Guest: Dr. Robin Murphy, Professor at Texas A&M University

With many natural disasters it takes time to fully understand the scope of the devastation. We have seen that countless times over the past few years with landfalling major hurricanes. The way that we currently assess storm damage is sufficient, but AI has recently changed the game in the way natural disasters are assessed. Joining us today is Dr. Robin Murphy, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University joins us to discuss how AI is playing a role in the assessment of natural disasters.

Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction to AI in Disaster Assessment
2. 03:18 The Evolution of Robotics and AI in Disaster Response
3. 05:44 The Role of Drones in Damage Assessment
4. 09:18 Real-Time Data Collection and Analysis
5. 16:27 Scaling AI for Large-Scale Disasters
6. 19:55 Unexpected Flooding and Rapid Response
7. 22:44 Advancements in AI and Operational Use
8. 25:48 Applications Beyond Hurricanes: Tornadoes and More
9. 28:30 Future of AI in Damage Assessment
10. 35:12 Conclusion and Future Directions

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Guest: Dave Titley, Co-Founder of RV Weather Enterprises

Description: When you’re traveling somewhere, whether it’s on vacation or for business, odds are you are just going to check your phone’s weather app to let you know if you need to pack an umbrella or a heavier jacket at your destination. But what about traveling by RV the entire distance? Your journey could be plagued with weather impacts and you’re not going to want to check your phone app over and over and over. You’re going to want to turn to the RV weather experts! Our guest today is a friend of the show who has taken his 30+ years of meteorological experience and is giving it back to RV travelers across the country.

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Guest: Everette Joseph, Director of NCAR

Description: We have the NWS, NOAA. and NCEI, but another very valuable member of the meteorological alphabet soup is NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research! However, NCAR is not constricted by any government regulations, so they are free to dissect the atmosphere as they please. However, they have a mission to uphold, just like our government organizations, to understand the world around and above us so they can indirectly protect future lives and property. Today on Weather Geeks, we have the Director of NCAR Everette Joseph to chat about atmospheric research in the past, present and future!

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Guest: Evan Fisher

As the summer season turns to cooler fall temperatures, the annual passage of time is marked by the changing of the leaves. Whether you're leaf peeping in New England or hiking to see fall colors across the Rockies, the weather will play a huge role in how those fall colors turn out and when the’ll start to turn. Joining us today is Evan Fisher, creator of ExploreFall.com, to talk about this colorful transition of seasons, and about how he’s merging science and data presentation to make a more accessible foliage forecast available. 

Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction and Background
2. 02:58 Creating Fall Foliage Maps
3. 08:00 Using AI and Deep Learning for Fall Foliage Forecasting
4. 10:03 Challenges and Limitations in Fall Foliage Forecasting
5. 15:13 Microclimates and Tree Types
6. 19:54 The Impact of Climate Change on Fall Foliage
7. 26:01 The Role of GIS in Fall Foliage Analysis

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Guest: Roy Wright, President & CEO of IBHS

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. After a natural disaster strikes a community, it takes a lot of time to recover, since you have to not only rebuild the infrastructure but also allow the people to rebound mentally and physically. However, some communities along the Gulf Coast do not get the luxury of extended recovery, as they are struck by compound disasters. What are those, and what can we do to improve mitigation and adaptation of these vulnerable communities so we don’t get fooled twice? We brought Roy Wright from IBHS on the show today to discuss…

Chapters

1. 00:00 Understanding Compound Disasters
2. 10:11 The National Academies Report on Gulf Disasters
3. 18:45 Community Engagement and Insights
4. 26:13 Key Recommendations for Future Preparedness
5. 32:57 The Role of IBHS in Disaster Mitigation

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As Hurricane Milton bears down on the state of Florida, Dr. Matt Sitkowski and Dr. Greg Postel of The Weather Channel sit down to discuss this prolific storm.

