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WeatherBrains Episode 1023B is a deep dive into 2005's Hurricane Katrina. It's hard to believe, but the tragedy is approaching its 20th anniversary.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain for this somber episode is the Curator of the Ground Zero Museum in Waveland, Mississippi. She's a retired RN and was a former Nurse Administrator in New Orleans, LA. Bernie Cullen, thanks for joining us.

Guest Panelist and show veteran Mark Sudduth "The Hurricane Tracker" joins the panel's discussion by looking back at such a significant historical event, the technological challenges of twenty years ago, and looking ahead to the future. He's a well known storm chaser and weather documentarian. Thanks for your valuable insight on tonight's episode, Mark!

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• Robert Ricks and his pre-landfall Katrina doomsday forecast (04:00)
• Tropical Storm Katrina forms on August 23rd, 2005 (08:30)
• 2005 tech available to hurricane chasers vs today (08:45)
• Katrina's Fort Lauderdale, Florida landfall (11:00)
• Early Katrina prep in New Orleans (17:00)
• 1992's Hurricane Andrew and it's forgotten second landfall in Louisiana (29:30)
• Lack of accurate storm surge forecasting 20 years ago (40:00)
• Parallels with 1969's Hurricane Camille and its change of forecasted landfall point (53:00)
• Katrina vs Camille wind fields (58:30)
• Ground Zero Museum - contents, purpose and history (01:20:00)
• More TikTok nonsense (01:47:30)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:48:50)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:50:35)
• E-Mail Segment (No segment this week - stay tuned!)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1023B:

Waveland's Ground Zero Museum

Alabama Weather Network

Picks of the Week:

James Aydelott - Ray Caldwell, pitching for Cleveland Indians, struck by lightning on pitchers mound - 1919

Jen Narramore - Alabama Weather Network Daily Briefing!

Rick Smith - Out

Troy Kimmel - Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain - "Children of Katrina (The Katrina Bookshelf)" by Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek

John Gordon - Michelle Cowbourne on X

Bill Murray - Katrina: South Mississippi's Story (Full Documentary on YouTube)

James Spann - Robert Ricks - On The Ground During Katrina (YouTube)

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

WeatherBrains Episode 1023A is a preview of the upcoming 2025 NWA Annual Meeting in Huntsville, AL. The meeting is only two weeks away from the date of recording (August 25th, 2025).

Show veteran Kevin Laws joins us to dive into the upcoming NWA Annual Meeting in Huntsville. He currently serves as the SOO (Science and Operations Officer) of the Birmingham, AL NWS office. Kevin, it's great to see you again.

David from the Texas Storm Chasers also drops in to chat with the panel about what to expect at the meeting.

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• Tropics remain quiet (02:45)
• Starting the dialogue of a changing business model (07:55)
• Baby steps toward progress in the field starting over 15 years ago (11:00)
• Gatekeeping and resentment among various sectors in meteorology (12:00)
• Objectives of the upcoming Annual Meeting (23:00)
• The outdated concept of TV market boundaries (36:00)
• NWA registration procedures (44:00)
• How do we define expertise in 2025? (48:30)
• What will the broadcast transition look like moving forward? (50:45)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (No segment for this episode)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment for this episode)
• E-Mail Segment (No segment for this episode)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1023A:

2025 NWA Annual Meeting September 6-10th, 2025 Huntsville AL

Alabama Weather Network

Alabama Weather Network on Facebook

Picks of the Week:

James Aydelott - Cool noon temperatures in Oklahoma

Jen Narramore - Out

Rick Smith - The OCS/Mesonet Ticker

Troy Kimmel - Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain - Foghorn

John Gordon - Out

Bill Murray - Out

James Spann - Foghorn

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a professor of mechanical engineering and applied mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously served as a principal scientist at Microsoft Research, where he led the development of Aurora. This was the groundbreaking AI foundation model for earth system forecasting. Dr. Paris Perdikaris, welcome to WeatherBrains!

