South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and other state officials discuss their ongoing response to Helene, which has brought life-threatening flash flooding, damaging wind and tornadoes to North Carolina.

For emergencies, dial 911. For local community resource assistance, call 211.

To help with non-urgent storm cleanup, the Hurricane Helene Cleanup Hotline is available at 844-965-1386.

The American Red Cross is also available to assist at 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and other state officials discuss their ongoing response to Helene, which has brought life-threatening flash flooding, damaging wind and tornadoes to North Carolina.

For emergencies, dial 911. For local community resource assistance, call 211.

To help with non-urgent storm cleanup, the Hurricane Helene Cleanup Hotline is available at 844-965-1386.

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#northcarolina #weather #helene #ncwx #scwx #podcast North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and other state officials discuss their ongoing response to Helene, which has brought life-threatening flash flooding, damaging wind and tornadoes to North Carolina. See the response in South Carolina: https://youtu.be/nUQlXsjYcXM 🧢 MERCH: https://rstrm.io/e/YDmSpk 💸 LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip 🎙️ 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 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, the environment, the atmosphere, space travel, and all the technology that makes it possible.

Dr. Phil Klotzbach is back on the Carolina Weather Group to explain why he and the famed Colorado State University hurricane forecast predict a slightly below-average storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean this hurricane season.

They are forecasting 13 named storms, down from the average of 14.4 They expect 6 hurricanes, down from the average of 7.2. Dr. Klotzbach expects 2 major hurricanes of Category 3 or greater, which is down from 3.2.

Current neutral ENSO conditions look fairly likely to transition to El Niño this summer/fall. However, there is considerable uncertainty as to how strong an El Niño would be, if it does develop. Sea surface temperatures in the eastern and central Atlantic are much warmer than normal, so if a robust El Niño does not develop, the potential still exists for a busy Atlantic hurricane season. Larger-than-normal uncertainty exists with this outlook. We anticipate a near-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States coastline and in the Caribbean. As is the case with all hurricane seasons, coastal residents are reminded that it only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season for them. They should prepare the same for every season, regardless of how much activity is predicted.

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A big blob of algae and Sargassum seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean has begun washing shore on beaches in Florida, Cuba, Mexico, and elsewhere. Could it come to a Carolina beach -- and what does it mean for your summer travel plans? We discuss the seaweed blob with Dr. Tracy Fanara, who has her Ph.D. in environmental engineering and specializes in coastal modeling. This episode was available early to our supporters on Patreon. Join us today and support the Carolina Weather Group at https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup. 🧢 MERCH: https://www.youtube.com/@CarolinaWeatherGroup/store 💸 LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip 🎙️ 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 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.

When Brandon Clement and Jonathan Petramala set out to document Hurricane Ian in Cuba, they didn't know they nearly wouldn't make it back out of the country. And they had no way to know what would lie ahead for them in Florida and South Carolina from the monster storm.

This week their film, "Price of Paradise - Surviving Hurricane Ian," premieres at the Sunscreen Film Festival on April 28 in St. Pete, Florida. See the full trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzOEuYPcf0Q

This week on the Carolina Weather Group, the experienced storm chasers share their story with Scotty Powell and Frank Strait.

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Get involved in the weather with these upcoming events:

WCNC Charlotte Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich hosts a storm spotter SKYWARN class in Charlotte. Join virtually in in-person. Details: https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/charlotte-severe-weather-spotter-class-brad-panovich-wcnc-community/275-bbd45b56-25ba-4957-8f6c-16ce7e0f6ca1

And come to the Schiele Museum in Gastonia on Saturday to meet the entire WCNC weather team starting at 10 a.m. https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/meet-wcnc-charlotte-weather-team-schiele-museum-gastonia-earth-day-brad-panovich-larry-sprinkle/275-16b70345-a41b-4ad2-b8e2-f11709206b63

Plus, a new Duke Energy pilot program wants to save you money by making retrofits to homes to make them more energy efficient: https://www.wcnc.com/article/tech/science/climate-science/duke-energy-charlotte-home-repairs-energy-efficiency-green-apply/275-17fd8ca3-c738-42c7-b76c-b373cce646a1

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This week on the Carolina Weather Group, we talk with Myleigh Neill of the North Carolina State Climate Office about urban heat islands in the Carolinas. An urban heat island occurs when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas. The difference in temperature between urban and less-developed rural areas has to do with how well the surfaces in each environment absorb and hold heat. SPONSOR: https://strms.net/hellofresh_carolinawxgroup MERCH: https://www.youtube.com/@CarolinaWeatherGroup/store LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip ️ 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 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.

