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A large, wind-driven fire is burning on Pilot Mountain, located northwest of Winston-Salem in North Carolina. 200 to 300 acres have burned, according to local reports, and what you're seeing here is new imagery from the Carolina Weather Group's Dan Whittaker, who spent the day on the ground there Sunday. By nightfall Sunday, the fire was climbing up and towards the knob. You can see that here in t...

Dr. Greg Postel is the hurricane and storm specialist at The Weather Channel. You'll often see his expert analysis and insight from the network's Lab during severe weather coverage. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Postel fell in love with the weather at an early age. His childhood of snow in the winter and coastal hazards in the summer, created a lifelong passion for atmo...

This week, we're happy to welcome back Dr. Tracy Fanara. We're discussing oceanic dead zones and red tide. Plus, Dr. Tracy talks about her possible opportunities to visit space. She's in the running for projects involving both SpaceX and NASA. And if that wasn't enough, we contemplate the big question: How do you go to the bathroom in space? ️ It's an episode of the Carolina Weather Group you won'...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale was developed in 1969 by Herbert Saffir and Bob Simpson and introduced to the public in 1973. Saffir developed the initial scale when he realized there was no simple scale for describing the effects of hurricanes. He devised a 1-5 scale based on the wind speeds of a storm and the expected damage to structures. Simpson collaborated and added on storm surge and pre...

Do you know which has a greater chance of occurring: a low risk of thunderstorms, or a slight risk of tornadoes? The wording used to convene probability and risk across the weather enterprise is not standardized and thus not widely understood. University of Oklahoma graduate students Emily Lenhardt and Rachael Cross discuss their findings from "How Likely is That Chance of Thunderstorms? A Study o...

The combination of the new moon, onshore winds, and potentially some showers will produce salt water flooding along parts of the Carolina coast beginning Wednesday morning, with major flooding possible in lower South Carolina by the end of the week. MORE FROM THE CAROLINA WEATHER GROUP: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST SUPPORT US ON PATREON VISIT OUR WEBSITE STREAM THE CAROLINA WEATHER NET

This week, Part 2 of the Carolina Weather Group's College Series, where we talk with tomorrow's stars of weather and atmospheric science.  Our student guests are back telling us why they choose their college or university, and what makes their college town the most unique.  If you have not yet seen Part 1 of our series, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Lcnb2YEBaUk We talked with t...

This week, the Carolina Weather Group is kicking off a new multi-part series talking to our industry’s rising stars. You’re going to hear from 12 atmospheric science students currently studying at college programs across the United States: What drove these kids into weather? How did they pick their schools? And what do they hope to accomplish in their career? We talked with these students across m...

The last days of summer-like weather are among us, with a cold front approaching this weekend bringing in crisp, cool autumn air.   Plus... what's with all the bugs? We're taking a look at the perspective of bugs appearing on weather cameras throughout the Carolinas. With cooler temperatures moving in, the bugs are looking for new places to live. Some of them may even be coming into your home...

Grab those dancing shoes and prepare to have your socks knocked off, we're taking you inside our special Spotify series: The Carolina Weather Group Panelist Playlist. James Brierton chats with Tim Pounds, the host of our special podcast series which brings you inside the musical stylings of our Carolina Weather Group panelists. With episodes for the young and old, our panelist not only drop the ne...

Florida State University students Robert Szot and Chandler Pruett think improvements can be made to the hurricane forecast cone produced by the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center. The cone is seen across television and the Internet. These FSU students join us this week to discuss the results of a public survey they did to better understand how the public understands and consumes...

It's been 32 years since Hurricane Hugo arrived in the Carolinas. The infamous storm, which impacted coastal and inland Carolina alike, is still ingrained in us over three decades later. This week, we're revisiting our anniversary special from 2019. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST VISIT OUR WEBSITE

SpaceX has launched Inspiration4 mission – the world’s first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit – aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Many of you are sharing photos and videos of the rocket's vapor trail across the eastern Carolina sky. Approximately three days after liftoff, Dragon and the Ins...

