Nebraska CropWatch

Episode 203. Heat then rain chances and cooler weather. Disease issues.

202. Climate Stories II: Dr. Sam Childs

In this #climate stories episode Dr. Sam Childs shares stories about #severeweather from Indiana and Colorado, including a time he had to get his dorm residents at Purdue to safety during a wintertime tornado warning. He then shifts into discussing how we use a #skewT to assess whether the #atmosphere can produce #thunderstorm and why the terms CAPE and CIN are crucial. Finally, he finishes with some discussion about how storms could change with #climatechange.

201. Short weather update: July 18, 2025

Storm chances will exist over the next week and it will be hot at times, especially across the southern portion of the state. 

200. Disease Update

The 200th episode of the Crop Watch podcast features a detailed discussion with Kyle Broderick, Tamra Jackson-Ziems, and Dylan Mangel about the diseases affecting our crops and gardens and the treatment options for them. 

199. Severe risk and good pollination weather

198. Climate Stories I: Dr. Barb Boustead- Protecting what we cherish

In the first episode of a new podcast series, Dr. Barb Boustead (local meteorologist) discusses her first book: "Wilder Weather: What Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaches Us About the Weather, Climate, and Protecting What We Cherish". Barb focused on the weather-related hardships that Laura experienced as a child, how those experiences shaped her resilience, how we can use those experiences to prepare us for extreme weather events today, why its important to share stories about past weather events, and ultimately developing the mental framework we will need to protect what we truly cherish in life. Barb's book will be available on July 8th via the South Dakota Historical Press. 

197. Faucet not turning off

196: Excessive heat and excessive precipitation

In this episode I discuss the upcoming heat wave and details about heavy precipitation next week in the eastern half of the state.