Episode 28 - Weather in the Courtroom with Dan Schreiber and TC Moore

Show Notes

Host: Ryan Harris

Guest: TC Moore (Owner of Atlantic States Weather) and Dan Schreiber (CCM at J.S. Held)

Description: Billions of dollars in insurance and personal injury litigation cases get settled every year in the U.S.  In some of these cases, the weather can become a significant factor in proving or disproving damage, negligence, or possibly even fault.  In such cases, companies, lawyers, the insurance industry, or courts seek the expert advice of an American Meteorological Society Certified Consulting Meteorologist.  CCMs TC Moore and Dan Schreiber come on the show to discuss the CCM process and describe interesting and informative examples of how important forensic weather information can provide in these cases.  As weather-fueled events like the recent Maui wildfires continue, the need for honest, unbiased, and professional weather knowledge from qualified CCMs will always be valuable.  And it pays (literally) when agencies can proactively reach out to the CCM community ahead of time in the insurance and litigation process. LISTEN HERE

References:

• Maui fire will reshape Hawaii Electric (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
• Atlantic hurricane season shifts into high gear (AL.com)
• “We’re not built for this.” Tropical Storm Hilary batters California (CNN)
• Tropical Storm Harold plows through Texas (KCRA NBC News)
• Florida faces significant hurricane threat as Tropical Storm Idalia forms (WaPo)
• J.S. Held
• Atlantic States Weather Inc.
• Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network
• Association of Certified Meteorologists
• Gibson Ridge Radar App
• NOAA Weather Climate Toolkit
• Iowa State University Environmental Mesonet
• NOAA Global Historical Climate Network (GHCN)
• Tempest WeatherFlow
• WeatherStem
• Weather in the line of fire with Alex Hoon: Part I | Part II (Triple Point™)
• Hurricane Ian: a perfect psychological storm (Triple Point™)
• Hunting Hurricanes with Kyle Larson and Jeremy DeHart (Triple Point™)
• American Meteorological Society Certified Consulting Meteorologist Program

Journey into Consulting Meteorology

(03:33)

What is Forensic Weather and a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) and what does it take to be one?

(10:34)

Managing and communicating weather uncertainty in the courtroom

(22:26)

Case studies in forensic weather cases

(28:48)

Integrity of unbiased meteorological advice

(40:09)

Data and tools used in forensic weather consulting

(46:18)

Lightning Round

(50:22)