BREAKING NEWS OF THE DAY: NOAA has cancelled all furloughs for the organization, including in the National Weather Service. An email was sent to staff at 11:39EDT last night from acting administrator Kathryn Sullivan. (whole email here):
WEATHERBRAINS: Maybe some of you have watched the 90 minute weekly show hosted on the Google+ hangout platform that is all about the weather, hosted by, among others, James Spann (meteorologist, ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, AL), J.B. Elliot (former Warning Coordination Meteorologist for NWS Birmingham) and Nate Johnson (meteorologist, WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC). James announced today that this week's episode will be a two hour special starting at 9:00EDT/8:00CDT Monday night (normally a 9:30EDT/8:30CDT start every Monday), concerning the Oklahoma City tornadoes last night. The confirmed guests for this week are:
*Rick Smith, WCM for NWS Norman
*Dan McCarthy, Former WCM for the SPC
*John Brown, ABC 33/40 storm chaser (known locally for his work chasing late night and HP supercells, and as one of the best spotters in the state of Alabama)
The WeatherBrains crew has invited the following people to Monday's show, but have not heard from them as of 6:30PM CDT:
*Reed Timmer (You know, that guy who drives into tornadoes in exchange for a paycheck from KFOR and funding for "weather research" from OU and people who buy his TVN Weather T-Shirts)
*Mike Morgan, chief meteorologist at KFOR-TV in OKC, a person who has lost a lot of respect in the weather community since last night because of the traffic jams in the OKC metro last night, mainly because he and the KFOR weather team were the only ones telling people to get out of their houses and head south as the tornadoes approached, and the tornadoes turned south.
Dr. Marshall Sheperd, President of the American Meteorological Society.
The show will be live at http://live.bigbrainsmedia.com/ , and then available through iTunes, YouTube, and other podcast apps the day after the show is recorded.
IN SPORTS: In sports, the Pacers beat the Heat 91-77 to force Game 7 in Miami Monday night. The Blackhawks and Bruins both won Game 1 of their respective Conference Finals games. And Florida is up on Nebraska 9-7 in the top of the 15th inning in an NCAA Softball Championship Elimination Game. (regulation is 7) Arizona State and Michigan will not play unless they can start before 11:59PM CDT, which, with how long its already taken and with Florida threatening to blow the game open as I write, will likely not happen.
No comments:
Post a Comment