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26-610: In 2000, The Weather Channel began a multi-year reformatting of its program schedule, converting from a one-program approach (embodied in Weather Center ) to a multi-program schedule for its forecast programs. The first changes occurred with its morning schedule, formerly composed solely of Weather Center AM . Two programs were carved out of Weather Center AM initially, First Outlook and Your Weather Today , which debuted on January 3, 2000 (a third "morning" program, Day Planner , premiered in 2003). At its launch, Your Weather Today

52-482: A co-anchor. Also, AMHQ was expanded back to four hours from 6-10am eastern. On June 14, 2021, The Weather Channel dropped the AMHQ acronym, replacing it with the acronym's initialism of America's Morning Headquarters. The new show debuted alongside a new logo and expanded programming until 12 PM Eastern, adding Alex Wallace as a host from Weather Center Live's 10 AM to 12 PM time slot, which it replaces. On May 13, 2024, AMHQ

78-413: A new graphics and music package on April 5, 2010. This revamp removed the "with Abrams & Bettes" subtitling on-air; however, interactive programming guides and program listings on weather.com continued to refer to the program as Your Weather Today with Abrams & Bettes . In 2010, Carfagno's appearances on the show increased significantly, because Bettes' was often absent doing field reports as part of

104-440: A primetime show from there. Jennifer Delgado departed a week later to Weather Center Live . On November 8, 2015, AMHQ relaunched again in a new timeslot, 5am-9am ET. The first hour is branded AMHQ Early hosted by Jen Carfagno & Anaridis Rodriguez with Stephanie Abrams & Jim Cantore joining them beginning at the second hour. On January 10, 2016, Kait Parker co-hosted her final AMHQ Weekend show and left TWC. She

130-484: The Vortex 2 experiment from May 1 to June 15, and Abrams was working on the second season of The Weather Channel's original long-form program WeatherProof . The move coincided with the cancellation of the controversial Flick and a Forecast movie series, which Carfagno had hosted. Chris Warren began serving as a fill-in when a second substitute was needed. From May 9 to June 3, 2011, Mike Bettes returned to field reporting on

156-650: The "AM/PM" distinction; this revamp also saw a slew of programs (both long-form and forecast-based) erode the Weather Center evening and weekend time slots; by 2008, only one hour remained. Beginning in September 2003, the official hosts were Rich Johnson and Jeanetta Jones. On September 25, 2006, TWC announced major PM changes. Both hosts departed as a result of this. The new hosts became Vivian Brown and Jeff Morrow. Johnson left for Evening Edition and Jones left TWC altogether. In May 2008, Morrow moved to First Outlook and

182-504: The 'AM' block was replaced with First Outlook (5–7 AM) and Your Weather Today (7–9 AM), and in August of that year much of the 'PM' block was replaced with Evening Edition . In April 2001, Weekend Now replaced the 7–11 AM portion of Weather Center AM ; the latter's remaining 5–7 AM portion was replaced by Weekend Outlook in 2003. A revamp of the channel's presentation in June 2001 dropped

208-470: The 9 a.m. Eastern hour. TWC got a new graphics and music package called "Weather All The Time" in November 2013, Morning Rush and every other live programming show got an upgrade. The program was relaunched on March 17, 2014, as America's Morning Headquarters (AMHQ) , with Mike Bettes , Maria LaRosa and Sam Champion as co-anchors, Anaridis Rodriguez as news anchor, & Reese Waters on sports anchoring

234-519: The New York City studio full-time. She and Mike Bettes continued to host the show from 7 to 9 a.m. while Maria LaRosa joined Bettes for the 9 a.m. hour. On November 12, 2012, Your Weather Today was relaunched, with the same hosts, under the new title Morning Rush. In late 2013, Jennifer Delgado joined the program. Abrams remained co-anchor of Morning Rush , with her duties expanding to 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. (from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.), and Delgado co-anchoring

260-525: The Vortex 2 project for a third consecutive year (the channel's reports on the project had by that point become known as "The Great Tornado Hunt"). For 2012, Abrams remained in-studio on Your Weather Today during "The Great Tornado Hunt", which was truncated slightly because the channel's crew worked independently from the since-ended Vortex 2 project. On April 16, 2012, the program was revamped with new on-air graphics. In addition, Stephanie Abrams began co-hosting

286-524: The Weather Channel's live weather programming began broadcasting in high definition from a new HD studio facility. Marshall Seese retired in November of that year, and was replaced by Nicole Mitchell. In March 2009, Tesch left Your Weather Today to become co-anchor of Day Planner and was replaced by Kevin Robinson. Also at this point, storm tracker Jim Cantore joined the show from Evening Edition , which

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312-652: The bulk of the channel's schedule, running every half-hour throughout the whole day (excluding the 30-minute overnight The Weather Classroom program for Cable in the Classroom ). TWC's meteorologists would show weather forecasts and current conditions around the United States as well as international forecasts. From its debut in 1998 through early 2000, the program was divided into three blocks: Weather Center AM from 5 to 11 AM, Weather Center from 11 AM to 7 PM and 1 to 5 AM, and Weather Center PM from 7 PM to 1 AM. In 2001,

338-485: The program in the Atlanta studios, with Stephanie Abrams reporting live from New York City. The debut episode of AMHQ averaged 207,000 viewers during its three-hour time slot. On January 26, 2015, meteorologists Jim Cantore and Jennifer Delgado joined Sam Champion as co-hosts of the program. Mike Bettes and Maria LaRosa departed AMHQ on January 23. Bettes was named host of Weather Underground later that year while LaRosa

