Weather: Storm Front Freaks Podcast

In This Episode Guest: Jen Carfagno, The Weather Channel’s AMHQ Co-Host Lightning Round: Don’t Forget the Quote (Groundhog Day) Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Forecast Models Part 3 We discuss the inspirations and challenges for women in meteorology with Jen, Kim and Dina. 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 Jen Carfagno, The Weather Channel AMHQ Jen Carfagno is co-host of AMHQ weekdays from 5-9 a.m. ET on The Weather Channel.  Jen earned her bachelor's degree in meteorology from Pennsylvania State University in 1998 - a year after an internship with The Weather Channel. Later that year, she joined The Weather Channel as a full-time forecaster. Jen has developed and led Weather Camps around the country and continues to speak to students about a passion of hers - science. Twitter

In This Episode Guest: Bill Ford and Mike Prendergast of Storm Warriors Lightning Round: Head-to-Head and Match the Freaks (Iconic Restaurants) Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Forecast Models Part 2 The team discusses if organizations, employees and chasers involved in storms should do more to equip themselves for assisting after they hit? 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? Our Guests Bill Ford and Mike Prendergast of Storm Warriors Bill Ford has been tracking down tornadoes and helping with disaster relief for three decades.  After witnessing the aftermath of the 1999 Moore Oklahoma tornado, Bill has been stopping and giving assistance to those affected by storms.  He was involved in the recovery from Rita, Katrina, and Sandy hurricanes as well as many tornado aftermaths in Texas and Oklahoma. Bill believes, “No one should ever

In This Episode Guest: Ginger Zee, ABC News Chief Meteorologist and Good Morning America Co-Host Lightning Round: Goo Goo or Gaa Gaa (Bizarre Baby Products) Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Forecast Models Part 1 The team discusses multiple names to describe the same storm - helpful or confusing? 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? 2017 Guest Plug Blooper Reel on YouTube Podbean Top 10 Science and Medicine Podcast of 2017 Our Guest Ginger Zee, ABC News Chief Meteorologist and Good Morning America Co-Host Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist at ABC News, reporting on the nation’s weather on “Good Morning America” and across ABC News broadcasts and digital platforms. Prior to joining ABC News, she was a meteorologist at NBC station WMAQ-Channel 5 in Chicago from 2006-2011.  Zee, who has storm chased since college has a genuine pass

In This Episode Guest: Greg Johnson, Storm Chaser and Co-Star of Tornado Hunters TV Series Lightning Round: Guess the Famous Canadian Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: 850 Winds The team discusses if NWS/NOAA Weather Data should be made available to the public and Social Media Forecasters 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? Our Guest Greg Johnson, Storm Chaser and star of Tornado Hunters TV Series Greg Johnson, one of North America’s top professional storm-chasers and severe weather experts, is also an accomplished photographer, speaker and workshop leader. Having graduated from Canada’s renowned Acadia University. With over ten years experience, Johnson enjoys chasing classic prairie thunder and lightning storms, tornados, hurricanes, blizzards, and plans to continue traveling the world year-round to satisfy his appetite for captu

In This Episode Guest: Jeff Piotrowski, Emmy Winning Storm Chaser Lightning Round: $100,000 Pyramid Monument Engraver Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Prepping for 2018 Storm Season The team discusses the new NWS Winter Weather Hazard Simplification Alerts Weather Podcast/Weather Ready Nation Listener Survey 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? Our Guest Jeff Piotrowski, Emmy Winning Storm Chaser Jeff has become a storm chasing legend, documenting and filming well over 900 tornadoes, 24 Hurricanes, ice storms, wild fires and every extreme of mother nature. Jeff’s company, Storm Productions, holds the world’s largest private collection of historic weather events and survivors stories. In 1994 Jeff received an Emmy award for "Day of Tornadoes" for his coverage of the Gainesville TX F2 tornado. If you were one of the 600,000 viewers w

