Tornadoes are some of the most studied weather phenomenons in the world. How do they form? Where are they going to hit? Could it be that we are getting closer to being able to predict when the next tornado may strike? Victor Gensini joins us to discuss the possibility of predicting tornadoes a few weeks in advance. Victor will discuss the findings from recent reasearch that may help give people advance awareness of when tornadoes could strike....
We're talking with Virginia-based storm chaser Chris White!
Join us as we go inside the science of severe weather in North Carolina, South Carolina and the entire Southeast. Our guest this week is Trisha Palmer from the US National Weather Service in Greenville / Spartanburg, South Carolina. Sandy LaCorte form the National Weather Service in Wilmington, North Carolina was scheduled to join the show but was unable to make the live broadcast. She will be joining us in June.
Phil Johnson, Jen Watson and Dina Knightly from the Storm Front Freaks podcastl join the Carolina Weather Group to celebrate National Weather Podcast Month.
What is causing Sea Level Rise? Has it happened in the past? What are the current trends? Globally? Locally? Future projections? Uncertainty? Scenario vs. Probabilistic approach. How are we tracking vs. projections? Future storms? SLR making things worse. Total water level. Nuisance flooding increasing. Lots at stake. What can we do? What are cities currently doing about it? Quick SLR viewer demo. Doug Marcy is a Coastal Hazards Specialist at the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. He has been w...
Replay Tuesday night's live Carolina Weather Group coverage of severe thunderstorms across the Carolinas and into parts of Georgia.
John Jensenius is NOAA's specialist on lightning safety and serves as a national spokesperson for the organization on issues related to lightning and lightning safety. He has developed a considerable amount of educational material on lightning, as well as tracking and documenting lightning fatalities nationwide.
Ryan Hickman of AllisonHouse LLC joins us to talk about how Allisonhouse works through the massive amounts of data to provide high quality weather information to their customers. Allisonhouse is a leader in delivering reliable weather data to customers on multiple platforms and weather softwares. Many of you may be using their data inside the popular stormtracking app RadarScope!...
To help us celebrate National Weather Podcast Month, the Carolina Weather Group is joined by Weather Brian's Bill Murray.
Weather Folklore is one the ways that people predicted weather way before we had computer models. Have you ever asked yourself how accurate is that? Meteorologist John Belski from WLKY News - Louisville, KY joins us to discuss what is true and what may not be true. John has written the book title "Backyard Weather Folklore".
Go behind the scenes of the new GOES 16 satellite. Launched as GOES R, the high definition satellite is providing beautiful new images of the Earth, weather systems and global conditions. But its not just pretty pictures - - its life saving data. Tim Schmit with UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) joins us to talk about NOAA's new tool and the future of the GOES program....
Go inside the life of a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Nashville, Tennessee. Joining us is Krissy Hurley, the office's Warning Coordination Meteorologist. Krissy discusses her duties at the National Weather Service, her experience forecasting for offices across the country and her unique relationship with public partners, such as the media and emergency managers.
Joseph Renken and Anthony R. Lupo join us to discuss the Bearing Sea Rule and Organic Forecasting. We will discuss the teleconnections that can lead to long term forecasting.
Sunsets are one of the most photographed natural phenomenon we have on this planet. In fact, on Instagram, over 85 million pictures of sunsets have been taken. Did you know that you can get a sunrise and sunset forecast? SunsetWx has taken the weather enterprise by storm! Come meet the 4 young men who have created the best way you can see the perfect sunrises and sunsets! Check out these maps for your future experience with capturing those beautiful moments. https://sunsetwx.com/ We'll be talkin...
Sarah Fortner, of WCNC-TV in Charlotte, NC, and Kelly Dobeck, WRDW/WAGT-TV in Augusta, GA, join the Carolina Weather Group to discuss women in the television meteorology workflorce, an industry largerly populated by men.
Eric Blake joins us from the National Hurricane Center to talk about how the NHC conducts recon flights inside hurricanes and other tropical cyclones. He explains how the vital information is used for forecasting.
Carolina Weather Group gathers six meteorologists from acros North Carolina and South Carolina to share and discuss their forecasts for this weekend's snowstorm.
Go inside the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang with its chief meteorologist and weather editor Jason Samenow.
An extremely dry fall season has lead to wildfires in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia. Fire weather expert Chip Redmond joins us to discuss these dry conditions and how they helped fuel deadly wildfires.
Chief Meteorologist Grant Gilmore and Meteorologist Tim Buckley from WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, NC will join us to discuss the WFMY Weather Spotter Network. The WFMY Weather Spotter Network has been in existence for a few years in the Tirad area of North Carolina. Numerous spotters througout the area report daily weather conditions to the WFMY weather team. Some days they are even featured in the weather segment. Find out how you can become a part of the WFMY Weather Spotter Network!...
Dr. Marshall Shepherd joins us to discuss the difficulties of communicating the real threat of flooding. In the recent years, we have seen many cases of flash flooding. From tropical events to stationary fronts to everyday thunderstorms...flooding is becoming a major story. Dr. Shepherd has proposed many ways on how we can better communicate flooding to the general public. Dr. Shepherd is the Director of the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Atmospheric Sciences Program, host of "WxGeeks" on the Wea...
The 2016 Hurricane season has been very busy, very odd and frankly.... very long. Remember Alex in January? Hurricane Specialist and Storm Surge Expert Michael Lowry from The Weather Channel joins us to discuss various topics from Hurricane Season 2016.
The Weather Pros is a weather consulting company providing personalized forecasts to outdoor businesses, including landscapers and snow plow operators. Rob Guariano, CEO, Founder, and Chief Meteorologist, plus Dean Davison, Meteorologist/Storm Certification Manager.
Carolina Weather Group's Scotty Powell reports from McDowell County, North Carolina, where firefighters are battling one of more than a dozen wildfires. Prolonged dry weather conditions have lead to the burning of thousands of acres. Winds are carrying smoke from the fires across portions of the Southeast.
Catastrophic flooding left parts of South Carolina under 20" of rain in 2015. Rob Foweler, Chief Meteorologist at WCBD in Charleston, and Jim Gandy, Chief Meteorologist at WLTX, join the Carolina Weather Group to look back at the historic flooding and share lessons learned.
Being a college student is hard! Throw in a atmospheric science degree and it is tough!! Meteorology students from North Carolina State, Florida State and Virginia Tech will join us to talk about what it takes to be a met student. This show will be very beneficial for those wanting to go into the field! GUESTS: Matthew Reagan from Florida State University Brandon Black from NC State University...
Savannah resident and journalist Ben Bolton joins the Carolina Weather Group to discuss Hurriacne Matthew clean-up and his family's experience evacauting the coast before the category two storm.
The Carolina Weather Group presents special live coverage of Hurricane Matthew and its forecasted impacts along the Southeast. We'll update the storm's forecast, storm prepartions and examine current evacuations routes. Garrett Bedenbaugh, Certified Broadcast Meteorologist for Action News Jacksonville, the FOX and CBS television affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida; Jim Gandy, Chief Meterologist for WLTX News 19, the CBS television affiliate in Columbis, South Carolina; Patrick Ellis, a meteorlogi...
CoCoRaHS founder Nolan Doesken joins the Carolina Weather Group to discuss the grassroots volunteer network of backyard weather observers. Learn how the network started and how volunteers of all ages and backgrounds work together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow) in their local communities.
WRBL First Alert Weather Chief Meteorologist Bob Jeswald shows us around the weather team's newly redesigned weather center in Columbus, Georgia.