More than 100 people will gather this week in Asheville to brainstorm ways to improve flood resilience in Western North Carolina. Historically, the state's flood strategies have primarily targeted coastal areas, but its rural, agricultural and mountainous side has also borne the brunt of hurricanes and tropical storms. Shanteya Hudson from the North Carolina Public News Service reports

NOAA and the National Weather Service are spending millions to keep the nation's current network of weather radars operating for years to come.

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The radars -- designed in the 1980s and built in the 1990s -- each need about a million dollars worth of refurbishment to continue operating through the year 2030 and beyond.

This week on the Carolina Weather Group, we talk with Jessica Schultz, the deputy director of the Radar Operations Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

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Join your favorite weather podcasts for a big crossover episode celebrating National Weather Podcast month! Hear from your favorites and make new friends as James Spann from Weather Brains, James Brierton from the Carolina Weather Group, Gabriel Harber from Chaser Chat, Phil Johnson from Storm Front Freaks, Mike Mihalik from The Weather Louge, and Joe Rao from The Joe & Joe Weather Show come together for this special event!

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The North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network (ECONet) is a network of 44 research-grade weather stations for North Carolina, stretching from Mount Mitchell to Bald Head Island and the Outer Banks Born in Raleigh, NC, Sean Heuser joined the State Climate Office in 2008 as an ECONet Technician. As a technician, his primary responsibilities were performing maintenance on ECONet stations and enhancing the automated quality control (QC) routines for ECONet data. In 2016, Sean took over as manager of the ECONet. Go to https://strms.net/hellofresh_carolinawxgroup and use code POGHF93632 for my special HelloFresh discount and to support my channel! #ad LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip BUY MERCH: https://bit.ly/3I3YAzx 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 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. seesee

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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and state officials hold an emergency briefing in Raleigh to discuss ongoing impacts from Helene.

The storm is forecast to bring extreme flash flooding risks in the western North Carolina mountains because of excessive rainfall.

Across the Carolinas, heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes are possible.

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The Carolina Weather Group's James Brierton takes you on an all-access, behind-the-scenes tour of Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida. As we countdown to the launch of NASA SpaceX Crew-6 launch to the International Space Station, James takes you inside places not normally open to the public:

Go inside the vehicle assembly building, also known as the VAB, where NASA is preparing for the Artemis missions to the Moon. Plus, climb aboard the crawler vehicle, which has been used to carry Apollo, space shuttle, and Artemis' space launch system to the historic launch complex 39B.

A look inside NASA Kennedy's aviation hanger shows you the helicopters used for television broadcasts, medical transports, and security missions around the Cape.

Go inside the plant lab where botanists are creating gardens that astronauts will use to grow their own food and nutrition of future missions to the moon and Mars.

James and his fellow NASA Social participants interview real-life NASA astronauts and the director of Kennedy Space Center.

Go off the tour path and go inside the forgotten office of Wernher von Braun, the German-American aerospace engineer who left behind Hitler's Nazi party after World War II to help the United States Air Force (now the Space Force) and later NASA develop the first rockets for space and missile defensives during the Cold War.

Then join James and the Carolina Weather Group's Jared Smith for the countdown to launch as four astronauts - two from the United States, one from the United Arab Emirates, and one from Russia - launch to the International Space Center to begin their six-month stay for the Crew-6 mission.

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We're taking a week off and continuing to comb through all the amazing footage we're going to share with you from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Before then, James Brierton has a few quick announcements:

Join us Tuesday, March 14 for a free SKYWARN storm spotter training: https://fb.me/e/DnYhxpud

We invite you to join CoCoRaHS to report backyard precipitation amounts: https://www.cocorahs.org/

And stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes space content from our visit to NASA!

