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For the first time in years, a major snowstorm could impact an extended portion of the Carolinas on Friday and Saturday. Starting on Friday and continuing into Saturday, snow, ice, sleet and rain are forecast for both North Carolina and South Carolina. For some places in the Carolinas, it could be the first significant snowfall in some time. This week on the Carolina Weather Group, our panel with the latest snow forecast and timing to help you understand what to expect. Our guests this week are Brad Panovich, chief meteorologist at WCNC Charlotte, and Tim Buckley, chief meteorologist at WFMY News 2. Plus the latest news headlines on the ongoing recovery from Helene in western North Carolina -- and a look at the wind-driven fires of southern California. #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast

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#northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast After Helene, the communities of Chimney Rock, Lake Lure and Batcove were among some of the most devastated areas in western North Carolina. Closed since the storm because of destroyed roads and unsafe buildings, Christmas was brought to the community on Saturday, Dec. 14 for a special one-day holiday market. Gathered outside the Lake Lure Inn, Cityserve hosted small businesses that have been hard-pressed without the regular fall tourism season. The event also featured bus tours through Chimney Rock, which remains closed to the outside public. Join the Carolina Weather Group as we bring Christmas to the people of western North Carolina. Hear from some of those hardest hit by the storm and how the holiday spirit has managed to find its way into the North Carolina mountains. Also hear from those who came out to support the community, including 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer and Henderson Motorsports's Stefan Parsons. We al

Wilmington, North Carolina-based storm chaser Mark Sudduth shares highlights of his 2024 storm-chasing year. Mark used new, homegrown hail technology to document hail like never seen before! Mark shares stories of chasing severe weather including tornadoes. Mark has made a name for himself documenting storms in his films and live storm chasing on hurricanetrack.com. He tells his experiences chasing hurricanes in 2024 such as Beryl, Helene and Milton. He also had the chance to see the 2024 total solar eclipse. Order a 2025 Carolina Weather Group desk calendar: https://forms.gle/Z1qhqh1h78hMpc8g9

This week some parts of North Carolina saw their first snowflakes in years, but when you examine the data further, there's a technicality that means the snow drought continues in some places that did see snow. We'll explain why. Plus, it's winter weather preparedness week. The National Weather Service is simplifying its winter weather alerts and we'll inform you how the changes impact your life. Tonight, damaging winds move into the North Carolina mountains. A High Wind Warning is in effect. And, new data examines the strength of Helene. What we're still learning about the storm as the disaster recovery continues. 2025 calendar order form: https://forms.gle/Z1qhqh1h78hMpc8g9 #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast

Join the Carolina Weather Group as we celebrate the first 500 episodes of our podcast. We're back on-location at the Insurance Institute of Home and Business Safety in Richburg, South Carolina  @IBHS_org . Over the years, the weekly weather podcast has brought you exciting science, insightful interviews with your favorite meteorologists and live coverage of historic severe weather. Plus special events including our trip to Kennedy Space Center for the launch of NASA SpaceX Crew-6, a railfanning adventure in Altoona, Pennsylvania and - of course - the lifesaving science experiments we saw at IBHS. Join us as we reminisce about the first 500 episodes covering weather, science and technology from the Carolinas. We will be putting links to all of the mentioned episodes here shortly.

Setting a home on fire intentionally... or shooting hail out of a potato gun at roofing material... are all ways the Insurance Institute for Business Home and Safety uses science to make our lives safer. For the Carolina Weather Group's 500th podcast episode, the team goes on-location to the giant IBHS weather lab in Richburg, South Carolina. In this video, you will see scientists light a home on fire INTENTIONALLY in order to study how wind spread wildfires. On-hand for this experiment in the Carolinas, CALTECH and CAL FIRE from California, where wildfires can quickly become deadly and destructive. IBHS utilizes its wind tunnel to push over flames at 35 mph. Scientists want to see how quickly a fire can spread from one building to the next. See what happens when those fans crank up and blow onto the fully engulfed home. From fire to ice... we take you inside IBHS' hail lab, where they make and study the impact of hail on roofs. Shooting hail at roofing materials of various ages and construction material

#helene #hurricane #tropics #severeweather #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast Helene brought destructive flooding, mudslides and life-altering destruction to the Carolinas. While some communities repair, other communities must rebuild from scratch. This week on the Carolina Weather Group, Evan Fisher shows us the power of Helene. As seen through aerial imagery, these before and after pictures show how the storm's impacts forever changed the landscape, towns and people of western North Carolina. Evan shows how flooding rivers, mudslides and hurricane-force winds changed both the towns and landscapes of the Carolinas. This episode was available early to Carolina Weather Group supporters. Join today at https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup. If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon. The American Red Cross is also available to as