364-488: The show from New York City from 7–9 a.m. ET only. For the 9 a.m. hour, Mike Bettes was joined by either Eric Fisher, Jen Carfagno or Maria LaRosa from Atlanta. The network gave this format a three-month trial run, likely planning to move Abrams permanently to New York if it had been successful. On July 30, 2012, Abrams returned to the Atlanta studio, and she and Mike Bettes resumed hosting the show for all three hours. However, two weeks later on August 13, Stephanie Abrams moved to

390-448: The show had started being significantly pared down as The Weather Channel shifted to a multi-program format, introducing programs such as Your Weather Today , and the gradual implementation of pre-recorded documentary series, such as Storm Stories . In 1995, The Weather Channel introduced WeatherScope , a show aired every 30 minutes, which featured the day's top weather stories, forecasts and severe weather coverage. The program

416-483: Was a co-host of AMHQ: America's Morning Headquarters . He hosts Weather Underground TV. Bettes has been an on-camera meteorologist for TWC since 2003, and is also an occasional fill-in weather anchor on The Today Show . Bettes hosted Abrams & Bettes Beyond the Forecast from 2006 to 2009, and Your Weather Today from 2009 to 2012. When it was relaunched as Morning Rush , he hosted it into 2014. The program

442-541: Was anchored by Heather Tesch (who had made her TWC debut the year prior) and Marshall Seese. For Your Weather Today , the Local on the 8s concept – in which local forecasts are shown six times an hour – was revived. One of the segments featured on the program was "Travel Desk", focusing on air travel and highway travel conditions. In 2008, Your Weather Today underwent a graphical relaunch as part of TWC's conversion to high-definition broadcasts; between June 2 and August 12, all

468-446: Was canceled around that time. On June 22, 2009, Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes, both of whom previously hosted Beyond the Forecast , took over as co-anchors of Your Weather Today after the former program's cancellation. As Abrams serves as a fill-in for Al Roker on NBC 's Today , which broadcasts from New York City , Jen Carfagno and Eric Fisher both frequently serve as substitutes for Abrams. Your Weather Today implemented

494-1042: Was caught in the EF3 (Previously EF5) tornado on May 31, 2013 in El Reno, Oklahoma, but survived; where eight people died that day. A year later, he and his crew returned to the Great Plains to forecast and report severe weather as part of the 2014 Tornado Track. Born in Tallmadge, Ohio in 1972, Bettes attended local schools when growing up. He graduated with a B.S. in atmospheric sciences from Ohio State University (OSU). He worked as chief meteorologist for WLOS in Asheville, North Carolina , and as weekend meteorologist at WSYX / WTTE in Columbus, Ohio and WKEF / WRGT in Dayton, Ohio . Following that, he started work for The Weather Channel. Bettes

520-476: Was extended to 1 PM ET, replacing Pattrn , which now airs on weekends from 1 to 2 PM Eastern Time. Later in the year on October 28, AMHQ was extended another hour, ending at 2 PM ET. Weather Center Weather Center is a news and weather program produced by The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia from 1998 until 2009. Initially, Weather Center was the lone program for The Weather Channel. By 2000,

546-404: Was limited to mornings and evenings only before being broadcast 24/7. WeatherScope was carried through the 1996 channel redesign. Prior to 1996, WeatherScope This Morning was a morning version, differing only in presentation. In 1997, the weather wheel system was retooled with a new TWC programming schedule. WeatherScope was renamed Weather Center on March 10, 1998. The show continued to be

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572-695: Was one of several storm chasers struck by an EF3 tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma in 2013. The storm rolled and tossed his SUV approximately 200 yards (180 m) into a field. The roof collapsed and his crew suffered major injuries: driver Austin Anderson broke several bones. They were later found by Reed Timmer and his SRV Dominator team, who were storm chasing for Oklahoma City's KFOR-TV when they spotted Bettes' wrecked SUV, and saw The Weather Channel's markings on it. They stopped to assist Oklahoma Highway Patrol and other first responders, but had to leave to escape

598-618: Was relaunched again in March of that year as America's Morning Headquarters . Bettes also formerly hosted Wake Up With Al , from (2009–2014). Bettes is a field reporter for The Weather Channel and is lead field meteorologist for The Great Tornado Hunt , the annual show that summarizes the nation's tornado seasons. Bettes accompanied scientists for TWC coverage of VORTEX2 . He also has reported live from Hurricane Milton , Hurricane Helene , Hurricane Katrina , Hurricane Sandy , and other tropical cyclones, as well as floods and winter storms. He

624-477: Was replaced by Kelly Cass. On February 24, 2017, Anaridis Rodriguez announced she was leaving AMHQ . She was not replaced after her departure. Jen Carfagno has anchored AMHQ Early solo since February 27, 2017. On June 9, 2018, AMHQ Weekend was reduced to three hours, starting at 6am and ending at 9am ET. In March 2020, AMHQ Early was temporarily canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. However, AMHQ early returned on June 22, 2020 with Jordan Steele joining as

650-414: Was replaced by Nick Walker. Brown and Walker were the last official anchors. On Sunday, March 1, 2009, the original Weather Center was discontinued and a new program, Weather Center Live , debuted with an entirely different format. Mike Bettes Michael Bettes (born 1972) is an American television meteorologist and storm chaser who works for The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia . He

676-472: Was shifted to weekends. A weekend edition of AMHQ was also announced, with meteorologists Reynolds Wolf and Kait Parker hosting from 5:00 to 9:00 AM ET. The weekend edition launched on February 7, 2015. Chris Warren, Stephanie Abrams, Jen Carfagno & Ari Sarsalari are common fill-ins on AMHQ . On October 30, 2015, Sam Champion hosted his final AMHQ show. He moved back to New York City in January 2016 to host

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