WeatherBrains

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Storm Prediction Center.   Since 1996, he has performed as a severe weather, fire weather, mesoscale, and lead forecaster at the SPC.   Greg Carbin, welcome to the show!  Also joining us as Guest Panelist is the Lead Forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center, Rich Thompson.  Welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Professional of Sociology at Northwestern University. His PhD is from Harvard, and he has received numerous fellowships. In fact, he is probably the smartest person we have ever had on the show. Dr. Gary Alan Fine, welcome to WeatherBrains.  Tonight's Guest Panelist is a meteorologist recently retired as MIC from the NWS Birmingham.  Jim Stefkovitch, welcome to the show!  Our second Guest Panelist is the MIC of the NWS in Atlanta.  Keith Stellman, welcome to the show!  

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain No. 1 was born and raised in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Her undergraduate degree is from Ohio State University.  While working on her Master's Degree at the University of Arizona, she started employment as a Forecaster with the NWS Honolulu.  Tina Stall, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain  No. 2 graduated with a B. S. in Meteorology from Saint Louis University in 1993 and a Master's Degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He's been with the NWS since 1993 and in Hawaii since 2000.  Robert Ballard, welcome to the show!  Tonight's Guest Panelist appeared on the show two weeks ago.  He has a degree in meteorology from Ohio State University and did graduate work with the University of Nebraska.  Jeremy Bower, welcome back!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Branch Chief at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory.  He has his PhD from the University of Oklahoma.  Curtis Alexander, welcome to WeatherBrains!  Tonight's second Guest WeatherBrain is also a researcher at the Earth System Research Laboratory.  He has his PhD from Penn State University.   Stephen Weygandt, welcome to the show!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the recipient of the 2018 National Weather Association Public Education Award. He received the award for his severe weather and climate outreach, organizing the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium and Family Weatherfest (CPSWS) in Lincoln, NE year after year since 1999, and running a national weather camp program.  Tonight, our Guest WB is joined by a special Panelist, who is a friend of the show and a friend the WB.  He is a graduate of the Atmospheric Science at The Ohio State University. He is the owner of JRB Storm Photography with his wife.  His mission is helping the public gain an understanding of the importance of weather. Jeremy Bower, welcome to the show!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the former Meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey.  Gary Szatkowski, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a CFM who started working for the City of Austin, TX's Watershed Protection Department as an intern in 1998, and joined the Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) team in 2006.  He serves as the Senior Systems Administrator, which is responsible for maintaining all IT hardware and software associated with FEWS.  He is also an on-call responder for flood events in Austin.  Working with Code for America, Matthew created AtxFloods.com in 2012.  Matthew Porcher, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain started her interest in weather in middle school when she was living in Florida and became fascinated with hurricanes.  She graduated in 1995 with a B.S. in meteorology from Penn State University.  She also has worked in radio as a broadcast meteorologist for the past 20 years.  She started her career at the Weather Channel, but now works for the Storm Report Radio Network in Ohio.  Jen Narramore, welcome to WeatherBrains!

This week's Guest WeatherBrain studied climatology at McGill University.  She received her Bachelor's degree in Climatology and her Master's of Science in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.  She studied at the climatic research unit in the UK, and her phD is in Historical Climatology and Atmospheric Circulations from the University of East Anglia.  She's also worked as a researcher in residence at McGill University.  Dr. Victoria Slonosky, welcome to WeatherBrains!

This week's Guest WeatherBrain is a world renowned meteorologist, prognosticator and extended outlook specialist.  A 1978 graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology and former Nittany Lion Wrestler, he worked at AccuWeather soon after graduation.  He currently works for WeatherBELL Analytics as co-Chief Forecaster.  Joe Bastardi, welcome to WeatherBrains!