More than a month after Helene, recovery efforts continue in western North Carolina. This week, our guests are WCNC Charlotte's Julia Kauffman and Evan Fisher.Julia reported from Chimney Rock and shares with us what she saw for hard-hit communities like Chimney Rock, Lake Lure and Bat Cave. Most of the town was damaged and the road remains mostly closed to outside visitors. Evan shares his experience in Asheville where recovery from Helene continues. He has started a new website, https://forwnc.org/, to document individual storm reports and impacts on communities across western North Carolina.Evan also shares a heartfelt Helene survivor storm documented by @StormChaserAaronRigsby. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q-zq4QOEew If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon. The American Red Cross is also available to assist at 1-800-RED-CROSS

When it comes to the chances another Helene-like storm could hit the Carolinas in the future, it's really a matter of when and not if. Could it be in another 100 years? Another 500 years? Another 1,000 years? Or could a changing climate dramatically increase the reoccurrence of these events? This week on the Carolina Weather Group, Corey Davis, the assistant state climatologist for North Carolina, explains why a 1-in-1000-year event like Helene could happen again much sooner. The widespread flooding washing over – and washing out – towns and roadways after Helene was uncomfortably similar to the scenes in eastern North Carolina following Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018. And once again, the major city in the region – Wilmington then, Asheville now – had its interstate connections severed by the flooding. In addition to those similar impacts, one way of comparing events on opposite ends of the state is using rainfall return intervals, which frame a specific amount over a certain dur

#helene #hurricane #tropics #severeweather #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast When Hurricane Helene flooded the mountains of western North Carolina causing widespread power outages, destruction and evacuations, the nation's weather archives went offline. That's because the data lives in Asheville, North Carolina at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, where the government archives and backups more than 60 petabytes of historical weather data. In just the past week, as Helene relief efforts continue across the region, NCEI has been able to return products and services to online status. While many data products continue to be updated as a result of the outage caused by Hurricane Helene, the center says they're most grateful all of their employees and staff have been accounted for. Additionally, all data holdings –including paper and film records– were unharmed in the storm. This week on the Carolina Weather Group, NCEI's Jared Rennie returns to the show to discuss t

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will join North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper for a press briefing to provide an update on local and federal response and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene. Helene caused a major flooding disaster in the Carolinas. The federal government has declared the western North Carolina mountains a major disaster area. 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). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon

Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida as disaster recovery continues in the Carolinas after Helene. Tonight, the Carolina Weather Group is live in the Florida landfall -- and talking with Evan Fisher about life in Asheville after Helene. Across both North Carolina and South Carolina, a million and a half Carolinians remain without power. The federal government has declared the western North Carolina mountains a major disaster area. 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). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and other state officials hold a briefing to discuss the ongoing recovery efforts from Helene. Helene has caused a major flooding disaster in the Carolinas. Communities remain cut off from the outside world with limited-to-no power or communication. Others have had to flee their homes to escape the rising flood waters brought on by Helene. Across both North Carolina and South Carolina, a million and a half Carolinians remain without power. The federal government has declared the western North Carolina mountains a major disaster area. 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). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link:

#helene #hurricane #tropics #severeweather #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and other state officials discuss the latest Hurricane Helene relief ongoing in their state. 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). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon

Hurricane Helene has claimed over 200 lives, left countless people missing and millions of other people without power. Across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennesse, Georgia and Florida, our neighbors need your help. Join the Carolina Weather Group, Storm Front Freaks, Weather Brains and Chaser Chat shows for a joint telethon to support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. These weather podcasts are coming together to help the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts across the Southeast.

#helene #hurricane #tropics #severeweather #northcarolina #southcarolina #weather #ncwx #scwx #podcast South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and other state officials discussed the latest Hurricane Helene relief that was ongoing in their state. 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). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon

Tonight, the latest on the recovery in the Carolinas after Helene. Plus we explore the weather and the science that produced the predecessor rain event that helped create the disaster that Helene was. Our guests are Brad Panovich, Tim Buckley and Jason Boyer. 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). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon

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). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon

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. The American Red Cross is also available to assist at 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767). If you would like to donate to help the people of the Carolinas as a Carolina Weather Group listener, you can donate to the American Red Cross using our special link: http://bit.ly/wxpodstelethon