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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 expanding mesonet of weather observation stations, about drought, warmer climate norms, wildfires, and a new initiative to study urban heat islands in the state's metropolitan cities, including Raleigh.  Kathie is involved with climate resilience planning and impacts assessment. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Oregon State University, a Master’s in Geography, and a Bachelor’s in Atmospheric Science from the State University of New York at Albany. This episode features a bonus Part 2 available exclusively to audio podcast listeners. The full episode was also made available earlier to supporters of the Carolina Weather Group on Patreon. TO SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup This episode, and many other episodes of the Carolina Weather Group, air daily on the Carolina Weather Net. SEE THE LATEST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmpTWSmBkt-xHxPiryEx6u8pV-Cn_8UMM VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

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 been issued in the Carolinas. Particulars in the air may make it hard for some - especially the elderly, the young, and those with respiratory conditions - to breathe. For those individuals, officials are encouraging you to stay inside with the doors and windows closed. A filter, such as the one in your central air condition unit, can help filter the atmosphere inside your house. Carolina Weather Group panelist Evan Fisher compares photos of "current conditions" with "normal photos" taken in the same spot. Evan explains this process in this week's episode of the Carolina Weather Group. And special thanks to WCNC Charlotte meteorologist Chris Mulcahy, who used Evan's analysis on wcnc.com. You'll see Chris' report on this week's show and you can read Chris' full report here: https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/wildfire-smoke-making-it-hazy-in-the-carolinas/275-c658508f-1990-4ac8-8169-5a8084e3db97 SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhGiYbMDccQcdSjpf87nGg --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

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 answer. Smith, who was a plaintiff expert in the litigation following the crash of US Airways Flight 1016 in Charlotte in 1994, feels Charlotte is safely covered by the terminal doppler radar installed by the FAA after the crash.    RELATED EPISODE FROM THE ARCHIVES: "How a plane crash gave Charlotte its first radar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxtI09fklA RELATED EPISODE FROM THE ARCHIVES: "Solving the Carolina radar problem" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySo45gwvIx8 SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

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 isolated tornadoes.  SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

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 coastal Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Elsa is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to the Interstate 95 corridor of Georgia and South Carolina starting later Wednesday. Tropical rains and gusty winds are possible overnight into Thursday morning for South Carolina and North Carolina. The main threats from Elsa are heavy rain, gusty winds, and an isolated tornado. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

After 35 years forecasting weather in North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee, WRCB TV's Paul Barys is headed for retirement. The chief meteorologist at the Chattanooga station retires Friday.  Paul discusses with Scotty Powell his career, changes in technology, and his plans for the future.   SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhGiYbMDccQcdSjpf87nGg VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Tropical Storm Danny has made landfall north of Hilton Head on Pritchards Island in South Carolina. The storm, which formed Monday morning off the coast of South Carolina as Tropical Depression Four, continues to have maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. The storm, which will weaken as it moves inland along the border of South Carolina and Georgia, is bringing gusty winds and heavy rains. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON: HTTPS://PATREON.COM/CAROLINAWEATHERGROUP --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Chris Vagasky joins us for Lightning Safety Week to help keep you safe during thunderstorms. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup  VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

For the first time since 2019, flooding in Charleston Saturday prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Warning. The South Carolina coastal city is no stranger to flooding. The city's downtown historic district typically floods during heavy rains - but as heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and push into downtown businesses, including the Historic Charleston City Market, exceptional flooding occurred beyond what has become all-too-normal. This week, we're looking at how this flooding is different than past flooding - and what can be done to help the residents, businesses, and tourists. We'll chat with a resident who was an eyewitness to flooding that occurred Saturday, and again on Tuesday, during severe storms. We'll also talk about severe thunderstorms that produced damaging winds in the form of microburst and macrobursts in both North Carolina and South Carolina. Plus a look at the Atlantic tropical outlook, which has a tropical system likely to form in the Gulf of Mexico before bringing tropical moisture to the Southeast. #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #chws #charleston #flooding #flood SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com The Carolina Weather Group, which operates a weekly talk show of the same name. Broadcasting each week from the Carolinas, the show is dedicated to covering weather, science, technology, and more with newsmakers from the field of atmospheric science. With co-hosts across both North Carolina and South Carolina, the show may closely feature both NC weather and SC weather, but the topics are universally enjoyable for any weather fan. Join us as we talk about weather, environment, the atmosphere, space travel, and all the technology that makes it possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