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• What is Aurora and the motivation for the program? (08:15)
• Practical experience and forecasting with tropical forecasting with Aurora (12:30)
• Success stories with Aurora (14:00)
• Convection-allowing models (CAMS) (17:15)
• Convective feedback problems with models (18:45)
• Emergence of the Google DeepMind ensemble and other AI models (20:00)
• Aurora's hardware architecture and its importance (23:30)
• Continuing need of physics-based models in the age of AI (28:00)
• Ethical considerations and biases in model training data (33:30)
• Role of US agencies and potential loss of funding (37:55)
• Communicating AI forecasts to the public and the ensuing ethical issues (42:30)
• Broad risks of using AI (44:30)
• Aurora business model (58:45)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:05:25)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:07:25)
• E-Mail Segment (01:09:30)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1022:

Penn's Predictive Intelligence Lab

Alabama Weather Network on Facebook

Picks of the Week:

James Aydelott - Dr. Cameron Nixon on YouTube: Cell Mergers and Nudgers

Jen Narramore - "Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991" by Thomas Grazulis

Rick Smith - USA Jobs

Troy Kimmel - Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain - Out

John Gordon - Live Recon in the Atlantic Basin

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Weather Lab: Cyclones

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's First Guest WeatherBrain is a meteorologist and veteran storm chaser who has documented tornadoes, hurricanes and supercells across the United States since 2015. He has degrees from Arizona State University and the University of Oklahoma, where he operated a mobile radar under tornado research pioneer Dr. Howie Bluestein. Trey Greenwood, welcome to the show!

Our Second Guest WeatherBrain is a professional broadcaster and CEO of storm chaser Coaching, hosting over 200 episodes of the Chaser Chat Podcast since 2020. He leads the company's mission to centralize storm chasing education through structured courses and a long-term membership model connecting learners with experienced coaches. Gabriel Harber, thank you for joining us tonight.

WeatherBrains veteran Sandy LaCorte also joins the panel to discuss the upcoming NWA Meeting 2025. It's great to see you again, Sandy.

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• End of dog days of summer; fall is on our doorstep (04:30)
• NWA Annual Meeting 2025 Huntsville, AL (07:30)
• Invest in others and pay it forward! (13:00)
• Trey's first tornado chase in 2015 and the takeaways (33:00)
• Working with Dr. Bluestein in the field (36:00)
• What is storm chaser coaching and how did it come to be? (43:00)
• Bill Murray's first tornado intercept (48:45)
• No such thing as a bust when storm chasing in the field! (52:45)
• Driving etiquette/mob behavior ruining storm chasing (55:30)
• Risks/distractions/recommendations of storm chasing solo (01:11:30)
• Analysis of the economics of storm chasing (01:15:30)
• Oklahoma storm chaser license legislation (01:18:15)
• Role of drones in the storm chaser toolkit (01:22:00)
• Under-appreciated aspects of storm chasing (01:31:30)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:35:15)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:37:15)
• E-Mail Segment (01:38:30)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1021:

Storm Chaser Coaching

Gabriel Harber on X

Alabama Weather Network on Facebook

Picks of the Week:

Trey Greenwood - Convective Chronicles on YouTube

James Aydelott - Shea Gibson on Facebook: Mt. Pleasant, SC video

James Aydelott - James Aydelott on Facebook: Meade, KS heat burst

Jen Narramore - Mongolian supercells

Rick Smith - Out

Troy Kimmel - Official launch of the Alabama Weather Network

Kim Klockow-McClain - Congressman Eric Sorensen on Defending Climate Science, Depoliticizing Weather and Bringing Scientific Rigor To Capitol Hill

John Gordon - NWS ABQ - Heat Bursts

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Mount Pleasant PD on X: Lightning strike outages/delays

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's special Guest WeatherBrain is Evan Fryberger, who is an independent content creator and a weather communicator who has built a loyal following online. He's a calm and informed voice in the ever-noisy world of weather streaming. His no-hype approach stands out in an age of rising anxiety and clickbait. Evan, welcome to WeatherBrains!

