Weather: Storm Front Freaks Podcast

In This Episode Guests: Bruce Thomas and Bruce Jones, Meteorologists at Midland Radio and Justin Allen, Owner of HelicityDesigns.com Partner with Storm Front Freaks Midland Radio Products Lightning Round: Cards Against Humanity Match Game Helicity Designs Lineup and Discount Code Other Great Weather Products for Christmas Alert Works Kestrel Sangean AcuRite Weatherman Umbrellas 1 Echo Charlie NimbusStorms Who will be our next guest? Our Guests Bruce Jones and Bruce Thomas, Meteorologists at Midland Radio Bruce Jones and Bruce Thomas are known as “The Bruces from Midland”.   They are both former TV meteorologists who believe strongly that every home, school and business should have a NOAA Weather Radio.  Thomas was on the air during the Jarrell, TX tornado (May 27, 1997) and Jones was living outside Rapid City, SD on June 9, 1972 when the big flood killed 238 people. They continue to spread the word that NOAA Weather Radio saves lives! Partner with the Storm Front Freaks. To learn of the opportunities to pa

In This Episode Guest: Rick Reichmuth, Chief Meteorologist at Fox News and Creator of Weatherman Umbrellas Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Burger Positions Partner with the Storm Front Freaks #WeatherFools links of people doing stupid things in weather situations Funny Weather Memes you can share with your friends Who will be our next guest? Our Guest Rick Reichmuth, Chief Meteorologist for FOX News and creator of Weatherman Umbrellas Rick Reichmuth is the Chief Meteorologist at Fox News Channel. Before joining FOX, Rick worked as a live weather anchor for Weather Services International, CNN, CNN Headline News, and CNN International. Rick graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Spanish literature and after a decade in banking went on to pursue his lifelong dream at Georgia State University and Mississippi State University to complete a broadcast meteorology program.  He also started his line of Weatherman Umbrellas in 2017. Twitter: @RickReichmuth Facebook: Rick Reichmuth

In This Episode Guest: Jeff Berardelli, CBS Climate Contributor, Meteorologist and Creator of ZoomRadar Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Hollywood Squares-The Day After Tomorrow Indiana ChaserCon and Discount Link Weather Trollbot 5000 interprets meteorologist’s responses to trolls Wx Resources are shared to help you find some new resource links Who will be our next guest? Our Guest Jeff Berardelli, Climate Change and Extreme Weather Contributor to CBSN, New York and Creator of ZoomRadar  Jeff is a Climate Change & Extreme Weather Contributor to CBSN NYC where he is also studying for his master’s degree at Columbia University.  Former Lead Meteorologist at CBS12 in West Palm Beach, Jeff is also the Creator of ZoomRadar, a Storm Chaser Map and Weather Radar for websites including StormFrontFreaks.com. Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of merchandise.  Use code: SFF at check-out for 5% off your entire order Indiana ChaserCon on November 17, 2018.  Get 20% of

In This Episode Guest: Michael Armstrong, Field Meteorologist and Executive Storm Chase Team Producer at KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City Lightning Round: Who Want’s To Be A Millionaire-Kid’s Choice Awards Helicity Designs and discount code #WeatherFools: People doing stupid things in weather situations Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon Weather’s Believe It Or Not: You won’t believe these crazy weather stories Who will be our next guest? Our Guest Michael Armstrong, Field Meteorologist and Executive Storm Chase Team Producer at KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City Meteorologist Michael Armstrong is the Field Meteorologist and Executive Weather Producer for KOCO 5 First Alert Weather. When severe weather threatens Oklahomans, Michael leads local coverage from the field in First Alert Storm Command. He’s earned numerous awards for his role in severe weather coverage, including the National Edward R. Murrow Award and Heartland Emmy. Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology. Vi

In This Episode Guest: Ed Teets, Atomospheric Scientist with NASA Lightning Round: Las Vegas Movies $100,000 Pyramid Helicity Designs and discount code Wx Resources-We share some great weather resources you may want to use ChaserCon Canada and discount code Funny Weather Memes you’ll be sharing with friends Who will be our next guest? Our Guest Ed Teets, Atmospheric Scientist with NASA’s Flight Research Projects Ed Teets, Jr is currently the Sr. Aviation meteorologist and the lead of the Atmospheric Sciences group at the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB. Ed has been directly involved with a varying degree of aircraft over the years. These include the slow flying high altitude UAS’s to high performance jets to mach 10+ hypersonic research flight demonstrators. He has been a part of the aerodynamics branch at Armstrong for the past 31 years, specializing in atmospheric effects on aviation. Ed has his B.S. in Meteorology from the University of Utah and his M.S. in Atmospheric Physics f

