The Southern Plains Podcast

In our latest episode of the podcast we again talk to Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, Texas about current conditions in the region and what to expect weather wise over the next few weeks and months. 

Can we set up wildfire warnings in a manner similar to tornado or thunderstorm warnings?  Can we predict where a burn is going to happen and put it out before you even start to see smoke?  That is what they are doing in Oklahoma and we discuss it all with Mark Goeller, Oklahoma State Forester in our latest episode. 

In this special episode of the podcast we visit with Matthew Sittel, Assistant State Climatologist in Kansas about the weather conditions in Kansas and what the outlook shows over the next weeks and months. 

In our latest episode we visit with Brad Rippey, Meteorologist with USDA in Washington D.C. about the heat dome over Texas, the possibility of a super El Nino and the wild weather we are facing in 2023.

In this special episode of the podcast we again visit with Victor Murphy of the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, Texas about current conditions in Oklahoma and Texas and what the future will bring the region weather-wise.

What do NRCS, Conservation District and State Conservation employees think about climate change and what do they know about how conservation programs can help ag producers both adapt to the changing climate while mitigating some of climate change's root causes?  Those were the questions Dr. Amy Hagerman asked conservation employees and conservation district directors in Oklahoma this last fall.    In our latest episode of the podcast we talk with her about her findings and what information she gleaned from her climate conversations with conservation. 

In this special edition of the podcast we again talk to Victor Murphy with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, Texas about current conditions in the Southern Plains and what we can expect weather wise over the next few months.  

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Dana Ashley Kornbuger, the National Climate Coordinator at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) about the work the agency is doing to help farmers and ranchers adapt to our changing climate while addressing some of climate changes root causes.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Dana Ashley Kornbuger, the National Climate Coordinator at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) about the work the agency is doing to help farmers and ranchers adapt to our changing climate while addressing some of climate changes root causes.

In this episode of the podcast we visit with Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus about current weather conditions in Oklahoma and the region and what the outlook shows moving forward through the Spring, Summer and Fall.