<div dir="ltr">Top of the list of Senior Meteorologists viewable on Boston Stations:<div>4 -- WBZ Eric Fisher<br>5 -- WCVB Cindy Fitzgibbon</div><div>7 -- WNAC Jeremy Reiner</div><div>8 -- WFXT Kevin Lemanowicz</div><div>10 -- WBTS Matt Noyce</div><div> Pete Bouchard</div><div><br></div><div>All except Pete have a formal title as Chief</div><div><br></div><div>I've met many of them and all are near the top echelon of TV Meteorologists whom I'm familiar with in the US</div><div><br></div><div>Some the next tier in seniority and experience [though all have a solid "met" background] in Boston Region include:</div><div>WBZ Sarah Wroblewski<br></div><div>WBZ Jacob Wycoff</div><div>WBZ Zack Green</div><div>WCVB Michael Wankum</div><div>WCVB A.J. Burnett</div><div>WCVB Michael Page</div><div>WHDH Chris Lambert<br></div><div>WHDH Josh Wurster</div><div>WFXT Shiri Spear</div><div>WFXT Jason Brewer</div><div>WBTS Pamela Gardner <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 3:57 PM George Gamota <<a href="mailto:ggamota@stma-llc.com">ggamota@stma-llc.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6516944266307104790"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-6516944266307104790WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">George<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=<a href="mailto:stma-llc.com@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">stma-llc.com@lists.toku.us</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>OLGA P GUTTAG<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 29, 2023 3:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Primak <<a href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Lex Computer Group <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>>; JJ Krawczyk <<a href="mailto:John.J.Krawczyk@gmail.com" target="_blank">John.J.Krawczyk@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Name of WCVB meteorologist I was Trying to Remember<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We have a meteorological treasure right in our own town - JJ Krawczyk (email in a CC)!<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Olga<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Mar 29, 2023, at 3:16 PM, Robert Primak <<a href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Yes, Harvey Leonard is one of the good ones. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">-- Bob Primak <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div id="m_-6516944266307104790yahoo_quoted_1012810233"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 03:07:35 PM EDT, Joel Shwimer <<a href="mailto:shwimer@tiac.net" target="_blank">shwimer@tiac.net</a>> wrote: <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div id="m_-6516944266307104790yiv0172179235"><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Harvey Leonard (Channel 5?)<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">On 3/29/2023 2:58 PM, Stan Rose wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 12:49 PM Robert Primak <<a href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">That's the name I was fishing for.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">No matter -- the best meteorologist is the one who gives the storm warning and saves your hide while you are watching.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Plainfield, IL (Coal City) tornado of 1990:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-coal-city-plainfield-tornado-20150624-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-coal-city-plainfield-tornado-20150624-story.html</a> (No paywall.) <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">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.) <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Rare Clockwise Tornado<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><a href="https://www.insidescience.org/video/rare-clockwise-tornado" target="_blank">https://www.insidescience.org/video/rare-clockwise-tornado</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">-- Bob Primak <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; 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