In This Episode Guest: Daniel Shaw, Australian Storm Chaser Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: 3 Strikes and You’re Out-Australia Indian Storm Chasers Convention Partner and Promote with Storm Front Freaks Podcast #WeatherFools – People doing stupid things in weather ChaserCon Canada Weather Troll-bot 5000 – Our computer can explain what our weather friends were thinking when responding to the trolls Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of merchandise. Use code: SFF at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Daniel Shaw, Australian Storm Chaser Daniel often chases severe weather in Sydney and captures events for the local media. He serves as News Director for Severe Weather Australia. Every year he travels to the United States between April and June to seek out some of the world's most powerful storms. Severe Storms Australia @DanielShawAU on Twitter Indiana Chaser Convention at indchasercon.com Partner with the Freaks If inter

In This Episode Guest: Women in Chasing #2 with Karen Kosiba of VORTEX 2 Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Head to Head with Rolling Stone’s Top TV Series Partner and Promote with Storm Front Freaks Podcast Wx Resources: We share some great weather items for your use Believe It Or Not Weather Stories: Crazy weather stories Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of merchandise. Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest 2nd in our “Women in Chasing” Series Karen Kosiba, Atmospheric Scientist with DOW Projects Karen Kosiba is an atmospheric scientist at the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, CO. A strong believer in experiencing weather from the inside of a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) Radar truck, she has participated in a multitude of field projects, including: Radar Observations of Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Experiment (ROTATE), Hurricanes and Landfall (HAL), the Verification of the Origins of Rotation

In This Episode Guest: Tom Moore, original member of The Weather Channel Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-Braves Edition Partner and Promote with Storm Front Freaks Podcast Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Funny Weather Memes: Memes you can use with your friends Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of merchandise.  Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Tom Moore, Original Member of The Weather Channel and Lead Meteorologist at Weather Concierge One of the original members beginning in 1982, Tom spent over 30 years at The Weather Channel with 10 of them as an on-air meteorologist.  Now he has helped launch a private weather service, Weather Concierge, as their Senior Meteorologist.  Tom’s time with others at the beginning of The Weather Channel have recently been chronicled in the book Weather Channel Pioneers. Weather Channel Pio

In This Episode Guest: "Pecos Hank" Schyma, Storm Chaser and Musician Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Elvis Family Feud Partner and Promote with Storm Front Freaks Podcast Mythbusters: Storm Edition Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers. Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Hank Schyma, Professional Storm Chaser, Musician and Filmmaker Hank Schyma, also known as Pecos Hank, is a musician, songwriter, filmmaker and professional stormchaser based in Houston, Texas. He has fronted the rock group Southern Backtones and now the Pecos Hank Band. During the same period, he has directed, produced and starred in a full length independent film, several music videos, and a catalogue of storm and nature documentation on The Weather Channel, Disco

In This Episode  Guest: James Spann, Chief Meteorologist, ABC 33/40 Birmingham Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Alabama High or Low Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Discussion: Is a unified weather communication message just a pipe dream? Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers. Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest  James Spann, Chief Meteorologist, ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, AL James is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, AL. In all, James has been a television weather anchor for over 36 years. Along the way he has worked for WSFA in Montgomery, KDFW in Dallas and two other stations in Birmingham. A multiple Emmy winner, James has received the two highest awards in the nation for a broadcast meteorologist. One is "Broadc

In This Episode Guest: Brantley Hargrove, Author Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Minute to Win It – Top 30 greatest cartoon cats Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Discussion: Will we ever be able to forecast tornadoes for a specific neighborhood? Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers.  Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Brantley Hargrove, Author of The Man Who Caught the Storm (The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras) Brantley Hargrove is a journalist who has written for Wired, Popular Mechanics, and Texas Monthly. In his reporting, he has explored the world of South American jewel thieves who terrorize diamond dealers in South Florida. He's gone inside the effort to reverse-engineer supertornadoes using supercomputers. And

In This Episode Guests: Ashley Morris, Emergency Manager-South Central Texas Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Family Feud Top 10 House Pets Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Discussion on hurricane/disaster communication and VOST groups Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers. Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest  Ashley Morris, Emergency Manager and Co-Host, Carolina Weather Group Podcast Ashley is an emergency management planner in south central Texas. She assists with the creation and maintenance of disaster plans, as well as the coordination of city exercises and educational outreach campaigns. Ashley is also a weather liaison for her office. This entails weekly or event oriented weather forecasting, communicati

In This Episode Guests: Janice Dean, Sr. Meteorologist FOX News Introduce two entries for our new intro song Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Name that Tune-80’s Metal Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Discussion on how much personal information to share with audience Mean Tweets with Janice Dean Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Thanks to the following entries for our new intro song: Gabe Cox- https://www.dropbox.com/s/iawazzq8ye7c99m/SFFPodcast_IntroSong%20-%20Cut1%20Gabe%20Cox.mp3?dl=0 Brett Epstein- https://www.dropbox.com/s/mjfafaitgw17djd/Storm%20Front%20Freaks%20Podcast%20Intro%20Brett%20Epstein.mp3?dl=0 Email us your favorite at questions@stormfrontfreaks.com Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers. Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Janic

