Follow along as Lead Forecaster Henry Luker and Assistant Lead Forecaster Jeff Wilcox are attending the National Weather Association’s National Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK October 16th – 23rd, 2015. Henry will be live tweeting all this week as they attend various presentations and chat with other fellow weather geeks from across the country. …
Category: POLYGON
POLYGON Issuance #13 Henry’s Pizza is late
Another issuance of POLYGON this week brought us to Mike Cox who is a staff meteorologist for the Radio Group owned by the Appalachian Educational Communications Corp. in Bristol TN. We discussed how he got into weather and how he lost his love for weather and went into broadcasting first before heading full circle back …
POLYGON Issuance #12 Went Viral Times Two
This issuance of POLYGON on Friday May 23rd talked with Matt Laubhan, the chief meteorologist at WTVA in Tupelo MS where he has been since 2011. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas. He interned at KMBC in Kansas City MO under Bryan Busby before taking his talents south to the Texas Panhandle …
POLYGON Issuance #11 Inside the Bear’s Cage
Another Episode of POLYGON this week delved into storm chasing with Chicago based storm chaser Adam Lucio. He has storm chased since 2004 and has chased in the Plains (or outside the area around Chicago since 2006) He has seen around 100 tornadoes in his chasing as of this past week. We discussed numerous topics …
POLYGON Issuance #9 Nate: Whereabouts Unknown
Another Issuance of POLYGON brought Nate Johnson, meteorologist from WRAL in Raleigh North Carolina to the program live from his car. Discussion was on radar and being calm during tornado warnings which co-host Jeff was not this past Sunday during a tornado warning near his house. Discussions on radar on how some stations use it …
POLYGON Issuance #8 Time to Look Back
POLYGON Issuance #8B (actually the 8th episode due to numbering issues earlier) on April 25th brought together Jason Simpson, the chief meteorologist at WHNT 19 in Huntsville AL and Mike Wilhelm, a storm chaser also from Huntsville AL. The discussion was on the April 27th 2011 outbreak that occurred in the southern United States, that …
POLYGON Issuance #7 Fishing Through Minnesota Meteorology
In the 8th Issuance of POLYGON (actually the 7th), Randy Brock, the chief meteorologist from KTTC in Rochester MN joined the group. He is a native Minnesotan. He went to school at Metropolitan State College in Denver and then got his first job in the Texas Panhandle in Amarillo TX. He then came home to …
POLYGON Issuance #6 What’s Going on at WSI?
In the 6th Issuance of POLYGON on April 11th, Jim Politis joined Henry for a discussion on the goings on at WSI, where Jim works. Jim, a former meteorologist at WCAX in Burlington VT and KIMT in Mason City Iowa, is now a beta tester for Weather Services International, aka WSI, who is the leading …
POLYGON Issuance #5 Tree Roots vs Sewer Lines
In the 5th Issuance of POLYGON we welcome our Horticulturist Derek McKay into the POLYGON. We discussed a wide range of topics regarding gardening, trees, bushes and what to plant now and what not to plant. There was considerable discussion on trees and possible pests like the Emerald Ash Borer that may kill many of the Ash …
POLYGON Issuance #3 Life as an Alabama TV Meteorologist
For the re-premiere of POLYGON after an eight month layoff we brought you the legend of Alabama Weather James Spann into the POLYGON this week. We talked with him about several topics including warnings, outbreaks, the snow storm in January down south and several other things. Many things you’ve heard James say before on the …