JIM CANTORE

'James M. Cantore' (born February 16, 1964 in White River Junction, Vermont) is an American meteorologist. He is best known for his lengthy tenure as an on-air personality for The Weather Channel.

Contents

Career

Career overview

Reporting of major weather events

Family

External links

Career

Career overview

Cantore graduated from Lyndon State College in 1986; The Weather Channel gave him his first job out of college in July of that year, and he has worked with the channel since.
Cantore has been lauded for his ability to "break down" complicated weather events into terms that the average viewer can understand. Cantore is often selected to go to report on weather events; since the ratings for the Weather Channel increase during severe weather events, Cantore has, in turn, become a recognizable figure. [1] Cantore has reported from so many hurricanes that residents along the coast have given him the nickname "The Angel of Death". [2]
Aside from live reporting for TWC, Cantore created the television show, ''It Could Happen Tomorrow'', and also serves as the narrator on the smash hit TWC series ''Storm Stories''.

Reporting of major weather events

Cantore has reported from the sites of numerous hurricanes, including the 4 major hurricanes that affected Florida in 2004. Cantore also covered Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He has reported on-site from various blizzards and floods as well.

★ Hurricane Andrew(1992): Baton Rouge, LA

★ Hurricane Fran (1996): Wrightsville Beach, NC

★ Hurricane Bonnie (1998): Morehead City, NC

★ Hurricane Georges (1998):Biloxi, MS

★ Hurricane Floyd (1999): Daytona Beach, Florida

★ Hurricane Irene (1999): Hollywood, Florida

★ Hurricane Debby (2000): Miami, FL

★ Hurricane Gordon (2000): Longboat Key, FL

★ Hurricane Michelle (2001): Hollywood, FL

★ Hurricane Lili (2002): Lafayette, Louisiana

★ Hurricane Isabel (2003) : Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

★ Hurricane Charley (2004): Fort Myers, Florida

★ Hurricane Frances (2004): Palm Bay, Florida

★ Hurricane Ivan (2004): Fort Walton Beach, Florida

★ Hurricane Jeanne (2004): Daytona Beach Shores, Florida

★ Hurricane Dennis (2005): Gulf Breeze, Florida

★ Hurricane Katrina (2005): Biloxi, Mississippi

★ Hurricane Ophelia (2005): Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

★ Hurricane Rita (2005): Houston, Texas

★ Hurricane Wilma (2005): Key Largo, Florida

★ Tropical Storm Beryl (2006): Chatham, MA

★ Tropical Storm Ernesto (2006): Miami Beach, Florida; Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina

★ Hurricane Florence (2006): Bermuda

★ February 2007 North America winter storm (2007): Syracuse and Oswego, New York

★ Hurricane Flossie (2007): South Point, Hawaii

★ Hurricane Dean (2007):Cancun, Mexico

★ Hurricane Felix(2007):Belize

Family

Jim married and divorced Tamra Cantore, whom he met while at TWC. During the marriage, they had a daughter Christina (born in 1993) and a son Ben (born in 1995). Tamra suffers from Parkinson's Disease and both children suffer from Fragile X Syndrome. Cantore does charitable work for both diseases.

External links

★ The Weather Channel website

★ IMDB profile