WeatherBrains 937: What Do We Do With The Yahoos

Tonight's show will be broken into two halves.

Our first Guest WeatherBrain is a retired Army noncommissioned officer with a background in special operations/weather.  He currently does some work for streaming service WeatherNation as a field meteorologist.  He's also a part time police officer as well as Founder/Director of the National Storm Chaser Summit.  Erik Fox, it's an honor to have you join us for this first show of 2024.

The 2nd half of our inaugural 2024 show focuses on auroras and features a professional aurora chaser.  He's a photographer and a PhD student at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.  He has a passion for space weather and shares his expertise through educational content and sharing his incredible aurora photography.  Vincent Ledvina, welcome to the show.

Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.

• Diving into WeatherNation (16:30)
• ChaserCon (19:00)
• Looking back at El Reno tornado (24:30)
• Dealing with problematic storm chasers on social media (41:30)
• Aurora science and key misconceptions (01:03:15)
• Factors contributing to 2024 auroras (01:06:00)
• How to start chasing auroras and tools needed (01:12:00)
• Upcoming equinox and improving aurora prospects (01:34:00)
• Polar stratospheric clouds (01:38:10)
• Farthest south for observable auroras (01:40:15)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (No segment this week)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (58:02)
• National Weather Round-Up (01:48:00)
• E-Mail Segment (01:45:00)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 937:

NSCS 2024

Erik Fox on X

Vincent Ledvina: The Aurora Guy on Facebook

NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center

Dr. Tamitha Skov on X

The Aurora Guy

Picks of the Week:

Vincent Ledvina - X5 Solar Flare Erupts from Sun

James Aydelott - Goodyear Blimp on X: Rose Bowl sunset view

Jen Narramore - Foghorn Wiki article

Rick Smith - Probabilistic Hazards Outlook

Neil Jacobs - Out

Troy Kimmel - Out

Kim Klockow-McClain - Out

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Chris Vagasky on X: Snow Tornadoes

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