About this episode
This episode features discussions on Colorado weather with expert guests including the State Climatologist and CoCoRaHS representatives.
This week's episode of WeatherBrains is all about Colorado weather! Tonight's show features Guest WeatherBrain and Colorado State Climatologist Dr. Russ Schumacher. He's also a Professor at Colorado State University and is Director of the Colorado Climate Center. He's been involved in extreme precipitation, weather prediction, and is the guru of Colorado weather. Dr. Schumaker, welcome to the show! Second Guest WeatherBrain is the project manager of CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network). He is the CoCoRaHS East Central Region Illinois State Coordinator and has been an active observer in Illinois for over 19 years. He retired as the director of the MRCC and is a big fan of winter weather. Steve Hilberg , thanks for joining us tonight! Third Guest WeatherBrain Noah Newman is a Research Associate with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University. He's been the Education Coordinator at CoCoRaHS since 2008, and has teaching experience from astronomy to rocketry to various Earth sciences. Noah, welcome to WeatherBrains! Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com…
People in this episode
Guests: Dr. Russ Schumacher, Steve Hilberg, Noah Newman
Topics covered
- Colorado weather
- climatology
- precipitation
- weather prediction
- CoCoRaHS
- meteorology
Keywords
- Colorado weather
- climatologist
- CoCoRaHS
- precipitation
- meteorology
- snowfall
- hail
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Colorado State University, Colorado Climate Center, CoCoRaHS
Places: Illinois, Colorado
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