In This Episode Guest: Dan Robinson, storm chaser, photographer and creator of stormhighway.com Lightning Round: The Price is Right – Storm Front Freaks edition Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Supercell types and tornadoes  The team and Dan discuss icy/winter storm road conditions and why people don’t prepare Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do related to weather Listener/Viewer Comments and Questions What’s on our next show? 5 Weeks of Christmas Giveaways – www.twitter.com/stormfrontfreak or www.facebook.com/stormfrontfreaks Mark Jelinek Survey – bit.ly/StormFrontFreaks-WRN Our Guest Dan Robinson, storm chaser and photographer. Dan is a year-round storm chaser and photographer for the last 25 years, covering St. Louis, the Midwest, the Great Plains and beyond. His goal is to capture nature's dramatic side, and in doing so, provide visitors to his site (stormhighway.com) with educational information and exciting photogra

In This Episode Jess and Jen Event Services present EXCLUSIVE Storm Front Freaks Podcast drink recipes to our co-hosts. Holiday Weather Gift Review and Give-away Extravaganza Dan Wallace of Weather Pro Shop Lightning Round: Holiday Family Feud Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Model Forecasting 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 What’s on our next show? Oklahoma Weather Tracker TV Jess and Jen Event Bartender Services Flood Water 1 oz Chambord 1 oz Frangelico 1 oz Godiva Chocolate Liquor 1 shot espresso Squeeze of chocolate syrup ¼ oz half and half Put all ingredients in mixing tin and shake until chill. Strain into martini glass. Blizzard 2 oz Malibu Coconut Rum ½ oz Blue Curacao Pineapple Juice Pour liquor over ice then top off the remainder of the glass with pineapple juice. Kim’s Screen Share 2 strawberries 2 raspberries 2 basil leaves ½ oz simple sy

In This Episode Guest: John Gordon, Meteorologist-In-Charge NWS-Louisville and former Hurricane Hunter. Lightning Round: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-Louisville Slugger Edition Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: 3 Tips to Improve Photography The team discusses the increase in flood deaths and decrease in almost all other natural hazard deaths over the last 30 years. 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 What’s on our next show? Our Guest John Gordon, Meteorologist-In-Charge NWS-Louisville and former Hurricane Hunter. A 22-year NWS veteran, Gordon has held a variety of forecast and management positions in Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri and Tennessee. From beginnings as a meteorologist intern at the forecast office in Jackson, Miss., Gordon worked his way through forecasting and management positions with increasing responsibilities. He is also an aircrew meteorol

In This Episode Guest: Kathryn Prociv, Weather Producer for The Weather Channel’s Weather Underground. Lightning Round: Head to Head Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Guitarists Indiana Chaser Con discount Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Cold Fronts The team discusses the future of amateur radio for storm chasers and spotters 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? Our Guest Kathryn Prociv, Weather Producer for The Weather Channel’s Weather Underground. At The Weather Channel’s Atlanta headquarters, Kathryn Prociv (’11 B.A. and ’12 M.S geography Virginia Tech) is known for her calm demeanor as a weather producer on the set of the channel’s flagship program, “AMHQ” By the time the show airs live at 7 a.m. each weekday, Prociv has been up for nearly six hours preparing and assembling graphics to tell the story of the day’s weather. Prociv secure

In This Episode Guest: Rick Smith, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS-Norman, OK Lightning Round: Elvis Hi or Lo Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Wind Shear Vectors The team discusses the relationship between the National Weather Service and Storm Chasers 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? Our Guest  Rick Smith, Warning Coordinator Meteorologist, NWS-Norman, OK I’m one of the few and the proud to receive a degree from the very short-lived meteorology program at the University of Memphis. While finishing up college, I worked as a Student Volunteer, and then got a paid student position and eventually a full time meteorologist intern position at my hometown NWS office in Memphis. In 1997, I moved to Tulsa, OK to be a forecaster, and moved again in 1999 to work in the NWS Southern Region headquarters in Fort Worth. I was selecte

