This is an interview with Philip Klotzbach, a podcast by Domestic Preparedness, May 22, 2025.
Philip Klotzbach, Ph.D., is a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. Dr. Klotzbach developed the two-week forecasts currently being issued during peak months of the hurricane season between August and October. Learn how seasonal hurricane forecasts are developed and how emergency planners can use them effectively.
Philip Klotzbach
Philip Klotzbach, Ph.D., is a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He was co-author on the Atlantic basin hurricane forecasts with Dr. William Gray through 2005 and became the first author on seasonal hurricane forecasts in 2006. Dr. Klotzbach developed the two-week forecasts currently being issued during peak months of the hurricane season between August and October. Dr. Klotzbach has published over two dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he is frequently consulted by the media and quoted regularly on the Weather Channel, in Forbes, the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Klotzbach holds a B.S. in geography from Bridgewater State College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in atmospheric science from Colorado State University.
