Forecasting Love and Weather (Korean: 기상청 사람들: 사내연애 잔혹사 편) is a 2022 South Korean drama directed by Cha Young-hoon and starring Park Min-young, Song Kang, Yoon Park and Yura. It depicts a cheerful love story of staff at the Korea Meteorological Administration who break, fall, and rise again and their daily life at work. The drama premiered on JTBC on February 12, 2022, and aired every weekend 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.
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Synopsis
The drama depicts a romance between the diligent forecaster, Jin Ha-kyung, and her free-spirited co-worker, Lee Si-woo, in a national weather service.
Cast and characters
Main
Park Min-young as Jin Ha-kyung
Park Seo-kyung as young Jin Ha-kyung
The 35-year-old general forecaster of the 2nd Division of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). Han Ki-joon's ex-fiance, she is in love with Lee Si-woo.
Song Kang as Lee Si-woo
Song Min-jae as young Lee Shi-woo
A 27-year-old man who is in charge of Special Reporting Division 2 of KMA. Chae Yoo-jin's ex-boyfriend, he is in love with Jin Ha-kyung.
Yoon Park as Han Ki-joon, Jin Ha-kyung's ex fiance,
The 36-year-old informant of KMA's spokesperson's office who is married to Chae Yoo-jin.
Yura as Chae Yoo-jin
A 25-year-old weather reporter for a daily newspaper. Lee Si-woo's ex-girlfriend, she is married Han Ki-joon.
Supporting
Lee Sung-wook as Eom Dong-han
A 44-year-old senior forecaster at General 2 department.
Moon Tae-yoo as Shin Seok-ho
General 2 department and neighborhood forecaster in early 40s.
Yoon Sa-bong as Oh Myung-joo
Head of Analysis Team 2 of the Korean Meteorological Department in mid-40s. 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
The head of the Forecast Bureau in the Seoul Main Office in late 50s.
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.
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.
Jang So-yeon as Lee Hyang-rae
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 directed 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 lead actors. 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 being tested positive. He was given the PCR test immediately as the filming for the drama had ended. The broadcast schedule seems to be uninterrupted.
