Fire Weather Forecasting - The Life of an Incident Meteorologist
Weather Wise Guy Podcast
English - September 10, 2020 17:15 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEarth Sciences Science Natural Sciences Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Learn how weather forecasting plays a critical role in fighting wildfires and hear what it's like to be an Incident Meteorologist at the frontline of some of California's biggest wildfires.
GUEST: Phil Hysell, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Blacksburg
Track the fire weather conditions at the Woodward Fire where Phil Manuel is being deployed. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/maps/7062/
Twitter handle that announces IMET deployments: https://twitter.com/NWS_IMET_OPS
IMET Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.IMET.gov/
Wildfire Webcams from California: http://www.alertwildfire.org/northbay/
Watch a plane take-off from San Francisco, California through the orange smoke
https://twitter.com/flySFO/status/1303880200036392962?s=20