On this year's episode, Becky, Jimmy, and Joel are all joined once again by Dan to talk about the upcoming snow storm due to arrive this week. They also discuss lobster wind, bidets, and toilet paper habits.   Show Notes! Accuweather - Major winter storm could unload 2 feet of snow or more in places Capital Weather Gang - D.C. region faces heavy snow, ice and flooding Wednesday from major Mid-Atlantic storm  

On this week's show, Jimmy is on a work trip so Becky and Joel are joined by Mihn Phan and Castle Williams from the WeatherHype podcast.   Show Notes!   Weather Hype - http://www.weatherhypepodcast.com/ National Weather Podcast Month - https://weatherpodcastmonth.com Pew Research Center - For Local News, Americans Embrace Digital but Still Want Strong Community Connection NOAA Storm Surge Overview - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/surge/ Impact 360 Alliance - https://impact360alliance.org Music by dodie - "There's A Storm Coming Tonight"

On this week's episode, Joel, Jimmy, and Becky talk about the bomb cyclone current in progress in the midwest known as Ulmer.   Show Notes! National Weather Podcast Month #NWPM Joel was a guest on Weather Brains Episode 685 80 MPH gust in Amarillo TX blows over a tractor-trailer truck. And another one. Colorado Springs wind gust up to 97 MPH. Train Derailment near Logan, NM. Annotated map explaining the formation of the bomb cyclone. Dust showing up on GOES-17 blowing up from eastern Texas.  

On this week's episode, Becky's husband Dan DePodwin joins us to discuss historical cold snaps like the one we just experienced.    Show Notes! Devastation of the FL Citrus Crop in 1894/1895 https://medium.com/florida-history/the-great-freezes-1894-95-and-the-collapse-of-the-florida-orange-industry-7442e5d75337 December 29 1984 (18 Orlando; 24 West Palm) 1899 Cold Snap http://appalachianmagazine.com/2017/01/17/the-coldest-day-in-american-history/ Official Monthly Weather Review from the Weather Bureau https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/Monthly-Weather-Review-February-1899.pdf February 13th TLH -2F w/snow + capitol snowball fights MIA sub 30 (29) - only recorded a lower temperature twice Lexington, VA 70”; only a few hours drive away :) Port of NO completely frozen causing significant economical challenges Partially responsible for recession in June to 1901 Virginia (6th coldest February on record) -3 Richmond -12 Alexandria Frost in Cuba 1936 Cold and Heat February 1936 - Coldest Feb on record, narrowingly beating 1899. The average temperature in Devils Lake for a five-week period ending Feb. 21, 1936 was -21. McIntosh, S.D., hit -58, Jordan, Mont. -60 and Sceptre, Sask., -63. The Minot Daily News reported on Feb. 17, 1936, that “the cold spell that has brought sub-zero weather for 46 days will hold sway” for a few more days. According to the NWS Minot averaged 32 degrees below normal throughout February 1936. Relief came in the form of temperatures ranging from -10 to -20, or 50 to 60 degrees less than what the Minot area has been experiencing this winter. 121 degree record experienced in ND on July 6 (Steele, ND). - http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2016/02/1936-coldest-winter-ever/ Followed by one of the most extreme summers on record. 5000 deaths Some low temps above 90 100 degrees on 8 consecutive days at Midway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_North_American_heat_wave https://blog.genealogybank.com/were-having-a-heat-wave-your-ancestors-miserable-summer-of-1936.html 1985 Cold Wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_1985_cold_wave Coldest morning (-18) in Pittsburgh since 1899.   1986 Challenger Disaster   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_wave   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

On this week's show we discuss tornados throughout the year in 2018. Ian Livingston and Katie Wheatley join Becky, Jimmy, and Joel to review the overall muted tornado season.  Show Notes! Tri-state Tornado 2018 will be the first year with no violent tornadoes in the United States Rare December tornado rips into homes in Seattle area The biggest tornado events of 2018 An overview of the modern tornado record, 1950 through present (maps) Ian & Katie's website: USTornadoes.com Storm Prediction Center Ian's Twitter: @islivingston Katie's Twitter: @mapgirl18

Its the beginning of Season Two! On this week's show we discuss last winter vs this winter snow total predictions as well as talk about another El Nino, the "polar vortex", the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).   Show Notes! Winter 2018 - 2019 Last winter's prediction results. The North Atlantic Oscillation Global Patterns: Arctic & North Atlantic Oscillations FiveThirtyEight Forecasts The National Dog Show This year's snow predictions: Jimmy @ Richmond Airport: 37 inches Becky @ Penn State U: 42 inches Joel @ Dulles Airport: 46 inches Current Arctic Oscillation Status Current North Atlantic Oscillation Status    

