Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain comes to us by way of a suggestion from friend of the podcast and WeatherBrains veteran Kevin Laws. Randy Bowers currently serves as the Severe Weather Program Lead at the National Weather Service, a role that involves strategic planning, technical execution, and maintaining operational consistency across all severe weather services. Before this position, he worked in forecast operations at offices in Indianapolis, Norman (OK), Amarillo (TX), and others. His primary interests lie in mesoscale meteorology and radar, and he has participated in several testbeds aimed at advancing forecasting techniques and technologies. Randy, we’re delighted to have you with us tonight.

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• Nashville April 16th, 1998 tornado (10:30)
• April 8th, 1998 Birmingham, AL F5 and complications with nighttime tornadoes (13:30)
• Randy's A Day In The Life (23:30)
• Ongoing major projects at the NWS (25:00)
• Moving forward with weather apps in the future (29:00)
• "Do No Harm" standard with new weather technology (31:00)
• Indefinite holding pattern with NWS app timeline (40:00)
• Household penetration of weather radios (44:30)
• Twelve minute lead time is not sufficient to move patients to safety in a hospital/Manufactured home residents (56:00)
• Remote mesoanalysis program (58:30)
• FAR/Excessive severe thunderstorm warnings (01:01:00)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:23:50)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:26:00)
• E-Mail Segment (No segment this week - stay tuned!)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1027:

Alabama Weather Network

Picks of the Week:

Randy Bowers - NSSL Warn-On Forecast

Kevin Laws - Texas Tech University Dr. Ted Fujita Archival Records

James Aydelott - James Aydelott on Facebook: Snowplow photo

Jen Narramore - Foghorn

Rick Smith - Weather Safety Information For Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Troy Kimmel - WPC Experimental Urban Rain Rate Dashboard (URRD)

Kim Klockow-McClain - U.S. Senate: Nominations Confirmed (Civilian)

John Gordon - UPS Fog Technique

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Experienced hunters found dead in Conejos County last week were struck by lightning, authorities say

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.

Tonight's show comes to you from the 2025 NWA Annual Meeting in Huntsville at the Von Braun Civic Center.

Janice Bunting is the Executive Director of the NWA stops by first to talk to the panel. She's pulled off an amazing event this year under trying circumstances. Throughout the evening, other notable leaders in the weather industry will also stop by to chat with our panel about this year’s meeting — sharing their insights, highlights, and what it all means for the future of meteorology.

Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.

• Bob Baron and other sponsors of the Annual Meeting (04:20)
• Roadmap for the NWA going forward (07:30)
• Louis Uccellini talks about the initial NWA in the early days of the organization (27:00)
• Force multiplier nature of social media (45:00)
• Panel discussion with industry's leading digital meteorologists (59:00)
• Hand-drawn animations for the conference (01:06:00)
• Goals for the upcoming year in NWA (01:10:00)
• Cooperation with AMS (01:14:00)
• Nate Johnson discusses student support within the organization (01:26:00)
• Nate's IWT (Integrated Warning Team) takeaways (01:30:30)
• Dr. Chuck Graves stops by to chat with the panel (01:48:00)
• The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:54:55)
• This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:57:05)
• E-Mail Segment (No segment this week - STAY TUNED!)
• and more!

Web Sites from Episode 1025:

Alabama Weather Network

Picks of the Week:

James Aydelott - James Aydelott photographed in back of patrol car

Jen Narramore - Foghorn

Rick Smith - Out

Troy Kimmel - Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain - Foghorn

John Gordon - A New Spin On Waterspout Forecasting (Published August 2014)

John Gordon - A Waterspout Forecasting Technique

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - FCC Proposes Modernization of the Nation's Alerting Systems

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, John Gordon, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.