Bart_Adrian's Blog

Bart_Adrian

_____FOX 6 Meteorologist____ Faith, Family, Friends, and FOX 6... That pretty much summarizes my life right now! But let me go back and tell you how I got here... I remember being avidly interested in weather as a sixth grader growing up in the Chicago area. In those days, I checked out just about every weather book in the local library. I even built my own weather instruments with milk cartons, paper clips, human hair, thread, hangers, and other household items. At Northwestern University (Go Wildcats!) I studied applied mathematics and physics as a foundation for atmospheric science. Then I went on to Madison, Wisconsin, to earn my Master's Degree in Meteorology at the UW. It was in Madison that I discovered two of my passions in life: teaching (I worked at a Teaching Assistant at the University) and community service (I volunteered for three years in an outreach program for Madison-area teenagers). In the meteorology program at Madison, I met my friend and colleague Vince Condella (You might recognize the name!), and I was blessed with an influential major professor who encouraged me about the potential to positively impact a community as a TV meteorologist. As part of my first job as meteorologist for Weather Central in Madison, I gained valuable broadcast experience at WKOW-TV. Then I was hired here at WITI in June of 1982.