Fog Bank, Oct 31, 2011

I remembered to send this to the Weatherbrains in time for the show this week!




Hello, Weatherbrains listeners, and welcome to the Fogbank, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, and you can follow on Twitter, @skydaver, or on Google+, http://gplus.to/Skydaver

My first pick is from Phil Plait, of the Bad Astronomer blog.  He had a really interesting cloud video I think you'll enjoy.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/25/amazing-video-of-a-bizarre-twisting-dancing-cloud/

Next, Mike Cox, a WeatherBrains listener, and meteorologist for WHCB & WPWT radio in Bristol, Tennessee, sent in his blog postings about the NWA meeting
http://tricitieswx.wordpress.com/category/nwa-2011/

From the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, a great picture of Hurricane Rina.
Be sure to click on the high resolution version, too
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=869&MediaTypeID=1

My fourth pick is a web page from Dr. Ryan Maue, on global tropical cyclone activity
http://policlimate.com/tropical/index.html

Finally, with snowfall coming, it's time for NOAA's Snow Climatology website
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ussc/USSCAppController?action=map

Thanks for listening,
Skydaver, out!

Audio

Fogbank for October 24, 2011

Hello, Weatherbrains fans, this is the Fogbank, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.
I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC.  You can follow me on twitter, @Skydaver, or on Google+, http://gplus.to/Skydaver

First up, a cloud picture from the Earth Science Picture of the Day.
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2011/10/pileus-cloud-above-roswell-georgia.html

My second pick is from the Capital Weather Gang, with pictures & video of  the Lubbock Texas haboob of Oct. 17
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/dust-storm-haboob-blasts-lubbock-texas-video/2011/10/18/gIQAY37NuL_blog.html

Third, I have the Hurricane Irene seminar, presented at NWC, Norman, OK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJyiI5a_2yQ&feature=uploademail

The fourth pick is from Jesse Ferrell, with some great cloud pictures taken in Central PA.  Jesse is with Accuweather, and this album is one of his Google+ photo albums.
https://plus.google.com/photos/107039790829132730218/albums/5665234565752320081

The fifth pick is another cloud picture, from the Mt. Washington Road Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150329887240718&set=a.10150328822950718.346282.76723350717&type=3&theater


The Audio

Fogbank, October 17, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied
picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC.   You can follow me on Twitter, @Skydaver, and on Google+, Skydaver





First up, the Mt Everest web cam
http://www.evk2cnr.org/WebCams/PyramidOne/everest-webcam.html


Next, Chuck Prevatte sent a link from the Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia, PA (where I went to college) on making your own weather station
http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html


From Twitter, a beautiful picture that Nate Johnson (@nsj) & Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) identified as either mountain wave or gravity wave clouds
pic.twitter.com/nm7S1t7r
The picture is from @sunsurfin


A blog entry from Matt Daniel, about the tornado in Virginia, October 13, 2011
http://earthsky.org/earth/tornado-crosses-interstate-95-in-virginia


Finally, the Facebook page for the NWS Storm Prediction Center
https://www.facebook.com/US.NOAA.StormPredictionCenter

The Audio

Fogbank, October 10, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied
picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC.   You can follow me on Twitter, @Skydaver, and on Google+, http://gplus.to/skydaver


Pick number one is a short collection of some great weather pictures.  I found these at inspirefirst.com
A short collection of some awesome weather pictures
http://www.inspirefirst.com/2011/10/03/powerful-weather-conditions/

The second pic comes from the Big Picture.  They have a collection of National Geographic pictures of the year, and many of them are cloud formations and other weather phenomena.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/national_geographics_photograp.html

My third pick is two websites showing an interactive map of lightning strikes.  The first is for Europe, and the second is for the US
http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php
http://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html

The fourth pick is from Weatherbrains listener Chuck Prevatte, chuck006 on Twitter.
Chuck sent in a weather page for Joseph, Oregon.
http://www.josephoregonweather.com/

Finally, from the Capital Weather Gang, a post about stacked lightning photos.  These are composite photos of multiple lightning strikes at a single location.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/stacking-lightning-bolts-over-washington/2011/10/06/gIQAln7nSL_blog.html#pagebreak

Thanks for listening,
Skydaver, out!

Fogbank, October 4, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied
picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC.

I'm on Twitter at skydaver, and on Google+, http://gplus.to/skydaver

Chuck Prevatte, Chuck006 on twitter, was busy this week. He sent me the first three of this weeks picks

First, it's not to early to get ready for winter. Here's a link on how to do snow making at home
http://www.toddgross.com/todd_gross_new_england_we/2010/12/snowmaking-at-home.html

From Irish Weather News  a story about a tornado in South Africa last week
http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/atmosphere/storm/tornado-kills-boy-9-destroys-over-1000-homes-in-ficksburg-south-africa/40432.html

Third, the Cooperative Institute for Precipitation Systems has their Cold-Season Analog Guidance
http://www.eas.slu.edu/CIPS/ANALOG/COLD/analog.php

Next up, Hurricane Opehelia became the season's third major hurricane, and Earth Observatory has a nice picture
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52344

Finally, along with two tropical systems, we have snow in the mountains of North Carolina.
Brad Panovich's @wxbrad, blog on the event.
http://wxbrad.com/?p=1673

But wait, there's more.  A bonus pick, not weather related, for the NC soda, Cheerwine.  I'm hopeful that an NWA attendee will be bringing some to Alabama for JB to try out.
www.cheerwine.com

Thanks for listening
Skydaver, out!

Fogbank Audio