Glenn Schwartz
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Glenn Schwartz

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Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz has been a professional meteorologist for more than 47 years, and a TV meteorologist for 40 of them. He has specialized in forecasting and on severe weather, especially hurricanes. He co-authored the award-winning “Philadelphia Area Weather Book” in 2002 and was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2010. He graduated from Penn State with a B.S. in Meteorology in 1972. His first forecast job was at AccuWeather, which was a small company at the time. From there, he went to the National Weather Service at the National Hurricane Center, working with some of the world’s experts. After transferring to the NWS office in Atlanta, his title become “Disaster Preparedness Meteorologist” for the state of Georgia. Glenn was recruited into TV in 1979, after doing a live interview on WAGA-TV as Hurricane Frederick approached. He has worked at other local stations over the years, from Cincinnati, New York City, Raleigh, Fort Myers, and West Palm Beach. He covered Hurricane Andrew on his first day at WINK-TV in Ft. Myers and returned to his hometown of Philadelphia where he has been a highly recognized fixture for the past 24 years. In 1985-86 he became the first storm chaser at The Weather Channel and was one of their designated “Hurricane Specialists”. He got his nickname in New York City after an anchor saw video of him being blown around during one of his chases. He lives in the Philly suburbs with his wife, Sherry.
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