Brady Taylor

Waco

Chief Meteorologist at KWTX-TV (Waco, TX)

Chief Meteorologist at KNCT-TV (Killeen, TX)

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Degrees of Science: Reaching for the Stars (Part 2)

2 weeks ago | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

(KWTX) -Dr. Jose Hernandez’s life is an amazing story of perseverance and never giving up on your dream. He grew up as a migrant farmworker with the dream of being an Astronaut, and despite being rejected by NASA 11 times he never gave up on his dream. Dr. Hernandez’s story inspired a critically acclaimed movie “A Million Miles Away”. In part 2 of our interview Dr. Hernandez looks back at his mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
Degrees of Science: Rip Currents

Aug 14, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

(KWTX) - Rip currents pose a huge public safety risk across many U.S. beaches, and on average kills 70 people every year. We talked with Dr. Greg Dusek, a Senior Scientist and Oceanographer with the National Ocean Service, about how rip currents form and how you can stay safe if you are ever caught in one. Copyright 2022 KWTX. All rights reserved.
Degrees of Science: Doppler on Wheels

Aug 6, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

(KWTX) - This week we are talking with Dr. Josh Wurman, Executive Director of the FARM (Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets) Facility. Dr. Wurman’s team works to get their scientific equipment, including the Doppler of Wheels, as close to severe storms as possible in order to get high resolution observations of the storms and the storm environment. Copyright 2022 KWTX. All rights reserved.
Degrees of Science: The Science Behind the Recent Texas Earthquakes

Jul 31, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

(KWTX) - Recently, over 100 earthquakes were recorded in only 9 days in West Texas. Most of these earthquakes originated just east of Snyder Texas. The strongest earthquake was a 5.1 magnitude earthquake that occurred on July 26th. In this week’s Degrees of Science we are talking with Dr. Peter Hennings, the Principal Investigator for the Center for Injection and Seismicity Research at the Bureau of Economic Geology (at the University of Texas at Austin).
Scattered rain chances stick around for a couple of days

Jun 10, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

Pockets of scattered showers and thunderstorms will stick around as we move into the evening hours. Luckily severe weather potential is low with this activity, but some locally heavy rain and some lightning is possible. After sunset we will gradually see the coverage of rain drop off. Next we shift our attention to a complex of thunderstorm activity that “may” push towards our area tomorrow morning.
Degrees of Science: Producing Hydrogen from Rocks

Jun 4, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

(KWTX) -In this week’s Degrees of Science we are talking with Dr. Toti Larson about a very interesting project that he, and other researchers at University of Texas in Austin, are working to use natural catalysts to help produce hydrogen from iron-rich rocks. Hydrogen is the “new frontier” when it comes to transitioning from fossil fuels, and these research being done by the University of Texas has the potential to a carbon neutral way to produce HydrogenCopyright 2022 KWTX. All rights reserved.
First Alert Weather Day: Friday Features Another Severe Storm Risk

May 24, 2024 | kwtx.com | Sean Bellafiore |Jillian Johnson |Brady Taylor

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - You may be a bit storm-fatigued after the Wednesday’s severe storms and Thursday’s storms too, but we can’t let our guard down today as there is ANOTHER risk of severe storms late this afternoon and into the evening hours. Today’s severe thunderstorms are of the more typical Springtime variety meaning storms are expected to blossom late in the day off the dry line.
Degrees of Science: NASA’s TROPICS Mission

May 22, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

(KWTX) -In this week’s Degrees of Science we are talking with Dr. William Blackwell, the Principal Investigator for NASA’s TROPICS Mission. TROPICS uses a constellation of 4 small satellites to measure temperature, humidity, and precipitation in developing tropical cyclones at an unprecedented temporal resolution. Copyright 2022 KWTX. All rights reserved.
Heat remains to kickoff the workweek

May 19, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

The work week is going to start off hot, humid, and dry due to warm air moving in and a high-pressure ridge overhead. On Monday and Tuesday, temperatures will range from the upper 80s in the eastern areas to the mid-90s in the west, with nighttime lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. “Feels like” temperatures peak today and tomorrow in the mid to upper 90s, but Tuesday could bring us spots that feel like triple digit heat.
Degrees of Science: Groundbreaking New Weather Radar

May 15, 2024 | kwtx.com | Brady Taylor

(KWTX) -This week we are talking with Dr. Robert Palmer, the Executive Director of the Advanced Radar Research Center at the University of Oklahoma, about their new Horus Radar. The Horus Radar combines Dual Polarization and Phased Array technology to provide high quality radar data at a speed never before seen. Current Nexrad radars send out updates very 3-5 minutes, but with the Horus radar we would be able to get radar updates in just a few seconds. Copyright 2022 KWTX. All rights reserved.