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Andy holds a degree in Communications from Cameron University and is certified in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. Andy has also attended the University of Oklahoma and Missouri Southern State College. Andy is a member of the National Weather Association and holds their Television Seal of Approval. He is also an associate member of the American Meteorological Society. He loves to storm chase, and is a licensed ham radio operator. Andy played the NOAA Weather radio operator in Warner Brothers "Twister" movie. Andy has a dog named Sadie.

Bruce Boe is the current Director of Meteorology with Weather Modification, Inc. Bruce has worked with clouds, cloud physics and aircraft since 1974, and has logged hundreds of hours in aircraft studying thunderstorms and winter storms over Arizona, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Montana, Texas and Wyoming. Prior to assuming his present position, he worked for 12 years as the Director of the North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board, a division of the State Water Commission, and previously worked under the employ of the University of Wyoming, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the State of Montana. He is an active member and past president of the Weather Modification Association, presently serving as Association Webmaster. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society, and past chair of the Society's Committee on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification. He is an affiliate member of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE). He presently chairs the Subcommittee on Hail Suppression for the ASCE Task Committee on Atmospheric Water Management Standards. He also serves on the Hail Committee of the Institute for Business and Home Safety. Mr. Boe serves as a reviewer for the American Meteorological Society, the Weather Modification Association, the American Geophysical Union, the National Science Foundation, and Earth and Sky. Mr. Boe was an invited participant in a November 2000 workshop on weather modification hosted by the Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate of the National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C. He was one of fourteen delegates invited by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to participate in an international Meeting of Experts on Hail Suppression in South Africa in November 1995. Bruce was Principal Scientist for the State of North Dakota in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Atmospheric Modification Research Program, and coordinated two national-scale thunderstorm research programs: the North Dakota Thunderstorm Project (1989), and the North Dakota Tracer Experiment (1993).

Chet has played an active role in the air quality portion of the environmental industry for over 30 years. As the Chief Executive Officer for a wind-tunnel testing company, he formulated many of the procedures still being used today. Applying his experience and expertise in meteorology, engineering physics, and mathematics to physical modeling using scale models in a boundary-layer wind tunnel, he has personally managed or directed many wind tunnel studies including those profiled in our Portfolio page. In addition to wind tunnel studies, Chet has personally managed a number of large scientific projects including a $1.2 million field project for the Baton Rouge Ozone Task Force to study the formation of ozone in the Baton Rouge vicinity. This project was touted by users of its data as "producing the most useful data per dollar of any project of its kind." Chet coauthored an EPA-recommended protocol for the use of environmental wind tunnel studies to determine plume downwash characteristics for input to EPA's own regulatory dispersion models. He also directed the development of a modular system of computer programs which allowed predictable, cost-effective analysis of complex meteorological data and was the basis for winning a number of federal government projects. He has been a speaker for the Labs for the 21st Century and other professional organizations on such topics as Commissioning of Laboratory Exhaust Systems, and the use of the Wind Tunnel for Campus Design. His educational background includes an MBA in Management Strategy and Policy/Marketing from UCLA, an MS in Meteorology from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and a BS in Engineering Physics from UC Berkeley. He is an active member of several professional organizations including ASHRAE, Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA), AMS (American Meteorological Society) and others.

Emily is a senior from Hilliard, Ohio majoring in Meteorology with a minor in Physics. Currently she is involved in Meteorology Club, serves as a meteorologist for WOUB and is a PACE forecaster for Scalia Lab. In summer 2007, she was an intern with ONN and WBNS 10TV in Columbus where she created graphics for the newscasts, assisted in forecasting and storm tracking and observed professional broadcast meteorologists. After graduation, Emily plans to pursue a career in broadcast meteorology or work for some type of environmental agency.

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Jim is tasked with overseeing the Agency's Operations Division as well as the Huntsville - Madison County outdoor warning system consisting of over 100 sirens. Jim is also responsible for keeping track of EMA's vehicle maintenance, severe weather operations, as well as facility issues for the Agency such as generator back up power systems. Jim also assists other staff members with responding to emergency call-outs for hazardous materials, severe weather, and other hazardous situations. Jim also serves as EMA's liaison to the Alabama State Defense Force and is a member of the American Meteorological Society.

Josh joined the Newswatch 4 team in June of 2004 as the morning and noon meteorologist and was promoted to Chief Meteorologist in May of 2006. At the time, Josh was the youngest Chief Meteorologist in the country. Before coming to WOAY-TV, Josh worked behind the scenes in weather at WOWK-TV in Huntington, WV. While attending Mississippi State University, he studied broadcast meteorology and geography. Josh loves forecasting in Appalachia. It's a challenge everyday, he says. His favorite season is winter and favorite type of storm is winter storms. Josh's expertise in meteorology is forecasting winter and severe weather. Like most meteorologists, Josh can trace his interest in weather back to childhood. It was the great blizzard of 1993 that sparked his interest. Josh was born in Kentucky but grew up in the Gallipolis, Ohio area. A small town on the Ohio River. He enjoys fishing, gardening and winter sports. Josh also enjoys meeting the great people of West Virginia and Virginia, visiting schools and teaching children the fascinating science of weather. Teachers, give him a call if you would like to schedule a visit from Josh to your classroom. Josh is an active member of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association.

Lawrence Karnow is the weekend weather anchor for CBS 5 Eyewitness News. Prior to joining CBS 5 in July 1997, Karnow served as the morning weather forecaster at KSBW-TV in Salinas, the city where he grew up. As a youngster, he fell in love with the weather after seeing a bolt of lightning hit a trash can. Years later, Karnow started at KSBW as an intern, and got his big break when one of the regular weather forecasters became ill. Karnow received his Bachelor's degree in history from UCLA. He has continued his meteorological studies and is now an accredited meteorologist with the American Meteorological Society. In 2005 he was awarded the Seal of Approval of the American Meteorological Society in recognition of the quality of his weather broadcasts. Karnow worked at several radio stations in California, including KRKC, KIDD MAGIC 63, KRKC, and KLA. While at KSBW, he worked as a substitute teacher at elementary schools in Salinas. Karnow is married and lives in Millbrae. His wife, Sharon Chin, is a freelance reporter at CBS 5.

Miles Muzio, Founder and initial President: Miles shared the vision for a contemporary Christian music (CCM) radio station which would serve the northwest corner of Connecticut. Under Miles' leadership the first year, Morgan Brook Radio was established, including a board of directors, a charter, and the development of our purpose, core values and vision statements. During his tenure Morgan Brook also obtained Internet domains, launched a website, received IRS approval as a non-profit 501-c (3) corporation, conducted an initial frequency search, and acquired a 5,000 watt FM transmitter. Miles attended Texas A&M University and graduated from the U.S. Air Force School of Meteorology. He holds the American Meteorological Society's Seal of Approval for Television and Radio weathercasting. Additionally, he is a teacher of the Word and is currently being used of the Lord in Bakersfield, California.

Monica Ball is an instructor of Environmental Science at the 9-11th grade levels at J.A. Fair and is also a National Board Certified Teacher in young adult science. Additionally, she is an Atmospheric Education Resource Agent for the American Meteorological Society, focusing on ocean education for teachers. Monica is hopelessly addicted to gardening, which motivated her to utilize gardens and schoolyard habitat to initiate hands on learning of environmental science concepts.

Mr. Robert Baron Jr. joined Baron Services in 1992 after graduating from the University of Florida's Fisher School of Accounting with a Master's degree in accounting with a specialization in Tax. Mr. Baron Jr. oversees the Marketing, Sales, and Technical departments for Baron Services and Baron Radar to ensure overall customer satisfaction and quality. In addition, he is responsible for developing new strategic directions for the company, as well as investigating future business opportunities.

