Carolina Weather Group

This week the Carolina Weather Group is chatting with Dr. Kathie Dello, the director and state climatologist for the state of North Carolina. She is the 5th permanent director and the first woman to hold this position at the NCSCO in 44 years. She chats with Evan Fisher, Scotty Powell, and Frank Strait about how the state observes weather and records climate. Dello talks about North Carolina's expanding mesonet of weather observation stations, about drought, warmer climate norms, wildfires, and a new initiative to study urban heat islands in the state's metropolitan cities, including Raleigh.  Kathie is involved with climate resilience planning and impacts assessment. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Oregon State University, a Master’s in Geography, and a Bachelor’s in Atmospheric Science from the State University of New York at Albany. This episode features a bonus Part 2 available exclusively to audio podcast listeners. The full episode was also made available earlier to supporters of the