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Earth Sciences · Jan Ryherd & Kaj O'Mara

Weathered Questions

by Jan Ryherd & Kaj O'Mara

Ever wonder why the sky turns green during severe weather, how meteorologists develop a forecast or what that chance for precipitation really means? Weathered Questions is your go-to podcast for engaging yet educational answers to all your meteorological curiosities, whether you are a curious student, a self proclaimed weather geek or just someone who wants to understand the world of weather around you.  Each episode, Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Jan Ryherd and Certified Broadcast and Consulting Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara bring expert insight to everyday weather questions submitted by you, the listeners. We'll break down complex meteorological concepts into simple yet captivating conversations, helping you feel more informed, prepared, and maybe even a little in awe of the atmosphere around us.  Got a question on your radar? Send it our way (weatheredquestions@gmail.com) and be sure to subscribe and tune in for the answer.

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Position in the Earth Sciences chart (US), last 90 days.

#8
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Latest episodes

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Weathered Questions 6.1

In this week's episode: tornado ratings, rain and snow at "off" temperatures, EF-5 ratings, are storms gettings stronger, and hurricane names.  Submit your Weathere

Sep 2
25 min

Weathered Questions 5.11

In this week's episode: changing forecasts, rain with no clouds, air mass boundaries, differences between tornadoes and hurricanes and forecast preciseness.  Submit

Aug 25
28 min

Weathered Questions 5.10

In this week's episode: training storms, morning storms, mountain rain, SPC outlooks, and the weather side-effects of permanent daylight saving. Submit your Weather

Aug 18
28 min

Weathered Questions 5.9

In this week's episode: the LLJ, heat index, why the is sky blue (and why it sometimes isn't!) and point rainfall totals.  Submit your Weathered Questions to w

Aug 11
26 min

Weathered Questions 5.8

In this week's episode: heavy rain, turning clouds, future radar, radar sources, radar modes, wall clouds, and a hurricane season check-in. Submit your Weathered Qu

Aug 4
26 min

Weathered Questions 5.7

In this week's episode: weather on the radar but not the ground, safe shelter from extreme weather in a mobile home, weaker or shorter lived nighttime tornadoes, tor

Jul 21
27 min

Weathered Questions 5.6

In this week's episode: normal temperatures, dew point, summer hail, and areal floods.  Submit your Weathered Questions to weatheredquestions@gmail.com for Jan & Ka

Jul 14
26 min

Weathered Questions 5.5

In this week's episode: aviation weather: turbulence, viewing clouds from an airplane, why can't airplanes fly through storms, airlines and weather data.  Subm

Jun 30
27 min

Weathered Questions 5.4

In this week's episode: cyclical weather patterns, funnel clouds and rotation, watches & warnings polygons, outdoor warning sirens and WEAs.  Submit your Weathered

Jun 23
26 min

Weathered Questions 5.3

In this week's episode: thunder, US vs European weather, El Nino and rain or drought.  Submit your Weathered Questions to weatheredquestions@gmail.com for Jan & Kaj

Jun 16
26 min

Weathered Questions 5.2

In this week's episode: All things radar - types of radar, what meteorologists look for, what gets picked up that isn't weather, radar artifacts.  Submit your

Jun 9
27 min

Weathered Questions 5.1

In this week's episode: heat, humidity, heat waves and mugginess and rare weather phenomena. Submit your Weathered Questions to weatheredquestions@gmail.com for Jan

Jun 2
26 min

Weathered Questions 4.12

In this week's episode: cloud iridescence, weather experiments, CoCoRahs weather reporting, warmth of sunshine and outflow boundaries.  Submit your Weathered Questi

May 19
28 min

Weathered Questions 4.11

In this week's episode, and as a follow-up to 4.1, we pull back the curtain on life as a broadcast meteorologist: morning met schedules, important non-science classe

May 12
27 min

Weathered Questions 4.10

In this week's episode: predicting the weather based on clouds, meteorology tools, different rain types, why some storms produce hail while others produce wind and t

May 5
27 min

Weathered Questions 4.9

In this week's episode: cirrocumulus and altocumulus clouds, the perfect date, lightning fatalities, dangerous sports, estimated precipitation timing. Submit your W

Apr 28
27 min

Weathered Questions 4.8

In this week's episode: special guest Dr. Tim Sagers joins Jan and Kaj to to explore how weather impacts health, including joint pain, migraines, mood, sneezing and

Apr 21
26 min

Weathered Questions 4.7

In this week's episode: Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds, biggest one day temperatures swing, hardest places to predict the weather and the hardest weather to predict an

Apr 14
27 min

Weathered Questions 4.6

In this week's episode: asperitas clouds, why snow melts around trees first, spring robins, what is "normal" when it comes to weather.  Submit your Weathered Questi

Apr 8
27 min

Weathered Questions 4.5

In this week's episode: lenticular clouds, what stops a tornado, temperatures needed for tornadoes, typography and tornadoes, and Easter folklore.  Submit your Weat

Mar 31
29 min

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