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Thursday: Lightning is possible Thursday afternoon and night.
Friday: Lightning is possible Friday and Friday evening. Some storms could produce gusty winds.
Saturday: No.
Sunday: No
Monday: N0t at this time.
Tuesday: Not at this time. I am monitoring the chance of lightning Tuesday and Tuesday night.
Wednesday: No
Thursday: No

Friday through Monday

Is lightning in the forecast? Yes: Late Thursday night into Friday evening
Is severe weather in the forecast? Low risk. I am monitoring Friday. For now, the severe weather risk appears low. You can expect gusty winds near showers/storms. Wind gusts of 30 to 45 mph will be possible.
* The NWS officially defines severe weather as 58 mph wind or great, 1″ hail or larger, and/or tornadoes
Is flash flooding in the forecast? No:
Will the heat index rise above 100 degrees? No.
Is Frost in the forecast? Possible. I am monitoring late Friday night if the wind dies down. Then again on Saturday night/Sunday morning.
Is snow or ice in the forecast? No.

Tuesday through Thursday

Is lightning in the forecast? Monitor: I am watching Tuesday into Wednesday morning.
Is severe weather in the forecast? No.
* The NWS officially defines severe weather as 58 mph wind or great, 1″ hail or larger, and/or tornadoes
Is flash flooding in the forecast? No.
Will the heat index rise above 100 degrees? No.
Is Frost in the forecast? Yes. Frost is possible late Wednesday night/Thursday morning.
Is snow or ice in the forecast? No.

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Have there been any significant changes in the forecast over the last 24 hours?

Lowered temperatures Friday night. Adjusted rain chances on Tuesday.

What changes might occur in the forecast?

Rain chances Monday night into Tuesday night will need to be monitored.

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October 11, 2019
Friday’s Forecast: Cloudy. Showers and gusty thunderstorms spreading west to east. Locally heavy rain. Breezy. Turning much colder behind the cold front. Rapidly falling temperatures behind the front. Temperatures will fall 20 to 25 degrees behind the cold front.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 100% IL ~ 100% KY ~ 90% TN ~ 100%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (80% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 68° to 72° rapidly falling behind the cold front SE MO 66° to 72° rapidly falling temperatures behind the cold front. South IL 68° to 74° rapidly falling temperatures behind the cold front. Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 73° to 76° rapidly falling temperatures behind the cold front. West KY 73° to 76° rapidly falling temperatures behind the cold front. NW TN 74° to 76° rapidly falling temperatures behind the cold front.
Wind direction and speed: South wind becoming west and northwest at 15 to 30 mph. Winds will be gusty near showers and thunderstorms.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 66° to 76°
Coverage of precipitation: A period of widespread showers and thunderstorms. Extensive coverage.
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways. Lightning. Gusty winds near storms.
What action is required: Lightning is a concern for those outdoors. Gusty winds.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Have a plan B.
UV Index: 2 Low
Sunrise: 6:59 AM
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Friday night Forecast: Frost advisory. Cloudy early. Some remaining showers. Rain ending. Turning sharply colder. Clouds clearing overnight. If the wind subsides then frost will develop. Model guidance is indicating temperatures may drop into the lower to middle 30s over portions of the region.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 20% early IL ~ 40% to 50% early KY ~ 40% to 50% early TN ~ 40% to 50% early
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: Medium (60% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 36° to 42° SE MO 32° to 36° South IL 32° to 36° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 34° to 38° West KY 34° to 38° NW TN 38° to 40°
Wind direction and speed: Southwest becoming west/northwest at 10 to 20 mph early. Winds subsiding overnight.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 32° to 42°
Coverage of precipitation: Ending west to east during Friday afternoon into the evening hours.
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways early. Lightning early. Frost late at night into Saturday morning.
What action is required: Lightning is a concern for those outdoors. Sensitive plants may have problems if temperatures drop into the 30s.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Have a plan B early in the night.
Sunset: 6:24 PM
Moonrise: 5:49 PM
The phase of the moon: Waxing Gibbous
Moonset: 4:44 AM

October 12, 2019
Saturday’s Forecast: Mostly sunny. Chilly morning hours. Frost is possible on Saturday morning. The chance of frost is highly dependent on winds subsiding.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (80% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 58° to 64° SE MO 56° to 62° South IL 58° to 62° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 60° to 64° West KY 60° to 64° NW TN 60° to 64°
Wind direction and speed: Southeast wind at 5 to 10 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 58° to 64°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Frost is possible on Saturday morning.
What action is required: Sensitive plants may need protecting on Saturday morning. Frost.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 5 to 6 Moderate
Sunrise: 7:00 AM
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Saturday night Forecast: Clear. Patchy fog. Chilly temperatures. We will need to monitor the chance of frost.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (80% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 38° to 40° SE MO 36° to 40° South IL 36° to 40° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 36° to 40° West KY 36° to 42° NW TN 36° to 42°
Wind direction and speed: South and southwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 36° to 40°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Monitor frost chances.
What action is required: Sensitive plants could have problems if temperatures fall into the 35 to 39-degree range.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Sunset: 6:23 PM
Moonrise: 6:15 PM
The phase of the moon: Waxing Gibbous
Moonset: 5:40 AM