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Crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission are in orbit following their successful launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew are the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, along with United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, for a science expedition aboard the space station.

“Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX teams for another history-making mission to the International Space Station! The Commercial Crew Program is proof American ingenuity and leadership in space benefits all of humanity – through groundbreaking science, innovative technology, and newfound partnership,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Crew-6 will be busy aboard the International Space Station, conducting over 200 experiments that will help us to prepare for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, as well as improve life here on Earth. We look forward to seeing all that they accomplish.”

During Dragon’s flight, SpaceX will monitor a series of automatic spacecraft maneuvers from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California, and NASA teams will monitor space station operations throughout the flight from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Dragon will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module around 1:17 a.m., Friday, March 3. NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of docking and hatch opening. NASA TV also will cover the ceremony to welcome the crew aboard the orbital outpost about 3:40 a.m.

Once aboard station, Crew-6 will join the Expedition 68, consisting of NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann, and Josh Cassada, as well as JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin, and Anna Kikina. For a short time, the 11 crew members will live and work in space together until Crew-5 members Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina return to Earth a few days later.

Conducting new scientific research, Crew-6 will help prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and benefit life on Earth. Experiments will include studies of how particular materials burn in microgravity, tissue chip research on heart, brain, and cartilage functions, and an investigation that will collect microbial samples from the outside of the space station. These are just some of the hundreds of science experiments and technology demonstrations that will take place during their mission. 

“For more than two decades, humans have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station,” said Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate in Washington. “Commercial Crew Program missions like Crew-6 are essential so we can continue to maximize the important research possible only in the space station’s unique microgravity environment. Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX teams on a successful launch! I am looking forward to seeing the crew safely aboard the station.”

The Crew-6 mission enables NASA to maximize use of the space station, where astronauts have lived and worked continuously for more than 22 years testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to operate future commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit and explore farther from Earth. Research conducted on the space station provides benefits for

Strong and severe storms could bring severe weather to portions of North Carolina and South Carolina Friday.

The Carolina Weather Group provides the latest forecast analysis on the developing storm threat in the Carolinas. The preliminary threat could be hail or damaging winds, but an isolated tornado or two are also possible.

Plus, we're continuing to countdown to the launch of NASA SpaceX Crew-6 from the Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. We're providing live updates as the four astronauts prepare for a 12:34 a.m. et launch.

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NASA is holding a special briefing and Q&A session for NASA Social participants, including our own James Brierton, at 4:30 ET.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with humans aboard. The mission is targeted to launch no earlier than 1:45 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 27, on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft – named Endeavour – atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Mission operations teams will be closely monitoring the weather leading up to liftoff.

After docking, the Crew-6 crewmates will be welcomed inside the station by the seven-member crew of Expedition 68. Following a handover on the space station with Crew-6, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 crew members will undock from the space station.

The NASA SpaceX trip comes at the same time  Russia prepares to launch a passengerless Soyuz MS-23 crew ship at 7:24 p.m. EST Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day trek to the space station. Besides delivering provisions for the crew, the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will return NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin back to Earth later this year. Those three men are awaiting a new spacecraft because their previous craft, Soyuz MS-22, suffered a depressurization issue that made it not idle for human spaceflight back to Earth.

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 flight crew has reported to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to start final preparations for their mission to the International Space Station.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with humans aboard. The mission is targeted to launch no earlier than 1:45 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 27, on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft – named Endeavour – atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Mission operations teams will be closely monitoring the weather leading up to liftoff.

After docking, the Crew-6 crewmates will be welcomed inside the station by the seven-member crew of Expedition 68. Following a handover on the space station with Crew-6, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 crew members will undock from the space station.

The NASA SpaceX trip comes at the same time  Russia prepares to launch a passengerless Soyuz MS-23 crew ship at 7:24 p.m. EST Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day trek to the space station. Besides delivering provisions for the crew, the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will return NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin back to Earth later this year. Those three men are awaiting a new spacecraft because their previous craft, Soyuz MS-22, suffered a depressurization issue that made it not idle for human spaceflight back to Earth.