Dr. Robert F. Brammer is vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) for Northrop Grumman's Information Technology (IT) sector. He is responsible for the sector's technology strategy and investments, and he reviews regularly all major sector programs and proposals to ensure continuing technology leadership. Current major IT sector investment areas include advanced wireless, satellite and optical networks, information operations and security engineering, large-scale information and knowledge management, enterprise systems and managed services, and software and enterprise engineering. He also leads the ongoing development of Northrop Grumman's TRIAD network, a nationwide network of state of the art laboratories for advanced research and integration of large-scale information systems. Prior to assuming IT sector responsibilities, Dr. Brammer was CTO for TASC, a business unit of Northrop Grumman IT. He managed the unit's Investment program, including the independent research and development and Growth Initiative programs. Dr. Brammer created and directed its Information Infrastructure Organization, consolidating its Enterprise Data Center, TASCnet, desktop, voice and videoconference systems, and led the successful implementation of a PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. He also worked on a dual assignment as the CTO for Primark, a previous TASC parent corporation in the 1990s. He led technology infusion from TASC into Primark global financial information services businesses. He also led technology due diligence for several acquisitions, managed global telecommunications serving customers in more than 60 countries and provided oversight for the implementation of a new SAP-based ERP system. Prior to serving as TASC's CTO, Dr. Brammer was director of its Physical Sciences Division. He began its weather-related business and several applications of earth and environmental remote-sensing technologies. He led numerous research and development programs in high-performance computing, digital image processing and geophysical sciences for programs within the U.S. national security community, and developed the first commercial weather satellite ground station. Before joining the company, Dr. Brammer was with NASA where he worked on Apollo and Skylab. His work focused on real-time software for tracking, command, telemetry and communications. Dr. Brammer has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Michigan, and master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from the University of Maryland. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, and is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He received achievement awards for work on the Apollo program and for principal investigator research on NASA satellite remote-sensing programs. He is a Fellow of both the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers and the American Meteorological Society. He is also a senior member or member of several other professional societies, including the IEEE, SIAM, SMPTE and AGU. Dr. Brammer has published numerous scientific and technical research papers in the journals and conferences of these societies. He has served on advisory boards for the Department of Defense (Defense Science Board Summer Studies), the National Academy of Sciences, the Naval Studies Board, the National Science Foundation, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and NASA.

Shelley Knuth is a scientist working with the Automatic Weather Stations Project and Antarctic Meteorological Research Center. Shelley received her B.S. undergraduate degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May of 2002, and began work on her Master's degree at UW-Madison in January, 2004. She holds memberships in the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the National Weather Association. She has traveled to Antarctica twice, once in 2003 and once in 2006. Currently, Shelley is conducting research regarding precipitation and blowing snow accumulation on the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica.

Adam Clark was the weekend meteorologist for the 6 and 11o'clock newscasts. He comes to Augusta from WCBI-TV in Columbus, MS. Adam is no stranger to severe weather he has covered hurricanes live for WIS-TV in Columbia, SC where he was a weather producer. As a meteorologist at WCBI-TV, Adam saw his share of severe weather in Mississippi where high precipitation supercells are common. Adam left South Carolina to go to graduate school at Mississippi State University where he also taught an intro to television production lab. While at MSU, Adam worked at WCBI-TV where he filled the duties of fill-in meteorologist, weekend producer, reporter, and photographer. Adam graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in Electronic Journalism with a cognate in Geography/Meteorology. He then went to Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS and earned his master's degree in Geoscience/Broadcast Meteorology. He is also a member of the American Meteorological Society. As a Greenville, SC native, Adam is proud to be back in the Palmetto State where he and his wife live in North Augusta. Outside of weather, Adam enjoys running, biking, and playing the saxophone.

Andrea Bleistein is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor's in Meteorology. She has worked for NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) as a weather and river forecaster in the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) and for NESDIS as a satellite controller. She has also spent time working in the private sector as a consultant for NOAA within the National Ice Center and the Satellite Analysis Branch of NESDIS and Lockheed Martin's GOES-R Program Design Risk Reduction team. Currently, Andrea is now employed at NWS Headquarters supporting the Office of Science and Technology as the Executive Secretary for the NOAA/NWS Forecast Uncertainty Steering team and volunteer member of the AMS Ad Hoc Committee on Uncertainty in Forecasts (ACUF). Andrea is a full member of the American Meteorological Society and has been highly involved with the AMS as a participant, speaker, co-chair, and organizer of the Annual Student Conference Planning Committees from 2003 through 2006. She is also an alumna of the 2006 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium and the 2007 Weather and Society Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) workshop.

Avalos returned to the NBC5 weather team in June 2003, after a hiatus during which he worked as owner and operator of the Pancake Cafe in Lemont, Ill. Avalos is a member of the American Meteorological Society and holds the AMS Seal. He is also a member of the National Weather Association. He has more than 25 years of weather experience -- at NBC5 from 1994 to 1998 and prior to that, at WLS-TV, where he worked as weekend forecaster from 1984 to 1994. Avalos also anchored weather reports on weekday mornings on FM-100. From 1982 to 1984, Avalos served as forecaster for KMGH-TV, the CBS affiliate in Denver, Colorado. Prior to that, he worked for four years as a forecaster at KOAA-TV in Colorado Springs. Simultaneously, from 1979 and 1982, Avalos worked in his hometown of Pueblo, Colorado as a radio announcer and sales account executive for KDZA-AM/FM. He began his broadcast career in 1977 at KPUB-AM/FM, a country radio station in Pueblo.

Audrey Puente joined WWOR-TV/My9 as Chief Weather Anchor in January 2007. Puente provides forecasts for the station's "My9 News at Ten." Puente joins My9 from WCBS-TV where she provided weather forecasts for "CBS 2 News This Morning" and "CBS 2 News at Noon." She also provided fill-in reports for the CBS national morning program "The Early Show." Previously, she served as a meteorologist for WNBC-TV and delivered weekend reports for "Today in New York." Prior to this, Puente was the weekend meteorologist for WAPT-TV in Jackson, MS., where she appeared on the station's 5 PM and 10 PM newscasts. Earlier, she served as the weekend weather anchor for WXVT-TV in Greenville, MS and the weekday weather anchor at WJCL-TV in Savannah, GA. Puente began her career as a production assistant for WNYW-TV in New York. Puente is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. She is also a junior board member on the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families. Puente is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.S. in Speech Communications. She received her M.S. in Geosciences with an emphasis on meteorology from Mississippi State University. She is a New York native and still resides in her hometown.

Martin still studies the weather for surf and ski conditions. But now as KTVU's Chief Meteorologist, he looks out for weather patterns that could affect the Bay Area, such as flooding, mudslides, hurricane force winds, or blizzard conditions in the mountains.

Connecticut native and WTIC News/Talk 1080 Meteorologist Bob Cox joined Fox 61 as the Weekend Meteorologist in February 2008. Born and raised in Milford, he's familiar with Connecticut's weather. Bob has been preparing and presenting weather forecasts for radio and television stations as part of the New England Weather Service since 1992. You can hear him on the radio on several stations: WTIC News/Talk 1080, 96.5 TIC-FM, Lite 100.5 WRCH and 97.3 WZBG. In addition to his work at Fox 61 and on the radio, Bob also provides written reports, records, testimony and consultation related to past weather conditions for court cases. Bob graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology from Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, VT and is a member of the American Meteorological Society.

