Tonight's show comes to you from the 2025 NWA Annual Meeting in Huntsville at the Von Braun Civic Center.
Janice Bunting is the Executive Director of the NWA stops by first to talk to the panel. She's pulled off an amazing event this year under trying circumstances. Throughout the evening, other notable leaders in the weather industry will also stop by to chat with our panel about this year’s meeting — sharing their insights, highlights, and what it all means for the future of meteorology.
Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.
- Bob Baron and other sponsors of the Annual Meeting (04:20)
- Roadmap for the NWA going forward (07:30)
- Louis Uccellini talks about the initial NWA in the early days of the organization (27:00)
- Force multiplier nature of social media (45:00)
- Panel discussion with industry's leading digital meteorologists (59:00)
- Hand-drawn animations for the conference (01:06:00)
- Goals for the upcoming year in NWA (01:10:00)
- Cooperation with AMS (01:14:00)
- Nate Johnson discusses student support within the organization (01:26:00)
- Nate's IWT (Integrated Warning Team) takeaways (01:30:30)
- Dr. Chuck Graves stops by to chat with the panel (01:48:00)
- The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:54:55)
- This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:57:05)
- E-Mail Segment (No segment this week - STAY TUNED!)
- and more!
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Rick Smith - Out
Troy Kimmel - Foghorn
Kim Klockow-McClain - Foghorn
John Gordon - A New Spin On Waterspout Forecasting (Published August 2014)
John Gordon - A Waterspout Forecasting Technique
Bill Murray - Foghorn
James Spann - FCC Proposes Modernization of the Nation's Alerting Systems
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.
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