ATMOS: Big Weather
Ever wondered what the weather is like on Neptune? Or the wildest storms to have hit the Australian coast?
Meteorologist Jackson Browne takes audiophiles on a journey through the solar system for one of this month’s instalments of ATMOS.
“It’s going to be quite varied,” he says.
“I want to take the listeners on a journey through weather and to different places with extreme weather and big weather situations outside of the solar system.”
Browne says astronomers are now able to piece together what weather is like on distant planets.
“It can be quite boring on Mercury. There’s no atmosphere so it’s the temperature of an oven on the sun side and on the dark side it’s minus 180 degrees," he says.
“But once you add an atmosphere you get the gases that mix around.
“You look at Neptune, they have the fastest winds in the solar system with winds up to 2000km an hour and clouds of methane and temperatures minus 220 degrees.”
After an auditory trip through the solar system Browne will draw the listeners back home with stories from major weather events on Earth.
As a meteorologist Browne is mates with plenty of people who have been instrumental in issuing alerts when a cyclone is rolling in.
“I’m interviewing them and finding out what emotions and thoughts are going through their head when they’re in the hot seat when a cat five is coming towards the Queensland coast,” he says.
Before the wild weather kicks in later this month, the first listening party looks back on the history of the Vic Hotel. Producer James Mangohig is the man behind the audio for ATMOS: The Pub That Took A Punt.
“The Vic Hotel gave original music a chance to be heard,” Mangohig says.
“Emerging artists were supported in a way rarely seen by mainstream pubs and locals loved it.”
ATMOS: The Pub That Took A Punt | MON 7 MAY | 6.30PM VIC ARCADE | $20 | storyprojects.com.au/atmos
ATMOS: Big Weather | WED 30 MAY | 6-9PM TOWN HALL RUINS | $10 | storyprojects.com.au/atmos
