National Tropical Weather Conference

National Tropical Weather Conference Hurricane Conference for TV, Radio and digital media meteorologists, corporate emergency management.

The National Tropical Weather Conference is a professional conference for Broadcast Meteorologists, broadcast meteorology students. The conference will focus on tropical system forecasting, disaster preparedness, safety, research, impacts and social media communications. Some of the nations biggest names in meteorology and hurricanes will be at the conference Dr. Richard Knabb, Director National Hurricane Center, Mr. Bill Read, former Director National Hurricane Center, Dr. William Gray and Dr. Phil Klotzbach, Colorado Tropical Meteorology Project, Ms. Leslie Chapman-Henderson, President-CEO, Federal Alliance of Safe Homes, Dan Kottolowski, Accu-weather Hurricane Specialist, among others.

Mike Bilder takes us back to the 1926 Hurricane Season, Wednesday at 7pm CDT.
09/27/2026

Mike Bilder takes us back to the 1926 Hurricane Season, Wednesday at 7pm CDT.

09/24/2026

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09/24/2026

Hurricane forecasting is entering a new era.
Dr. Jason Sippel of NOAA's Hurricane Research Division and Dan Brown, Chief of the Hurricane Specialist Unit at the National Hurricane Center, join Bill Read and Dr. Hal Needham for an inside look at technology being tested right now.
The conversation goes inside the Hurricane and Ocean Testbed at NHC, where researchers and operational forecasters are working together on new tools before they become part of the forecast process.
Among the developments: small drones capable of flying into the lowest and most violent portions of hurricanes, new airborne radar systems, artificial intelligence, improved use of reconnaissance observations and new ways of feeding those observations into hurricane models.
Sippel says testing shows that getting UAS observations into hurricane models early in a storm's development can improve intensity forecasts by at least 20 percent.
The result could be better information about one of hurricane forecasting's toughest problems: how quickly a storm will strengthen.

Jason Sippel and Dan Brown NHC on Hurricane Center Podcast Wednesday at 7pm!
09/22/2026

Jason Sippel and Dan Brown NHC on Hurricane Center Podcast Wednesday at 7pm!

09/17/2026

Warren Faidley has spent nearly four decades documenting tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, and flash floods. In this episode of Hurricane Center Live, he looks back at the Saragosa tornado, his first hurricane chase during Gilbert, and the extraordinary experience of photographing Hurricane Andrew with almost no one else around.
Faidley also explains why storm surge is far more complicated than water rising at the beach. Roads and escape routes can flood first, and a small wind shift can change conditions within minutes. He discusses the planning, technology, and restraint required to work safely—and why the demand for extreme live footage is changing storm chasing for the worse.
Hosts Tim, Bill Read, and Hal Needham also examine current tropical conditions and the flash-flood threat created when tropical moisture reaches the desert Southwest.

Warren Faidley joins us tonight at 7pm. Right here! Don't miss it. Please share.
09/16/2026

Warren Faidley joins us tonight at 7pm. Right here! Don't miss it. Please share.

09/10/2026

Hurricane preparedness usually focuses on forecasts, evacuation routes, emergency supplies, and the approaching storm. But another critical part of the equation is already standing around us: the homes and buildings where people live.
In this episode of the HurricaneCenter Podcast, Alex Garcia talks with Leslie Chapman-Henderson, president and CEO of the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, or FLASH.
Leslie explains why stronger homes, modern building codes, and practical retrofits can dramatically change what happens when a hurricane reaches a community. The discussion examines the lessons learned from decades of major disasters, the vulnerabilities found in both older and newer homes, and the improvements that can help prevent a weather emergency from becoming a long-term family catastrophe.
The conversation also explores why hurricane resilience is not simply a coastal issue. Wind, flooding, tornadoes, falling trees, power outages, and displaced families can affect communities far beyond the point where a storm makes landfall.
Among the topics discussed:
Why the home itself should be considered part of every hurricane plan
How stronger building codes improve community resilience
Why adopting a building code is not enough without enforcement
The risks hidden inside older housing stock
Practical improvements homeowners can make before hurricane season
The importance of roofs, garage doors, windows, and structural connections
Why families should understand both wind and flood risk
How mitigation can reduce damage, displacement, and recovery time
The challenge of making resilience improvements affordable
What decades of hurricane research have taught the building industry
Why communities repeatedly rebuild the same vulnerabilities
The role of insurance, incentives, grants, and public policy
How individual homeowners can begin assessing their risk today
Leslie’s message is straightforward: we cannot prevent hurricanes, but we can make informed choices about how well our homes and communities withstand them.
Preparedness does not begin when a hurricane warning is issued. It begins months or even years earlier—with better information, stronger construction, responsible maintenance, and a plan to address the weakest parts of the home.

09/03/2026

Safe drinking water can become a problem within hours of a hurricane, flood or major infrastructure failure. Most families prepare with bottled water, but a complete plan also needs a safe backup if that supply runs low.
In this episode of HurricaneCenter, Sawyer Products founder and CEO Kurt Avery joins Alex Garcia, Dr. Hal “Hurricane Hal” Needham, Bill Read and Rob Fowler to explain how portable hollow-fiber filters work, how disaster-response teams use them, how to clean and maintain them and why hikers already understand a lesson many households overlook: access to water is not the same as access to safe water.
The conversation also draws an essential safety line. Portable microfilters are designed for specific biological contaminants; they do not desalinate seawater and should never be assumed to remove fuel, pesticides, industrial chemicals, toxins or every virus. During an emergency, follow all instructions from local utilities and public-health officials. If authorities issue a “do not drink” advisory—or chemical contamination is known or suspected—use commercially bottled water or another source officials identify as safe.
In this episode:
Why water service can become unsafe immediately after landfall
Why stored water remains the first layer of preparation
How portable hollow-fiber filters work
The difference between bacteria, protozoa, viruses and dissolved contaminants
How to backwash and maintain a filter
Why saltwater and chemically contaminated water require a different solution
How relief organizations move filtration into disaster zones
The practical water-plan upgrade families can make before the next storm
HurricaneCenter is supported by USAA, the South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Bureau, LiveU and the Texas Weather Network.

7pm Wednesday: Safe drinking water can become a problem within hours of a hurricane, flood or major infrastructure failu...
09/01/2026

7pm Wednesday: Safe drinking water can become a problem within hours of a hurricane, flood or major infrastructure failure. Most families prepare with bottled water, but a complete plan also needs a safe backup if that supply runs low.

In this episode of HurricaneCenter, Sawyer Products founder and CEO Kurt Avery joins Alex Garcia, Dr. Hal “Hurricane Hal” Needham, Bill Read and Rob Fowler to explain how portable hollow-fiber filters work, how disaster-response teams use them, how to clean and maintain them and why hikers already understand a lesson many households overlook: access to water is not the same as access to safe water.

08/27/2026

The Atlantic is entering the most historically active portion of hurricane season.
Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist at Colorado State University and one of the country’s leading seasonal hurricane forecasters, joins HurricaneCenter to explain what researchers are watching across the Atlantic basin.
The discussion examines how seasonal forecasts are developed, what accumulated cyclone energy means, why warm water alone does not guarantee tropical development and why predicting overall hurricane activity is very different from predicting a landfall.
Dr. Klotzbach also explains why one storm can define an entire season—and why people living along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts should remain prepared even when the tropics appear quiet.

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