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During a media teleconference Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA provided an update to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, is slated for Monday, Feb. 27, at 1:45 a.m. EST. Live launch-day coverage on NASA TV and the agency’s website begins at 10 p.m. EST. Sunday, Feb. 26.

Managers from NASA and SpaceX, along with international partners, met throughout the day Tuesday as part of the mission’s Flight Readiness Review (FRR) in preparation for the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the microgravity laboratory. The FRR focused on the preparedness of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, the space station, and its international partners to support the flight, as well as the certification of flight readiness.

The Crew-6 launch will carry two NASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Warren Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will serve as mission specialists, to the space station for a science expedition mission. They will fly aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, carried by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.

Crew-6 will spend up to six months at the space station before returning to Earth. The mission marks the fourth spaceflight for Bowen, who flew space shuttle missions STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133 in 2011. Crew-6 will be the first spaceflight for Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev.

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The Carolina Weather Group has out-of-this-world news! And it's being announced live!

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A storm threat Thursday and Friday in parts of the Carolinas could bring heavy rain and gusty winds. The latest on the severe weather threat.

And in a trip to the Carolina Weather Group archive, meteorologist Tom Niziol shows us amazing, close-up photos of snowflakes like you've never seen them before!

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It's been fifty years since a snowstorm brought upwards of two feet of snow to the Carolinas on Feb. 9, 1973. And this wasn't just winter weather in the mountains: Some of the highest accumulations came across the sand hills and coastal plains of both North Carolina and South Carolina.

James Brierton talks with Melissa Griffin, the assistant state climatologist for South Carolina, and Frank Strait, a Carolina Weather Group panelist who also works with Griffin as the severe weather liaison for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

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Read Frank and Melissa's full article: https://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/Publications/SCW_1973SnowFinal.pdf

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This week on the Carolina Weather Group:

James Brierton travels to the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, where repairs are finally beginning on the GSP radar.

WCNC Charlotte's Brad Panovich joins us to debunk the myth that thunderstorms in winter mean it's going to snow in ten days.

And Steven Jaume of the College of Charleston provides new insights into why South Carolina keeps seeing so many earthquakes.

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The Carolinas and the Southeast preparing for big impacts from Helene.

Hurricane Helene is rapidly intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall along the big bend of Florida. From there, impacts from the storm will move quickly over Georgia and into both North Carolina and South Carolina.

Excessive rain will cause flash flooding with the greatest risks across portions of the western North Carolina mountains, where the region is already being soaked by a predecessor rain event underway. With more than ten inches of rain possible, the risk of flash flooding in the mountains is extremely high.

The risk of flooding extends across much of the Carolinas, where a couple of inches of rain is also possible.

Even with Helene forecast to weaken to a tropical storm over Georgia and the Carolinas, gusty winds could still reach hurricane-force with some areas forecast to see 70 mph or greater wind gusts. This could easily topple trees and power lines. Power outages are anticipated with this storm.

Plus an ongoing tornado threat caused by the tropical system will extend across much of both North Carolina and South Carolina, with coastal SC expected to see the greatest risk of tornadoes Thursday night.

On this week's episode of the Carolina Weather Group podcast, meteorologists and experts from across the region to help you understand the localized impacts. We welcome WCNC's Brad Panovich, WFMY's Tim Buckley, WRDW's Riley Hale along with Duke Energy's Jeff Brooks. They join our panelists of James Brierton in Charlotte, Frank Strait in Columbia, Scotty Powell in Myrtle Beach, and Shea Gibson and Jared Smith both in Charleston.

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No new episode of the Carolina Weather Group this week. Instead we spent Wednesday tracking live storms on our YouTube channel. https://youtube.com/@CarolinaWeatherGroup. We'll be back next week with an all-new episode, which you can unlock right now at https://Patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup.

A cold front will bring another line of storms to North Carolina and South Carolina Wednesday.

Some of the storms could produce heavy rain, gusty winds, and even an isolated tornado or two.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk (tier 2 out of 5) for portions of the Carolinas.

James Brierton, in Charlotte, and Scotty Powell, in Mrytle Beach, provide an update on the severe weather forecast.

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Tonight, it's a Carolina Weather Group trifecta. 