In This Episode Guest: Chad Myers, CNN Meteorologist and Severe Weather Expert Looking for listeners to submit music for new show introduction Calling for intro music submissions from our listeners Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Real or Homemade-Fishing Lure Edition Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Discussion on on-location storm reporting Mean Tweets with Chad Myers Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Submit your 60 second, vocal free song/riff for consideration to be our new intro song! Send mp3 to phil@stormfrontfreaks.com by May 28th to be considered. Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers. Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Chad Myers is a meteorologist and the severe weather expert for CNN. Myers joined the network in 1999 He made his mark in broadcast meteorolo

In This Episode Guests: Women in Chasing with Beth Allan, Jennifer Brindley and Jennifer Stark Looking for listeners to submit music for new show introduction Podcast now on Deezer Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: To Tell The Truth Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers. Use code: FRONT at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guests WOMEN IN CHASING with Beth Allan, Jennifer Brindley and Jennifer Stark Beth Allan: Beth works full time as a school counselor and transitions to full-time storm chasing on the Canadian prairies in July and August. She is published as one of the top Canadian Instagrammers in a Canadian Geographic special edition book. Her photos have been published in local and national newspapers like the Calgary Heral

In This Episode Guest: Eric Salna – Meteorologist and CEO of Extreme Weather Experience Helicity Designs / What are you drinking? Shirt and discount code Lightning Round: Hurricane or Supermodel Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner We discuss how accurate are we really on 10-14-40 day forecasts Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks “What Are You Drinking?” T-shirt. Use code: STORM at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest  Erik Salna, Meteorologist and CEO – Extreme Weather Experience Erik is a Meteorologist and currently Associate Director of Visualization, Communication, Public Education, and Engagement for the Extreme Events Institute and the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University in Miami. Erik is also CEO of Extreme Weather Experi

In This Episode Guest: Harold Brooks, Sr. Research Scientist NOAA’s Severe Storms Lab Helicity Designs / Storm Front Freaks Line of Merchandise Lightning Round: Don’t Forget the Quote-Monty Python’s Holy Grail Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner We discuss if the National Weather Service should get into more media of forecasts and severe storms or get out Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks “Tour” shirt celebrating our first 50 episodes and guests. Use code: FREAKS at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Harold Brooks, Sr. Research Scientist at NOAA’s Severe Storms Laboratory Harold is a meteorologist and Senior Scientist with the NOAA Severe Storms Laboratory whose research is concentrated on severe convective storms and tornadoes, particularly severe weather climat

In This Episode Guest: Minh Phan & Castle Williams of Weather Hype Lightning Round: Newlywed Game Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: 3 Best Places to Chase Storms National Weather Podcast Month We discuss the future of video/images in severe weather communication Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions Who will be our next guest? Sponsor: Danner Boots at www.Danner.com www.WeatherPodcastMonth.com Our Guests Minh Phan and Castle Williams, Weather Hype Podcast WeatherHype is a podcast started by two besties who love weather and its connections to people every single day. Minh Phan received his Masters degree in Geography from East Carolina University in 2017. Minh has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography with a Certificate in Atmospheric Science from the University of Georgia. Minh’s master’s thesis focuses on mobile weather applications on smartphone devic

In This Episode Guest: John Wetter, President of SpotterNetwork.org Lightning Round: Double Jeopardy (Minnesota Sayings) Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Forecast Models Part 5 National Weather Podcast Month and Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors Tips We discuss our favorite weather models, when to use them, and where to find them. Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions Who will be our next guest? Sponsor: Danner Boots at www.Danner.com Sponsor: Severe Studios and www.SevereStreaming.com www.WeatherPodcastMonth.com Our Guest John Wetter, President of Spotter Network John is the Technology Services Manager for Hopkins School District in the Greater Minneapolis/St.Paul area and current President of SpotterNetwork. The SpotterNetwork brings storm spotters, storm chasers, coordinators and public servants together in a seamless network of information. It provides accu

In This Episode Guest: Ray Leichner, Drone Storm Chaser Lightning Round: Family Feud (Top Flying Machines) Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Forecast Models Part 4 We discuss the observed aging of storm spotters and the future of the NWS training program. Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions Who will be our next guest? Sponsor: Danner Boots at www.Danner.com Our Guest Ray Leichner, Drone Storm Chaser Ray's love of storms started at a young age. At 12 years old he was using his Dad's camcorder to document thunderstorms in his backyard. To date Ray's aerial photography has been featured on the Weather Channel, Weathernation, CBS, NBC, ABC News, Fox News and most recently The Washington Post. Ray was approached by Eastern PA Weather Authority in the spring of 2017 to be a contributor by producing live feeds of severe weather via the Drone giving his audience stor