Michael Eckert

I am a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service.   I was born in Savannah, GA as an Air Force Brat.  I have called many places home in my life. I now live in northern Virginia.  I have experienced just about every type of imaginable weather from raging blizzards to tornadoes. My love for the atmosphere began when I was 13 years old.  My family moved to Oklahoma and the first thunderstorm we experienced produced Baseball Size Hail. From that moment on I was hooked on weather. After graduating from Carl Albert High School, I entered the University of Oklahoma's Meteorology program to earn my Bachelors Degree. Since graduation I have held several Meteorologist positions in the private sector and the government. One of my career highlights was being selected as a Meteorologist for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA. Currently I am a Senior Branch Forecaster with the Hydro-Meteorological Prediction Center in Washington, D.C.

In my spare time I love to fish, hike, bowl and hang out with my family.

This web site was originally developed to compliment my weather articles that I wrote for the Fauquier Citizen.  If you have a weather related question, please email and will do my best to answer it.

I am a volunteer as a speaker for schools, boy & girl scouts, church groups and civic organizations in Fauquier County.  If you need a speaker for your organization, please email and I will try to honor your request.  I usually need some lead time as I work shift work.

I am the sole owner of the photographs on my web site.  Please respect the U.S. copy write laws.

Picture & Video Publications

Cover Photograph, Weather and Climate Extremes, US Army Corps or Engineers, September 1997

Opal Funnel Cloud Video, Storm Stories, The Weather Channel, May 2004

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the world wide web.

1981 - Storm Chaser/Data Analyst, TOtable Tornado Observatory TOTO project, NSSL, Norman, OK
1982 - Meteorologist, The Weather Station, Norman, OK
1983-1985 - Meteorologist (TV & Radio), Metracom, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
1985-1987 - Meteorologist (Observer/Forecaster), Toledo, OH
1987-1992 - Meteorologist (Forecaster/Disaster Preparedness), Cleveland, OH
1992-1998 - Meteorologist (Heavy Rain & Snow), HPC, Washington, DC
1998-Present - Senior Branch Forecaster, HPC, Washington, DC

1994-2003 - Meteorologist Instructor COMET
1996-1999 - Meteorologist (Instructor), AMS DataStreme Program
Jul-Aug 1996 - Meteorologist for the Summer Olympics, Atlanta, GA
January-February 2001 - Research Meteorologist for PACJET