[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Name of WCVB meteorologist I was Trying to Remember

[Ted Kochanski]

Top of the list of Senior Meteorologists viewable on Boston Stations:
4 --     WBZ          Eric Fisher
5  --    WCVB       Cindy Fitzgibbon
7 --     WNAC       Jeremy Reiner
8  --    WFXT        Kevin Lemanowicz
10 --   WBTS        Matt Noyce
                             Pete Bouchard

All except Pete have a formal title as Chief

I've met many of them and all are near the top echelon of TV Meteorologists
whom I'm familiar with in the US

Some the next tier in seniority and experience [though all have a solid
"met" background] in Boston Region include:
WBZ     Sarah Wroblewski
WBZ     Jacob Wycoff
WBZ     Zack Green
WCVB  Michael Wankum
WCVB  A.J. Burnett
WCVB  Michael Page
WHDH  Chris Lambert
WHDH  Josh Wurster
WFXT   Shiri Spear
WFXT   Jason Brewer
WBTS   Pamela Gardner



Ted


On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 3:57 PM George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com> wrote:

> We all loved Harvey. He changed stations but was on Channel 5 (I think) I
> don’t watch TV that often. Since then he again retired.
>
> George
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> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us> *On Behalf
> Of *OLGA P GUTTAG
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 29, 2023 3:21 PM
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> *Cc:* Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>; JJ Krawczyk <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Name of WCVB
> meteorologist I was Trying to Remember
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> We have a meteorological treasure right in our own town - JJ Krawczyk
> (email in a CC)!
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> Olga
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> On Mar 29, 2023, at 3:16 PM, Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Yes, Harvey Leonard is one of the good ones.
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> -- Bob Primak
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> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 03:07:35 PM EDT, Joel Shwimer <
> shwimer at tiac.net> wrote:
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> Harvey Leonard (Channel 5?)
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> On 3/29/2023 2:58 PM, Stan Rose wrote:
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> For those of you who grew up in the Boston area in the 60s, my favorite
> forecasters were Don Kent and Bruce Schwoegler, both on WBZ.
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> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 12:49 PM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> During the post-presentation chatter, Ted Kochansky and I were trying to
> remember the names of local Boston meteorologists with good forecasting
> reputations. I had forgotten WCVB's Mike Wankum. He's not the only reliable
> weather forecaster, but he's been around awhile and is very good.
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> That's the name I was fishing for.
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> No matter -- the best meteorologist is the one who gives the storm warning
> and saves your hide while you are watching.
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> I'm not kidding -- I grew up in the suburbs of the Chicago area, away from
> the protective effects of Lake Michigan. So I know what a tornado warning
> looks and feels like, and what happens when people don't get or don't heed
> the warnings -- as in Belvidere, IL in 1967 -- one of ten tornadoes that
> afternoon, with tragic death tolls. Forecasting has come a long way since
> then.
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> Plainfield, IL (Coal City) tornado of 1990:
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> https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-coal-city-plainfield-tornado-20150624-story.html (No
> paywall.)
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> I did not find information about this tornado being anticyclonic, though I
> recall that at the time there was speculation that it was rotating the
> "wrong" direction. There were a few factors which raised the death toll,
> including no advance warning. There were several reasons for that lack of
> warning, not the least being that the local Doppler radar had been hit by
> lightning. Usually, anticyclonic tornadoes are much weaker and
> shorter-lived than cyclonic tornadoes. (This applies in both hemispheres,
> even though anticyclonic in the Southern Hemisphere would be
> counterclockwise.)
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> Rare Clockwise Tornado
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> https://www.insidescience.org/video/rare-clockwise-tornado
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> -- Bob Primak
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