Shootin' the Breeze with Your Local Weather Authority

Chris and Nathan discuss the upcoming La Nina winter and what it means for Central Illinois

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the upcoming pattern change that will bring much needed rain to Central Illinois. They also look at coastal flooding in Alaska, how we can see the comet Lemmon, and snow falling in other parts of the country.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss some of our recent rainfall and a North Dakota Tornado from earlier this year gets upgraded to an EF-5. Chris also shows highlights from his trip to Europe.

September is in the rearview mirror and ended things on a hot note. Meteorologists Nathan Kitchens and Molly Naslund talk about what's in store for October

Fall officially started on September 22nd but we haven't been feeling the chill yet. Meteorologists Molly Naslund and Nathan Kitchens dive into some fall facts

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the drought conditions across Central Illinois and the needed rain that's on the horizon.

Molly and Chris discuss the worsening drought conditions across Central Illinois. They also remember where they were on September 11th, 2001.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss how meteorological summer ended and what lies ahead for the rest of September.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan take a look at the winter weather predictions from the Old Farmers' Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac and discuss how accurate they have been. They also take a deeper look into our recent cool and dry weather.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the big cool down that's on the horizon, Hurricane Erin, and we revisit the August 21st, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. 

Chris, Molly, and Nathan go through some of our temperature and dew point stats over the past few months. We also get an update on recent rainfall and drought conditions across the region and where things are headed over the next few weeks.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan take a look back at the August 10th, 2020 Derecho as we come up on the 5 year anniversary of the costliest severe storm event in U.S. history.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed. They also take a look at our July rainfall stats in Central Illinois.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan take a look at some of our recent rainfall and look at just how muggy this summer has been. They also open the mailbag to answer some of your questions in our 'Ask Us Anything' segment.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan take a look back at the July 15th, 2024 derecho which produced 48 tornadoes across Illinois, wind gusts over 100 mph, and flash flooding. They also take a look at the hot and stormy pattern that lies ahead and break down some of our hot weather stats.

Chief Meteorologist Chris Yates, Meteorologist Molly Naslund, and Meteorologist Nathan Kitchens discuss the devastating Fourth of July Floods in Texas in this week's episode of Shootin the Breeze.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan take a look at the stats for June and July and also discuss NOAA's 2026 budget proposal which calls for a steep reduction in funding. 

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the ongoing heatwave and some of the impacts from it. They also bid farewell to their intern Josh McWilliams who helped the team out over the last few months.  

Severe storms bring tornadoes and heavy rain to Central Illinois on Wednesday, June 18th and the hottest temperatures of the year are on the way. Chris, Molly, and Nathan come together to break it all down in this week's episode of Shootin' the breeze.

Chris, Molly and Nathan discuss recent social media chatter of incoming Derechos, summer heat safety tips and much more on this weeks episode of Shootin the Breeze!

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the smoke from Canadian wildfires, our recent and welcomed rainfall, and recent severe weather across the U.S.

On this week's episode of Shootin' the Breeze Molly heads to Bloomington to visit the State Farm Research & Innovation Lab, she tells us about the experience. We also discuss the upcoming anniversary of the deadly 2013 El Reno, OK tornado and get an update on where our stats stand for the month of May and where things are headed in June.

Chris, Molly, & Nathan discuss the severe weather that impacted much of the Midwest this past week.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan talk about the landspouts that touched down in Central Illinois on Tuesday and the upcoming risk of severe storms on Thursday and Friday. 

Your Local Weather Authority now brings the Shootin' the Breeze podcast to video! Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss a variety of topics including ongoing NWS staffing vacancies, latest drought conditions, and the weather pattern that is on the way next week.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the weather we had in April, the changes on the way this weekend, and the outlook for May. 

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the severe storms that moved through Central Illinois on Easter Sunday and broke down where that leaves us for our tornado count so far in 2025.

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss our Central Illinois Easter stats and much more!

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the importance of CoCoRaHS observations and how you can become a volunteer. They also discuss the quick start to tornado season and when we can expect the warm weather to stick around. 

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the latest round of severe storms to sweep across the country.

It was a very windy March in Central Illinois and it may be the windiest March in decades! Your Local Weather Authority discusses the windy weather along with other topics surrounding our wild March weather. 

