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Will's Bio
About Will Wilkens
My passion for weather has been part of my life since childhood. I began tracking storms and collecting various rain and temperature data after watching L.A. televison meteorologist Dr George Fischbeck give a demonstration with a coffee can, ruler, and hardware store thermometer. I was hooked ever since.
Growing up in Southern California has its unique challenges with weather, but El Nino, Monsoons, and Santa Ana Winds provide exciting times when they occur. Every aspect of weather including watching lightning from storms looming over the nearby mountains and desert during monsoon season, to the torrential downpours of El Nino, to the howling 100mph Santa Ana Winds has fascinated me. I took my love for weather to the next level and began storm chasing as soon as I was able to drive, not realizing at the time that storm chasing would evolve to the phenomenon it is today. To me, storm chasing just meant getting right into the weather wherever it is instead of waiting at home for it. It was perfect!
Over the years, I have experienced countless significant weather events around California, including funnel clouds and waterspouts. During the summer, I spend nearly every available free time during monsoon events chasing severe weather across the mountains and deserts of Southern California and Arizona. I am completely obsessed with lightning, and will pull all-nighters watching, photographing, and videographing lightning. During the spring season, I travel to the Great Plains chasing severe weather and have intercepted tornadoes in Kansas and Nebraska.
In 2009 I joined the Severe Studios storm chase team, providing live video streams and content for various local and national television networks. Through Severe Studios, I provide year-round coverage of significant weather throughout the Southwest, and severe weather in the Great Plains during Spring.
I am NWS and Skywarn spotter trained through the San Diego office of the National Weather Service.
My love for weather and nature photography translates into enjoying just about all aspects of the outdoors, spending the rest of my non-weather free time hiking, camping, and fishing. I currently live in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, and am employed as a manager in the Information Technology field.
Visit my other project, Temescal Valley Weather.
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