private sector meteorologist with a passion for crisis and risk communication.  She holds a Bachelors Degree in Meteorology from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master's in Emergency Management from Millersville University.  Rebecca DePodwin, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Our guest panelist is a meteorologist and emergency management professional with a specialty for blending weather, social media, and pubic safety.  He serves as a 911 Dispatcher in Pitkin County, Colorado.  He is also an X Games coordinator and professional ski patroller at Buttermilk Mountain.  He received his MS in Atmospheric Science from Wisconsin-Madison and his BS in Meteorology from Central Michigan.  Kyle Nelson, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's guest WeatherBrain is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS Office in Memphis, TN. He is a 31-year veteran of the NWS, and worked at offices in west Texas, north Texas, and Phoenix AZ before moving to Memphis. He received his Bachelors Degree in Meteorology from Florida State, and his Masters from the University of Oklahoma. He has focused on severe storms and storm spotter training throughout his career, and has helped develop spotter training materials that were and are used nationwide.  Gary Woodall, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's second guest WeatherBrain is a graduating senior from the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology.  She is Oklahoma Weather Labs Director of Operations and a Senior Representative to the OU School of Meteorology Student Affairs Committee.  Also, she is Deputy Director of the New Student Mentoring Program and a member of the OU Nightly Weather Team.  Leah Hill, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's WeatherBrain features Dr. Harold Brooks from the National Severe Storms Laboratory.  Dr. Brooks earned his undergraduate degree in physics and mathematics at William Jewell College outside of Kansas City and performed graduate study at Columbia University.  Dr. Brooks earned his PhD on thunderstorm modeling at the University of Illinois.  In addition, our second Guest WeatherBrain Dr. Victor Gensini of Northern Illinois University joins us this week.  Dr. Gensini earned his Masters Degree on severe thunderstorm climatology, and wrote his dissertation on severe thunderstorms and climate change.  His current focus is on sub-seasonal to seasonal variability, and how that drives weather patterns across the United States.  Gentleman, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's WeatherBrain has been a broadcast meteorologist for 35 years, with the past 25 years in Top 10 markets including Houston and Dallas Texas.  In January 2019, he retired from television, but started his own business titled "Heller Weather LLC".  This business helps local TV stations maximize their weather resources and build stronger brands.  Tim Heller, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's WeatherBrains features the on-air weather team at WCBI-TV in Columbus, MS.  Joining us are meteorologists Keith Gibson, Jacob Dickey, Jacob Riley and Alex Puckett.  Gentleman, welcome to the show!

Tonight's WeatherBrains is a special show regarding the NWS's Hazard Simplification Program or "Haz Simp".  This program has been around for a couple of years and is designed to potentially redesign and reinvigorate the National Weather Service Watch/Warning/Advisory system.  Our Guest WeatherBrain this week is a Social Science Researcher and Project Manager for Haz Simp along with Eli Jacks of the NWS.  Her background is in meteorology, but her PhD program is interdisciplinary with a focus on sociology of disasters and risk communication.  Danielle Nagele, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Guest Panelist this week is soon-to-be graduating meteorology student from the University of Oklahoma.  Jordan Overton, welcome to the show!

Our Guest WeatherBrain for this week is Dina Knightly, formerly an employee of The Weather Channel who now works for IBM as a senior meteorologist.  She was a former weather producer on The Weather Channel’s Wake Up With Al, Weather Center Live and Weekend Recharge.  She has a bachelors degree in Atmospheric Science from The Ohio State University where she earned a private pilots license. Before her weather career, she had over seven years with Continental Airlines as a customer service agent and operations specialist.

Our Guest WeatherBrains tonight are geographers who study the intersections of physical science and social science as it relates to tornadoes and all meteorological hazards.   Dr.  Stephen Strader and Dr. Walker Ashley, welcome to the show!  Tonight's first Guest Panelist is from the Carolina Weather Group Podcast.  He spent 15 years as a professional firefighter.  In 2017, he decided to start pursuing weather and started a blog.  He joined Carolina Weather Group in 2018.  Chris Jackson, welcome!  Also joining us as Guest Panelist is a Mississippi State University meteorology student who is also in charge of this year's Southeast Severe Storms Symposium.  Alex Forbes, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's show is the inspiration of weather enthusiast, Nashville attorney and NashSevereWx founder David Drobny.  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is Brett Kern, starting punter for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL.  He just completed his 11th season and is the longest tenured Titan on the roster.  Tonight's Guest Panelists include hosts Castle Williams and Minh Phan from the "WeatherHype" podcast.  Welcome!