Female meteorologist king 5 tv#
During the years, a number of atmospheric sciences students interested in TV weather have interned at KING 5, gaining invaluable experiment that led to successful careers for several (such as the redoubtable Shannon O'Donnell and MJ McDermott). Jeff rapidly become well known in this endeavor: he and I have even on the opposite sides for some lawsuits.įinally, Jeff has been a huge friend to the UW.
There is no better way to find out how weather is influencing people's lives in a serious way. Many don't know that meteorologists are often hired to do research and testify in court cases, something I have done as well. Many of us in the weather community protested to KING management (his replacement had no degree in meteorology was making serious technical errors), but it was the unhappiness of the viewers and their demand for Jeff's return that led to his triumphal reinstatement a year later.ĭuring his year off, Jeff applied his formidable communications skills to enter a new sideline: forensic meteorological consulting. A new news director at KING decided that a flashy female presence would be beneficial to ratings and Jeff was let go. At regional meetings, like the Northwest Weather Conference, you could always be sure Jeff would be in attendance taking notes.īut then a setback occurred in his career.
Jeff developed a reputation as someone who not only had an excellent delivery (and a voice more appropriate for an Olympian god) but a dedication to bring science and education into his message, frequently evincing the knowledge he had gained at the UW as well as an excellent intuition about the weather. I enjoyed having Jeff in the senior forecasting class, where he was one the best students. He fulfilled all the responsibilities of his KING TV job while taking years of technical prerequisites before entering the UW atmospheric sciences program, which he completed successfully. And during the next few years, he was good to his word. And he was willing to take years of math and physics courses that were the first step before entering a degree program, such as the one we offer at the UW. Jeff was determined to become a real meteorologist and to secure a degree in atmospheric sciences. He was not satisfied being a TV weathercaster, without a weather background. I started at the UW in late 1981 and quickly got to know Jeff at local weather gatherings.
Helens exploded in May 1980, his in-depth coverage of the event made him well-known throughout the region. Jeff came to KING TV as a general reporter in 1977, but became the weather anchor and science lead in 1980.
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