Weather Science

FOX 17 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mecklenburg officially joined FOX 17 on May 1, 2012. Rick most recently served as Chief Meteorologist at WSBT in South Bend, Indiana for 15 years. Rick is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National...

Rick Knabb, a veteran tropical forecaster and most recently The Weather Channel’s hurricane expert, has been named director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County. He replaces Bill Read, who is retiring as of June 1. “For as...

  Many people have claimed to be able to "predict" approaching rainstorms by observing pains in various parts of their bodies, particularly in the joints and bones. It has been suggested that variations in barometric pressure may be the cause of this...

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with an area college lacrosse player to help you become more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Navy senior defender Kierstin King, a Hereford graduate and three-time All-Patriot...

Jon Shaner joined FOX 17 in August 2006 as a Meteorologist on FOX 17 Morning News. Before coming to Grand Rapids he worked at WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana from 2003-2006 as a weekend weather anchor. Prior to that, he was a weekend weather anchor at...

Brandon began his weather career with KY3 in 1996, a couple of months before he graduated from Evangel University.  His first role was weekend weather, and tornado warnings were issued six out of the first nine weekends on the job.  In 2000 legendary...

A massive earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean. The quake struck about 434 kilometers (270 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's...

The 2012 Fermilab/WGN-TV Tornado and Severe Weather Seminar takes place Saturday, April 14, at noon and repeats in its entirety at 6 p.m. Here are the list of speakers: Building on the Ongoing Revolution in Weather Forecasting: Taking Prediction of...

Local resident Dr. Richard O'Toole will present the annual Les Tupper Community Service Awards on Monday, May 14, at JPL's von Karman Auditorium. The event gets underway at 7 p.m. and the public is invited. The sponsoring group is the La Cañada Flintridge...

Steve Villanueva is a Traffic Anchor and a Meteorologist on the PIX11 Morning News.  He is a native New Yorker and says he's lucky to be part of the PIX11 Morning News.  Steve grew up in Flushing and graduated from Holy Cross High School.  Growing up down...

Meteorologist Craig Allen is one of the most authoritative weather source in the New York tri-state area.  Allen’s reports are accurate and authoritative, his manner warm & friendly. Craig earned his meteorology degree from the Earth & Space...

NASA'snewest Earth-watching satellite has sent back a breathtaking image of our "Blue Marble" that offers a taste of the orbiting observatory's vast capabilities. The image release comes just a day after the satellite was given a new name: Suomi NPP,...