WeatherBrains 1055: Like Bad Plumbing

About this episode

The episode discusses Tampa Bay weather with Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay and Brian LaMarre, covering various meteorological topics and challenges in the region.

Tonight's show is all about Tampa Bay and the west central gulf coast of Florida. We are excited to have Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay from Spectrum Bay News 9 and Brian LaMarre former NWS MIC from Tampa Bay for many years! This is second of many upcoming WeatherBrains episodes focusing on various media weather markets around the country. On Episode 1030 last October we focused on Kansas City with Bryan Busby and Joe Lauria. On June 15, we will have a show dedicated to the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex weather enterprise. Mike and Brian will discuss forecasting sea breezes, marine weather, Tampa Bay tropical cyclone challenges and much more. Mike and Brian, welcome to WeatherBrains! Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com. Origins of Inspire Weather (11:30) Prolific Florida lightning shows (20:00) Magnetrons vs Klystrons explained (22:30) Relationship between media and NWS in various TV markets (25:00) Origins of NWS chat (29:30) Tampa's hurricane close calls (32:30) 1985's Hurricane Elena bizarre track (46:00) Non-tropical Florida tornado outbreaks (53:30) What is Florida red tide? (01:07:00)…

People in this episode

Guests: Mike Clay, Brian LaMarre

Topics covered

• Tampa Bay weather
• tropical cyclones
• marine weather
• Florida tornadoes
• media and NWS relationship
• lightning shows
• hurricane history

Keywords

• Tampa Bay
• tropical cyclone
• marine weather
• Florida tornado
• lightning
• NWS
• hurricane
• red tide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spectrum Bay News 9

Places: Tampa Bay, Florida, Dallas Fort Worth, Gulf Coast, Kansas City

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