How I got into meteorology: Ken Clark

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AccuWeather California Expert Ken Clark shares how he got interested in meteorology growing up in Florida, in celebration of National Weatherperson's Day.

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00:00 It's National Weather Persons Day.

00:02 We need to know how did you

00:03 get interested in the weather?

00:05 I moved to Florida from Michigan when I

00:08 was 10 years old in Sarasota, FL.

00:10 That area of Florida gets a lot of

00:12 thunderstorms during the afternoon and

00:14 evening hours, especially in the summer

00:15 months and that started really my

00:17 interest in the weather and I have to

00:19 give a lot of credit to two on air

00:22 meteorologists back in that day.

00:25 Famous Roy Leap from Tampa.

00:27 He was on the air and he really

00:29 helped mentor me a little bit as a

00:32 child and in the weather and getting

00:34 more interested in the weather and

00:36 help me out and then there is Joe

00:38 Denardo from Pittsburgh when I moved

00:40 back to Pittsburgh area who really

00:42 influenced me a lot and kept my

00:44 interest in the weather going.

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