“Weather Underground” will be hosted by Mike Bettes, an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist and storm tracker.īettes has been covering severe weather events since he began at the network in 2003, including the 2011 Joplin tornado and the 2013 El Reno tornado.īettes will tap into the expertise of other severe weather experts through forecast debates, deep dives into atmospheric science, and of course, live storm coverage. Viewers will also get to know the WunderFriends, four characters created by WU artists that will come to life in animated form. The show’s basement-style set will reflect WU’s quirky, independent style, with a full bar, lounge chairs and state-of-the-art 3D visuals.

The new show will appeal to WU members as well as everyone’s inner weather geek, with insights into breaking weather events and the science behind forecasting. Science-grounded and community-based, the Weather Underground network includes more than 120,000 personal weather stations that feed into WU’s widely used website and apps, enhancing their strength at local forecasting. Based in San Francisco, Weather Underground became part of The Weather Company in 2012.ĭrawing on the Weather Channel’s history of making weather accessible to the public, the new show will embody the future of interactive science television.įans will be able to submit questions via #WUTV across social media, report current conditions in their area, contribute to the creation of show segments, access behind-the-scenes live-stream video via and participate in weather roundtables live on air. The show carries the geeky, informal imprint of its namesake, which was founded in 1995 as the Internet’s first weather service. Meteorology, TV, and weather enthusiasts will intersect in a new way starting on August 24 with the debut of “Weather Underground,” a two-hour program to air weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 pm ET on The Weather Channel.

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