NASA Ambassador Tony Rice tells us about the big space events planned for 2023!

Plus... how Christmas trees are preventing Carolina beaches from washing away.

And how you can help the victims of tornadoes last week in Georgia and across the South.

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In a candid, friendly, and open conversation with the Carolina Weather Group, the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore speaks openly about what's left on his weather bucket list.

Jim shares how many more years he thinks we can expect to see him continuing to do what he does: covering hurricanes and severe weather live in the field.

In this conversation, Jim Cantore also shares his eyewitness accounts of 2022's most extreme weather: Hurricane Ian; Hurricane Nicole; lake-effect snow in Buffalo, New York; tornadoes; and more!

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A squall line moving through North Carolina and South Carolina Thursday could produce strong and severe thunderstorms. The storms contain a risk for gusty wind and a few tornadoes. On the backside of the storm, the mountains of western North Carolina could see their first real snow event this winter season.

The Carolina Weather Group provides the latest forecast analysis on the severe weather threat. Then stay tuned for our candid interview with the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore, where he reflects on the biggest storms of 2022 and candidly talks about what's next for him in his career.

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In a candid, friendly, and open conversation with the Carolina Weather Group, the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore speaks openly about what's left on his weather bucket list. Jim shares how many more years he thinks we can expect to see him continuing to do what he does: covering hurricanes and severe weather live in the field.

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Over 500,000 Duke Energy customers are is your power because of frigid temperatures. Duke Energy and other power companies also instituting intentional, temporary rolling blackouts. Temporarily turning off service to households for 15 to 30 minutes at a time in order to reduce the strain on the power grid. Companies are asking customers who have electricity, to conserve it as best they can.

A coastal low Thursday will bring periods of heavy rain, and possible scattered thunderstorms to portions of North Carolina and South Carolina Thursday. And then on Friday, hold on! Wickedly cold temperatures will make it a possibly record-breaking Christmas this weekend! We're looking at the weather impacts we can expect in the days ahead!

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From snow, to hurricanes, to space launches... Mark Sudduth is a Wilmington-based photographer who is there to capture outstanding images of the world around us.

Back again for his annual year-ending interview, Mark shares video and stories from his year's journeys, including repeat January snow events in the Carolinas, Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole, and the launch of NASA's Artemis-1.

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 9:40 PST, 12:40 EST as the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission. Engineers will perform several additional tests while Orion is in the water and before powering down the spacecraft and handing it over to the recovery team aboard the USS Portland.

At the direction of the NASA recovery director, Navy divers and other team members in several inflatable boats will approach the spacecraft. When Orion is ready to be pulled into the ship’s well deck at the waterline, the divers will attach a cable, called the winch line, to pull the spacecraft into the ship and up to four additional tending lines to attach points on the crew module. The winch will pull Orion into a specially designed cradle inside the ship’s well deck and the other lines will control the motion of the spacecraft. Once Orion is positioned above the cradle assembly, technicians will drain the well deck and secure it on the cradle.

Once aboard the vessel, teams will take the spacecraft to U.S. Naval Base San Diego and soon return it to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for inspection. Technicians in Florida will thoroughly inspect Orion, retrieving data recorded on board, removing onboard payloads, and more.

Artemis I was the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems – the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and the supporting ground systems – and the first in a series of increasingly complex missions at the Moon. Through Artemis missions, NASA will establish a long-term lunar presence for scientific discovery and prepare for human missions to Mars.

On this 35th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo's landfall in the Carolinas, we revisit our 2019 special marking the then-30th anniversary of the Category 4 storm.

Within hours, Hugo was ripping through the South Carolina midlands and into parts of western North Carolina, including Charlotte. In this special episode, we look at Hugo's lasting effect on our communities - - and your personal stories of surviving Hurricane Hugo. Hear personal stories from broadcast meteorologists Eric Thomas, Rob Fowler and Larry Sprinke, all of who covered the storm on television in Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Charlotte. See historical footage from the South Carolina Education Television (SCETV) archives. See images and videos from 1989 showing the impact of Hurricane Hugo in both North Carolina and South Carolina. The Carolina Weather Group podcast delivers a historical look back at this unforgettable piece of weather history. RECORD YOUR STORY: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

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When WCNC Charlotte Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich was 13 years old, he joined the American Meteorological Society. Today, the popular broadcast meteorologist provides not only forecasting but scientific insights for students and adults alike.

