Elliot Abrams (meteorologist)

Elliot Abrams (born May 31, 1947), a meteorologist, is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Abrams has been an employee of AccuWeather.com since 1967, after graduating from Pennsylvania State University with both a bachelor's and a master's degree in meteorology. He is a charter member of the Chi Epsilon Pi (national meteorology honor society),

Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Chief Forecaster and Senior Vice President, is one of only a few living persons who has earned both the title of Certified Consulting Meteorologist and the AMS Seals of Approval for both radio and television from the American Meteorological Society. He is a member of the AMS Board of Certified Consulting Meteorologists (term until 2008), a Fellow of the AMS, [ [http://www.ametsoc.org/memdir/fellowslist/get_listoffellows.cfm AMS List of Fellows ] ] and winner of the 1993 AMS award for Outstanding Service by a Broadcasting Meteorologist. [ [http://www.ametsoc.org/getpastawards/get_allawards.cfm AMS All Awards Inquiry ] ] In 1996, the National Weather Association named Abrams "Broadcaster of the Year". [ [http://www.nwas.org/awards/index.php National Weather Association ] ] In 1994, he won the AMS Charles L. Mitchell Award for “outstanding and unique dissemination of weather forecasts to the nation’s public by radio and television.” [ [http://www.ametsoc.org/getpastawards/get_allawards.cfm AMS All Awards Inquiry ] ]

Abrams is co-inventor of the AccuWeather Exclusive RealFeel Temperature(r). [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F7251579] . He is a co-author of "Meteorology", published by McGraw-Hill as a college text [McGraw-Hill , 2nd ed., 2003. ASIN: B000L7KDAO ] , and "Explorations in Meteorology" [ McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0697217159 ]

His regular forecasts and analysis may be heard on WBZ 1030 AM radio, in Boston, among others. On AccuWeather's website, he is billed as "America's Wittiest Weatherman" because of his often humorous radio forecasts, particularly known for high levels of doggerel and puns.

References

*ISBN 0-07-242072-3, 2003, Danielson, Eric W; Levin, James; Abrams, Elliot; "Meteorology 2e" [http://doi.contentdirections.com/mr/mgh_biblio.jsp?doi=10.1036/0072420723]

External links

* [http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-bio.asp?partner=accuweather&myadc=0&webcaster=abrams/ His bio at AccuWeather]