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• New record low maximum for Birmingham, AL on August 4th at 77 (02:00)
• One week away from launch of Alabama Weather Network (05:30)
• Looking back at 9/11/2001 and Hurricane Gabrielle (19:30)
• Fighting clickbait and hype online (26:00)
• 2025 Mental health crisis (33:00)
• Storm chasing overcrowding and dangers on the road (43:30)
• Blurring lines and reaching saturation in the weather entertainment/streaming world (46:30)
• Approaching urgency and calmness during severe weather streams (53:30)
• National Integrated Warning Team meeting (01:04:00)
• Preparing for an active severe weather day as a streamer/content creator (01:09:15)
• When does Evan bring his dog on stream? (01:19:00)
• Experiences with demonetization and copyright issues as a streamer (01:24:30)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:27:50)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:29:50)
• E-Mail Segment (01:31:45)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1020:

Alabama Weather Network on Facebook

Evan Fryberger on YouTube

Evan Fryberger on X

Picks of the Week:

Evan Fryberger - SPC Mesoscale Analysis Pages

Evan Fryberger - NASA Worldview Satellite Data

James Aydelott - SPC Average Number of Tornadoes Per State By Month (All tornadoes 2000-2024)

Jen Narramore - Out

Rick Smith - Tropical Storm Dexter

Troy Kimmel - Out

Kim Klockow-McClain - Foghorn

John Gordon - Coral Reef Watch Eastern Persian Gulf Regional Products

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Alabama Weather Network main site

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight is a late-summer unfiltered homegrown show from the panel, and it's an array of important topics, including the launch of the Alabama Weather Network. The panel discuss its mission and vision moving forward. The regulars deep-dive into other pressing topics like confusion over county warning areas, new information about the Texas flooding tragedy, and much more. Thanks for listening!

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• Telling the stories from the perspective of storm survivors after major severe weather events (14:30)
• Introducing The Alabama Weather Network and its State-wide operation (16:10)
• Disturbing story about an emergency manager in early July Texas flooding tragedy (32:30)
• Appreciating Ben Luna and his contributions (37:30)
• Different cultures at different NWS offices (40:30)
• Issues with NWS County Warning Areas (42:30)
• Lessons learned from Texas floods (51:30)
• Hope is not a plan! (53:30)
• Warning fatigue fallout (01:03:00)
• Rainfall rates explained (01:23:00)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (No segment this week - stay tuned!)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment this week - stay tuned!)
• E-Mail Segment (01:17:00)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1019:

Alabama Weather Network on Facebook

Picks of the Week:

James Aydelott - FlightAware MiseryMap

Jen Narramore - Mid-Year Recap and Chat With Storm Chasers - HurricaneTrack YouTube

Rick Smith - After The Flood: Finding Hope In The Aftermath

Troy Kimmel - Texas flooding: Kerr county's emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours, sheriff says

Kim Klockow-McClain - Out

John Gordon - NWS Monsoon Stats

Bill Murray - SPC Sounding Climatology Page

James Spann - Weather Prediction Center (WPC) Home Page

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's Hall of Fame Episode pays tribute to the legendary late broadcast meteorologist and industry pioneer Gary England, who passed away on June 10th 2025. He was 85 years old. We have three Guest WeatherBrains tonight to help us honor Gary England, who was a pioneer and a trailblazer in the field of meteorology. Our first two Guest WeatherBrains appeared on Episode No. 946.

First up is David Payne, who is the Chief Meteorologist of KWTV Channel 9 in Oklahoma City. He replaced Gary England when he retired in mid-2013. He is a native Oklahoman and an OU graduate and previously he spent 19 years at KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City.

Appearing second on the show is the morning broadcast meteorologist at News Channel 9 in OKC. She's an OU graduate and has been at News Channel 9 since 2011. She previously interned with Gary England for several years while she was a student at OU. Lacey Swope, it's great to see you again.

