Episode Details

Since information could travel faster than the weather we've strived to predict the weather more accurately into the future. Joel Housman joins John to dig deep into just how hard weather prediction can be and why.
With Joel Housman and John Chidgey.

Related Links:

• Weather Forecasting
• Synoptic Scale Meterology
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Dark Sky: A Weather App To Keep You Dry (Review)
• Weather Data and Content Sources
• Numerical Weather Prediction
• Ensemble Forecasting
• Weather Balloons
• Monte Carlo (Method)
• Tropical Cyclone Scales
• Tornados
• Cyclone Joy
• Cyclone Oswald
• Historical Huricane Tracks
• Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
• Fujita Tornado Damage Scale
• NOAA’s Weather Supercomputers Get Massive Upgrade
• Why are snowstorm forecasts sometimes so wrong?
• The Secrets of Weather Forecast Models, Exposed
• How Do Weather Models Work?

Weather Apps Joel and John Use:

• RadarScope
• Dark Sky
• Today Weather
• Pocket Weather Australia and their blog post

Movies Mentioned in this Episode:

• Twister
• Jurassic Park
• Sharknado

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