Brandon was born in Searcy, Ark., and spent most of his growing-up years in northeast Colorado in the farming community of Holyoke. After graduating from Holyoke High School, Brandon moved to Springfield and attended Evangel College, earning a degree in broadcasting. From there, he joined KY3 News in 1996 as weekend weathercaster. While Brandon's love for weather goes back to the age of seven, his formal training didn't come until he started his career. He holds a Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University and is a member of the American Meteorological Society. He was awarded "Best Weathercast" by the Missouri Broadcasters Association in 1998. Brandon loves the outdoors and is an active member of his church. Brandon lives in Nixa with his wife, Cindy, and sons Christian, Caleb, and Braden.

Brandon became a staff meteorologist with Great Lakes Weather Service in October 2007. He received his Meteorology degree from the University of North Carolina Asheville where he focused on weather forecasting and analysis, as well as a B.S. in Business Administration from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina located in Charleston, SC. While attending UNC-A, Brandon focused his research on hurricane forecasts, where he worked closely with the National Hurricane Center forecasters on solutions to provide more accurate hurricane intensity forecasts to the general public. He was also an intern with WYFF News 4 WeatherPlus located in Greenville, SC where he gained considerable knowledge and strong forecasting skills working with local meteorologists. Brandon also has a strong background with the latest weather technology which enables him to provide accurate and prompt weather forecasts that best fit the needs of our clients. Being from South Carolina, Brandon looks forward to the challenge of forecasting in the Upper Midwest. Brandon's southern hospitality will make our clients feel like part of the family. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Service SkyWarn Spotter program. When he is not monitoring the weather, Brandon likes to spend his time watching Clemson football, going out on the lake, spending time with family and friends, and running.

Brian Davis joined WDTN Channel 2 July, 1982. As a member of "Storm Team 2," he is the meteorologist for 2News at Sunrise and 2News at Noon weekdays. Prior to coming to Channel 2, Brian worked at Weather Station, Inc., in Norman, Oklahoma. He is a member of the American Meteorologist Society. A native of Troy, Ohio, Brian attended Wright State University and received a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science from Purdue University. He has also received continuing education in Doppler Radar Meteorology in Vail, Colorado. In 1984, the American Meteorological Society awarded Brian its "Seal of Approval." The 2 News Weather Team, which Brian Davis is a part of, received 1st place as Outstanding Weather Operation from the Associated Press in 2001. In spite of his duties at Channel 2, Brian still finds time to involve himself in the Dayton area community, including being a member of the Dayton Cycling Club, Honorary Chairperson of MS Bike Tour and, Lector at St. Charles Parish in Kettering.

Meteorologist Cari Peugeot was born in Paducah, Kentucky. She became a Hoosier at 11, when her family moved to Fort Wayne. She is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Cari graduated with a degree in Geography/Meteorology and a minor in Telecommunications. She is a member of the American Meteorological Society. Originally Cari was interested in climatology, but she found her niche in forecasting and television instead. After graduating, she worked at WPBN/WTOM-TV in Traverse City, Michigan, where she was the weekend meteorologist. "I learned right off the bat about the crazy phenomenon of lake effect snow. Being surrounded by the Great Lakes, anytime the wind blows we got snow up there. It's known as one of the hardest areas to forecast." Cari moved to South Bend to be closer to family and friends. She comes from a Big Ten family and spends much of the fall and winter watching Big Ten football and basketball. Her brother is a Purdue graduate and her sister is currently at Ohio State, which makes for some interesting rivalries.

In the Fall of 1986, Carl kicked off a community service project called Carl's Coats for Kids, which is designed to provide warm coats for needy children throughout the Miami Valley and has provided over 300,000 coats to those in need. Carl came to WDTN-TV in November, 1977 from WYTV in Youngstown, Ohio where he was chief meteorologist. Prior to that, he worked for the Central Weather Service in Chicago. He has also worked as chief meteorologist at WLKY TV in Louisville, Kentucky. He began his career at WTVT TV in Tampa, Florida. Nichols, who was born in Tampa, Florida, graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Navy School of Meteorology at Lake Hurst, New Jersey. Carl is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society. In 1999, Carl Nichols received the Board of Governor's Award from the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences, which is its highest honor for lifetime achievement. The Ohio Associated Press Board also awarded Nichols the special honor of "Best Regularly Scheduled Weathercaster," an award he won again in 2002 and 2004.

Chris is responsible for the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) readiness, communications equipment, agency computer systems and software issues, assisting with severe weather preparedness,training, and operations. Chris assists the other staff members with answering emergency call-outs for hazardous materials, severe weather, and other hazardous situations.

Dave is a native of Florissant, North St. Louis County, Missouri, where he attended McCluer North High School. Dave went on to study at Parks College of Saint Louis University, where he earned a B.S. in Aeronautics, with an emphasis in Meteorology. Dave began working in broadcast meteorology with KJCT-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado, as Chief Meteorologist, where he forecasted for eastern Utah and western Colorado. In 1997, Dave moved across the Continental Divide to the base of Pikes Peak when he joined KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs. There he faced the challenging weather of Colorado's Front Range. Dave comes to KY3 from News 14 Carolina in Raleigh, N.C. He covered the weather every 10 minutes and, in doing so, saw his fair share of thunderstorm outbreaks, tornadoes, tropical storms, hurricanes and winter weather nightmares. In 2008, Dave was selected as one of Springfield Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Class of 2008 for outstanding service to the community and in his profession. Dave is a member of the American Meteorological Society and holds the American Meteorological Society's Seal of Approval. In April 2004, Dave was recognized for the Best Coverage of a Hurricane from his peers at the Bahamas Tropical Weather Conference for his coverage of Hurricane Isabel making landfall in North Carolina. Dave enjoys being outdoors. He's climbed 12 of Colorado's "14ers" including Colorado's tallest peak, Mt. Elbert, which is 14,433 feet above sea level. Dave and his wife, Mary Helen, have backpacked in the Colorado wilderness and in the Smoky Mountains. They enjoy bird-watching, skiing, exploring country roads, and eating Wicker's barbecue. And don't be surprised if you run into Dave and his family on Lake Taneycomo reeling in a limit of trout. Dave and Mary Helen have two sons.

Dr. David L. Mitchell is an authority on the numerical modeling of geophysical and atmospheric data with a Doctorate in Meteorology from Purdue University. Dr. Mitchell has over 28 years of technical modeling experience in industry and consulting. Dr. Mitchell is a Court Qualified Expert in Air Modeling and Forensic Meteorology. His business experience includes various research, project management and technical consulting positions with Conoco, Getty Oil Company, Texaco, Tenneco, British Petroleum, Leviathan Gas Pipeline LLP and IBM Corporation. Dr. Mitchell has extensive knowledge of Forensic Meteorology and has published his research results on the numerical modeling of atmospheric stability and convection. Dr. Mitchell is an expert in the field of Air Pollution Meteorology with over 28 years of experience with the mathematical modeling of wave propagation in elastic media, atmospheric fluid dynamics and air dispersion modeling. He has extensive knowledge of air pollution modeling software and air quality modeling techniques approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Mitchell is a specialist in Weather Event Re-Construction for litigation and has provided expert testimony for numerous cases related to severe weather events and the application of Force Majeure clauses. He has provided forensic meteorology support for civil and criminal investigations and insurance cases involving weather related accidents, the release of toxic pollutants into the air, air pollution and weather related personal injury and property damage. He is a member of the Air and Waste Management Association, the American Meteorological Society and the National Association of Environmental Professionals. Dr. Mitchell is also an Associate Member of the American Bar Association with affiliation with the Litigation Division and is a Certified Professional Geoscientist and a Licensed Professional Geoscientist (#1330) in the State of Texas, Certified by the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists.