Last but certainly not least, we introduce Barbara Merckx, who is now the News Director for OU Nightly at the OU Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. She previously worked with our very own James Aydelott at NBC 5 in Fort Worth, TX. Thanks for joining us tonight, Barbara!

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• Lacey's experience with meeting and working with Gary England (10:30)
• Experiences working with Gary (25:00)
• Gary-isms (48:30)
• Looking back at 2013 El Reno, OK tornado (50:00)
• Importance of building rapport with the public as a broadcast meteorologist (01:14:00)
• Gary England paving the way for future generations (01:28:30)
• Warning process during devastating Texas floods (01:34:30)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:29:45)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:31:00)
• E-Mail Segment (01:32:00)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1018:

David Payne on X

OU Nightly on YouTube

Meteorologist Lacey Swope on Facebook

Picks of the Week:

David Payne - Drummond charges Oklahoma City man for damaging TV station's weather radar

Barbara Merckx - Willie Gillespie on LinkedIn

James Aydelott - "Those Terrible Twisters And The Weather Of Oklahoma" by Gary England

Jen Narramore - Guin, AL F5 Tornado Series

Rick Smith - Oral history interview with Gary England: Oklahoma Mesonet YouTube

Troy Kimmel - Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain - Senate Report

Kim Klockow-McClain - House Report

John Gordon - HDSC World Record Point Precipitation Measurements

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's episode features TWO special guests!

Our Guest WeatherBrain for tonight is an award winning journalist and author who's latest book "Cloud Warriors" was recently named one of Barnes and Nobles's best science and technology books in 2025 with a background in investigative and narrative journalism. He brings a deep curiosity and perspective to the world of atmospheric science. In researching his book, he traveled across the country embedded with scientists at the National Weather Service. His book explores the shifting landscape of weather forecasting at a time that climate change, technical disruption and institutional uncertainty is shaking the foundations of our industry. Thomas Weber, welcome!

Our Guest Panlist is the lead meteorologist at the NWS forecast office in State College, PA. He's got years of operational forecasting experience and plays a key leadership role in the accuracy, timeliness, and relevance of forecasts for central Pennsylvania. He's deeply involved in mentoring younger forecasters and helping to communicate critical weather information to emergency managers and the public. He's also a graduate of Penn State. Welcome to the show, John Banghoff!

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• Role/responsibilities of a NWS Lead Forecaster (11:00)
• Official "Cloud Warriors" book website (20:45)
• How early science/technology developed and shaped societies (22:30)
• Shift at the NWS forecast office in Caribou, Maine in the 60s/modern parallels (28:00)
• What is a NWS WFO and what does it do? (29:45)
• Focusing on public service in journalism (44:30)
• Weather and its ability to be a great unifier (57:30)
• 2019 Beauregard/Lee County tornado research (01:16:00)
• Revolutions in weather forecasting (01:25:30)
• Fighting conspiracy theories and misinformation (01:34:30)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:44:40)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:46:45)
• E-Mail Segment (No segment this week - stay tuned!)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1017:

John Banghoff on X

"Cloud Warriors" by Thomas E Weber

Picks of the Week:

John Banghoff - "The Weather Gods Curse The Gettysburg Campaign" by Jon Nese Jeffrey J. Harding

James Aydelott - Grand Canyon National Park

James Aydelott - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Jen Narramore - PA Storm Trackerz

Rick Smith - Out

Troy Kimmel - Out

Kim Klockow-McClain - NOAA nominee Neil Jacobs testifies at confirmation hearing amid deadly Texas floods

John Gordon - Pulse and Multicell Storms Conceptual Model

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Sarah Marsh Obituary

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's episode comes on the heels of another horrific weather tragedy; a Texas hill country flash flooding event that killed at least 100 people. This was a flash flood that we all fear - extreme rainfall, rugged terrain, and was a nocturnal event overnight on a holiday weekend. It's a home-grown show among our panelists, and it's a critical topic about a historical weather event.

