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Emmy award winning, 28 year veteran WGN-TV Weather Producer

Chicago, IL
Joined January 2012
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What a night friends!! 26+ years at WGN and I can now add the words “Emmy Award winning producer” to my resume!! I can’t thank everyone enough for trusting WGN weather all these years! You guys are the best!
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All moves for the week 12-4 boys!
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BREAKING NEWS 3PM THURSDAY: Chicago now with the worst air quality of any major city in the world! This is as bad as I’ve ever seen it! Limit your time outdoors friends!
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2.7" of snow so far, 1.7" since last report. #ilwx @NWSChicago @TimJoyceWX @billyweather
1" of snow so far near 52nd/95th in Oak Lawn. Neighborhood roads are snow covered. #ilwx @NWSChicago @TimJoyceWX @billyweather
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Friday PM: #Bears playoff forecast! Temperatures in the mid to upper teens with a biting west/southwest wind creating single digit wind chills. Flurries or a few passing snow showers possible. #Chicago #BearDown 🐻⬇️
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Final Thu rainfall tallies were impressive to say the least. Officially, 2.35” Midway, 1.92” O’Hare. This is the wettest calendar day in Jan since 2.29” on Jan10, 1975 and 3rd wettest on record! Wettest ever 2.76” Jan 12, 1960. #chicago #flooding @WGNNews @AlyssaDonovanTV 🌂☔️💧
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SUNDAY AM: Accumulating snow is done, but impressive totals in some areas: 7” Lindenhurst 6.9” Greenwood (McHenry) 6” Wadsworth 4.1” Batavia 4.0” O’Hare 3.6” Midway Seasonal snow now up to 16.3” in Chicago, snowiest open since 1978-79! @WGNNews @WGNMorningNews ❄️❄️❄️
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6PM SNOW UPDATE: Official snowfall at O’Hare now up to 6.9” making this the heaviest calendar day snowfall in more than 10 years! Since November 21, 2015 when 7.0” fell. Roads are slick, allow extra time if you’re out and about. #snowstorm #Chicago
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3PM SNOW UPDATE: Both O’Hare and Midway are now at 5” so far today. That’s a record snow for Nov 29, eclipsing the old record of 2.4” in 1953. This will easily be the heaviest snow in nearly 5 years, since Feb 15, 2021 (6.1”) with more to come. #snowstorm ❄️❄️
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Once the snow pack gets established here it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Plenty of cold air locked in place through mid-December, biggest departure from normal centered over IL/IA/MO. Still several weeks away, but odds for a white Christmas are high. Brrrrrrr 🥶🎄
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SATURDAY NOON: 3.2” has accumulated so far at O’Hare Airport, that’s bigger than ANY snow all last snow season. The heaviest snow last year was 2.9” on November 21. Forecast looks solid. 6-9” for most of us, locally higher in a few spots. #ilwx #inwx ☃️❄️
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Impactful winter storm becoming likely Saturday into Sunday. Three major computer models ensemble fcst and probability of 4”+. Note, biggest snow ALL last snow season was 2.9” on 11-21-24. This one likely to eclipse that. #ilwx #inwx #winterstorm #snow
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Stunning shot of the Haboob that hit downtown Phoenix and forced a ground stop at Sky Harbor International Airport. #phoenix #azwx #Haboob
I have waited SO many years for shots like today and I finally got it. My buddy Garrett hit me up a few days ago mentioning the possibility of monsoon picking up. So I threw the dice for a few days to see if anything would happen and I ended up getting a haboob of epic proportions swallowing downtown Phoenix! What a day! #AZwx w/ @ConvChronicles
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#BREAKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued until 8pm for the entire metro area. It’s a hot, humid day which makes the atmosphere extremely buoyant and capable of strong/severe storms. Not everyone will see them but be alert this afternoon for the potential. #Weather
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Air Quality across the Chicago area is really bad right now. Of all major cities in the world, Chicago is 2nd worst! For those with heart/respiratory issues, limit prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion. #haze #smoke #AirQuality
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Finally feeling and starting to look like Spring!! This will be the 2nd warmest weekend of 2025 thus far! Even warmer tomorrow, near 70° away from Lake Michigan. Only a slight chance of a light shower after midnight tonight. Enjoy your weekend friends! #ilwx #weather 😎🌼🌷🌸
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BREAKING: TORNADO WARNING Jasper County in NW Indiana until 6:30. I’ve circled the area where a potential tornado is occurring. @WGNNews #inwx #tornado
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I always look forward to working with you @JonHansenTalks! Great write-up on what’s ahead. Hang in there Chicago, better days coming! #WeatherUpdate #Chicago #SpringVibes
Rejoice Chicago, it's 20 degrees. And the warmup is just getting started. @BlockClubCHI @billyweather Read: tinyurl.com/3ftp56wv
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Brrrrrr, it’s not quite record cold but still pretty brutal. The current -5° temperature is the coldest it’s been this late in the season in a decade, since -10° Feb 28, 2015! Stay warm folks, better days ahead! #Chicago #coldwave 🥶🥶
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7PM FRIDAY: A quick burst of snow is moving through the area. This isn’t a huge storm, but a quick 1-3” is possible in a short period of time. Use caution if you’re out and about. Reduced visibility and snow covered roads are possible. #Chicago #snow ❄️❄️
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