Carolina Weather Group

Chris Rae & Wesley Shaw from MyCoast.org take us behind-the-scenes of their Web site and mobile app, which track flooding along the shores. They are currently operating in several states, including South Carolina, where the public can view and submit flooding reports.

Join us as Mark Willis introduces us to Surfline, a company that monitors and forecast surf conditions around the globe. We're also joined by Candice Jordan, who will preview the   The Schiele Museum of Natural History 's Weather Proof event happening this Saturday in Gastonia. Come out and meet the Carolina Weather Group from 10a-4p!

We will be discussing Derechos, MCS, MCV, and other severe weather complexes! Russ Schumacher from Colorado State University will be our guest. 

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, there was countless people needing rescue and an army of Good Samaritans looking to lend a hand. Enter CrowdSource Rescue, a Web-based app that would tell those rescuers where to go. Tonight we're talking with Matthew Marchetti about the 25,000 people rescued using his app.

The Carolina Weather Group panelists are backing for an open mic night. They're taking your questions, sharing their thoughts, and tracking severe weather in the Southeast.

Are Volcano eruptions on the rise? How can we predict when eruptions will occur? What causes an eruption? Our guest this week, Volcanologist Dr. Jeanine Krippner from Concord University in West Virginia, answers those questions and more!

Audio excerpts from our live storm coverage on Saturday night. As isolated severe thunderstorms moved through North Carolina and South Carolina, Carolina Weather Group panelists Scotty Panel and Chris Jackson talk with James Brierton about the storms they have observed.

Roger Edwards lead forecaster at the  NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center will be our guest as we talk about threats of land falling tropical systems that create dangerous surface winds. Tornadoes are always a concern, and we will dive into how to better predict them and detect them when they develop

The panelists of the Carolinas Weather Group spend the evening taking your questions and sharing what's on their minds!

What is The Sirens Project? And why are they flying drones into storms? In a "can't miss episode," we talk with the guys who are using cutting-edge, unmanned technology to push the limits of storm chasing. They're researching severe weather from a vantage point not seen before.  Their goal: To gather difficult data with hopes of improving forecasts.

Join us as we discuss the Hurricane Season 2018 with Dr. Philip Klotzbach, who is one of the leading scientists of Atmospheric Sciences and Tropical Meteorology. Phil Klotzbach is a Research Scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He received his Ph. D. in Atmospheric Science from CSU in 2007. Klotzbach has been employed in the Department of Atmospheric Sci...

While earthquakes aren't weather related, it is a phenomena that many in the weather community have to deal with. We will talk about earthquakes, the difference between west coast/east coast earthquakes, and how we should be prepared for the possibility of an earthquake affecting you and your family. About our guest: Ken Hudnut is the Science Advisor for Risk Reduction for the U. S. Geological Sur...

Tonight we introduce you to Alan Sealls, the chief meteorologist at WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama, and the president of the National Weather Association. He has three decades of experience in TV. Alan not only holds bachelors and masters degrees in meteorology from Cornell and Florida State, but he also has professional certifications from the AMS (American Meteorological Society) and the NWA (Nation...

The Carolina Weather Group recaps the historic and devastating flooding seen across the western North Carolina mountains and foothills this week. We look at the atmospheric conditions caused by Subtropical Storm Alberto that lead to the Lake Tahoma Dam evacuation, Interstate 40 closure caused by a mudslide and more. Panelist Scotty Powell joins the show from the McDowell County Emergency Managemen...

A podcast recap featuring highlights from our live coverage Tuesday of historic flooding in parts of the North Carolina mountains and foothills. Scotty Powell reports from McDowell County, where a Flash Flood Emergency was declared. Numerous landslides, water rescues and flooding incidents were reported across the region.

Dr. Eric Bruning is an Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Geosciences, at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. He will be joining us to talk the physics of lightning.

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson is a natural disaster preparedness expert. Cheryl helps save lives by teaching the public how to prepare for hurricanes, wild fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, extreme winter weather and heat waves. Cheryl is a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador and will help us get ready for storm season. 

Our tonight, Dana Griffin from the National Weather Service in Huntsville, Alabama, talkes about the global lightning mapper tool flying aboard the GOES-16 weather satellite.

On April 15th, 2018, a strong EF 2 tornado hit Greensboro and portions of Guliford County. Chief  Meteorologist Tim Buckley  and  Meteorologist Terran Kirksey  were broadcasting live on WFMY-TV when the tornado narrowly passed the studio. Tim and Terran will be our guests to talk about all the chaos as they were on TV alerting the viewers, all the while directing the staff to take shelter. This wi...

Andrew Loconto from National Weather Service Blacksburg, VA will be joining us to discuss the new Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook. This new product is in testing phase and will be introduced to Weather Service Offices in the next several months. 

William Churchill is the satellite focal point at the National Weather Service in Memphis. On this episode of Carolina Weather Group, we go in-depth with how GOES-16 is being used operations since becoming GOES-East last December.

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. On this show, we will be discussing lightning and the latest statistics for 2018, last...

This week, our panel talks with Tim Buckley, chief meteorologist at WFMY in Greensboro, NC, about what was a memorable 2017-2018 winter season for the Carolinas.

Years 2016 and 2017 were known for large droughts and major wildfires. Meteorologist Todd Lindley is the Science and Operations Officer for the  US National Weather Service Norman Oklahoma . Todd joins us to discuss how the National Weather Service forecasts for wildfires and how they provide vital information to Emergency Management and local fire departments.

This week's episode of the Carolina Weather Group is a double feature. First we catch-up with Tyler Jankoski and Dakota Smith of "The Weather Junkies" podcast. Tyler and Dakota talk about their show, digital weather media and National Weather Podcast Awareness Month. Then we speak with Chris Jackson, an meteorologist student and South Carolina mainstay for online weather coverage. This week, Chris...