E18: Hurricane season begins, rapid warm-up to come

About this episode

Rich Wirdzek and Sam Leppo discuss the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and the upcoming warm weather in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Sam Leppo are in for this week's edition of Weather Wise. With the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1st, Rich and Sam take a look at the seasonal forecast and how a strong El Nino will factor into the forecast. They also look ahead to the end of the week as a rapid warm up is set to develop across the Mid-Atlantic.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rich Wirdzek, Sam Leppo

Topics covered

• hurricane season
• weather forecast
• El Nino
• Mid-Atlantic
• temperature rise

Keywords

• hurricane
• weather
• forecast
• El Nino
• temperature
• Mid-Atlantic

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