Carolina Weather Group

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! 

Meteorlogist Chester Lampkin has a had a whirlwind tour of the weather world! Chester earned his Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from the University of Saint Louis. After graduating he has stints in Colorado, Missouri, Texas and in his hometown of Saint Louis Missouri. In 2015 Chester decided to take his weather career down under. Well to New Zealand. He worked for two years as a meteorologist for MetService New Zealand, which is basically the New Zealand equivalent of the National Weather Service. During that time Chester experinced a whole new way of communicating weather. Earlier this Chester returned to Saint Louis and took up his post at KSDK as meteorologist. 

Kat is a North Carolina native. She studied Meteorology and graduated from North Carolina State with B.S. degree in Meteorology. While at NC State, Kat was President of the Broadcast Meteorology Club and worked as a Weather Graphics Producer at WRAL News in Raleigh, NC. While in school, Kat interned at WXII News in her hometown of Winston Salem, and interned for a weather data and corporate forecasting company, WeatherBell Analytics.Kat is an avid Severe Weather and Winter Weather lover and has experinced a few tornadoes throughout her life. 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly into a major hurricane – intentionally?? Join us as we talk to “Hurricane Hunter” pilot Captain Will Simmons of the US Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. Captain Simmons graduated from the Geosciences Department at Mississippi State University and subsequently worked for two years as an AMS-certified meteorologist at WCBI-TV in Columbus, MS. After earning his pilot wings in the US Air Force, Captain Simmons began flying for the Hurricane Hunters out of Keesler Air Force Base in 2015. He has more than 60 hurricane eye penetrations to his name, including all of the major hurricanes this season.

On this episode we will discuss with Trevor Boucher how meterologists can better communicate with the diverse population throughout the United States. Not everyone knows the weather lingo, and how it may affect their daily lives. This will be a great show for everyone, and hopefully we will have a better idea on how to communicate the threats to the general public!

This week we conclude our two-part series on studying meteorology. Learn what classes you should take, what programs are offered at different schools and explore possible career paths.

Our guests include Meteorologist Alex Herbst, a graduate student at Mississippi State and intern with Memphis Weather Net, and Meteorologist Bobby Stilwell, of St. Louis University.

We'll also be looking at the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Florida, Georgia and other portions of the Southeast, including the flooding in Charleston, South Carolina.

Guests: Alex Herbst and Alex Herbst, Graduate student at Mississippi State and intern with MWN and Meteorologist Bobby Stilwell

This week on the Carolina Weather Group we get to know CrowdHydrology, a crowdsourced program asking the public to text in water levels in streams and rivers in their neighborhoods. To learn more, or setup a gauge in your local commmunity, visit crowdhydrology.geology.buffalo.edu.

This week we begin our two-part series on studying meteorology. Learn what classes you should take, what programs are offered at different schools and explore possible career paths.

Our guests this week include Trevor Gibbs, Sam Harris, a student at North Carolina State University, and  Kyle Kiel, a recent grad and a meteorologist with KWWL-TV.

We're also discussing the latest on Hurricane Irma and its forecast.

Do you really know what a "30% chance of rain" means? It may not mean what you think.

Guests Brad Panovich, of WCNC-TV Charlotte, and Troy Kimmel, a professor at the University of Texas in Austin, TX, join us to discuss.

Plus we reflect on the Hurricane Harvey forecast.

Our scheduled guests, Reynolds Wolf and Mike Fomil from The Weather Channel, were called to Texas to cover Tropical Storm Harvey. Join the Carolina Weather Group as we re-cap the solar eclipse and review the forecast for Tropical Storm Harvey.