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Guests:  Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, Director of Earth Sciences Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Introduction:  Studying the science of our planet and solving the problems its inhabitants face has been Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum’s mission since joining NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center over ten years ago. Her career has been nothing short of impressive, and since June 2022, she has se...

Guest: Ken Graham The National Weather Service needs no introduction here on Weather Geeks and last year, a new director was appointed to lead the agency in charge of disseminating vital weather information across the U.S.. Ken Graham is joining us today to look back at his first year as head of the NWS as its 17th director and if his name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s been a guest of the pod...

Guests: Dr. Mike Brennan From June 1st to November 30th all eyes in the weather world turn to the tropics. The 2023 Hurricane Season will be the first as the National Hurricane Center Director for our next guest. Mike Brennan is the new director of the National Hurricane center, a role he began in April of 2023. Mike‘s tropical weather knowledge and 15 years of experience at the NHC makes him the...

Guests: Jamie Winterstern Introduction:   If you found your passion for meteorology or storm chasing through severe weather focused movies or shows, you will love this episode of Weather Geeks! Our guest on today’s podcast is Jamie Winterstern who wrote and directed the movie 'Supercell' that was recently released in mid-March to kick off the severe weather season.  Jamie is the you...

Guests: Vice President Kamala Harris, Dr. Marshall Shepherd, and Dr. Isaiah Bolden All of us Weather Geeks know how important our changing climate is for the future of our world. It is going to shape our lives and our children's lives if we do not take action soon, and that action needs to be more than on a personal level. We need our government bodies all the way up to the White House t...

Guests : Weather Geeks Team Description : One of the biggest metrics for tracking extreme weather events that impact our country is quantifying them as “Billion Dollar Disasters.” Earlier this week, NOAA announced that 7 separate billion-dollar disasters have occurred so far in 2023. Every month of the year so far has had at least one disaster, ranging from winter events to tornadoe...

Guests: Dr. Steven Thur Introduction:  When extreme weather events rear their ugly heads, our first concerns are naturally with people and property.  But sometimes, we tend to forget the impacts on the environment around us and the animals that also inhabit the same spaces we live and breathe. The impact on their environment also leads to huge impacts on the economies around their habita...

Guests: Rear Admiral Ronald J. Piret Introduction:  The United States Navy is stationed all over the globe and requires accurate weather and ocean forecasting in order to operate to achieve their mission as well as assist other branches of our military. Today we want to dive into that complex operation and shed some light on the over 2,500 Sailors, Scientists, Engineers and Technicians at the...

Guests: Rep. Eric Sorensen Introduction:  In the United States, our congressional representatives and senators play an important role in how the conversation and actions on climate change occur in our country. Yet, for the most part, those same individuals don’t have a background rooted in meteorology or climate sciences. Representative Eric Sorensen seeks to change that and become the first...

Guests: Joel Gratz Introduction: “ Never miss a powder day.”  Those coveted days with deep, fresh, powdery snow on the slopes.  That was a mantra turned into a successful snow forecasting business.  Today on Weather Geeks, meet Joel Gratz - an entrepreneurial meteorologist who has figured out how to optimize forecasting mountain snow.  Find out how he sees forecasting and...

Guest: Helen Roberts You’ve seen the warnings: "Don’t drive through floodwaters." "Evacuate when officials ask during hurricanes or wildfires." "Tornadoes can strike any town, even if they’ve never hit your town before." "Heat is the biggest weather-killer." These are some of the messages meteorologists put out there in extreme weather events. Today on WeatherGeeks…we delve into why these extreme...

Guests: Weather Geeks Team with Dr. Greg Postel As the sun set over the Magnolia state on Friday March 24th, Mississippian lives were changed forever. A charged supercell cut across the midsection of the state, spawning a tornado that caused EF4 damage in the towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City and then EF3 damage in Amory, all over the course of a few hours while many slept. Whil...

