Jennifer Watson

Jennifer is the weekend morning meteorologist at WHNT News 19. She has over three years of experience forecasting weather in the Southeast.

Jennifer grew up in Rochester, NY where she grew up shoveling feet of lake effect snow and dealing with below zero wind chills in the Winters. Her family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina while Jennifer was in high school. After graduation she attended East Carolina University where she graduated with a bachelor of science in Geography, a minor in mathematics and certificates in both Atmospheric Science and Geographic Information Systems. She then went to Mississippi State University where she taught GIS labs and did research for the Institute of Clean Energy Technology, along with studying and earning her Masters degree in Geosciences with a concentration in Broadcast Meteorology.

During her last semester at MSU she did the weekend weather at WTVA in Tupelo, MS, where after graduation she became a fulltime meteorologist and has worked for the past three years. While at WTVA, Jennifer covered one of the most historic tornado outbreaks in U.S. history on April 27th, 2011. Along with presenting weekday forecasts in Tupelo, Jennifer also worked part time at Hyperion Technology Group Inc. where she did research in the Great Plains chasing storms.

In her spare time, Jennifer loves to travel, storm chase and spend time with her family and friends.

Recent Articles

  • What a Difference 24 Hours Makes!

    Posted on: 6:58 pm, May 14, 2013, by

    Today was one of the warmest days of 2013 so far, with record heat in parts of the plains!  Huntsville... Read More ›

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  • An Eta Aquarid Seen On Two Cameras At NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center!

    Posted on: 4:03 pm, May 13, 2013, by , updated on: 04:08pm, May 13, 2013

    The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower started in late April and peaked in activity last Monday, but that doesn’t mean... Read More ›

    Source: http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/newui/blog/viewpostlist.jsp?blogname=Watch%20the%20Skies
  • “Total Lightning” & “Lightning Jump” – How It Can Lead To Faster Warnings!

    Posted on: 12:09 pm, May 13, 2013, by

    Lightning is one of the deadliest forces of Mother Nature, killing more than 50 people on average per year. The... Read More ›

    Source: NWS-Huntsville.
  • A Sunny & Cool Mother’s Day!

    Posted on: 8:44 am, May 12, 2013, by

    It is one of the colder starts to a Mother’s Day that many have seen in years across much of... Read More ›

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  • Second Cold Front Moves Through Overnight – Sunny Mother’s Day!

    Posted on: 10:40 pm, May 11, 2013, by

    A cold front slowly made its way across the Tennessee Valley earlier today, bringing with it scattered showers and even... Read More ›

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  • A Couple Strong Storms – Nothing Severe

    Posted on: 4:09 pm, May 11, 2013, by

    A few thunderstorms have developed this afternoon and couple have been on the stronger side, though all have stayed under... Read More ›

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  • Scattered Showers – Clearing This Afternoon

    Posted on: 10:21 am, May 11, 2013, by , updated on: 10:23am, May 11, 2013

    It is a dreary start to the weekend, but improvement is on the way, we just have to get through... Read More ›

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  • Finally A Dry Day!

    Posted on: 7:48 pm, May 7, 2013, by

    We finally managed to salvage a dry day across the Tennessee Valley, thanks the upper air low that had lingered... Read More ›

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  • NASA’s Cameras Capture The Eta Aquarid Meteors!

    Posted on: 1:48 pm, May 7, 2013, by , updated on: 07:09pm, May 7, 2013

    Clouds have played a large part in inhibiting viewing the Eta Aquarids this year, but it has been quite a... Read More ›

    Source: http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/newui/blog/viewpostlist.jsp?blogname=Watch%20the%20Skies
  • Live Blog: Radar Updates, Flooding Pictures

    Posted on: 9:22 am, May 6, 2013, by , updated on: 05:55pm, May 6, 2013

    (WHNT) – We’ll post updates here throughout the day. Rainfall totals as of 5:50pm: Florence 0.49″ Fayetteville: 1.68″ Downtown Huntsville:... Read More ›

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