Kirk Melhuish

Current

Meteorologist at WSB Radio Cox Radio, Private Consultant
Meteorologist/Climatologist/Consultant at Misc. (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Producer/Meteorologist at WILL Radio/TV
Meteorologist at Various

Education

Valparaiso University

Connections

119 connections

Industry

Broadcast Media

Websites

Kirk Melhuish’s Summary

Full-time broadcast meteorologist, forecasting and broadcasting since high school.
Professionally since freshmen year college. Active as part-time private consultant and free-lance meteorologist. Award-winning accuracy and award-winning broadcasting. AMS/NWA Certified. New opportunities will always be explored.

Kirk Melhuish’s Specialties:

Specializing in short to medium range forecasts and long-range weather trends and outlooks for broadcast media, internet, construction/transportation, emergency managers, agribusiness/farming,, commodity/trades, film industry, recreation, event planning, private consulting for planning, and outdoor sports.

Kirk Melhuish’s Experience

Meteorologist

WSB Radio Cox Radio, Private Consultant

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

July 1987 — Present (22 years 5 months)

On-air Meteorologist/forecaster/producer. Web weather and weather blogs. Award-winning accuracy and awards for weather-related reporting, special multi-part series. Voted Best in Atlanta multiple times by various organizations and media. Meteoroloigst of the Year AMS and NWA. NWS Service Award.
Meteorologist/Climatologist/Consultant
Misc. (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

August 1980 — Present (29 years 4 months)

Weather Forecasting short and long-range for numerous different TV/Radio/Newspapers and private clients in misc. industries, business, and government.
Producer/Meteorologist

WILL Radio/TV

(Broadcast Media industry)

1984 — 1987 (3 years )
Meteorologist

Various

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

August 1980 — July 1987 (7 years )

Expert for weather stories in Newspapers and magazines, a variety of small market TV stations as expert for extended round-tables on weather and climate. On-air meteorologist for multiple radio stations and small to medium market TV. Ad-hoc private consulting.

Kirk Melhuish’s Education

Valparaiso University

BA , Broadcast Meteorology , 1980 — 1984

Major in Weather Forecasting, minor in broadcast journalism.

Activities and Societies:

Campus Radio Station and Newspaper, weather lab instructor, campus weather service.

Additional Information

Kirk Melhuish’s Websites:

Kirk Melhuish’s Interests:

Long-range trends, extreme weather, weather science news and observations of weather and broadcasting.

Kirk Melhuish’s Groups:

American Meteorological Society, National Weather Association, Institute of Physics, Union of Concerned Scientists, Association of American Geographers, National Geographic Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union