This week on the Carolina Weather Group, we go inside the "Young Brad" television commercial produced by the station's promotions department. We'll talk with WCNC Promotions Manager Matt Hammond to understand why TV stations market weather and hear from Brad on how you, like him, can get into weather starting at a younger age.

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This year La Niña returns for the third consecutive winter, driving warmer-than-average temperatures for the Southwest and along the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, according to NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook released today by the Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service. Starting in December 2022 through February 2023, NOAA predicts drier-than-average conditions across the South with wetter-than-average conditions for areas of the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest.

“The hardworking forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center produce timely and accurate seasonal outlooks and short-term forecasts year-round,” said Michael Farrar, Ph.D., director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. “NOAA’s new supercomputers are enabling us to develop even better, more detailed forecast capabilities, which we’ll be rolling out in the coming years.”

NOAA forecasters, in collaboration with the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), continue to monitor extreme, ongoing drought conditions that have persisted in the Western U.S. since late 2020, as well as parts of the central U.S. where historic low-water conditions are currently present.

“Drought conditions are now present across approximately 59% of the country, but parts of the Western U.S and southern Great Plains will continue to be the hardest hit this winter,” said Jon Gottschalck, chief, Operational Prediction Branch, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. “With the La Niña climate pattern still in place, drought conditions may also expand to the Gulf Coast.”

Temperature

• The greatest chance for warmer-than-average conditions are in western Alaska, and the Central Great Basin and Southwest extending through the Southern Plains.
• Warmer-than-average temperatures are also favored in the Southeastern U.S. and along the Atlantic coast.
• Below-normal temperatures are favored from the Pacific Northwest eastward to the western Great Lakes and the Alaska Panhandle.

Precipitation

• Wetter-than-average conditions are most likely in western Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, northern Rockies, Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
• The greatest chances for drier-than-average conditions are forecast in portions of California, the Southwest, the southern Rockies, southern Plains, Gulf Coast and much of the Southeast.
• The remainder of the U.S. falls into the category of equal chances for below-, near-, or above-average seasonal total precipitation.

Drought

• Widespread extreme drought continues to persist across much of the West, the Great Basin, and the central-to-southern Great Plains.
• Drought is expected to impact the middle and lower Mississippi Valley this winter.
• Drought development is expected to occur across the South-central and Southeastern U.S., while drought conditions are expected to improve across the Northwestern U.S. over the coming months.

This week on the Carolina Weather Group, climatologist Judah Cohen explains what to expect from the 2022 – 2023 winter, and what factors will influence the chance of snow and winter weather.

Cohen, a Visiting Scientist at MIT’s Parsons Lab, and Director of the Seasonal Forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research, explains how the polar vortex, Siberian snow, and artistic ice influence weather in the Southeast United States.

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Fundraisers have been announced to help the families of WBTV meteorologist Jason Myers and helicopter pilot Chip Tayag. The two men died Tuesday in a helicopter crash while on assignment for the Charlotte television station.

Jason Myers is survived by his wife of twenty years, Jillian, and their four children, Andrew, Lily, Luke and Lydia. You can support their family at https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-jason-myers-husband-father-of-4.

Chip Tayag is survived by his wife, step-children, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. You can support their family at https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-chip-tayag.

WBTV shared these links Wednesday. Knowing that these are safe and secure ways to help the families, the Carolina Weather Group wished to share them with you as well.

The Carolina Weather Group’s James Brierton and Scotty Powell deliver a special message this Thanksgiving week, and Scotty shares his memories of Jason, who mentored him toward his new dream job in television weather.

NASA’s Artemis I mission lifted off on Nov. 16, 2022, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B. This video includes highlights from the event.

With 8.8 million pounds of thrust, the Space Launch System (SLS), is NASA’s most powerful rocket. It will send the uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond the Moon, 280,000 miles from Earth, farther than any human-rated spacecraft has ever flown.

