Meredith Garofalo

Meredith Garofalo

Contributing Writer
Meredith is a regional Murrow award-winning Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and science/space correspondent. She most recently was a Freelance Meteorologist for NY 1 in New York City & the 19 First Alert Weather Team in Cleveland.  A self-described "Rocket Girl," Meredith's personal and professional work has also been recognized over the last decade. This includes the inaugural Valparaiso University Alumni Association First Decade Achievement Award, two special reports in News 12's Climate Special "Saving Our Shores" that won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, multiple Fair Media Council Folio & Press Club of Long Island awards for meteorology & reporting, and a Long Island Business News & NYC TV Week "40 Under 40" Award.  Meredith's 15 year career includes a wide variety of experience across the US stemming from her internship at WGN-TV in Chicago. Meredith worked at local television stations in New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Florida, and California and nationally with WeatherNation. Meredith is also an accomplished reporter, producing weather and science stories.  This includes rocket launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral, in depth special reports and features on NOAA’s GOES-R and JPSS satellite series, and coverage on some of NASA’s biggest accomplishments. She’s interviewed some of the top scientists and leaders of the space & science community, being selected as the only meteorologist to travel with the GOES-West satellite from Colorado to Florida in 2017 on the C-5M Super Galaxy.  Meredith frequents as a panel moderator at the Space Symposium & Satellite Conference, has been a judge for the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame & reoccurring moderator for Foundation for the Future. Meredith spends countless hours doing school, career, & motivational talks and podcasts to help encourage women pursuing STEM careers and inspire our future generations. She moderates panels, serves as emcee for events, & conducts interviews to further storytelling on space & science topics. 

Latest articles by Meredith Garofalo

A huge plume of smoke erupts from the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon early in its development on July 17, 2021.

U.S. government awards NOAA millions for wildfire response research

By Meredith Garofalo published

Millions of dollars invested in NOAA's Fire Weather research efforts will support wildfire preparedness and response across the United States.

Earth
a man in glasses stands beside a painting of two women in spacesuits

The 12 patches of Christmas: 'KSC Artist' shares his favorite spaceflight designs of 2023

By Meredith Garofalo published

We've all heard the "Twelve Days of Christmas," but for those with a passion for space, let's sing along to the "12 space patches of Christmas" designed by an artist to the real stars, Tim Gagnon.

Entertainment
A full-disk view of the sun as it unleashed a major X1.1 class solar flare from an active sunspot cluster on April 17, 2022. This view was taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

US government agencies join together to improve space weather forecasting

By Meredith Garofalo published

A new agreement between multiple U.S. government agencies aims to improve space weather forecasts and the government's ability to mitigate the effects of solar storms on critical infrastructure.

The Sun
Earth, showing southern North America and South America, the planet covered in a dusty brown haze, with this red swirls over the USA.

NASA's new 'Greenhouse Gas Center' tracks humanity's contribution to climate change

By Meredith Garofalo published

NASA is at the forefront of a new greenhouse gas hub that will provide more important information to aid in efforts to combat climate change.

Climate Change
on the left, the words luna-10, 10-year lunar architecture, on the right, the full moon

DARPA moon tech study selects 14 companies to develop a lunar economy

By Meredith Garofalo published

We've seen the movies and read the books about what it would be like to have a lunar habitat — but to turn our Sci-Fi fantasy into a reality, scientists must develop a game plan.

The moon
Computer-generated image of NOAA-18 in space

NOAA's older Earth-watching satellites get new 'extended life'

By Meredith Garofalo published

NOAA has plans to add extra years to the lifespan of their fleet of older polar orbiting satellites by controlling them through using an Internet cloud-based system.

Satellites
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