Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a CCM, a CBM, and NSH. She is a graduate of Cornell University and the AMS Commissioner on Professional Affairs. She is also the morning meteorologist at News 13 in Orlando. Maureen McCann, welcome to WeatherBrains.

Joining us tonight is Guest WeatherBrain Steve Weiss from the Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK. To our knowledge this is Steve's first appearance on WeatherBrains.  And our guest panelist is Mark Jelinek. Mark is a returning guest having been on Episode 584 and Episode 585.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief of the Forecast Services Division at NWS Headquarters. In this role, he oversees policy for the wide variety of services that touch the public and NWS partners. He also serves as national lead for the NWS Hazards Simplification project which, with support from the social science community, has a goal of maximizing comprehension of and effective response to NWS hazard messages. He also supports NWS Weather Ready Nation initiative via direct interactions with external partners and serves as an Expert Team Lead for Impact-based Weather Services for the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organization. Eli Jacks, welcome back to WeatherBrains!

Our Guest WeatherBrain is Stephen Long, author of Thirty-Eight, the story of the 1938 hurricane which devastated a good deal of New England. Stephen lives on 95 acres in Corinth, VT, with his wife, Mary, who is also an author. His book tells the story of the rebuilding of Vermont after the devastation of the 1938 hurricane. Taken with the world of forestry, conservation, and wildlife that a forester friend and he shared, he started a magazine called Northern Woodlands.  Also joining us as guest panelist is Lourdes Aviles. Lourdes is an Associate Professor at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. She is the author of Taken by Storm, a Social and Meteorological History of the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. Lourdes was with WeatherBrains in episode 411.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains Steve Glazier and Kerrin Jeromin.  Steve Glazier is a AMS certified meteorologist at WeatherNation Television. He received his meteorology degree from Lyndon State College in Vermont. Steve has worked as a broadcast meteorologist in Winchester, Virginia, Burlington, Vermont, West Palm Beach, Florida, and now in Denver, Colorado.  Kerrin Jeromin is currently the Director of Weather Operations at WeatherNation Television. She currently oversees the daily on air and digital weather content developed at WeatherNation. Before making the move to WeatherNation, she worked as an on air broadcast meteorologist in Burlington, Vermont and West Palm Beach, Florida. Kerrin received her degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College in Vermont, and is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist.

Guest WeatherBrain #1 is a past TV Chief Meteorologist in Philadelphia and Tucson and other stations. He is the President of The Weather Pros. Welcome to WeatherBrains, Rob Guariano.  Tonight's Guest WeatherBrains are from The WeatherPros, a private weather forecasting firm. Tonight's show is a suggestion of Guest WeatherBrain #2, Dean Davison.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Senior Meteorologist at Cheniere Energy in Houston, TX. Matt Lanza, welcome to WeatherBrains!

Meteorologist Josh Eachus joins us live from WBRZ 2 TV News Louisiana.

No guests for the show tonight, so this is a home grown show. Topics during the show included such items as the National Weather Festival in Norman, OK, side lobe contamination of radar data, backup of SPC by Scott Air Force Base, weather phobias and getting the message across without drama, and sending the right message to reassure people about the weather.

Tonight's first Guest WeatherBrain is the Chief Engineer at the Harris County Flood Control District. He is also the President of the National Hydrologic Warning Council. So we're happy to have Steve Fitzgerald on the show tonight.  Guest WeatherBrain number 2 is the Meteorologist in Charge at the NWS Houston/Galveston. Jeff Evans joins us with his perspective of Hurricane Harvey.  And guest number 3 is Tom Johnstone, the Meteorologist in Charge at the NWS Corpus Christi.