Rich Johnson Resume


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Rich Johnson - Certified Broadcast Meteorologist



Thanks for visiting my resume page! Here you will find my resume and philosophy as a meteorologist. I have also included links to my Weather Channel, Knoxville, Bryan / College Station and Birmingham weathercasts. I have extensive experience as a forecaster and broadcast meteorologist. Twenty five of those years were as a broadcast meteorologist and forecaster at The Weather Channel. I covered countless severe weather events including Hurricane Hugo, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Katrina and many tornado outbreaks. I have given school talks and seminars on hurricanes, snow forecasting, and severe weather.

My expertise is in covering severe weather, especially hurricanes and tornadoes. I received my training from whom I believe was one of the world's best hurricane forecasters....John Hope. My television seals are approved both for local and national stations. I am familiar with WSI, Baron and Weather Central graphics systems.

My weather philosophy is actually very simple - I have the best job in the world covering weather and love to show my enthusiasm about it to my viewers!

 




Rich Johnson
rich.johnson@tropicalweather.net
 183 Kenley ct, Marietta, Georgia 30068
(c) 770.639.5436

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An accomplished certified broadcast meteorologist and veteran forecaster with an extensive history of severe weather coverage including hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding and winter storms

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TROPICALWEATHER.NET Atlanta, GA 02/2009 - Present
Senior Forecaster
Designed and built website dedicated to providing hurricane forecasts to the public.
Make daily forecasts for tropical weather in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans.
Provide detailed 24/7 tropical storm / hurricane forecasts during threatening conditions.

WVTM-TV Birmingham, AL - 06/2015 - Present
Freelance Broadcast Meteorologist
Delivered weathercasts.
Built weathercasts using Baron and Viper graphics.
Prepared and delivered recorded radio forecasts.
Updated weather forecasts on WVTM-TV website
Updated closed captioning using ENPS

KBTX-TV Bryan / College Station, TX - 03/2013 - 05/2013
Freelance Chief Broadcast Meteorologist
Filled in for chief on the 6 and 10 pm shows.
Built weathercasts using Weather Central 3D:LIVE graphics.
Updated social media including Facebook, Twitter and station website.
Helped teach weather broadcast class at Texas A&M University.

WVLT-TV Knoxville, TN - 04/2010 - 05/2010
Freelance Broadcast Meteorologist
Delivered weathercasts.
Built weathercasts using WSI TRU VU graphics.
Prepared and delivered live and recorded radio forecasts.
Updated weather blog / forecasts on WVLT-TV website

THE WEATHER CHANNEL - Atlanta, GA, 1983-2009
Broadcast Meteorologist, December 1987 - February 2009
Collected, analyzed and organized data for delivery of daily national weathercasts.
Delivered mobile and broadband forecasts. Prepared and conducted seminars for TV / radio staff on snowfall and hurricane forecasting.
Developed and presented community and school talks on topics such as, severe weather, clouds, water cycle and snow forecasting.
Reported from remote locations, including Atlanta, GA and New York, NY.
Proficient user of various computer systems, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, WSI, SkyTracker Titan HD Radar, INews, Vizweather, Weatherpro.

Senior Forecaster / Forecaster, November 1985 - January 1990
Made forecasts for temperature, rainfall, snowfall, severe weather and tropical weather.
Prepared and delivered radio forecasts.

Weather Producer / Supervisor, August 1983 - November 1985
Shift supervisor.
Produced and monitored on-air weather graphics.

EDUCATION
B.S., Meteorology - Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL, April 1983
M.S., Geosciences, Applied Meteorology - Mississippi State University - Mississippi State, MS, December 2013
Web Design Certificate - Kennesaw State University – Kennesaw, GA, December 2009

TELEVISION SEALS
American Meteorological Society (CBM) / National Weather Association


  • Birmingham, Alabama weathercast: Click here for my Birmingham weathercast

  • Bryan / College Station, Texas weathercast: Click here for my Bryan / College Station weathercast

  • Knoxville, Tennessee weathercast: Click here for my Knoxville weathercast

  • The Weather Channel weathercast: Click here for my The Weather Channel weathercast