After 26 days and a total distance of over a million miles, Orion will return home faster and hotter than any spacecraft has before. 

The primary goals for Artemis I are to demonstrate Orion’s systems in a spaceflight environment and ensure a safe re-entry, descent, splashdown, and recovery prior to the first flight with crew on Artemis II.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will demonstrate our commitment and capability to build a long-term human presence at the Moon for decades to come.

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Artemis I managers convened Monday afternoon to review the status of countdown operations as well as two open technical items, and gave a “go” to proceed toward launch Wednesday, Nov 16. The two-hour window for launch opens at 1:04 a.m. EST.

Engineers examined detailed analysis of caulk on a seam between an ogive on Orion’s launch abort system and the crew module adapter and potential risks if it were to detach during launch. The mission management team determined there is a low likelihood that if additional material tears off it would pose a critical risk to the flight.

Technicians also completed replacing a component of an electrical connector on the hydrogen tail service mast umbilical. While swapping the component did not fully fix the issue, engineers have redundant sources of information supplied through the connector.

The countdown, which began Monday at 1:54 a.m., is progressing smoothly. All elements of the rocket and spacecraft are powered up. Overnight, teams will charge flight batteries, conduct final walkdowns at the launch pad, and check out communications with Orion.

The following milestones remaining in the countdown are below. Live coverage of tanking operations with commentary on NASA TV will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 3:30 p.m. Full launch coverage in English will begin at 10:30 p.m. Click here for the latest information on launch briefings and events.

NASA leader Jim Free is providing an update on the #Artemis I mission to the Moon following the Hurricane Nicole weather event. NASA hopes to launch starting in a two-hour windows Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 1:04 a.m ET.

There are at least two post-Hurricane #Nicole repairs that still need to be monitored and completed before Wednesday's early morning launch attempt.

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What will remain of Hurricane Nicole is forecast to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to North Carolina and South Carolina late Thursday, Friday, and into the first part of Saturday. The biggest impact from the storm will be scattered tornadoes and flooding, which will be brought on by both heavy rains and high tides. 

Along the coast, the storm surge could cause flooding along Carolina shortlines. Heavy rains are expected across the Carolinas, but especially at the coast and in the higher elevations of the western North Carolina foothills and mountains.

Regardless of the storm's name and classification, the impacts for the Carolinas will remain likely the same despite the storm's weakening from a hurricane to a tropical storm or tropical depression.

Across the Carolinas, the Carolina Weather Group provides forecast analysis and explanation to help you better understand what to expect from the storm.

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Tropical storm-forecast conditions are possible across portions of the Carolinas Friday and Saturday from Nicole.

Forecast to become a hurricane before landfall along the east coast of Florida Thursday, Nicole will then swing into the Southeast.

While the exact forecast track of Nicole remains uncertain, the storm is expected to bring heavy rains, gusty winds, and coastal impacts, including the possibility of storm surge, rough surf, and erosion to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

NASA is also closely monitoring forecast weather conditions at Cape Canaveral, where the Space Launch System and Orion capsule for the Artemis-1 mission are sitting on Launch Pad 39B. As of Monday, NASA continues to keep the vehicle at the launch pad but, as they did for Ian, could elect to move the vehicle back to the safety of the Vehicular Assembly Building. The time-consuming move could jeopardize the planned launch attempts next week for this mission back to the moon.

The Carolina Weather Group will have updates throughout the week here on the channel and on our audio podcast feed.

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NASA and Northrup Gruman are set to launch a resupply mission to the International Space Station from the NASA Launch Facility in Wallops, Virginia at 5:50 a.m. EST. Weather is 80% favorable for launch in Virginia.

The launch will be visible across much of the Carolinas and east coast weather permitting. We can expect scattered showers and clouds across the Carolinas at the time of launch.

Don't forget to set your clocks back and join us for live coverage beginning at 5:30 a.m. EST (after the time change) on the Carolina Weather Group YouTube channel.

