Favorite weather caster and/or weatherman/woman.

[Taltarzac725]

Since many of us are going to be watching a lot of weather casters over the next few days, I was wondering who is your favorite??

I listed mostly Weather Channel or other celebrity/weather casters from various national news services. I had to leave out many score of TV stars from regional stations like John Coleman, Angela Hutti, Bob Richards, etc.

[Villages PL]

I don't watch TV so I won't be following the storm closely, I'l just read about it in the Daily Sun. If I decide to get an update, I'll turn on the radio (usually at 12 noon) and Fox news/weather report will likely be the one. Most of the time, for local weather reports, I tune in to Karl Loeper on WVLG.

Listening to storm reports, from other states, doesn't excite me. The first few minutes are usually enough but they tend to go on and on.

[zcaveman]

I very seldom watch the weather reports on TV. They never seem to cover the area I am in so it is generally a waste of time. I used to look at the TV weather on channel 99 to see what it looked like for my golfing outing but the new format got rid of that option.

Z

[Mack184]

My favorite weathercaster is NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (http://www.noaa.gov) Here I can read the forecasts, look at the maps, watch the radar for any zip code I choose and not once have to deal with the inane blatherings of these various nit-wits.

[Cantwaittoarrive]

Since many of us are going to be watching a lot of weather casters over the next few days, I was wondering who is your favorite??

I listed mostly Weather Channel or other celebrity/weather casters from various national news services. I had to leave out many score of TV stars from regional stations like John Coleman, Angela Hutti, Bob Richards, etc.

Guessing you're from St Louis I will go with Dave Murray not Bob Richards it doesn't seem he was very moral and i don't agree with how he ended it

[Taltarzac725]

Guessing you're from St Louis I will go with Dave Murray not Bob Richards it doesn't seem he was very moral and i don't agree with how he ended it

Actually, have not been to Missouri since interviewing at the Supreme Court Law Library in Topeka, KS around 1993. They seemed to warn me that I would not like it there because of the twisters.

I had flown into Kansas City, MO to get a shuttle to Topeka.

I did get to check out Topeka, KS though. Very interesting State Capitol Building in Topeka.

I picked up many of the names from here-- http://www.ranker.com/list/notable-meteorologist_s)/reference Stephanie Abrams at #51 made me want to redo the list for TOTV.

[Jaggy]

I might be in the minority , but there is nothing better then live TV with Geraldo hanging onto a lamp-post/street sign/palm tree with the wind trying to blow him away. !! Any weather person live in the elements tickles me..

[jimbo2012]

Who remembers Uncle Weatherbee, Tex Antoine, on air until 1966

http://www.mikanet.com/museum/images/tex_antoine.jpg

[Taltarzac725]

I might be in the minority , but there is nothing better then live TV with Geraldo hanging onto a lamp-post/street sign/palm tree with the wind trying to blow him away. !! Any weather person live in the elements tickles me..

They look really stupid doing that. One of them will get killed and that will be the end of such thrill seeking. They seem to have gotten a little more thoughtful about the power of Mother Nature and are not taking such inane risks for ratings.

[Virtual Geezer]

If your in the Cleveland Ohio market you have Dick Goddard and has been on TV since aboout 1961 doing the weather. He is now 81 and still doing the weather 5 nights a week at 6 and 10. He has a problem with all the new TV technology and is talking about a screen that has yet to appear or has appeared and is gone. He also spends too much talking about other interests and not doing the weather. It is time for hime to retire a LONG time ago.

VG

[KayakerNC]

I think it's hard to argue with the success of the Weather Channel.
There are now fewer clown shows that pass for weather reports. Although Sonny Elliott was certainly a Detroit legend.
Sonny Eliot salute - YouTube

[14thMed]

I'll take Tom Skilling of WGN anyday. I for one am sick of the "infotainment" that the weather channel is filled with. Just give me the weather report please.

[Patty55]

I might be in the minority , but there is nothing better then live TV with Geraldo hanging onto a lamp-post/street sign/palm tree with the wind trying to blow him away. !! Any weather person live in the elements tickles me..

And his mustache never moves.

[Taltarzac725]

And his mustache never moves.

Patty, you often have such amusing observations as about Geraldo Rivera's mustache. Geraldo Rivera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera)

He does seem to be a favorite target of Mad TV and Saturday Night Live .

Seems like "someone else" is the big winner in this weather person poll with Jim Cantore in second. He does not seem to take really stupid risks with his life just for Weather Channel ratings. He is out near or on the weather story front though.

We used to joke when we lived in Palm Harbor that if Jim Cantore is coming to town we better get out before the hurricane came.

[2BNTV]

Who remembers Uncle Weatherbee, Tex Antoine, on air until 1966

http://www.mikanet.com/museum/images/tex_antoine.jpg

Me. :smiley:

[Patty55]

Who remembers Uncle Weatherbee, Tex Antoine, on air until 1966

http://www.mikanet.com/museum/images/tex_antoine.jpg

Yep, I remember him, very hi-tech.

[Taltarzac725]

Tex Antoine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Antoine)

Sounds like a man of the 1950s. He would have fit right in with Don Draper and his crew on Mad Men.

I could have even seen him on that show. He does look familiar for some reason.

There was a weatherman taking History courses when I attended the University of Nevada, Reno. Cannot remember his name but he asked some bright questions when in class. I often had unusual people taking some of my classes like an African prince as well as some showgirls from the MGM Grand. This Reno, Nevada weatherman was another one of these interesting students. The showgirls were in the French classes.

[Patty55]

Not likely Tex would be with the Mad Men, he's too dorky, and been dead for like 20 years.

But this man..... shown with the inspiration for Rosanna Rosadanna

[Taltarzac725]

Not likely Tex would be with the Mad Men, he's too dorky, and been dead for like 20 years.

But this man..... shown with the inspiration for Rosanna Rosadanna

Storm Field. His father and mother must have had a sense of humor as well as a real direction for their son's future career path. Storm Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Field)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Ann_Scamardella

I never lived or even been to New York City, so this stuff is rather new to me. I only get some of the inside jokes on Saturday Night Live. Then and now.

I had meant that some frame on the show Mad Men could have had a shot of Tex Antoine doing the weather. Mad Men does seem to bring in a lot of historical references in their various narratives.

[senior citizen]

Steve Caporizzo and Andy Gregorio of Channel 10 ABC Albany New York