There's a lab in Chester County, South Carolina where scientists build life-sized structures, and re-create actual severe weather, to test the integrity of home construction. Inside their lab, they can recreate damaging hail, damaging wind, hurricanes, and even wildfires. They can then test to determine how walls, windows, garage doors, roofs, cars, and more hold up against severe weather. Ian Gia...

Days after bringing devastating damage to New Orleans and the Louisiana Gulf Coast, the remnants of Ida are producing historic tornadoes and flash flooding in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, including in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, where the Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton joins us live from West Chester County, Penn. WATCH LARRY SPRINKLE REFLECT ON HIS COVERAGE OF HURRICANE HU...

At least 5 people are confirmed dead after Tropical Depression Fred brought devasting flooding to western North Carolina. No place was harder hit than Haywood County, where floodwaters engulfed towns like Canton. On Wednesday, North Carolina Roy Cooper returned to the western North Carolina mountains to visit residents and businesses in Haywood and Buncombe counties. Looking back at the historic e...

A State of Emergency is in effect after Tropical Depression Fred brought devastating flooding to the western North Carolina mountains Tuesday. Dozens of people remain unaccounted for in Haywood County after flash flooding. On Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Emergency for the county as life-threatening flooding was occurring along the Pigeon River. Canton, North C...

#weather #fred #severeweather Fred, a tropical storm that made landfall in Florida Monday, is bringing with it rich, tropical moisture that will produce flash flooding and severe weather, including damaging winds and tornadoes, in North Carolina and South Carolina Tuesday. Rainfall rates could be as intense as 1 to 2 inches an hour, with total rainfall amounts between 5 and 10 inches possible. The...

This week we're talking with Patrick Hyland about the National Weather Museum and Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma. We're also looking at severe weather storm reports from North Carolina and South Carolina. Severe thunderstorms Wednesday produced damage wind, hail, and in at least one instance, a flash flood in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, South Carolina. We're also looking at the latest on...

Starting this week, the National Weather Service will be issuing a new tier of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings that will automatically be delivered to your cell phone. Severe thunderstorms capable of producing 80 mph winds or baseball-sized hail will now be categorized as "destructive," a classification that will prompt the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) to sound on your phone if you are near the sto...

This week the Carolina Weather Group is chatting with Dr. Kathie Dello, the director and state climatologist for the state of North Carolina. She is the 5th permanent director and the first woman to hold this position at the NCSCO in 44 years. She chats with Evan Fisher, Scotty Powell, and Frank Strait about how the state observes weather and records climate. Dello talks about North Carolina's exp...

Smoke from wildfires in Oregon, California, Canada, and the western Pacific are traveling in the jet stream across the United States. Smoke and haze conditions are being seen across the East Coast, including in North Carolina and South Carolina. Big cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington are even seeing the smoke. As a result of the degraded atmospheric conditions, air quality alerts have b...

North Carolina has a radar gap Mike Smith, a retired AccuWeather executive, identifies as the fifth-worst gap in the United States.  The gap exists over a portion of central North Carolina located outside the Greensboro and Charlotte metropolitan areas. While many have proposed the construction of a full-scale National Weather Service WSR-88D radar in Charlotte, Smith feels that is not the an...

The Carolina Weather Group discusses Tropical Storm Elsa and the storm's forecasted impacts on the Carolinas.   The system made landfall in Florida Wednesday morning before impacting the Southeast, including Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Tropical storm-force winds are expected in parts of the Carolinas overnight through Thursday. Other threats include heavy rain, flooding, and...

The National Weather Service has issued tropical storm watches and tropical storm warnings along the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina ahead of forecasted impacts from Elsa Wednesday and Thursday. Hurricane Elsa is expected to make landfall late Wednesday morning in the greater Tampa, Florida area. The storm system, which is then expected to weaken to a tropical storm, will move into coa...