In This Episode Guest: Jennifer Gray, Meteorologist and Weather Correspondent for CNN Lightning Round: Parenting 101 Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Wall Clouds vs Shelf Clouds The team discusses the mixed messages being sent by TV and social media during tropical storms and hurricanes 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? Our Guest Jennifer Gray, Meteorologist and Weather Correspondent for CNN Jennifer is a meteorologist for CNN based in Atlanta at the network’s global headquarters and has earned the AMS Seal of Approval from the American Meteorology Society. Prior to joining CNN, Gray was the weekend morning show meteorologist and a feature reporter for WTVJ, the NBC affiliate in Miami, where she covered severe weather in the field and helped produce specials that focused on hurricane preparedness and safety. Gray earned her bach

In This Episode Guest: William Cole, Meteorologist and Creator of Oklahoma Weather Tracker TV Lightning Round: Are You Smarter Than An Oklahoma Tracker? Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: The Best Chase Region The team discusses the extremes local and national TV stations go to win the ratings battle 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 Our next guest/show Our Guest  William Cole, meteorologist and creator of Oklahoma Weather Tracker TV. Oklahoma Weather Tracker TV was founded in 2009 as OklahomaWeatherTracker.com.  Founder and Chief Meteorologist William Cole noticed a lack of LIVE online weather information available in Oklahoma.  William made it his goal to change that and OklahomaWeatherTracker.com was launched as a simple and easy to navigate website with minimal advertisements featuring an abundance of Live Oklahoma weather information such as Live Radars

In This Episode Guest: Warren Madden, Hurricane Hunters Recon Coordinator Lightning Round: Worlds of Warcraft Hollywood Squares Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Lightning Photography The team discusses Hurricane Evacuations Brady’s Storm School (Series Finale): Causes of Wind Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show September 16 Twister Memorial for Bill Paxton-Wakita, OK November 18 Indiana Storm Chaser Convention-Danville, IN Our Guest  Warren Madden, meteorologist in the Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination All Hurricanes (CARCAH) unit at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center From 1993 to 1996, Warren was the weekend meteorologist at WHIO-TV in Dayton, OH, followed by ten years at The Weather Channel as an on-air meteorologist. During his years in television, Madden remained in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and, in 1998, joined the Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squa

In This Episode Guest: Isaac Pato and Scott Peake of Basehunters Chasing Lightning Round: Weather Match Game Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Monsoon Pattern Primer The team discusses Storm Chaser Competition Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show Our Guests Basehunters Chasing (Isaac Pato and Scott Peake) Basehunters Chasing is committed to capturing and sharing the most unique severe weather footage and photos on the market. As meteorologists and ‘weather geeks’ we are passionate about forecasting violent weather and promoting community resilience against severe weather hazards. Basehunters Chasing, LLC was founded by Colt Forney, Isaac Pato, Kevin Rolfs and Scott Peake in 2010 to share our chase photography and videography with the world. Selected by Wired.com as Storm Chasers to Follow on Instagram. Basehunters on YouTube Basehunters on Facebook Basehunters on Twitter www.bas

In This Episode Guest: Gary England, Oklahoma TV Weather Legend Lightning Round: Gary England Drinking Game Challenge Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Video Tips The team discusses the future direction of TV Meteorology Brady’s Storm School: Squall Lines Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show Our Guest Gary England, Oklahoma TV Weather Legend In 2015 Gary England was appointed by the Oklahoma Board of Regents as the University of Oklahoma Consulting Meteorologist in Residence.  Well known for his time as a TV Meteorologist with KWTV in Oklahoma City, Gary received four Heartland Emmy awards and has been the recipient of numerous other honors including the prestigious national Edward R. Murrow award for coverage of a tornado event. In 1981, Gary became the first person in history to use Doppler radar for direct warnings to the public.  Besides appearing in the Steven Spielberg mov

