Note: This episode was recorded on September 17, 2025.
When you think of meteorology, you probably think of someone giving a weather forecast on TV. But predicting the weather requires a whole team of scientists, from those who run simulations in labs to researchers on boats, and even a few who fly planes into storms to get measurements up close. In this episode, we invite Colorado State University graduate student Delián Colón-Burgos to teach us all about forecasting hurricanes. She guides us through the field of hurricane meteorology, from what a hurricane is to how scientists are updating forecasting models to reflect our changing seas.
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Credits:
Audio/Video Editing: Sam Pickell
Artwork: Maia Reyes
Intro/Outro Music: Geovane Bruno - Dancing In The Future
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:23 Introducing Delián!
3:08 What is a Meteorologist?
6:42 Seasonal Forecasting
8:26 How do hurricanes get named?
10:06 Delián's Origin Story
13:32 Defining a Hurricane
24:26 How are storms forecast?
32:13 Delián's work
43:57 Predictions going into hurricane season
49:13 "The Calm Before the Storm"
52:17 Effects of climate change on hurricanes
54:35 Closing thoughts
58:33 Outro