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Guest: Dr. Matt Bilskie, Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia

A lot of our Weather Geeks listeners will remember the classic game show, “Press Your Luck” and living in a city along the Gulf or Atlantic coastlines is a lot like playing it! Every single hurricane season, you are hoping that you can make it across the board without hitting a Whammy. But sometimes, Mother Nature isn’t so kind and she could hit you with the Triple Whammy from a landfalling hurricane, which is scientifically called compound flooding! What is that and how can we mitigate against it? Our guest today Dr. Matt Bilskie has been working on methods to better assess this threat so your family and property can be safe and you don’t have to continue pressing your luck…

Chapters

1. 00:00 Living on the Coast: Playing Press Your Luck
2. 06:55 The Hazards of Water in Hurricanes
3. 07:02 Understanding Compound Flooding
4. 19:42 Mitigating Compound Flooding with Nature-Based Solutions
5. 25:27 Future Floods and Climate Change

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Guest: Bill Haskell, Artist

Artists and musicians will often cite a muse as their inspiration for their works of art, which is usually a love interest or dreams of success. But what about the weather? Can it be a muse? For us Weather Geeks, we find inspiration in the weather in every single model run and supercell structure, and it turns out that we aren’t the only ones! Today on the show we have Bill Haskell to discuss how he incorporates the weather around him into his beautiful landscape paintings.

Chapters

1. 00:00 Finding Inspiration in Weather
2. 02:14 The Power of Weather in Art
3. 07:45 Tornadoes as Metaphors
4. 13:01 The Appeal of Tornado Paintings
5. 18:32 The Smallness of Humanity
6. 23:17 Incorporating Weather in Art

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Guest: Scott Rayder, President of Lynker

Here on the Weather Geeks podcast, we don’t have to remind you what NOAA is and how they work every single day to protect life and property. But there are a lot of others out there who have never even heard of NOAA and don’t truly understand where their weather forecasts come from. They may be surprised that The Weather Channel or their favorite mobile phone app isn’t the one issuing a tornado warning for their area! NOAA does it all, and they need the funding in order to keep doing it, and unfortunately, they aren’t getting enough of it. On the show today we have former NOAA Chief of Staff Scott Rayder to discuss why more funding is desperately needed before it’s too late…

Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction
2. 08:12 Advancements in Weather Forecasting
3. 14:54 The Evolving Landscape of Weather Modeling
4. 30:59 Recognizing and Supporting NOAA's Critical Work
5. 37:42 Conclusion

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Guest: Dr. Jeremy Werdell, Oceanographer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

From the smallest plankton to the grandest cloud formations, the PACE mission is poised to capture the breathtaking complexity of Earth's interconnected ecosystems. PACE stands for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem. It's a mission that transcends mere scientific curiosity; it's a rallying cry in the face of our planet's most urgent environmental challenges. By unraveling the mysteries of Earth's ecosystems, PACE equips us with the knowledge and tools needed to confront these challenges head-on. On the show today, we have Project Scientist Dr. Jeremy Werdell to break down the mission and why it’s so important for the future of our planet…

Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction to the PACE Mission
2. 06:16 The Importance of Studying Sea and Sky
3. 07:42 Aerosols: Understanding Atmospheric Particles
4. 14:51 Clouds: Their Role in Climate and Interactions
5. 20:35 Instruments of the PACE Mission
6. 26:34 Early Success and Data Release
7. 34:27 Looking Ahead: Discovery and Interconnectedness

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Guest: Dr. Jordan Schnell, Research Associate for CIRES at CU Boulder; NOAA GSL

You know the Phil Collins song that goes “I can feel it coming in the air tonight?” Well that’s how allergy sufferers feel when they see the trees starting to bloom again in the spring! It signals the return of pollen, which can be debilitating to millions of people. And that can even extend into the summer with ragweed and grass pollen! Scientists at NOAA have developed a brand new pollen forecast that can both help those with allergies live a sneeze-free life, but can also model how pollen particles move around in and interact with our atmosphere. Today on the show we have Dr. Jordan Schnell to discuss this exciting new product and other air quality hot topics…

Chapters

1. 00:00 The Impact of Pollen on Allergy Sufferers and the Development of a New Forecast
2. 04:03 Dr. Jordan Schnell: Research, Air Quality, and Electric Vehicles
3. 15:38 Modeling Pollen and Its Interaction with Weather
4. 26:11 Impact of Pollen on Weather
5. 33:29 The Future of Pollen Forecasting
6. 42:54 Innovative Projects at Ceres

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