The WeatherJazz® Podcast

About a week ago, the world of meteorology lost someone very special. For over three decades, television meteorologist Bruce Schwoegler informed and entertained New England with great weather wisdom and wit. Not only was Bruce a great TV and weather mentor, he was a good friend. When I started WeatherJazz® some seventeen years ago, Bruce was one of my very first guests. I'd like to play part of that interview today as a way of honoring the memory of someone who made tracking wacky New England weather loads of fun. You can also see the story that ran on WBZ-TV-4, Boston, honoring Bruce on WeatherJazz.com on the post for Episode #358. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

After exploring some of the basics of our home planet, it's time to concentrate on those elements of Earth that are so finely tuned that life would not be possible if any one of them was thrown out of whack. This wraps up our look at Earth. Next week, we begin a short series on Earth's moon to wrap up the entire solar system's study. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

How and why does the air become so much more humid in Iowa and Illinois compared to Ohio? Let's have a look. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

How do our shopping routines and choices change when the weather gets hot and sticky? Some of the answers are not a surprise, but a few of them might be! I spoke briefly to a local grocery store employee about those things he observed when the weather gets sultry. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

At 1:30 p.m. Iceland Time, a new volcanic eruption broke through the Earth's crust with thousands of people now watching the feed on several live cameras provided by several sources (click PLAY on any one of them at WeatherJazz®.com Episode #354). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

It's August! That means we now have two full months of meteorological summer under our belts. Were there any surprises in June or July? Let's have a look. Then, news from Iceland. THOUSANDS of earthquakes shook the Reykjanes Peninsula over the weekend. Is there another eruption coming? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

Let's get to know one of our newest meteorologists on the FOX 8 team, Mackenzie Bart. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

What other characteristics of Earth make it extraordinarily unique? Let's explore in Part 2 of a 3-part series. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

Today's episode features an abridged version of Chapter 2 of Alex Price's book, Never Give Up. I had the privilege of meeting Alex last Sun day when he surprised me with a visit at New Promise Church in Kirtland, a church at which I am serving as interim pastor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

Wanting to leave extra time to cover our favorite planet, Earth, I skipped Earth as we jumped from Venus to Mars this spring. After taking a deeper dive into what makes our favorite star, the sun, work, it's time to see what makes our planetary home so amazing and unique. I'll cover the basics first as a firm foundation for upcoming Science Wednesday episodes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

For much of NEOhio, last night's rains were a sight for brown and crunchy lawns. Let's take a closer look at the summer rainfall departures thus far. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

Do you have a good handle on music from the late 1970s and early 1980s? Let's see if you can do what Shazam could NOT! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

In my continuing series on the study of our own solar system on Science Wednesday, let's take a look at something we've observed for millennia but only now beginning to see a connection to Earth's weather and climate system. It's the world of sunspots! Today on weatherJazz®! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

Now that we are approaching the halfway point of meteorological summer, let's see how our soil moisture is doing across the USA. This parameter may help us to see what August may look like. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support

A few weeks ago, one of my "lifer friends," Bob Gilmore, sent me a radio air check of a college radio show I did at my college in Vermont in 1980. My attention was grabbed by a song that I did not recognize. Worse yet, Shazam couldn't tell me what it was either! Leave it to a teenager to solve the mystery. Let me play DJ and spin that record for you. Plus, I'll read Chapter 1 of a wonderful book authored by Alex Price. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support