The United States Air Force 45th Weather Squadron joins us as we discuss various aspects of weather support to space launches. We will talk about weather support during actual space launches and how ground operations forecast weather in the weeks to months before a launch. 

Plus: Carolina Weather Group snowstorm special featuring reports and forecasts for South Carolina and North Carolina

Join the Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton as he presents some of our panel's favorite moments from 2017.

TV personality, professor and author Dr. Marshall Shepherd joins the Carolina Weather Group to look back at the hisotrical weather events of 2017.

Tonight we introduce you to Ashley Morris, an emergency management specialist for Williamson County Emergency Management in Texas, and the newest Carolina Weather Group panelist.

Hurricane Harvey will go down as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States of America.

On this show we will discuss the forecast, the impact and recovery from Hurricane Harvey along the Texas Coast.

Tom Johnston, Meteorologist in Charge at National Weather Service Corpus Christ, TX, and Jeff Evans, Meteorologist in Charge at National Weather Service Houston, TX, will join us to talk first hand experiences from Hurricane Harvey.

Jim Cantore, a meteorologist on the Weather Channel, joins the Carolina Weather Group to recap the 2017 hurricane season. Jim discusses covering storms such as Maria, Harvey and Irma.

The panelists also ask him for his thoughts about the upcoming winter season - - and of course about thundersnow!

Jamie Morrow, a meteorlogist with NWS-Raleigh, will be joining us to discuss some new trainings that broadcast meterologist get to participate in. We will talk about the NWS AWIPS Event Simulator amd experince what the National Weather Service does before issuing warnings. Jamie is a graduate of the Virginia Tech Meteorlogy program, interned at WDBJ in Ronaoke, VA. He worked at the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, VA and has just recently moved to the National Weather Service in Raleigh.

The Carolinas have had their fairshare of Diasters over the past few years. Catastrophic flooding, Major Winter Storms, Hurricanes, Tornado outbreaks. On this show we will dive into how local and state officials work with meterologist to get states, cities and towns ready for natural diasters. John Quagliariello from the National Weather Service in Columbia, SC and Diana Thomas with North Carolina Emergency Mangement will be our guest to discuss how the two entities work together to keep the public safe and informed.

This season has been a busy one for the National Hurricane Center! This week we are pleased to have someone who knows that all too well - Taylor Trogdon, a Senior Scientist/Meteorologist with the NHC Storm Surge Unit. The Storm Surge Unit is a small group of meteorologists and oceanographers specializing in predicting storm surge heights associated with landfalling tropical systems, primarily using their SLOSH model. Their efforts include developing highly-detailed mapping projections that support the issuance of Storm Surge Watches and Warnings for U.S. coastlines, which just recently became part of the suite of operational watches and warnings issued by the NWS.

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) provides global observations that serve as the backbone of both short- and long-term forecasts, including those that help us predict and prepare for severe weather events. Each satellite carries five state-of-the-art instruments, including the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS), the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) and an instrument to measure the Earth’s energy budget.JPSS satellites circle the Earth from pole-to-pole and cross the equator about 14 times daily in the afternoon orbit to provide full global coverage twice a day. In doing so, they provide the majority of data that informs numerical weather forecasting in the U.S. and deliver critical observations during severe weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards.Join us as we discuss this new Satellite that will help us with our forecasting abilites into the future!