David Wire joined Storm Team 10 in June of 1999 as the full-time weekend weather anchor for News 10 at 6pm and 11pm. In August of 2000, he was promoted to News 10 This Morning where he's currently waking up the Wabash Valley each weekday morning. He is also providing the forecast each weekday afternoon for News 10 at Midday. Wire is a graduate of Indiana State University and is also a graduate of the Mississippi State University Broadcast Meteorology program. Wire was born in Indianapolis, has lived in Frankfort and Terre Haute, Indiana. As a native Hoosier, he views Indiana's ever-changing weather as an "enjoyable challenge." While in college, Wire was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity holding various offices. He was President during the 1997-98 school year, Chaplain for two years, and Historian in his senior year. He is currently on the Sigma Nu Alumni Board of Directors and serves as the Collegian Liaison Director for the Iota Psi Chapter at Indiana State University. Wire is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society and holds the American Meteorological Society's "Seal of Approval." Wire enjoys running, hiking, camping, and just being outdoors. He and his family live in Clay county Indiana.

Meteorologist Duffy Atkins is a member of the WGN-TV weather team and serves as CLTV's primary weeknight weather anchor. Previously, Duffy was the chief meteorologist at KREN-TV, the CW affiliate in Reno, Nevada. In addition she has been a meteorologist in Santa Barbara, CA, and Quincy, Ill. Atkins, a Chicagoland native, received her BS in communication from Western Michigan University and her MS in geoscience from Mississippi State University. She is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Society.

Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr joined the Fox24 news team in August of 2007. He comes by way of Bucks County Pennsylvania, which is close to Philadelphia, where he grew up, and is happy to make Macon his new home. Eddie earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology with a Minor in Technical Mathematics while at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. During the summer of 2006, while Eddie was a Junior, he completed an internship at NBC (WCAU-TV) in Philadelphia PA. While there, he interned with Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz and Doug Kammerer (the same Doug who started his career with us). Eddie is a member of the American Meteorological Society, and is currently in the process of applying for and receiving his Certified Broadcast Meteorologist credentials from the American Meteorological Society. As a young boy Eddie knew he had a fixation with weather. During August of 1992, he was in the Fort Lauderdale area on vacation at his Grandparents' home when Hurricane Andrew hit. This experience turned the weather fixation into a passion he will have for the rest of his life. According to Eddie, all meteorologists have a favorite type of weather. His include Nor'easters, Thunderstorms and Hurricanes. Unfortunately since he is from Philadelphia, Eddie is a big Philly sports fan. He roots for the Eagles, Phillies, and most of all the Flyers.

Glenn joined the Eyewitness News team in September 2005 as the weekend meteorologist. In August 2007, Glenn was promoted to weekday morning and noon meteorologist. Glenn's career has taken him up and down the eastern half of the United States. From blizzards in Michigan, hurricanes in Florida, flooding in West Virginia and severe thunderstorms in Ohio, Glenn has had the opportunity to forecast them all. Glenn graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and studied meteorology at Mississippi State University. Glenn is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association and has earned the prestigious broadcast seals of approval from both professional organizations. The seal of approval is given to broadcast meteorologists who display an excellence in presenting their weather program to the viewer. Glenn enjoys golf and cooking and is arguably the Ohio Bobcats biggest fan. Glenn and his wife Tennille live in Raleigh and are the proud parents two sons, Grayson and Hayden.

Greg Soulje brings over 20 years of experience as an agricultural broadcast meteorologist to This Week in Agri-Business. His work experience includes WLS-TV in Chicago where he was an off-camera meteorologist and weather producer; and Central Weather Service, Inc., a private forecasting firm in suburban Chicago, whose clients included a number of radio stations and grain trading firms. He has been a Professional Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for 20 years and has been awarded the AMS Radio Seal of Approval for quality weather broadcasts. He is also a member of the National Weather Association.

Hally Vogel is WZZM's Morning meteorologist. Hally has more than six years news experience, having most recently served as the morning meteorologist and co-anchor for WPBN-WTOM in Traverse City, Michigan. It was in Cleveland where she started her career in television. Born and raised in Ohio, Hally is no stranger to Great Lakes' weather. Hally graduated from Kent State University with a BA in Radio/TV Production and a minor in Broadcasting. She continued her education, and followed her true love for weather, by completing the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University. Hally is a member of the American Meteorological Society. Hally is excited to be part of the On Target Weather Team and to be forecasting for West Michigan. When Hally isn't talking weather, she enjoys snowmobiling, skiing and just about all summer sports.

Prior to arriving at CBS 11 News, Jeff was morning and noon meteorologist at KTBS-TV in Shreveport, Louisiana. While there, he covered the land falling of Hurricanes Lili and Isadore along the Louisiana coast. Jeff also has experience in forecasting severe weather, including tornadoes and even ice storms. During his tenure at KTBS, Jeff and the weather team became the first broadcast meteorologists in the country to use a one million watt Doppler radar on the air. He also was an important part in developing the use of the country's largest weather lab for television and helped modernize the way weather forecasts are displayed. Recently, Jeff was the only meteorologist in North Texas to fly into the eye of Hurricane Rita before it made landfall in September, 2005. In 2006, he was award the Certified Broadcast Meteorology (CBM) Seal of Approval, the first in the Dallas / Fort Worth market. Jeff began his career in Bryan / College Station and Waco in 1997 as a meteorologist with CBS affiliates KBTX-TV and KWTX-TV. While there, Jeff was awarded the AMS Broadcast Seal of Approval. At KBTX, he was presented a series of reports on the 100-year anniversary of the 1900 hurricane that leveled most of Galveston. Jeff attended Western Hills High School in Fort Worth, and he graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with a degree in meteorology. He also is an active member of both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. In his spare time, Jeff is involved with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life as a team captain, and he is also active with his church.

Jenn Harcher joined the 19 Action News Storm Team as the weekend meteorologist in December 2007. A true snow belt native, she grew up in Chardon and spent many years experiencing the power of lake effect weather. Now she is ready for the challenge of forecasting Cleveland's ever changing weather. Before joining 19 Action News Jenn came from WITN in Eastern Carolina where she covered severe storms, tropical storms, and heat waves. She began her career at WABI TV5 in Bangor Maine, where she tackled Nor'easters, ice storms, and bitter wind chills. Jenn graduated from The Ohio State University with her Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. She is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.

Jessica grew up in a suburb just outside Buffalo, New York. She graduated with a major in meteorology and a minor in mathematics in May 2007 at SUNY Brockport in Brockport, New York. Jessica has always been interested in weather even since she was a kid. She is most interested in severe weather even though Buffalo sees so much lake effect snow. Some of Jessica's hobbies include playing soccer and going for a run. She is excited about her move to the mid-west because she may be able to storm chase and hopefully see her first tornado.

Joe helps you plan for the day at work and school with the Storm Team 20 forecast every weekday from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. during "Sunrise This Morning". Joe also keeps you updated on the latest weather with local updates during "Good Morning America" and has a complete look at your forecast during "ABC NewsChannel 20 Midday" at 11:00 a.m. weekdays. At the young age of 12, Joe got an early start to his career with school and community announcements on his hometown radio station in Cairo, Illinois. Joe has held a variety of on-air, programming and management positions with radio stations in St. Louis, Duluth, Green Bay, Sioux City, Omaha, Peoria and Springfield. Joe joined the ABC NewsChannel 20 family in the summer of 2004 as a weekend weather anchor. He was named the morning and midday weather anchor in March 2008. Joe is a graduate of Mississippi State University's Broadcast Meteorology Certification program and holds a B.A. in Radio-Television Sales and Management with a minor in Journalism from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Joe is a professional member of both the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society. Additionally, Joe has been honored by his peers with numerous awards such as the "Silver Dome" from the Illinois Broadcasters Association and multiple nominations for the national "Gavin Award" that showcases excellence in radio programming. Joe has been recognized for his community involvement with a number of organizations such as the American Diabetes Association, Land of Lincoln Goodwill, Central Illinois Community Blood Center, Camp CoCo, Central Illinois Down Syndrome Society and Salvation Army. As a member of Storm Team 20, Joe enjoys speaking each year to dozens of school and civic groups about weather and severe weather safety. Joe, along with his wife Ann and children, Megan and Thomas, reside in Springfield. He's a model railroader and train collector. Joe's an avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals, Fighting Illini and SIU Salukis. And, by his own account, Joe is a "below average" golfer.

