The WeatherJazz® Podcast

Let's have some FUN today by heading to the WeatherJazz® Podcast Audience Connect Line where the audience shared creative ways that they dealt with and/or remembered late-season snowfalls. Also, I'll share my segment on WKJA-FM 91.9 (Heartfelt Radio) this morning when I shared a rather unique Friday music request.

Now that the snow is done, let's start assessing how this all fits in with April climatology.

Today's special Tuesday edition of WeatherJazz® focuses on the upcoming late-season snowfall we anticipate in the Ohio Valley. FOX 8 morning meteorologist Scott Sabol joins me to discuss the context of this upcoming snowfall that puts it in a somewhat rare category!

It may be a beautiful Monday morning, but a late-season snowy system threatens to make life challenging in the Ohio Valley on Wednesday. Let's explore the details in Episode #179. My plan is to release a special Tuesday edition of WeatherJazz® tomorrow with FOX 8 morning meteorologist Scott Sabol as details of the next snowy system come into better focus.

Today's Open Line episode is the concluding episode on Little Free Libraries. Today, we visit with the caretaker of a LFL that is as far north as anyone can go in the eastern USA, a town called Fort Kent, Maine.

Flying a helicopter drone on Mars is no easy task! The most important hurdle to clear is the fact that the Martian atmosphere is very, very, very thin compared to Earth's rich, life-giving atmosphere. Jaakko Karras is a robotics electrical engineer with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and he joined me for this episode of WeatherJazz® to talk about all the special nuances NASA needed to address in...

This is the time of year when cool-cold cut-off low pressure systems frequently pay NEOhio a visit. These systems look like giant, glazed cinnamon buns on the visible satellite images! Because they move slowly, the cool, showery pattern typically lasts 1-2+ days. Check out the image on my show notes for this episode on WeatherJazz.com .  It's just one of the topics covered in today's Meteorol...

Let's get to know an author of books who seeks out Little Free Libraries as a portal to share his talent! This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on the phenomenon of Little Free Libraries.

What would happen if you took your home barometer and brought it to the surface of every solar system planet? This was the question I found myself asking after reading about the new Martian drone whose blades will have to spin far faster to get the lift it needs to become airborne. Let's explore the results!

WeatherJazz® is a podcast in constant motion forward! I'm always trying to take it to the next level. Enter " MRC.fm " from near London. Mike and Isabella Russell have a fabulous weekly LIVE YouTube show called Free Jingle Friday. Last Friday, I jumped into their sphere of influence by hiring them to make me a "Meteorological Monday" audio stinger. Watching them make my jingle was so much fun! The...

In 2009, the first "Little Free Library" was born in rural Wisconsin. That was only twelve years ago. Since then, the number of LFLs has increased to over 100,000 with 108 countries represented! Let's get to know Cathy Stang, the caretaker of one of northeast Ohio's LFL's located near a Cleveland-area elementary school.

Today is a historic science day for Chatham, Massachusetts. At 8:00 AM EDT, a weather balloon was launched for the last time at that location. The reason, however, is NOT because we no longer need the data. Let's explore the reason behind Chatham's decommissioning in today's episode of WeatherJazz®

March is likely the strangest month in NEOhio. It can be very warm at times. It can be cold and snowy at times. It can be thundery. It can be delightfully quiet, too. The next 17 days is no exception, as we will see. Plus, a trip to the highest summit of Vermont reveals a definitive trend for the winter of 2020-2021.

Here is a personal Palm Sunday reflection that has little to do with weather or science, but rather things that are far more important in the grand scheme of things. I'll return to my weather and science posts on Monday.

My topics today include a new way of disseminating severe thunderstorm warnings from the National Weather Service as well as a great resource link for anyone interested in the new volcano eruption in Iceland called The Reykjavik Grapevine, and English news agency designed to share news from Iceland.

Imagine having the chance to "interview" someone actually in space? That is what happened to my colleague, Jacob Wycoff (someone who has been a special guest on WeatherJazz back in August of 2020!).

Let's address a great question about this morning's dense fog in parts of NEOhio that a listener left on my WeatherJazz® Podcast Audience Connect Line at (234)-525-5888. Then we will tackle something newly named "STEVE." No, it's not the aurora borealis, but it is something that the sun's high speed energy particles create.

Let's take a close look at NEOhio's seasonal snowfall to date as well as discover what ski areas in the region still have their slopes open. The winds aloft pattern is showing signs of a split flow. What does that mean for the next few weeks? And I'll describe (and show via the web site WeatherJazz.com) a stunning satellite image of a massive dust storm in China, and a breathtaking sunrise as capt...

It's Open Line Friday! I tackle some great listener questions via the WeatherJazz® Podcast Audience Connect Line as well as via email at weatherjazz@yahoo.com. Happy Friday, all!

For now anyway, it's an annual right of passage from the cold, wintry months to the springtime transition. Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend. When and where did DST get it's start? What should we do with it now that we are no longer an agrarian society?

Ahhhh, yes! Finally! It is going to feel much more like spring this week in the Ohio Valley! Does this mean the end of winter? If you've lived in Ohio long enough, you know what the answer is. So how long will this spring preview last for? Let's explore that and more on today's episode of WeatherJazz®!

I'll introduce you to something called the "Little Free Library" in this episode, but it's only an introduction. I'll follow up in the near future when I can get a little more participation from those who either installed one or is a user/contributor. I'll share my brother's recipe for homemade creme fraiche and update you on Iceland's imminent eruption of a volcano in the southwest corner of the...

The official astronomical definition of a "planet" changed in 2006. When it did, the planet we all knew as Pluto lost its classification! So what is the definition of a planet? It hinges on three criteria, the last of which caught Pluto on the short end of the stick. Let's expand on this topic as well as an interesting target in our post-sunset March sky, and some stunning photos from the surface...

Be encouraged! While March can be a fickle month, it will invariably bring increasing hints of warmer days. Let's review February and see if we can detect any patterns setting up for the merry month of March.

Today, I highlight one call from my WeatherJazz Podcast Audience Coinnect Line (234-525-5888) that sure sounds like Gabe Spiegel to me. The question deals with my mustache! Then, a clip from WKJA, Heartfelt Radio from this morning. Mark Zimmerman interviewed Wayne Shepherd about the interview he gave me for his syndicated radio program, First Person.