October 13, 2019
Sunday’s Forecast: Mostly sunny. Chilly morning hours. Patchy frost is possible during the morning hours.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (80% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 66° to 68° SE MO 64° to 68° South IL 64° to 68° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 64° to 68° West KY 64° to 68° NW TN 66° to 68°
Wind direction and speed: Southwest wind 8 to 16 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 62° to 70°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Frost is possible Sunday morning.
What action is required: Protect sensitive plants Sunday morning from possible frost.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 5 to 6 Moderate
Sunrise: 7:01 AM
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Sunday night Forecast: Clear. Patchy fog possible.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (90% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 44° to 46° SE MO 42° to 45° South IL 40° to 45° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 43° to 46° West KY 43° to 46° NW TN 44° to 46°
Wind direction and speed: South and southwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 40° to 46°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Lower visibility if fog forms.
What action is required: Slow your vehicle in areas with fog.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Sunset: 6:21 PM
Moonrise: 6:42 PM
The phase of the moon: Full
Moonset: 6:37 AM

Monday: High confidence. Mostly sunny. Highs in the 68 to 74-degree range. Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers Monday night. Lows in the 46 to 52-degree range. Variable wind at 6 to 12 mph during the day and night.

Tuesday: Medium confidence. Partly sunny. A 40% chance of showers during the day and night. Highs in the 73 to 76-degree range. Partly cloudy Tuesday night with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 50 degrees. South and southwest wind during the day becoming west/northwest at night. Wind speed of 8 to 16 mph. Gusty, at times.

Wednesday: Medium confidence. Breezy. Partly sunny. A 10% chance of showers during the morning. Highs in the 60 to 65-degree range. Mostly clear Wednesday night. Patchy fog and frost possible. Low around 35 to 40 degrees. North/northwest wind 10 to 20 mph during the day and 5 to 10 mph at night.

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Wind forecast

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Current conditions.

School Bus Stop Forecast

And the afternoon bus stop forecast
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Weekend Camping Forecast

Rain chances ramp up late Thursday night into Friday night. Gusty winds.
Colder Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night. Lows dipping into the 30s behind the cold front. Frost is possible Friday night and perhaps Saturday night. Frost chances are highly dependent on winds subsiding Friday night.

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Agriculture Forecast
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Graphic-cast

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Missouri

Illinois

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Friday through next Thursday: Thunderstorms are possible late Thursday night into Friday. Ending Friday night. The timing will need to be ironed out. Some of these showers and thunderstorms will produce wind gusts of 30 to 45 mph. The overall severe weather chances are low.

October and November weather can and often does produce severe weather. Keep this in mind over the next few weeks.

The National Weather Service defines a severe thunderstorm as one that produces quarter size hail or larger, 58 mph winds or greater, and/or a tornado.

Severe Weather Risk Graphic (this is not for regular summer storms. This graphic is for severe thunderstorms)

The National Weather Service defines a severe thunderstorm as one that produces quarter size hail or larger, 58 mph winds or greater, and/or a tornado.

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Today’s outlook (below).

Light green is where thunderstorms may occur but should be below severe levels.

Dark green is a level one risk. Yellow is a level two risk. Orange is a level three (enhanced) risk. Red is a level four (moderate) risk. Pink is a level five (high) risk.

One is the lowest risk. Five is the highest risk.

Light green is not assigned a number. Light green is where storms may occur but should be below severe levels.

A severe storm is one that produces 60 mph winds or higher, quarter size hail, and/or a tornado. One or more of those is defined as a severe thunderstorm.

The black outline is our local area.

Tomorrow’s outlook.

Light green is where thunderstorms may occur but should be below severe levels.

Dark green is a level one risk. Yellow is a level two risk. Orange is a level three (enhanced) risk. Red is a level four (moderate) risk. Pink is a level five (high) risk.

One is the lowest risk. Five is the highest risk. Light green is not assigned a number.

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Here is the latest graphic from the WPC/NOAA.

24-hour precipitation outlook.
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48-hour precipitation outlook.
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72-hour precipitation outlook.
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Days one through seven added together. Seven-day rainfall totals.

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Here comes the cold front! Rapid temperature drop behind the front.
Shower and thunderstorm chances will increase along the frontal boundary as it moves west to east.
Frost is possible Saturday and Sunday morning.