Joe has been part of the Action 7 News team for almost 20 years. He originally worked at Action 7 News from 1979 to 1989, and then returned in 1997. He has racked up numerous awards since then, including the New Mexico Broadcasters Association's "Best Weathercast" in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007. He also won The Associated Press "Best Weathercast" award in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006. One of Joe's most memorable -- and most frightening -- moments as a television meteorologist came in 1989 when, while working for a Houston station, he was sent to cover Hurricane Hugo.

John Farley is NBC Bay Area chief meteorologist. Rain or Shine, Chief Meteorologist John Farley is there every evening Monday through Friday at 5, 6 and 11. John joined the NBC Bay Area team in March of 1996, as the morning meteorologist, and moved to the evenings in September 1998. John's passion is, of course, weather and he calls himself a "weather nut." John has a Masters Degree in Meteorology from San Jose State University and was recently honored with the College of Science's "Graduate of the Last Decade" Award. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society and holds its Broadcasting Seal for Television. In 2007 he was awarded the EMMY for best weathercaster. In addition to his daily television weather duties, John has worked on an FAA project aimed at developing short-term fog forecasts for San Francisco International Airport. In 2002 John and his colleagues at San Jose State University received the FAA's Excellence in Aviation Award for their work on this project. John has also been very active with students and teachers. This started with his involvement in the Math and Science Teacher Education Program (MASTEP) at San Jose State University. The goal of MASTEP is to alleviate the critical math and science teacher shortage that currently exists in the Bay Area. Over the years John has visited hundreds of classrooms, talking about what else - weather. Before joining NBC Bay Area, John worked as a weather producer at KRON and also worked as an intern for the San Francisco Bay Area National Weather Service. He is a native of Chelmsford, Massachusetts and received his undergraduate degree in Finance from of the University of Massachusetts. He's always been interested in the weather, but as a kid he really got hooked when "The Blizzard of '78" caused school to be cancelled for a whole week! As a Bay Area meteorologist, he particularly enjoys the challenges of forecasting our many microclimates. John enjoys bike riding and he loves to golf although he admits that he's not very good. His favorite pastime is going to the beach with his wife, their two daughters, and son.

Justin Kiefer is a member of the American Meteorological Society and his forecast bears the AMS Broadcast Seal of Approval. He has been awarded the Connecticut Associated Press Best Weathercast in 2003 and the 2009 Award for Best Weathercast from the Florida Associated Press.

Katie Horner joined KCTV5 in 1994, and her dedication to forecasting and serving the public continues to grow. In 1995, she was certified as a meteorologist, and in 1996, she received the Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society. She became KCTV5's chief meteorologist in 1998, and today she serves on the American Meteorological Society's board of directors. Katie is well-known in Kansas City for her tireless, non-stop severe weather coverage. She persevered through a relentless, live 15-hour severe weather broadcast in March 2006, reporting on at least 12 tornadoes that hit within KCTV5's coverage area. But it hasn't been all serious weather coverage for Katie. While on the air, she has enjoyed flying with the Blue Angels, the Red Baron and on the Goodyear Blimp. She's also enjoyed skydiving, hot air ballooning, being the first person to ride Worlds of Fun's Detonator and swimming in a shark tank. The most amazing thing she feels she has ever done as an on-air personality was organizing thousands of people to make a human flag after 9/11. Katie was born in Nelsonville, Ohio. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker was born the same year and in the same hospital as Katie. In fact, Mrs. Parker, Sarah's mom, taught Katie's sister in elementary school.

Kelly Cass is an on-camera meteorologist at The Weather Channel . She first appeared on air at The Weather Channel in January 2000. Before joining The Weather Channel, she had been the morning weekday meteorologist at WRGB-TV, the CBS affiliate in Schenectady, NY, a position she held for seven years. While working at WRGB, she was awarded the New York State Broadcasting Award for "best storm coverage" during the blizzard of '93. Among the special reports presented by Cass for The Weather Channel was a feature about being selected for a flight in an F-A 18 jet of the "Blue Angels" unit of the U. S. Navy. A native of Poughkeepsie, she has a special interest in lake effect snow. She also is fascinated by all extreme weather including tropical storms. "I have always been fascinated by weather (beginning) as a child. While in college, I decided to focus on TV journalism and study meteorology as well. Weather is something we all experience and talk about, so I decided TV weather was for me," Cass said. She began her career as associate producer, and later, weeknight weather weathercaster at WTZA-TV (now WRNN), an independent station in Kingston, NY. Cass earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Adelphi University. She also holds a certificate of international study from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. She holds the Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association, a broadcast meteorologist certificate from Mississippi State University, and is a full member of the American Meteorological Society. When not watching the snow fall, Cass is active in many sports, including soccer, softball and tennis. While in Korea, she studied tae kwon do, achieving her red belt. She and her husband have three young children.

Ken Siemek began working at KOLN/KGIN-TV in 1981 as a morning show producer. He was promoted to reporter/photographer in 1982, and to weekend weather anchor in 1983. In May 1986, Ken was named 6 and 10 weather anchor. He produces three evening weather segments, presents severe weather information to viewers and speaks to community groups about severe weather coverage. Ken is a Nebraska native who grew up in Columbus. He attended Central Community College-Platte Campus and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society. Ken has also earned the AMS Seal of Approval for television forecasting. Ken enjoys all sports. He is an avid golfer, and also plays basketball and softball. He is married to former 10/11 news anchor Deb Collins. The couple has one son.

Kenn is a very accomplished yachtsman having been a member of representative teams at state, national and international levels over the years. He has participated in eight Sydney to Hobart yacht races (took handicap honours in 1993 on Wild Oats) and numerous other offshore races both in Australia and overseas (Kings Cup in Phuket, Gotland Runt in Sweden and Annapolis to Newport in the USA) and was forecaster for one of the Australian syndicates in the 1995 America's Cup as well as many other events. He was a yachting forecaster for the Sydney 2000 Olympics/Paralympics and has been for many years a weather adviser/forecaster to numerous centreboard and ocean racers around the world, including the Farr 40 circuit, BT Global and Whitbread now Volvo Ocean races. He has written a number of peer-reviewed scientific papers and also writes for a number of yachting magazines. Kenn has taught marine meteorology in a number of educational institutions, including the Sydney University, Australian National University and various yachts clubs around the nation. He has an Honours degree in Science and has completed a Masters degree in Meteorology. Kenn also has a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. He holds membership of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Sydney and the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. He is also a member of the American Meteorological Society. He was awarded the Commonwealth Sports Medal in 2000 for services to the yachting community.

Lauren Casey, credits author Seymour Simon for inspiring her passion for weather as his children's weather books helped birth a young weather enthusiast. Lauren followed her passion for weather to Rutgers University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology. While at Rutgers, Lauren was introduced to broadcast meteorology through an internship at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and honed her operational forecasting skills with an internship at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, NJ. Lauren comes to Southwest Florida from Macon, GA where she began her broadcast career as the Morning Meteorologist for WMGT-TV. Lauren is a member of the American Meteorological Society and has served as a volunteer at the society's annual conference. In addition to weather, Lauren harbors a passion for the great outdoors. She recently backpacked to Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and has trekked through National Parks of the West including Zion, Arches, the Grand Tetons, and Yosemite. When not weather watching or trail blazing, this Jersey girl enjoys reading, beach-going on Sanibel Island, and hanging out with her dog Edgar.

