Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is a Climatologist at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), specializing in climate data, analysis, severe weather research, and improving access to historical weather data sets.  Jared Rennie, welcome back to the show!

Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.

Health of NCEI Database post-Helene (07:45) Pre-Helene North Carolina heavy rain event (16:30) Limitations on forecasting impacts of significant severe weather (29:45) Compound hazards/Cascading disasters (33:00) What would a successful evacuation look like in coastal areas?  (39:40) Public reaction concerning the messaging of Helene's effects (01:09:00) Hurricane Oscar and it's surprises with forecasters/modeling (01:22:23) The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (01:18:20) This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:20:40) E-Mail Segment (No segment this week) National Weather Round-Up (01:21:45) and more!

Web Sites from Episode 979:

Jared Rennie on X

Picks of the Week:

Jared Rennie - Project Jupyter

Jared Rennie - North Carolina continues to search for Helene victims after monster storm - 60 Minutes

James Aydelott - Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

Jen Narramore - Out

Rick Smith - Out

Neil Jacobs - List of NOAA Open Data Dissemination Program Datasets

Troy Kimmel - Foghorn

Kim Klockow-McClain - Hurricane Helene: Storm Decision Fatigue Is Getting to Me

Bill Murray - Foghorn

James Spann - Spann Says - Substack

The WeatherBrains crew includes your host, James Spann, plus other notable geeks like Troy Kimmel, Bill Murray, Rick Smith, James Aydelott, Jen Narramore, Dr. Neil Jacobs, and Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain. They bring together a wealth of weather knowledge and experience for another fascinating podcast about weather.