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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.

10/22/2026

HURRICANE CENTER LIVE | Hurricane Misinformation: Can You Trust What You See?
A hurricane appears in a computer model two weeks into the future. Within hours, dramatic forecasts spread across social media. AI-generated flooding videos attract thousands of views. People begin wondering whether to cancel vacations, evacuate or prepare for a disaster that may never happen.
How do you separate legitimate weather information from online hype?
This week on Hurricane Center Live, Dr. Kelli Burns, a professor at the University of South Florida specializing in social media and digital communication, joins Tim and Dr. Hal "Hurricane Hal" Needham for an important conversation about the changing world of hurricane communication.
In this episode:
How AI-generated disaster images and videos can mislead audiences
Why social media algorithms amplify sensational weather content
The rise of weather influencers without professional credentials
How misinformation undermines trust in meteorologists and emergency officials
Why long-range hurricane model predictions create unnecessary anxiety
How credible communicators can build public trust without sensationalism
What viewers can do to identify trustworthy weather information
The discussion also explores why clear visual storytelling, consistent communication and responsible forecasting are essential to public safety.
The takeaway: Before sharing a dramatic hurricane forecast or disaster video, know the source, check the facts and consider whether the information is credible.
Hurricane Center Live is made possible through the support of USAA, Visit South Padre Island, LiveU and the Texas Weather Network.

When hurricanes threaten, millions turn to social media for the latest information. But not everything they see is accur...
10/19/2026

When hurricanes threaten, millions turn to social media for the latest information. But not everything they see is accurate. Misleading forecasts, viral rumors and AI-generated images can create confusion when reliable information matters most.

Dr. Kelli Burns, an associate professor at the University of South Florida who studies social media and its influence on public behavior joins us on Wednesday.

10/15/2026

On this episode of Hurricane Center Plus, Hal takes us inside the storm, sharing firsthand observations from Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Navarre, and Pensacola.
What he discovered raises important questions about hurricane forecasting, public preparedness, and the way we communicate dangerous weather.
In this episode:
Why some coastal residents continued their normal routines just hours before landfall
How outdated forecasts can create a dangerous false sense of security
The unexpected destructive winds west of the hurricane's center
The meteorology behind the possible sting-jet phenomenon
Why hurricane impacts extend far beyond the forecast track
What businesses can teach us about preparing for disasters
We also discuss the emerging role of address-specific flood risk forecasting and the importance of combining physical science with social science.
Featuring: Dr. Hal Needham, hurricane and disaster scientist.
Join us for Hurricane Center Plus as we explore the science, the people, and the lessons behind major weather events.
Presented with support from USAA, Visit South Padre Island, LiveU, and the Texas Weather Network.

10/08/2026

After an extraordinarily quiet Atlantic hurricane season, the Gulf Coast suddenly has a hurricane threat to deal with.
WeatherTiger co-founder and chief meteorologist Dr. Ryan Truchelut joins HurricaneCenter as Tropical Storm Isaias organizes over the Gulf of Mexico and forecasters assess the potential for hurricane conditions, flooding rain, storm surge, severe weather and impacts extending well away from the eventual landfall point.
Ryan explains why people shouldn't focus solely on the forecast track, how increasing wind shear could actually spread impacts across a much larger area, and why preparations along parts of the Gulf Coast need to be completed before deteriorating weather arrives.
The conversation also takes a fascinating turn into the future of hurricane forecasting: Google DeepMind, AI ensembles, ECMWF AI guidance, and how forecasters decide how much confidence to place in rapidly evolving artificial-intelligence models.

Ryan Truchelut joins us on the next HurricaneCenter podcast Wednesday at 7pm.We'll be talking hurricane season, that lit...
10/04/2026

Ryan Truchelut joins us on the next HurricaneCenter podcast Wednesday at 7pm.
We'll be talking hurricane season, that little blow up in the gulf and more.

10/01/2026

One hundred years ago, South Florida faced a hurricane season that would change Miami forever.
Historian and author Mike Bilder joins HurricaneCenter to take us inside the extraordinary 1926 hurricane season — a season with fewer storms than today's average, but tremendous impact.
At the center of the story is the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926.
There was no satellite. No radar. No computer guidance. Information traveled by ship reports, telegraph, newspapers and hurricane warning flags. By the time the hurricane warning reached Miami late at night, conditions were already deteriorating.
Then came one of the most remarkable moments of the storm.
As the eye passed over Miami, people walked outside believing the hurricane was over. Weather Bureau meteorologist Richard Gray knew better. He and his assistant tried desperately to warn people that the other half of the hurricane was coming.
It did — and accounts suggest the second half was even worse.
Mike takes us through the storm, the devastating surge across South Florida, the remarkable work of the forecasters trying to document it, and the hurricane's often-forgotten second act: another major hurricane landfall near Pensacola.
We also look at what changed afterward — and what hasn't.
A century of technology separates hurricane forecasting in 1926 from what we can do today. But one of the most difficult parts of hurricane preparedness remains remarkably familiar: getting people to understand the danger and act before the storm arrives.
Join Alex Garcia, former National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read and Dr. Hal Needham for a fascinating look back at one of the most consequential hurricane seasons in American history.
Guest: Mike Bilder — Historian & Author
In this episode:
• The extraordinary 1926 hurricane season
• The Great Miami Hurricane
• Forecasting hurricanes without radar or satellites
• Miami's late hurricane warning
• What happened when the eye crossed the city
• Storm surge and destruction across South Florida
• Richard Gray and the historic pressure measurement
• The hurricane's second major landfall near Pensacola
• How the disaster changed Miami
• What 1926 can still teach us 100 years later

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.

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