Lee has earned the television seals of approval from both the American Meteorological Society, and the National Weather Association. Lee currently serves as a Trustee on the Foundation of Excellence at Lutheran High School, and is a volunteer for March of Dimes. Lee is has been Boy Scout leader and has served on volunteer boards for Easter Seals, and the Arthritis Foundation. He's a licensed private pilot, and ham radio operator. He also serves on the Macon County Emergency Management Agency as well as the Capital Area Amateur Radio Emergency Response Team, and is a 1st Lieutenant and Public Affairs Officer for Group 9 of the Illinois Wing of Civil Air Patrol, and also is qualified as a member of search and rescue Mission Flight Crew. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.

Leo Hirsbrunner joined News 7 in 2000 from Attleboro, Massachusetts. A proud native of New England, Leo is a 1997 graduate of Lyndon State College located in Lyndonville, Vermont. There he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology and a minor in Physics. While at college Leo interned at WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island. After graduating, his first job was as fill-in Meteorologist at WVNY in Burlington, Vermont. His second job took him to WBOY in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Leo spent 2 & 1/2 years at WBOY as Chief Meteorologist before taking the Weekend Meteorologist position here at WDBJ 7. Leo was quickly promoted to News 7 Mornin' and News 7 at Noon. Leo gained valuable forecasting skills from The New England Shore Line to the Mountains of West Virginia. Leo is a member of the American Meteorological Society and holds the Society's highest standards for television meteorologists with the "A.M.S. Broadcast Seal Of Approval" award. Leo has since upgraded his seal, earning the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation in Decemeber 2006. The CBM Seal is the highest designation awarded by the American Meteorological Society "The Society's Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation clearly recognizes that the holders have the educational background and have been tested in their knowledge and communication of the sciences needed to be an effective broadcast meteorologist," said AMS Executive Director Keith Seitter. "The general public can have added confidence in the quality and reliability of weather presentations made by broadcast meteorologists approved by the Society." Being a meteorologist was a childhood dream for Leo. In 1978, he experienced the "Storm of the Century" at the early age of five. Its blistering winds and blanketing snow invoked his everlasting passion for the weather, which he enthusiastically shares with children today through his frequent visits to various local schools. During his free time he loves watching and playing Ice Hockey, and you can always check the roads to see if he's cruising around the area on his rollerblades. Leo, his wife, Karen and their Rat Terrier, Chinook reside in Roanoke County. All content Copyright 2004 - 2007 WorldNow and WDBJ7. All Rights Reserved.

Luke joined the Weatherwatch 12 Storm Team as Chief Meteorologist in May of 2006. Luke is also a full member of the American Meteorological Society. Raised in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Luke has learned to become very familiar with the variable Wisconsin weather we often experience. "Forecasting the weather in a place like Wisconsin makes my job very challenging and usually there is something new to consider in every forecast." After high school, it was off to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where Luke received a B.S. in Atmospheric Science in 2004. It was during his junior year in college when Luke called up WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee and inquired about working behind the scenes as a weather intern that's when Luke discovered that perhaps this is the career he wanted to pursue. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree, Luke went on to earn his Master's degree in Atmospheric Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He completed a thesis with a research focus of improving winter weather precipitation forecasts. "Writing a thesis was the most demanding and strenuous accomplishment I have ever undertaken and I am so relieved I made it through." After 7 years of school and 4 years of helping out behind the scenes at WTMJ, Luke decided to try the "other" side of the camera.

As a native of East Bridgewater, Mark Margarit is excited to return back to the Boston area. Mark rejoins WHDH from WRGB, the CBS affiliate in Albany, NY, where he was the weekend meteorologist. Prior to that, Mark worked behind the scenes at WHDH for three years as a Weather Producer, helping design and create graphics for the Channel 7 weather team. Mark received his Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science with a minor in Broadcast Meteorology from SUNY Albany, graduating magna cum laude in 2004. Also while in college, Mark interned at WXXA-FOX in Albany. Mark is also a current member of the American Meteorological Society. Mark has been interested in the weather since he was a young child, and often would spend hours watching the Weather Channel. Mark realized his love for TV during high school, where he was an anchor for the school's news program during his senior year. Combining the two fields, along with his love for geography, made becoming a Broadcast Meteorologist seem like the perfect career path. Born and raised south of Boston in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Mark grew up with Nor'easters, blizzards, Hurricanes Bob and Gloria, and severe thunderstorms, not to mention his older brother and sister. Mark is happy to continue forecasting the wide-ranging, and often challenging, weather patterns of New England.

Matt Noyes began as the weekend meteorologist at NECN in 2002, and is now the morning and early afternoon meteorologist, Monday through Friday. Before joining the NECN family, Matt was the Morning Meteorologist at NewsChannel 34 in Binghamton, NY, and a meteorologist at NewsChannel 9 in Syracuse, NY. Noyes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Cornell University, and is a member of both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. Matt enjoys making the weather interesting and accessible to all. In addition to his forecasting experience, Noyes was an instructor of Introductory Meteorology at Broome Community College in Binghamton, NY. He spearheaded the idea for NECN's "Weather Word Contest" and has traveled across New England to bring the science of meteorology into school classrooms. Matt has also been recognized for his dedication to the community and was awarded the Massachusetts State Police Public Service Award for assisting the organization in preparation for a major hurricane strike to New England.

Michael Schlacter is a principal meteorologist at EWI. He is also founder and Chief Meteorologist of Weather 2000, a New York City consulting firm. He is responsible for the oversight of all forecasting and consulting services provided to their Energy, Agriculture, Finance, Insurance and Retail clientele. As the primary media liaison, he has been interviewed as a weather expert in the Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, CNN, CNNfn, Futures Magazine, and many other publications. Formerly, Mr. Schlacter has also worked as a radio and television broadcast meteorologist. He earned a BS in Atmospheric Sciences from Cornell University, and is a member of the American Meteorological Society.

A native of Texas, NBC 6 WeatherPlus Meteorologist Mike Griffin embraces the swelter of Central Texas summers and can tackle the wrath of "Blue Northerners" of the Southern Plains in the winter. Mike is glad to be back in Texas and closer to home after a few years tracking Hurricanes along the Louisiana coast. In the year 2005, Mike had to face the huge challenge of tracking Hurricanes Katrina and Rita back to back hitting the state. Hurricane Rita, a powerful category 3 storm, hit Mike's area of Southwest Louisiana where he was working at KPLC-TV in Lake Charles. It slammed ashore with the force of winds up to 120 miles per hour. It was Mike's first encounter with such a massive and devastating storm but an experience which he will never forget. Mike was inspired to pursue a career in weather early in life, when a tornado charged through his Dallas, TX neighborhood in 1985. This led him to study Meteorology for fifteen years starting at an early age. He not only enjoys the science of forecasting, but also capturing weather on camera. He earned his bachelor's degree in Meteorology from Texas A&M University. He has learned his weather techniques from such weather icons such as Rebecca Miller, the Morning Meteorologist at KXAS NBC 5 in Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX. He worked with her for a semester on developing on-camera skills. He also worked along side Chief Meteorologist Bob French at KBTX in Bryan/College Station, TX for a year. He was also on the storm chasing team at Texas A&M, which he chased several tornadoes across our area of Tornado Alley. He witnessed first hand the flooding from Tropical Storm Allison in Houston, TX during June 2001. He was in Tropical Storm Faye when it hit the upper Texas coast around Galveston, TX. Mike likes to swim, camp, play tennis, and anything outdoors. He adopted a cat named "Stormy" from the Humane Society. When he is not chasing storms or hurricanes, he usually likes to go traveling. Mike is a member of both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. He holds the NWA Television Weathercaster Seal of Approval, given to broadcast meteorologists who have shown competency and on-air performance skills that are above standards. He is currently working on acquiring his AMS Seal of Approval. You can catch his forecast on the weekends. If you have a weather question or if you have any other comments for Mike, you can email him at mgriffin@kcentv.com mgriffin@kcentv.com .

