Stephanie Abrams - Biography

Stephanie Abrams is an American on-camera meteorologist for The Weather Channel, a 24-hour American cable television weather program. She has also done live reporting for the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Early life

Stephanie Abrams was born in Miami, Florida; and raised in Lake Clarke Shores and Wellington, Florida. She was a cheerleader in high school. Abrams parents divorced when she was young and much of her time was spent with her father, Dr. Barry Abrams, an infectious disease specialist. She attended the United States Space Camp twice and vacationed in science-rich locations such as Yellowstone National Park.

Education

Abrams attended Meadow Park Elementary in West Palm Beach, Conniston Middle School, Forest Hill Community High School and graduated from Wellington High School.

Abrams graduated with a BS in geography minoring in mathematics from the University of Florida in Gainesville, graduating with honors and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority.

Abrams' second degree was a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she graduated cum laude. At Florida State, Abrams, like other meteorology students, practiced on-air forecasts on FSU Live, a student-run news and weather production on a Tallahassee cable channel. She worked as a teacher's assistant at FSU, teaching a class about meteorology.

Abrams is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and was president of the North Florida chapter of the AMS from 2002 to 2003. She holds the seal of approval from the AMS.

Career

Abrams' first position was as a morning meteorologist at WTXL, the ABC affiliate in Tallahassee, Florida. In July 2003, Abrams began on-air work for The Weather Channel.

On the Weather Channel, she was a reporter and fill-in from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, She joined her first show on Weekend View as a co-host. In 2006, she became an on-camera meteorologist as co-host of "Abrams and Bettes: Beyond the Forecast" and then went on to "Weather Center", also with co-host Mike Bettes. On July 20, 2009, she began co-hosting "Wake Up With Al" with NBC's Al Roker on weekday mornings from 6–7 a.m. ET, and then joins Mike Bettes from 7–10 a.m. ET on "Your Weather Today". During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she reported live from Vancouver February 8–28, 2010, with Al Roker for "Wake Up With Al" and "Your Weather Today". Abrams also fills in for Roker when he is on vacation, live from the network's Rockefeller Center studios in New York.

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External links

• The Weather Channel
• Meteorologists - The Weather Channel
• Press releases - The Weather Channel