Forecasting Love and Weather

Forecasting Love and Weather  is a 2022 South Korean television series directed by Cha Young-hoon and starring Park Min-young, Song Kang, Yoon Park and Yura. This series depicts a cheerful love story of staff at the Korea Meteorological Administration who break, fall and rise again and their everyday life at work. It premiered on JTBC on February 12, 2022, and aired Saturdays and Sundays at 22:30 (KST) for 16 episodes. It is available for streaming on Netflix.

Forecasting Love and Weather featured in Global Top 10 weekly list of the most-watched international Netflix TV shows for 6 weeks in a row from February 21 to April 3.

Synopsis
Inside a national weather service, love proves just as difficult to predict as rain or shine for a diligent forecaster and her free-spirited coworker.

Main

 * Park Min-young as Jin Ha-kyung
 * Park Seo-kyung as young Jin Ha-kyung
 * 35 years old, the general forecaster of the 2nd Division of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).


 * Song Kang as Lee Shi-woo
 * Song Min-jae as young Lee Shi-woo
 * 27 years old, in-charge of Special Reporting Division 2 of KMA.


 * Yoon Park as Han Ki-joon, Jin Ha-kyung's fiance,
 * 36 years old, the informant of KMA's spokesperson's office.


 * Yura as Chae Yoo-jin
 * 25 years old, a weather reporter for a daily newspaper.

People at Meteorological Office

 * Lee Sung-wook as Eom Dong-han
 * 44 years old, General 2 department, senior forecaster


 * Moon Tae-yu as Shin Seok-ho
 * In early 40s, General 2 department, neighborhood forecaster


 * Yoon Sa-bong as Oh Myung-joo
 * In mid 40s, General 2 department. Head of Analysis Team 2 of the Korean Meteorological Department. She is the mother of two sons with the highest levels of parenting issues.


 * Chae Seo-eun as Kim Soo-jin
 * In late 20s, a short-term forecaster became a civil servant with excellent grades.


 * Kwon Hae-hyo as Ko Bong-chan
 * In late 50s, head of the Forecast Bureau in the Seoul Main Office.


 * Bae Myung-jin as Park Joo-moo
 * A policy officer who helps Go Bong-chan.


 * Lee Tae-gum as local weather forecaster which is a member of the Korea Meteorological Agency.

People around Jin Ha-kyung

 * Kim Mi-kyung as Bae Soo-ja
 * In late 60s, Jin Ha-kyung's mother


 * Jung Woon-sun as Jin Tae-kyung
 * In early 40s, Jin Ha-kyung's older sister, a fairy tale writer.

People outside the Meteorological Office

 * Jang So-yeon as Lee Hyang-rae
 * In early 50s, Eom Dong-han's wife.


 * Lee Seung-joo as Eom Bomi
 * In mid-teens, Eom Dong-han's daughter.


 * Jeon Bae-soo as Lee Myung-han, Lee Shi-woo's father

Special appearance

 * Seo Jeong-yeon as Seong Mi-jin
 * Manager of Jeju Typhoon Center


 * Yoon Bok-in as Chae Yoo-jin's mother
 * Seo Hyun-chul as Chae Yoo-jin's step father

Production
In March 2021, it was reported that Cha Young-hoon will direct the series created by Gline's creative group, led by writer Kang Eun-kyung. During the same time, Park Min-young and Song Kang were considering appearing in the series as main leads. In May 2021, Yura and Yoon Park joined the cast of the series.

Kim Mi-kyung and Park Min-young are playing mother and daughter on-screen for the fourth time. Before this series, they appeared as mother and daughter in Running, Sungkyunkwan Scandal and Her Private Life. They also appeared together in 2014 KBS TV series Healer.

On October 19, 2021, Park Min-young posted photos from the filming site.

On March 5, 2022, it was confirmed that actor Yoon Park had tested positive for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure. He had a self-diagnosis kit on March 4 and after testing positive. He was given the PCR test immediately as the filming for the drama had ended. The broadcast schedule seems to be uninterrupted.