Mike has been recognized with nine regional Emmy Awards in New England and one in Washington, D.C. He has contributed to weather reports for the Boston Herald and the Community Newspaper Company and authors a weekly weather column for BostonNow. Mike has also been heard on local airwaves (WBUR, WXKS-FM, WZLX-FM, WBCN-FM) providing forecasts and discussing weather and science. Prior to moving to Boston, Mike was chief meteorologist at WTVR-TV, Richmond, Va. He also served as chief meteorologist at KTIV-TV, Sioux City, Iowa. Mike has served as Chairman of the Chernobyl Children Project USA and is still an active board member. He assists orphanages and children's hospitals in the contaminated regions with basic necessities. He has worked with Boston area hospitals coordinating nearly $5 million worth of treatment for children from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Mike has traveled extensively in the Chernobyl region. He is also actively involved in various local charitable organizations and a frequent speaker in area schools. A graduate of Briar Cliff University, Mike is a member of the American Meteorological Society and has his AMS Seal of Approval. In February 2007, Mike earned the CBM designation, only the second meteorologist in the Boston market to do so. Mike's family originally arrived in Boston from Ireland on July 11, 1847. As Irish imigrants they headed west in search of farmland. The family homesteaded in Minnesota, then South Dakota and eventually Iowa, where Mike was raised on a farm. He now resides on the South Shore where he enjoys sailing. A lifelong motorcycle rider, he can still be seen occasionally racing motorcyles at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, in Loudon, N.H. He is married with three children.

Dr. Bateman earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering physics, as well as his doctorate in physics, from the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He is author of several technical publications on atmospheric research and is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society and the American Institute of Physics.

Nathan Hitchens is a graduate teaching assistant at Ball State University, where he is working toward a master's degree in geography. He graduated, summa cum laude, from Ball State with a bachelor's degree in geography focused on operational meteorology and climatology. His fields of specialization include: Severe Local Storms, Physical Geography, Applied Meteorology, Forecasting and Survey Research. Hitchens researched and wrote "Middletown USA: Perceptions of the Severe Storm Threat" which he presented at the Northwest Indiana National Weather Association Great Lakes Meteorology Conference and the Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference. He is a member of the Association of American Geographers, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, National Weather Association and the National Weather Association - Central Indiana Chapter. Hitchens currently serves as director of the Ball State University Storm Chase Team. During a severe weather event, he deploys members throughout Delaware County and the surrounding area to observe weather conditions and relay important storm threat information back to emergency management officials. During calmer weather, Hitchens and team members offer severe weather education programs to school students and community groups. Hitchens has spent the past two summers chasing severe thunderstorms in the Great Plains and has storm-chased in the Midwest for several years. He was a consultant for the hour-long public television documentary "Tornado Alley: Back Home in Indiana."

Peter joined FOX 17 in November of 1998 and is Chief Meteorologist of FOX 17 News At Ten. Prior to coming to FOX 17, Peter was a Meteorologist (Forecaster and Marine Focal Point) with the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. Peter began his career in 1982 as an On-air Meteorologist's Assistant with WZZM TV in Grand Rapids from 1982 to 1983; Meteorology Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI in 1985; Consulting Meteorologist for Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr and Huber, Inc. in Ada, MI in 1989; Instructor of Weather Workshops for K-12 Teachers at Grand Rapids Community College from 1990 to 1994; On-air Meteorologist at WOOD AM/FM in Grand Rapids from 1985 to 1991; On-air Meteorologist/Science Reporter with WWMT TV in Kalamazoo, MI from 1991 to 1995. Peter obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorology in May 1985 from the University of Wisconsin, in Madison. Peter is a member of the American Meteorological Society and has earned the AMS Seal of Approval for television and radio.

Ms. Kartika is a senior associate of ecotasgroup who focuses herself in the area of research for atmospheric science. She is a lecturer of the Department of Geophysics and Meteorology Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and a member of American Meteorological Society (AMS) and American Geophysical Union (AGU). Her research mainly investigates the climate over maritime continent region, the role of Asian monsoon on the precipitation over there using observational analysis data and global circulation model. Recently, she is also using regional model to study the impact of some climate phenomenon's on maritime continent region. She is able to deliver several trainings related to numerical mathematics and atmospheric science, e.g. climate modeling, science and technology applied to support climate information for environment.

Savannah Collins is a junior majoring in Meteorology and minoring in Business. She transferred from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in Spring 2007, where she majored in Geography and minored in Dance. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity and the Meteorology Club at OU, and has also been a member of the American Meteorological Society since 2007. After receiving her undergraduate, she wishes to go on to graduate school and eventually be employed by NOAA studying tornadoes and severe weather. Outside of school, she enjoys ballet and jazz dance, traveling, concerts, and being with her friends and family in Tennessee.

Scott Dean joined the ABC11 AccuWeather team in the summer of 2007 as weekend evening meteorologist. Scott began his career at WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio where he worked for seven years, initially as the weekend meteorologist until he was promoted to the position of weekday morning meteorologist. Scott is a proud native of North Carolina, and is thrilled to be back home. He was born in Burlington and spent his early school years in Raleigh before moving to Williamsburg, VA where he finished high school. Scott earned a business degree at UNC Wilmington, but decided that he really wanted to pursue his life-long interest in weather, and subsequently attended NC State University, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology in 1998. Scott is a member of the American Meteorological Society, and has been awarded its broadcasting seal. When he is not "chasing" storms, Scott enjoys many outdoor activities, particularly golf, fishing and cycling. As part of family tradition, he likes cooking and entertaining for his friends and with his family. He is a proud "Wolfpacker" and a passionate sports fan.

Sean was hired in the Fall of 2005 and graduated from Oswego State University in May, 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology (Cum Laude) and a minor in Mathematics. While at Weather Works, Sean's tasks include forecasting, post storm summaries, storm alerts and past weather reports. He also is involved in many educational aspects of the company. Some of the present and future work in this area involves our Snow Spotter Network, monthly newsletter and school assembly series. Sean is from Rochester, NY and is a proud Western New Yorker. He enjoys forecasting for winter storms, lake effect snow and severe weather. Sean is a member of the American Meteorological Society.

Shannon Murphy started as the meteorologist for NewsCenter Today at the Northland's NewsCenter upon graduation from the University of North Dakota in May 2007. She obtained her degree in Atmospheric Sciences and is an active member of the American Meteorological Society. Throughout the morning, you can listen to her forecasts on Kool 101.7, B105, and Mix 108. Every Wednesday during NewsCenter at 6, you can watch her weekly series, "Your Green Life," which gives tips on how to live green. In college, Shannon had a role on the weather team for the news program Studio One. She also was a member of the women's soccer team for four years, and will always remain a proud Fighting Sioux Alumni. Shannon is a Minnesota native, originally from Inver Grove Heights, where her family still resides. Due to the intense Midwest weather, she has always had a passion for meteorology, but knew broadcasting was her calling when a weather anchor had visited her Junior High Earth Science class. Ironically, this class is currently being taught in the same classroom by her older sister! She hopes to have the same opportunity to inspire other young women to get into the field of meteorology. Shannon's interests include all outdoor activities, working on her guitar skills, and knitting in her spare time. She also loves watching hockey and soccer, and of course, the Sioux being her favorite team to watch.

