Behind the Front

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WBRC First Alert Chief Meteorologist, J-P Dice, is going beyond the forecast. He sits down with weekly guests to chat about a range of weather topics.

Behind The Front: Emergency Management with Randy Pewitt

Aug 28, 2019

The hospital and university that make up the UAB sits in the heart of downtown Birmingham and is a blur of activity that sees tens of thousands of employees, students and visitors each day. UAB’s presence is reminiscent of a small city within itself and when a severe weather event impacts the area, many...

Behind the Front: Location is everything

Aug 21, 2019

This week J-P Dice sits down with Chris Darden of the National Weather Service Birmingham office to uncover what works and what doesn’t when communicating with the public about weather events. Meteorologists work to give an accurate prediction of where severe weather is headed, but it’s up to the community to know...

Behind the Front: Interpreting the Data

Aug 14, 2019

Severe weather comes in many forms, and this week J-P Dice and Wes Wyatt talk about the technicalities of forecasting severe summer weather. It’s a serious nerd session of mesoscale convection systems, what to look for on satellite imagery and appreciating just how far technology has come.

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Behind the Front: No Lazy Weather Days

Aug 7, 2019

Summer vacation at some point seems to drag. It’s the same thing every day and you find yourself wanting to change it up. Who knew the weather team felt the same way? When it’s nothing but sunny skies and the same scattered showers for days on end, J-P Dice and Jill Gilardi have to figure out how to keep the weather...