Guests: Dr. Victor Gensini & Dr. Harold Brooks In the minds of many, Spring may be king when it comes to tornadoes, but we know they can happen any month of the year. We also know during the colder months, we tend to observe certain types of tornadoes and severe weather in favored parts of the country. Today we will be joined by severe weather experts Dr. Harold Brooks from the National S...

Guest: Dr. Laura Myers Watch, warning, advisory. These are just a few of the words you may hear a meteorologist say, but do you know exactly what they mean and how you should prepare if you hear them? Today’s guest on Weather Geeks, Dr. Laura Myers, is a social scientist and current director of the Center for Advanced Public Safety at The University of Alabama. Part of Dr. Myers’ work is to study...

Guests: Dr. Upmanu Lall, Director of the Columbia Water Center at Columbia University Introduction:  Since the beginning of this year, California has been the focal point of international news all due to flooding caused by an on-going atmospheric river. The big stream of moisture has left a large footprint over the state by improving drought and shattering many rainfall and snowfall reco...

Guests: Kaitlin Parramore Introduction:  If you are put under a tornado warning at this very moment, would you know where to go?  Always the lowest level and most interior room, right?  Well for some of us, that option may not always be the safest.  What if you live in a mobile or manufactured home?  Or, you are at your workplace with windows lining the walls?  Instea...

Guest: Dr. David Call Whenever we look back at historical anniversaries of major events, we tend to think about the areas and the people that were impacted.  Lives were lost but homes and businesses were rebuilt on the same land and life tends to go “back to normal” after a certain amount of time.  But as our world and our climate is constantly changing around us, one has to ask, “what i...

Guests: Lance Blocker, Jen Carfagno, & JD Disharoon You watch them when you need the latest forecast when severe weather threatens your area. Broadcast meteorologists are an important part of our daily lives. Today, we are talking with three broadcast meteorologists in a roundtable. I'm joined by: Jen Carfagno, on-camera meteorologist and host of America's Morning Headquarters at The Weat...

Guest: Dr. DaNa Carlis Introduction: " Expanding scientific discoveries while elevating diversity, Dr. DaNa Carlis has been a champion for both during his 20 year career at NOAA. Carlis’ hard work and years of experience have prepared him for his new role as director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. He is the first African American to be named a lab director in NOAA’s office of Oc...

Guests: Andrew Kruczkiewicz Introduction:  Our world constantly cycles through drought and flooding, drenching one side while parching another.  It may seem erratic at times, but it’s all Mother Nature’s way of keeping the balance.  And to the people that are on the ground that rely on the water for food and business, it may seem unfair.  At the end of the day, when people...

Guests: Weather Geeks Team Introduction:  We are now officially halfway done with meteorological winter! Some of you may be jumping for joy or rushing to plan your last ski trip of the season hearing that, right? While there is still plenty of time to go and weather left to see this winter, we are going to take a few moments in this episode to look back at what we’ve already seen an...

Guest: Jason Deese Introduction:    Lighting is one of the most spectacular weather phenomena, but it can also be one of the deadliest. About 2,000 people across the globe are killed each year by lightning. You might picture a beach in the summertime when you think of lightning, but it can strike during various weather events. In the recent lake-effect snow event for western New York, “t...

Guest : Steve Bowen Every year, we are seeing dozens of Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters that range from flooding to drought to landfalling hurricanes to tornado outbreaks. While the number of events may fluctuate, the dollar amount of these damages has been getting higher and higher. Steve Bowen, chief science officer at Gallagher Re, was on the show last February and we dove deep...

Guest: Weather Geeks Team As the year comes to a close, the Weather Geeks team takes a look at the biggest weather moments and stories from 2022 and what we’ve learned from them to take into the new year.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guest: Dr. Kieran Bhatia Introduction:  Over the course of the last several years, numerous major hurricanes have struck the United States, including Hurricane Ian this past September. And with our increasing knowledge on climate change and its effects on our planet, more and more attempts at connections between the two are being made... but it’s not quite that simple. Joining us today is Kie...