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Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Joanne is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Geography with a prominence in Meteorology, Climatology and Cartography. While at UGA she was named Phi Beta Kappa while working in the Climate Research Lab studying the climatology of convective windstorms. In addition, she worked behind the scenes at the Weather Channel.
In the summer of 1999 Joanne joined Weather World as one of two graduate students selected until leaving in January of 2000. During this time, she was a graduate student in Meteorology at Penn State and a teaching assistant for an undergraduate course in weather analysis and forecasting on a scholarship from the American Meteorological society. She focused on studying severe storms and Doppler radar interpretation.
Once she passed the tough graduate comprehensive exams, an offer as a weekend meteorologist at KMPH in Fresno, California. She stayed in Fresno to work at KFSN where she earned an Emmy nomination for her coverage of winter storms.
Joanne is now once again in North Carolina where she forecasts as the meteorologists for ABC 11 Eyewitness news at the prime time news shift Monday through Friday. She spends her free time sharing her love for weather, practicing her ice skating, taking ballet or going for a run. Joanne and husband Chris are the proud parents of nine-year-old son Cameron and one-year-old daughter Carys are happy to call Apex, North Carolina their home.
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Joanne Feldman
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