After flash flooding this week near Charlotte, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina, we're taking a closer look at how excessive rainfall and the risk for flash flooding are forecast. Our guest this week on the Carolina Weather Group is Alex Lamers, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center, which is the arm of NOAA's National Weather Service primarily responsible for forecasting large rainfall events and the risk of flooding. SUPPORT THE CAROLINA WEATHER GROUP BY BECOMING A SUPPORTER ON HTTPS://PATREON.COM/CAROLINAWEATHERGROUP #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com The Carolina Weather Group produces operates a weekly talk show of the same name. Broadcasting each week from the Carolinas, the show is dedicated to covering weather, science, technology, and more with newsmakers from the field of atmospheric science. With co-hosts across both North Carolina and South Carolina, the show may closely feature both NC weather and SC weather, but the topics are universally enjoyable for any weather fan. Join us as we talk about weather, environment, the atmosphere, space travel, and all the technology that makes it possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Discover if a career in local broadcast television - including broadcast meteorologist - is for you with these free, behind-the-scenes educational workshops hosted online by WCNC Charlotte. Millions of students across the country missed important opportunities to learn from in-person internships or from job shadow programs. WCNC Charlotte has partnered with the Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists and the CSB Media Arts Center, Charlotte, to make a difference by helping fill that knowledge gap by introducing juniors and seniors in high school as well as college students to the many career pathways available at their local television stations. The staff at WCNC Charlotte have put together elaborate presentations to mimic what a student would learn in a day of shadowing someone in a local newsroom or on a sales team or marketing the station. The week of June 7 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., different departments will outline what their jobs are like, what it took for them to get to where they are, and what students should do to get themselves prepared for a similar career. Ever been interested in becoming a journalist? Do you know the multiple different paths to get to work in a newsroom? If not you, do you know a student who would be interested in learning about this? If so, register yourself either by emailing WCNC Charlotte at pathways@wcnc.com or by visiting https://www.wcnc.com/article/about-us/career-path-local-television-job-shadow-journalism/275-bc473e5f-70ac-4ad7-9900-e24a83d4d3de. All the remote job shadow presentations are free to attend.  Here is the schedule for the presentations: Monday, June 7 - 10 a.m. - Overview of the industry and careers with WCNC President and General Manager Joan Barrett Monday, June 7 - 2 p.m. - Photography, Editing, Directing and Engineering Tuesday, June 8 - 10 a.m. - Digital journalism | Register here Tuesday, June 8 - 2 p.m. - Weather/Meteorology and Sports reporting and anchoring Wednesday, June 9 - 10 a.m. - Anchors, Reporters and Multimedia Journalists Wednesday, June 9 - 2 p.m. - Producing and the Assignment desk Thursday, June 10 - 10 a.m. - Sales and Revenue career opportunities Thursday, June 10 - 2 p.m. - Marketing If you attend all eight sessions, the CSB Media Arts Center, Charlotte, will provide you with a $1,000 scholarship to attend their school! MORE INFORMATION: https://www.wcnc.com/article/about-us/career-path-local-television-job-shadow-journalism/275-bc473e5f-70ac-4ad7-9900-e24a83d4d3de #television #tv #weather #broadcast #internship #career #job Carolina Weather Group operates a weekly talk show of the same name. Broadcasting each week from the Carolinas, the show is dedicated to covering weather, science, technology, and more with newsmakers from the field of atmospheric science. With co-hosts across both North Carolina and South Carolina, the show may closely feature both NC weather and SC weather, but the topics are universally enjoyable for any weather fan. Join us as we talk about weather, environment, the atmosphere, space travel, and all the technology that makes it possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Jared Bramblett joins us to talk about an exciting new way to document sea level rise in the Charleston, South Carolina area. We discuss the recent trend of benchmark flooding events to hit the South Carolina low country -- and how documenting them helps local emergency officials and the National Weather Service issue urgent warnings.  Bramblett is the creator of https://meanhighwater.com.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters, such as severe weather. Emergency Management protects communities by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters. Our guest this week: Ashley Morris, an emergency manager from the metropolitan area of Baltimore County, Virginia, and former Carolina Weather Group panelist Felix A Nance, an emergency manager from rural Hominy, Oklahoma For just a $1, help fund your local weather podcast and we'll give you a shoutout each week! https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Ahead of the 2021 hurricane season, we chat with Michael Lowry, formerly of the Weather Channel and now a strategic planner for FEMA, to understand how the federal agency prepares its disaster response for events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods. HELP SUPPORT THE CAROLINA WEATHER GROUP BY BECOMING AN INSIDER ON HTTPS://PATREON.COM/CAROLINAWEATHERGROUP. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

After storms and natural disasters, wireless companies you depend on for keeping your cell phones connected will respond with their own resources to restore connectivity. Companies like Verizon Wireless deploy specialized storm response teams to get communities reconnected as soon as possible. Diana Alvear is a communications manager for Verizon Wireless and joins the Carolina Weather Group to explain how her company utilizes fleets of trucks, generators, and satellites to reestablish wireless service in an impacted region. The teams respond in the wake of hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, and other natural disasters. Wireless companies may decide to quickly establish temporary wireless towers - such as those powered by generators and attached to the back of a truck - while engineers and technicians make repairs to the permanent network. This show is made possible by financial supporters on Patreon. Become a Carolina Weather Group insider to unlock early access to this and other content: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