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• 1978 Texas Flash Flood/Tropical Storm Amelia (03:00)
• What makes the Hill Country so susceptible to flooding? (05:00)
• WEA Alerts issued before flash flood tragedy (12:00)
• Prior major flash floods that have plagued the U. S. (20:45)
• Returning to critical thinking about risk assessment and wading through the madness of social media (25:00)
• Exploring the role of NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist and the EMA coordination process (37:25)
• Difficulties of warning the public for flooding events/Call to action (50:30)
• Warning fatigue similarities with Severe Thunderstorm/Flash Flood NWS bulletins (59:25)
• Legacy and critical lasting importance radio/NOAA weather radio communication in an emergency (01:11:30)
• Modeling post-event reports from NTSB service assessments (01:15:00)
• First ever issued NWS Flash Flood Emergency (01:24:00)
• Political activist posts following tragedy/cloud seeding explained (01:33:45)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:47:35)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (No segment this week - stay tuned!)
• E-Mail Segment (No segment this week - stay tuned!)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1016:

Samaritan's Purse Responding to Deadly Floods in Texas

Convoy of Hope Response to Texas Deadly Floods

Picks of the Week:

James Aydelott - James Aydelott on Facebook: Texas Flood Tragedy Discussion

Jen Narramore - Samaritan's Purse/Convoy of Hope Texas Flood Tragedy Fundraising Campaigns

Rick Smith - Cuts to NOAA increase the risk of deadly weather tragedies - Yale Climate Connections

Troy Kimmel - Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain - Wine Fish

John Gordon - July 23rd, 2020 Rainbow Wash Flash Flood

Bill Murray - How one Texas summer camp successfully evacuated from the floods

James Spann - James Spann on Facebook: Texas Flood FAQ and answers

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's guest joins us from Bonn, Germany — and from the far side of the clock, where it's 2 a.m. local time! Lars Lowinski is a seasoned meteorologist with international experience spanning Europe and New Zealand. He now works with WetterOnline, one of Europe's largest weather platforms, where he connects their U.S. business operations with German-based product development and training. He's also an avid storm chaser who's pursued Great Plains supercells and participated in the Hazardous Weather Testbed in Norman, Oklahoma. Lars has been a loyal WeatherBrains listener since 2008 — and we're thrilled to finally have him on the show! Thanks for joining us tonight.

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• Is tornado season over? (02:30)
• Forecasting in the Southern Hemisphere and working with oil and gas industry (17:50)
• Compare/Contrast experiences in NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (20:00)
• Importance of doing a thorough hand analysis before utilizing model data when assimilating forecasts (21:00)
• Discussing the European Severe Storms Laboratory (23:00)
• Importance of working together internationally/globally when communicating severe weather risks (28:00)
• Breaking down barriers in the science of meteorology through simple human interaction (35:00)
• Approaches/challenges in weather messaging across different cultures and languages across the world (35:30)
• Looking back at Lars's storm chasing experiences (45:30)
• Discussion of deadly July 1916 Austria tornado and it's experiences lost in history due to World War One (55:00)
• European severe weather warning process vs U.S. severe weather warning process (57:45)
• Weather-aware subculture in the United States (01:13:00)
• Rise of Digital Meteorologists (01:16:00)
• NWS budget update/analysis (01:29:30)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:26:20)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:28:00)
• E-Mail Segment (No segment this week)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1015:

Lars Lowinski Photography

Picks of the Week:

Lars Lowinski - Monster HP supercell in France (06/13/2025)

James Aydelott - James Aydelott on Facebook: Three feet of rain in Tulsa, OK since January 1st/Wettest April 1-June 30 on record in Tulsa (Back to 1931)

Jen Narramore - Lightning strike injures 2 at Northland HS soccer field in Columbus

Rick Smith - Out

Troy Kimmel - Out

Kim Klockow-McClain - Earth's Clouds on the Move

John Gordon - Kyle J Gillett on X: Panhandle, TX boundary collision

John Gordon - Ronca-HohnWx on X: Memphis, TN boundary collision

Bill Murray - Out

James Spann - June 28th, 2025 Deuel County, South Dakota tornado

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.