Chris, Molly, and Nathan discuss the recent rounds of severe weather that impacted Central Illinois on this past week and the late season snowfalls.

Your Local Weather Authority discusses the the upcoming severe weather event that will impact Central Illinois on Friday, March 14th

Your Local Weather Authority is joined by NWS Lincoln Warning Coordination Meteorologist Ed Shimon to discuss severe weather preparedness week in Illinois. 

With spring around the corner Your Local Weather Authority discusses tornado stats from the last few years and some potential severe weather outbreaks coming up across the country. 

Your Local Weather Authority discusses how winter has faired as meteorological winter is coming to a close. We also discuss what may lie ahead as we head into March

Your Local Weather Authority discusses our latest winter storm and the changes in the forecast leading up to it. They also break down our statistics for Valentines Day

Your Local Weather Authority discusses our recent and upcoming freezing rain events and plays a game of "Would you rather". 

Your Local Weather Authority discusses the historic Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011, Groundhog Day stats for Central Illinois and much more!

A once in a lifetime winter storm slams the Gulf Coast while arctic air impacts the rest of the country. We also discuss changes in the landscape of local television and potential layoffs of meteorologists across the country. 

La Niña is officially here! Your Local Weather Authority discusses what it means for Central Illinois. We also talk about our past sledding adventures and return to the mail bag for another edition of "Ask us (almost) anything"!

Your Local Weather Authority discusses some of our recent and coming snow and we look at the heartbreaking wildfires in southern California. 

After a warm end to 2024, old man winter is back for the start of 2025 with frigid temperatures and snow. Your Local Weather Authority discusses the upcoming pattern change. 

Today we discuss our slim to non-chances of a white Christmas in Central Illinois and talk about some of our Christmas traditions.

Central Illinois receives it's first real snow of the season and we open the mail bag to answer some of your questions in our new "Ask us (almost) anything".

Your Local Weather Authority discusses a variety of topics ranging from our recent cold stretch to how things went over Thanksgiving. 

Your Local Weather Authority discusses Chris' prediction for the upcoming winter season and Molly breaks down our Central Illinois' Thanksgiving Day stats. 

Your Local Weather Authority discusses Central Illinois' second severe weather season and discusses social media hype ahead of our first taste of winter weather. 

Your Local Weather Authority is back to Shootin the Breeze. This week we discuss our recent rainfall and the upcoming La Niña winter. 

Chris, Molly, and Adam get together for a discussion of spring weather events.

The weather team looks at our second big winter storm of the month.

It is a recap of the foot of snow that fell in Central Illinois from February 1-3, 2022.

Chris, Molly, and Adam talk about all the events of the Washington tornado and Chris gives his winter weather prediction for the season.

It was a rainy end to October, but the weather team looks at what the entire month looked like in this edition of the show.

The award-winning WMBD weather team has some fun talking about Halloween on this episode.

Chris, Molly, and Adam talk about the changing of the seasons. Fall has arrived!

The WMBD/WYZZ Weather Team takes a look at the impact of Hurricane Ida.

Chris Miller from the National Weather Service joins the show to discuss his career as he nears retirement.

It took longer than usual for severe weather season to fire up. The weather team looks at the round of severe storms last weekend and what is ahead.

The spring weather season is almost in the books. Chris, Molly, and Adam take a look back at the weather the last few months.,

Chris, Molly, and Adam look at what is likely ahead during hurricane season.

A severe weather outbreak ravaged the town of Joplin, Mo in 2011. Chris, Molly, and Adam revisit the disaster left behind.

Chris and the team talk about weather patterns in this week's show.

Chris, Molly, and Adam bring the thunder this week when talking about lightning.

It has been a relatively quiet spring season weather-wise so far. Our team of Meteorologists talks about when business may start picking up.

Chris, Molly, and Adam shoot down some myths about the weather in this week's episode.

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Chris, Molly, and Adam take a look back at a rough March.

Chris, Molly, and Adam discuss the arrival of severe weather season and how they prepare to deliver the proper forecast to viewers to keep them safe from harm.

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YLWA discusses the weather in some of our favorite books, video games, and movies and how it compares to the actual science of meteorology.

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