In This Episode Guest: Tornado Trackers (Jeff Magnum, Jeremy Hamann, Gabe Cox), Storm Chasers Lightning Round: Newlywed Game Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Storm Photo Camera Settings The team discusses who is driving weather innovation: Private Companies or NOAA/NWS Brady’s Storm School: Heat Waves Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show Our Guests Tornado Trackers, Storm Chasers Jeff Magnum, Austin TX Jeremy Hamann, Denver, CO Gabe Cox, Jacksonville FL Tornado Trackers was founded in May 2013 when three friends created a joint twitter account to keep friends and family updated on chases. Since then, all three have worked together to maintain Tornado Trackers, both in the field and through social media, with the simple goal of sharing their enthusiasm for all things weather. At the heart of what they do lies a complete fascination with storms and a genuine excitement to be a p

In This Episode Guest: Jim Cantore, On-Air Meteorologist on The Weather Channel Lightning Round: Yankee Nicknames Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Storm Photo Composition The team discusses who is driving weather innovation: Private Companies or NOAA/NWS Brady’s Storm School: Rip Currents Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show Our Guest Jim Cantore, On-Air Meteorologist on The Weather Channel. Jim Cantore is one of the most recognized faces in weather. Known for his live reports from severe weather events.  He has covered every major weather event during the past 25 years, including Hurricanes Katrina and Irene and Superstorm Sandy.  A native of White River Junction, VT, Cantore graduated with a bachelor's degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College (Lyndonville, VT) where he returns each year to work with students in the meteorology program. The Weather Channel hired Cantore

In This Episode Guest: Mark Sudduth, hurricane chaser and founder of HurricaneTrack.com Lightning Round: Hurricane or Supermodel? Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Chase Equipment The team discusses need for new hurricane rating system Brady’s Storm School: Green Skies Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show Our Guest Mark Sudduth, founder of HurricaneTrack.com Mark has been studying the impacts of hurricanes for 22 years and his team deploy remotely operated, unmanned camera systems to stream and capture live video of hurricane effects. The video is saved "in the cloud" and later retrieved for analysis including time lapse research and educational uses. In addition, Mark has worked to collect wind and pressure data during tropical storm and hurricane landfall events and has contributed numerous reports to the National Hurricane Center both operationally and post-cyclone. www.Hurri

In This Episode Guest: Conor Clancy, Storm Chasing Photojournalist and Creator of the “Behind The Bear’s Cage” project Lightning Round: Star Wars Family Feud Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: Night Chasing The team discusses safety certification for storm chasers Brady’s Storm School: Wall Cloud Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show Our Guest Conor Clancy, Photographer and Storm Chaser Photojournalist of the project: Behind the Bears Cage Based in the Philadelphia metro area, Conor may one of the only photographers who holds a BA in Theatre Production & Management (Marymount Manhattan College, 2011). Initially focusing on live music photography, Clancy later branched out to explore portraits, travel photography, and most recently, photojournalism with his personal storm chasing project, "Behind The Bear's Cage." He's had the honor of capturing musicians such as Bombay Bicycle

In this Episode Guest: Ari Sarsalari, Meteorologist on The Weather Channel App’s “The Ari Effect” Lightning Round: Drummer Switch Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner (TBA) The team discusses the future of weather media Brady’s Storm School: Lightning Safety Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Our next guest/show HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to Storm Front Freaks Podcast Our Guest Ari Sarsalari, Meteorologist on The Weather Channel App’s “The Ari Effect” On-Camera meteorologist at The Weather Channel and host of The Ari Effect. Specializing in severe weather coverage. Graduate of The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science. @AriWeather on Twitter Sponsor: www.SevereStreaming.com of www.SevereStudios.com Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner: www.TorndaoTitans.com Article: Report: Future of the local TV market by Bill Va Sponsor: www.WeatherProShop.com of Severe Weather