This week on the show the gang talks about the recent Nor'easters and what causes them.   Show Notes!   Show predictions before Winter: Joel:  25" for Dulles Becky: 43" for State College Jimmy:  8" for Richmond Airport   Actual measured snowfall: Dulles: 11.8” State College: 14.9” Richmond: 12.4” Jimmy guessed the amount closest to actual, so he wins. Wikipedia: Nor'easter Why Are There Suddenly So Many Nor'Easters? Accuweather: What is a Nor'easter? Dakota Smith, aka @weatherdak's The Four Nor'easters of March GIF. This week's music if the Revival March by John Phillips Sousa.   March is National Weather Podcast month! There are a lot of other great weather podcasts participating in this program that we want you to check out as well. Please go to weatherpodcastmonth.com to check them out.    

On this week's show, Becky, Jimmy, and Joel talk about the upcoming cold weather pattern that is going to affect most of the US for the next couple weeks, how we did for snowfall predictions from last winter, and our predictions for the upcoming winter.   Show Notes!   Winter Weather Predicitons: NOAA Accuweather Wunderground The Weather Channel Capital Weather Gang Climate.gov The Farmer's Bullshitbook Almanac November La Nina Update Ryan Maue's GFS GIF NOAA's Winter Outlook Snow Predictions: Joel:  25" for Dulles Becky: 43" for State College Jimmy:  8" for Richmond Airport

On this week's episode, Becky, Jimmy and Joel cover Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath as well as Hurricane Irma, the impact the storm has had so far and what is expected to come. Show Notes! Becky's Irma Twitter List Beck's Facebook Stormblog Hurricane Harvey LANDFALL The forgotten but freakish damage from Hurricane Harvey’s eyewall in Rockport, Tex. FLOODING Harvey marks the most extreme rain event in U.S. history Texas flood disaster: Harvey has unloaded 9 trillion gallons of water The Houston Flooding Pushed the Earth's Crust Down 2 Centimeters TORNADOES FROM HARVEY http://www.ustornadoes.com/2017/08/30/hurricane-harveys-tornado-action/ HARVEY RELIEF FUND Global Giving Harvey Relief FORECASTING Forecasts for Harvey were excellent but show where predictions can improve Incredible meteorological imagery from Hurricane Harvey GOES-16 HAVEY IMAGERY 2017/08/24 - Harvey restrengthens into a Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico - Geocolor - HTML5 Loop 2017/08/25 - 30-second imagery showing powerful Hurricane Harvey approach the Texas Coast - Band 2 Visible - HTML5 Loop 2017/08/28 - Band 13 IR Summary of Harvey from 8/25 to 8/28 - tremendous amounts of rain in southeast Texas - HTML5 Loop 2017/08/31 - Brown flood waters streaming from Galveston Bay into the Gulf - Geocolor - HTML5 Loop Hurricane Irma TRACK NHC Irma Track Category 5 Irma stays on perilous path toward Florida; hurricane watch issued Hot Water Ahead for Hurricane Irma Irma vs Andrew - https://twitter.com/JoelNihlean/status/905845846687789058/photo/1 LANDFALL How to prepare for Hurricane Irma The Storm Reaches Puerto Rico: ‘There Is Nothing Like This GOES-16 IRMA IMAGERY: GOES-16 vs GOES-13 A GOES-16 Look at the Ferocious Hurricane Irma NASA SPoRT Twitter Account Post Image Image courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Astronaut Randy Bresnik took this photo of Tropical Storm Harvey from the International Space Station on Aug. 28 at 1:27 p.m. CDT. Music Outro music is "Muddy Water" by The Seldom Scene. Sponsor This episode is sponsored by Audible. You can get a free audiobook download and a 30 day free trial at audibletrial.com/icestationhousman. With over 180,000 titles to choose from, you wont have difficulty in finding something you'll enjoy. Thanks for your support. 

On this week's episode, our dynamic trio cover a number of topics including NASA's Juno probe flyby of Jupiter, recent flash flooding, weather twitter, a rogue ice berg, and the upcoming solar eclipse. Music: This week's outro music was "I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet" by Carol King. Sponsors:  This week's episode is sponsored by Audible. You can get a free audiobook download and a 30 day free trial at audibletrial.com/icestationhousman. With over 180,000 titles to choose from, you wont have difficulty in finding something you'll enjoy. Thanks for your support.   Show Notes! LARSON ICE SHELF BREAK OFF One of the biggest icebergs in recorded history just broke loose from Antarctica FLASH FLOODING IN ARIZONA Arizona flash flood sweeps away family relaxing in swimming hole, killing 9 JUNO'S GREAT RED SPOT PICTURES Juno’s Great Red Spot pics are amazing! Here are some fun facts about Jupiter’s giant storm. UPCOMING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON AUGUST 21ST, 2017 Map of totality path.