It's a live*, open might night here on the Carolina Weather Group. Among the headlines: - An EF-1 tornado damages a York County, South Carolina farm. WCNC Charlotte's Brad Panovich visited the turkey farm to conduct his own storm survey. - An astounding 30-mile EF-2 tornado in Abbeville and Greenwood counties in South Carolina. Plus we answer your live* questions and comments about all things Carolinas weather. Our guests this week, from WCNC Charlotte, Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich, and meteorologist Chris Mulcahy.  Comment with your live* thoughts and questions to become a part of tonight's show. SUPPORT THE CAROLINA WEATHER GROUP. BECOME AN INSIDER. HTTPS://PATREON.COM/CAROLINAWEATHERGROUP *By pure definition, podcasts aren't live. So obviously this was live when it originally aired. Join us for future live shows by subscribing to your YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhGiYbMDccQcdSjpf87nGg Archival shows mentioned during this podcast: From the archive: April 16, 2011 tornado outbreak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJOWQnys8Y From the archive: Weather-decision support at PGA Tour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD0YuCz1k4E From the archive: Carolina's radar problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySo45gwvIx8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Dan Whittaker, is a storm chaser and panelist on the Carolina Weather Group. On April 27, 2011, Dan had left his home in North Carolina to chase what would become a historic tornado outbreak across Alabama and the South. In this bonus conversation with his fellow panelists, Dan recounts his storm chase through Cullman, Alabama, where he recorded video of an EF-4 tornado. That same tornado, with max winds of 175 mph, also traveled through Morgan and Marshall during its 47 mph journey on the ground. At its widest point, the tornado was a mile wide. Across Alabama, there were 62 tornadoes that killed 352 people. On this tenth anniversary of the historic tornado outbreak, the Carolina Weather Group also talked with James Spann. Spann, who is the chief meterologist of ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama, and the host of the weather podcast Weatherbrains, was on the air that day tracking the deadly storms across his state. WATCH THE INTERVIEW WITH JAMES SPANN: https://youtu.be/OkJFCWnxTSc SUPPORT THE CAROLINA WEATHER GROUP. BECOME AN INSIDER: HTTPS://PATREON.COM/CAROLINAWEATHERGROUP --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

When 62 tornadoes hit the state of Alabama on April 27, 2011, it killed 352 people across the state. James Spann, who is the chief meteorologist at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham and the host of the Weatherbrains podcast, looks back at the tornado outbreak that leaves him shaken 10 years later. Spann was on the air during this once-in-a-lifetime event broadcasting to his audience throughout  Alabama. A skycam operated by his television station recorded one of the most devasting tornadoes of the day: The EF-4 tornado that came through Cullman, Alabama. That same tornado, with max winds of 175 mph, also traveled through Morgan and Marshall during its 47 mph journey on the ground. At its widest point, the tornado was a mile wide. To tell the story of April 27, 2011, one has to recognize that there were two distinct waves of widespread severe weather in Central Alabama. The first wave of severe storms moved through during the early morning hours across northern portions of Central Alabama in the form of a Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS).  This intense line of thunderstorms produced not only widespread damaging straight-line winds in the areas of Moody, Pell City, and Riverside, but numerous strong tornadoes.   The second wave,  which began with the Hackleburg EF-5 tornado, involved numerous supercell thunderstorms which produced deadly long-lived, strong to violent tornadoes across the northern two-thirds of Central Alabama. Widespread and catastrophic damage was sustained in several locations.   SUPPORT THIS PODCAST. SIGN-UP FOR CAROLINA WEATHER GROUP EXTRAS ON HTTPS://PATREON.COM/CAROLINAWEATHERGROUP. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

10 years ago a Carolina tornado outbreak claimed 24 lives and injured over 300 people in North Carolina.  This week, we're revisiting our 2020 conversation with the National Weather Service forecasters who issued the life-saving warnings, the storm chasers who relayed the vital storm reports, and the television meteorologists who relayed the information to the public.  SUPPORT THE CAROLINA WEATHER GROUP: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

On the anniversary of one of the worst tornado outbreaks in Carolina history, we take a look back at the setup and resulting tornadoes. Our guest this week is John Quagliariello, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Columbia, South Carolina. On April 13, 2020, there were 77+ tornadoes across the entire Southeast. For John Q and his colleagues, they found themselves in the middle of the 4th largest tornado outbreak on record for South Carolina stretching from the overnight hours of April 12th through the morning of April 13. In the four offices that cover South Carolina, there were 36 tornadoes that touched down, including 28 total in South Carolina. John's office alone, which covers the Midlands of South Carolina and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia, saw 8 tornadoes, including 5 EF3's, 2 EF2's, and 1 EF1. Unfortunately, there were 77 injuries and nine fatalities with the 36 tornadoes in South Carolina. Seven of those injuries and two of the fatalities occurred with the EF3 that struck Livingston, SC in our forecast area. SEE MORE DATA ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bd495963f64b47c0a1b1b9690e57387c SEE OUR 2020 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AFTER THE STORM: https://youtu.be/EANms8HL22Q --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message