Sharie Shima joined the News 8 team in April of 2001 following eight years at KITV where she was the weekday weather anchor. Sharie was born in Hawaii and grew up on the Windward side of Oahu. She received her certification in Broadcast Meteorology in 1997 from Mississippi State University. Sharie is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. She received the Society of Professional Journalists award for series reporting in 1998. All content Copyright 2000 - 2007 WorldNow and KHNL, a Raycom Media station. All Rights Reserved.

Steve Bellas has maintained a dual career in broadcasting and education. Mr. Bellas holds a B.A. from Southeastern Louisiana University and an M.A. from the University of New Orleans. He has been a full-time faculty member in the Department of Communication, Southeastern Louisiana University, since Fall, 2003. Mr. Bellas has taught on the secondary and university levels for 20 years. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of New Orleans and Tulane University, and he has served as a visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, via the UNO/International Program. While currently teaching at SLU, and hosting the Telly Award winning program, NORTHSHORE FOCUS, on the Southeastern Channel, Mr. Bellas continues as a broadcast journalist with ABC26 News in New Orleans. He was with the NBC affiliate for 22 years, where he reported and anchored news and weather. His stories have taken him from New Orleans to Europe, and they have aired on CNN, NBC, and the BBC. Mr. Bellas is a Member of the American Meteorological Society and holds the prestigious AMS Seal of Approval. And, he has been honored by the Associated Press and the New Orleans Press Club.

Steve Elliot founded Elliot Consulting Services in 2003 after a highly successful career as a global account manager, corporate trainer, and senior sales executive from the communications and high-tech industries. Steve's broad professional experience includes sales, marketing, business development, operations, project management, business continuity planning and emergency preparedness positions with AT&T, Control Data, Westinghouse, and ABC/Capitol Cities. During his tenure at AT&T, Mr. Elliot's responsibilities included the management of large global enterprise accounts. He focused on performing detailed assessments of the technological and communications needs of his clients, and then proposing solutions to help them operate more efficiently and effectively. Steve was involved with the development of emergency response and disaster recovery plans for several of his former clients including Precision Response Corporation, Home Shopping Network, Expedia, Ticketmaster, Hotels.com, LendingTree.com, Sports Authority, and Racal-Milgo, to name a few. Steve has participated in numerous seminars and conferences relating to business continuity, emergency preparedness planning, hazardous materials management, homeland security, pandemic planning, and data recovery issues. Mr. Elliot has been a featured presenter at hurricane awareness seminars and hazardous material management seminars around the state of Florida. Steve is a Certified Business Resiliency Manager (CBRM) from the Business Resilience Certification Consortium International, and an officer within the Greater Tampa Bay Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners. He is also a member of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (LEPC) Local Emergency Planning Committee's Facilities Disaster Planning Team, the Institute of Management Consultants, and the American Meteorological Society.

Steve is a full member of the American Meteorological Society and received the AMS Television Seal of approval in 1991. In April 2007, Steve earned the American Meteorological Society's highest level of certification, the CBM (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist). In 1993, Steve was named in a station award given by the New York State Associated Press for outstanding newscast and coverage of the blizzard of 1993. Steve was also named in a New York State Associated Press Award for best newscast coverage of the 1995 Memorial Day severe weather outbreak which generated the devastating family of tornadoes that hit Hillsdale, NY and Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In the spring of 1999 Steve was nominated for a New York State Emmy award for outstanding on-camera achievement for his non-stop coverage of the Mechanicville-Stillwater tornado outbreak on Memorial Day 1998, coverage that was credited with keeping residents informed and safe during the event.

Terry Casey has been with Precision Weather off and on for almost 20 years handling everything form radio broadcasts, operations and site-specific forecasts. Terry also has extensive experience in the weather industry working for WGME-TV in Portland, ME; WHDH-TV in Boston, MA and for WSI in Andover, MA where his was responsible for on-air broadcast and show content for clients such as Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Bloomberg and Time Warner. Terry is a member of the American Meteorological Society and was awarded the AMS broadcast Seal of Approval. Terry also served as co-host for the Children's Miracle Network Telethon. Terry was born and raised in Waltham, Mass. and graduated from Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vt. with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorology. Terry is an avid runner and sports fan. He has competed in many marathons, but also enjoys shorter local races. Terry and his wife reside in a suburb northwest of Boston with their twin children.

Tommy joined the staff of Weather Works as an intern in 1996 and was hired as a full time Meteorologist in May of 1997. He graduated from Kean University in 1997 with a degree in Earth Science | Meteorology and a minor in Mathematics. In addition, Tommy finished top in his Meteorology class and Valedictorian of the School of Natural Science, Nursing and Mathematics. He has acquired an in depth knowledge of both the science of Meteorology and the associated Mathematics, and continues to learn more each day. With this knowledge, he provides accurate weather forecasts, post storm summaries, certified weather reports, storm alerts, radio weather broadcasts and much more to our clients. Besides all of the weather tasks described above, Tommy is our Internet expert, Web Master, in house programmer and is responsible for constructing and maintaining this web site. Since graduating from Kean University, Tommy has successfully completed several computer programming classes. He has been a member of the American Meteorological Society since his college years.

Tom Sherry is the chief meteorologist for KREM 2 News and has been a member of KREM 2 News since January 1990. You can watch Tom weeknights on KREM 2 News at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. as well as The News at 10 on WB22.

Tracy Humphrey is the early edition and noon weather anchor for CBS 5 Eyewitness News. Immediately prior to KPIX, Humphrey was at WNYW, the Fox affiliate in New York, where she has been the weekend weathercaster for the last four years. Prior to that, she reported weather for WPHL in Philadelphia; WKBW in Buffalo; WTVH in Syracuse and WJCL in Savannah. She earned a bachelor of science degree at the University of Alabama and holds a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University. She is a member of the American Meteorological Society, National Association of Black Journalists and Big Brothers and Sisters of New York City.

Meteorologist Travis Herzog joined KTRK-TV in July of 2006. Previously, he worked as the morning meteorologist just up the road in Bryan, Texas at KBTX-TV, where the Texas Associated Press twice recognized him as one of the top broadcast meteorologists in the state. From hurricanes and tornadoes to ice storms and floods, Travis has covered just about every kind of weather element experienced in southeast Texas. He aims to present the public with weather forecasts that are informative, educational, and fun. When severe weather strikes, you can trust Travis to provide you with timely weather updates and potentially life-saving information. You can watch his live weather broadcasts Monday through Friday on Eyewitness News at 11am and Eyewitness News at 4pm. Travis is no stranger to Texas weather because he's lived here all his life. In fact, he received his calling to be a meteorologist when Hurricane Gilbert spawned a tornado that passed by his childhood home in San Antonio, Texas. In the aftermath, he developed a deep passion and profound respect for the atmosphere by reading every weather book he could find, prompting his classmates to label him "the weatherman," which he preferred over "school boy." Raised to be a Longhorn, Travis eventually received the blessing of his parents to pursue his love for weather at Texas A&M University. In Aggieland he met his wonderful wife, Erin, a Sugar Land native, and he determined that he wanted to be a broadcast meteorologist. Choosing a career that paid him to forecast and talk about the weather seemed to be a no-brainer, even if it meant enduring corny weatherman jokes for the rest of his life. Travis graduated with a B.S. in Meteorology and a perfect 4.0 GPR. He earned numerous awards and honors along the way, most notably the prestigious Brown-Rudder Outstanding Student Award, given to an individual that embodies the character, morals, and integrity of former Texas A&M University President Earl Rudder. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society, the National Weather Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. Travis enjoys marriage, Bible study, racquetball, Sudoku, and cold fronts. With a huge heart for children, he also enjoys entertaining students with weather talks at local schools. If you would like to invite Travis to speak at your school or host an event, send him an email at travis.herzog@abc.com.