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#weather #southcarolina #northcarolina This week, a tropical weather system produced historic flooding. Tonight, the Carolina Weather Group recaps the storm that desperately wanted to be called Helene but never officially made it. Our guest is Bob Bright, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, North Carolina. 🧢 MERCH: https://rstrm.io/e/YDmSpk 💸 LEAVE A TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip 🎙️ 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 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, the environment, the atmosphere, space travel, and all the technology that makes it possible.

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Briefing participants include:

Jim Free, associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters

Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program, Kennedy

Teams are on track to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39B no earlier than Friday, Nov. 4 with first motion targeted for 12:01 a.m. EDT.

Minor repairs identified through detailed inspections are mostly completed. Preparations are underway to ready the mobile launcher and VAB for rollout by configuring the mobile launcher arms and umbilicals and continuing to retract the access platforms surrounding SLS and Orion as work is completed.

Testing of the reaction control system on the twin solid rocket booters, as well as the installation of the flight batteries, is complete and those components are ready for flight. Engineers also have replaced the batteries on the interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS), which was powered up for a series of tests to ensure the stage is functioning properly. Teams successfully completed final confidence checks for the ICPS, launch vehicle stage adapter and the core stage forward skirt.

Teams are continuing to work in the intertank area of the core stage and upper section of the boosters to replace batteries. These areas will remain open to support remaining battery and flight termination system activities. Flight termination system testing will start next week on the intertank and booster and once complete, those elements will be ready for launch. Charging of the secondary payloads in the Orion stage adapter is complete.

Teams recharged, replaced and reinstalled several of the radiation instruments and the crew seat accelerometer inside Orion ahead of the crew module closure for roll. Technicians will refresh the specimens for the space biology payload at the launch pad. The crew module and launch abort system hatches are closed for the roll to the pad, and engineers will perform final closeouts at the pad prior to launch.

NASA is targeting the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission for Monday, Nov. 14 with liftoff of the Space Launch System "SLS" rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft planned during a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. EST. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test to launch SLS and send Orion around the Moon and back to Earth to thoroughly test its system before flights with astronauts.

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This week, James Brierton provides a brief update on happenings behind the scenes at the Carolina Weather Group. Thanks to our new and existing supporters at https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup for allowing us to grow and continue to serve you. For just a $1, you can unlock episode extras and help pay our CWG bills.  

We're back next Wednesday with an all new episode -- and live coverage this Sunday morning at 5:30 a.m. of a rocket launch from NASA Wallops that will be visible (weather permitting) across much of the Carolinas!

NOAA's new supercomputers, first announced in February 2020 with a contract award to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), provide a significant upgrade to computing capacity, storage space and interconnect speed of the nation’s Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System.

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“Accurate weather and climate predictions are critical to informing public safety, supporting local economies, and addressing the threat of climate change,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo. “Through strategic and sustained investments, the U.S. is reclaiming a global top spot in high-performance computing to provide more accurate and timely climate forecasts to the public.”

“More computing power will enable NOAA to provide the public with more detailed weather forecasts further in advance,” said NOAA Administrator, Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. “Today’s supercomputer implementation is the culmination of years of hard work by incredible teams across NOAA — everyone should be proud of this accomplishment.”

“This is a big day for NOAA and the state of weather forecasting,” said Ken Graham, director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. “Researchers are developing new ensemble-based forecast models at record speed, and now we have the computing power needed to implement many of these substantial advancements to improve weather and climate prediction.”

Enhanced computing and storage capacity will allow NOAA to deploy higher-resolution models to better capture small-scale features like severe thunderstorms, more realistic model physics to better capture the formation of clouds and precipitation, and a larger number of individual model simulations to better quantify model certainty. The end result is even better forecasts and warnings to support public safety and the national economy.

The new supercomputers will enable an upgrade to the U.S. Global Forecast System, the "GFS," this fall and the launch of a new hurricane forecast model called the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System, the "HAFS," slated to be in operation for the 2023 hurricane season pending tests and evaluation.

In addition, the new supercomputers will enable NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center — a division of the National Weather Service’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction — to implement other new applications created by model developers across the U.S. under the Unified Forecast Systemoffsite link over the next five years.

This week on the Carolina Weather Group, we chat with David Michaud, the director of central processing for the National Weather Service, and Brian Gross, the director of environmental modeling for NWS.  

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