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Advice:

Gusty winds are likely on Friday. Showers and thunderstorms could produce gusts above 40 mph.

Frost is possible Saturday and Sunday morning. Sensitive plants may be impacted.

Weather Forecast Analysis.

A strong cold front is pushing through the region.

Track the front on this temperature map link

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The front will sweep west to east across our region today.

There will be a rapid temperature drop behind the front. Right now, I am forecasting 70s ahead of the front and 40s/50s right behind the front. A quick drop of 20 degrees or more is likely.

Showers and gusty thunderstorms will occur ahead and behind this front.

Some of the showers and thunderstorms could produce wind gusts of 30 to 45 mph. The jet stream overhead will be strong on Friday. The good news is that we are not predicting a tornado outbreak.

Remember, autumn can and often does deliver severe thunderstorms including tornadoes. Let’s be aware of this over the coming weeks.

Showers and thunderstorms will end Friday evening west to east. Clearing sky conditions overnight. This will set the stage for the possibility of frost.

Here is the WRF model. You are looking at temperatures. You can literally see the front sweep through our region on Friday.

Time-stamp upper left. Track the front from west to east. Two seasons in one day!

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Wind forecast.

Check out the 24-hour temperature drop graphic. The first graphic is at 4 PM on Friday. Compared with 4 PM Thursday. The second one is 7 AM on Saturday compared to 7 AM on Friday. Large temperature swing.

4 PM Friday

7 AM Saturday (the difference between 7 AM Friday and 7 AM Saturday). How many degrees difference will there be.

Here is the forecast temperature map for 4 PM on Thursday.

Here is the forecast temperature map for 4 PM on Friday.

Mid-Range Outlook

Saturday and Sunday will be dry and cool. Cold during the AM hours. Cool during the afternoon hours. I am monitoring shower and thunderstorm chances on Tuesday and TUesday night. Turning colder on Wednesday/Wednesday night. A chance of frost Wednesday night/Thursday AM.

Frost

Frost is a possible Friday night and perhaps Saturday night.

Friday night’s frost chances will be highly dependent on winds subsiding. Sheltered areas would be more likely to experience frost.

Lows over southeast Missouri and southern Illinois will range from 32 to 36. Lows over western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee will likely range from 34 to 38.

The Missouri Bootheel will likely see lows on Saturday morning ranging from 34 to 38 degrees.

Saturday night/Sunday morning lows should range from 38 to 42 degrees.

Here are the WPC forecast graphics for the six to ten and eight to fourteen-day period. This is for precipitation and temperatures.

Darker colors equal a higher chance of it happening. Deep red means a high chance that temperatures will be above normal. Dark blue means a high chance that temperatures will be below normal.

The light green colors represent a lower end chance of above-normal rainfall. Dark green means a high chance of precipitation being above normal.

The yellow/orange color means a high chance that precipitation will be below normal.

The 6 to 10-day outlook.

Precipitation

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Temperatures

And the 8 to 14-day outlook.

Precipitation

Temperatures

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Again, as a reminder, these are models. They are never 100% accurate. Take the general idea from them.

Timestamp upper left.

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What should I take from these?

The general idea and not specifics. Models usually do well with the generalities.
The time-stamp is located in the upper left corner.
During the summer months, models do not handle thunderstorms all that well. They tend to be chaotic.

Hrrr high-resolution model future-cast radar.

Click animations to enlarge them. Time-stamp upper left.

NAM

WRF model guidance.

This animation will be updated around 9:30 to 10 AM

.These maps below update several times a day. Occasionally, in between updates, you may see a duplicate day or one out of sync.

Forty-eight-hour temperature outlook.

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Ohio Valley video

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Key Points:

Today’s weather highlights: Today to Saturday a high-impact winter storm continues to moves across the Dakotas to western Minnesota. Blizzard like conditions for eastern ND likely starts ramping up later this morning through the evening, with wind gusts topping 50 mph+ possible along with heavy snow still falling.
The heaviest of the snow is still yet to come later today into tomorrow morning across southern Manitoba to the eastern half of ND to northwest MN. Totals will range between 10-20”+ widespread as the low-pressure system deepens.
Widespread freeze warnings have now been issued (slide 2) from Wisconsin, eastern NE, the northern half of MO, all of Iowa, northwest IL, most of KS to northern TX as temps look to take a dive at or below freeze here for the first time over the next 2 mornings.
We definitely did want to note, however, that after this storm weakens and pushes east tomorrow night, a much drier period looks to settle in across much of the central US over the next week…barring a weak wave across the Midwest / Ohio Valley next Tuesday.
Takeaway: We continue to watch ~Oct. 20 – 23 timeframe for impacts of super typhoon Hagibis in the western Pacific. Per usual with recurving typhoons, data won’t likely pick up on the full extent of its effects until we’re within 7-10 days.
The European ensemble trended quite a bit colder in the 10-15 day period, starting to sniff out this super typhoon recurve in the West Pacific as well as getting substantially wetter (see the slides below). We think these trends can continue for week 2 over the weekend on the ensemble data with another high-impact storm late next weekend into early the following week.
It’s also worth noting, we think after the 20-23rd storm date that we can see an overall colder than normal pattern linger through the remainder of the month for the central US to Midwest.

