StateImpact on OETA: Wind Farms and Weather Radar

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  Joe Wertz was a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma from 2011-2019. He reported on energy and environment issues for national NPR audiences and other national outlets. He previously worked as a managing editor, assistant editor and staff reporter at several major Oklahoma newspapers and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

StateImpact reporter Joe Wertz was a guest on OETA’s Oklahoma News Report last week to discuss his report on how wind farms interfere with weather radar. Wertz and host Dick Pryor talked about the phenomenon, which is worrying forecasters and weather researchers as the wind industry grows in Oklahoma and other wind-rich states.

The episode first aired on Oct. 18. StateImpact’s segment is embedded above.