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Key points.

Week 1 temperatures. You can see the blue and green colors. That equals below normal temperatures. That covers the cold front moving into the region today.

On the right, you see the past week. We were mostly in the red zone. Warmer than normal.

Drought continues. Look at the last thirty days. All of that brown is well below normal precipitation. Some places, over the last thirty days, have received less than 0.25″ of rain.

Let’s compare three models for the upcoming week and then week two.

We are looking at temperature anomalies. Blue/green/purple is below normal temps. The purple is well below normal temps.

Red represents above normal. Dark red is well above normal temps. Normal highs for this time of the year are around 74 degrees. Normal lows are around 49 degrees.

Week two appears to favor above-normal temperatures. Perhaps more active, as well. Rain-wise.

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EPS is one model. GEFS is another model. GFS is another model.

Some additional graphics.

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Normal high temperatures for this time of the year are around 74 degrees.

Normal low temperatures for this time of the year are around 49 degrees.

Normal precipitation during this time period ranges from 0.80″ to 1.00″

Yellow and orange are above normal. Red is much above normal. Light blue and blue is below normal. Green to purple is much below normal.

This outlook covers October 11th through October 17th

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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF NORMAL. Brown is below normal. Green is above normal. Blue is much above normal.

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Outlook definitions
EC = Equal chances of above or below normal
BN= Below normal
M/BN = Much below normal
AN = Above normal
M/AN = Much above normal
E/AN = Extremely above normal

Normal high temperatures for this time of the year are around 71 degrees

Normal low temperatures for this time of the year are around 48 degrees

Normal precipitation during this time period ranges from 1.00″ to 1.30″
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This outlook covers October 18th through the 24th

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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF NORMAL. For example, if your normal rainfall is 1.00″ and the graphic shows 25%, then that would mean 0.25″ of rain is anticipated.

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Outlook definitions
EC = Equal chances of above or below normal
BN= Below normal
M/BN = Much below normal
AN = Above normal
M/AN = Much above normal
E/AN = Extremely above normal

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Normal high temperatures for this time of the year are around 64 degrees
Normal low temperatures for this time of the year are around 42 degrees

Normal precipitation during this time period ranges from 1.40″ to 1.80″

This outlook covers October 25th through November 7th

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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF NORMAL. For example, if your normal rainfall is 1.00″ and the graphic shows 10%, then that would mean 0.10″ of rain is anticipated.

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Outlook definitions
EC= Equal chances of above or below normal
BN= Below normal
M/BN = Much below normal
AN = Above normal
M/AN = Much above normal
E/AN = Extremely above normal
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Fall Outlook

September, October, and November Temperature outlook

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Temperature outlook.

Precipitation outlook

November

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December

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January

February

March

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BAMwx has released its preliminary winter forecast. Keep in mind, what you really want to know is not covered in a general winter outlook. What you want to know is how much snow or ice will fall. That is not possible to predict.

The best long-range forecasters can do is to tell you above or below normal temperatures and precipitation.

This initial winter outlook indicates odds favor above-normal temperatures when everything is averaged out from November into March. That does not mean we won’t have cold weather. It just means when you average all of those months together we could end up above normal.

They indicate above-normal snowfall, as well.

Winter analogs. BAMwx found years that have a pattern similar to what we are currently experiencing. Those are called analogs. We can compare past years with the present.

Their analogs indicate colder than normal across portions of the central and northern United States. They indicate above normal temperatures along the West Coast south and east into Texas.

Blue and purple are below normal (bright green, as well). Yellow and orange are above normal.

Winter Precipitation

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Looking back at last year. None of the models handled last year all that well.

Upper air pattern.

Here is the BAMwx temperature forecast. This covers all of winter. They have us in the above normal temperature zone. Near normal just to our north. For now, they have this marked as a low confidence forecast.

Additional winter forecasts will be posted over the next couple of months. This is the preliminary outlook.

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WeatherBrains Episode 716

Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is is a suggestion of super listener Steve Holmes. He is the Director of Emergency Management for Titan HST and the host of the leading emergency management Show “EM Weekly”. Todd De Voe, welcome to WeatherBrains!

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