Luke has been Weather Watch 12 Chief Meteorologist since 2006.

Luke is also a full member of the American Meteorological Society, and has earned the prestigous AMS Seal of Approval in recognition of the quality of his television weather broadcasts.

Raised in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Luke has learned to become very familiar with the variable Wisconsin weather we often experience. “Forecasting the weather in a place like Wisconsin makes my job very challenging and usually there is something new to consider in every forecast.”

After high school, it was off to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where Luke received a B.S. in Atmospheric Science in 2004. It was during his junior year in college when Luke called up WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee and inquired about working behind the scenes as a weather intern…that’s when Luke discovered that perhaps this is the career he wanted to pursue. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree, Luke went on to earn his Master’s degree in Atmospheric Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He completed a thesis with a research focus of improving winter weather precipitation forecasts. “Writing a thesis was the most demanding and strenuous accomplishment I have ever undertaken and I am so relieved I made it through.” After 7 years of school and 4 years of helping out behind the scenes at WTMJ, Luke decided to try the “other” side of the camera.

“I try to bring a credible science-based approach to the day’s weather and forecast…with some of my dry humor mixed in!” Being a rather shy person, Luke says it just takes a LOT of practice and patience to get up in front of a viewing audience. “You may or may not know, but a weathercast is completely unscripted and NO, there is not a teleprompter. However, I enjoy the freedom to tell the weather story as I see fit in that moment…you may just have to forgive some goofy words that come out of my mouth every once in a while.”

Luke also enjoys getting into the classroom… “I was able to get an opportunity to teach Meteorology courses when I was in Graduate School. I found out that I love to teach.” Luke even teaches up here in the Northwoods. He is a community faculty member at Nicolet Area Technical College where he teaches Mathematics and Meteorology courses on an adjunct basis.

Luke married his longtime sweetheart Amy on June 2, 2007. She is a Two Rivers native as well and is a teacher employed at Nativity of Our Lord in Rhinelander as a 3rd grade teacher. Luke is VERY jealous of her summers off!

On April 24, 2008 Luke and Amy welcomed their first child with the birth of their son, Owen.

Matt was born and raised in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities, but his family’s roots are from all across the Northwoods. His family owns a cabin west of Minocqua where he has experienced the Northwoods weather first hand!

Matt joined WJFW in February of 2008. He graduated in May of 2007 from the University of North Dakota with Bachelors of Science degrees in Atmospheric Sciences and Environmental Geography. During his freshmen year in North Dakota, Matt became involved with several campus weather shows working as a forecaster and producer. “This was a great way to get my feet wet in broadcasting and a way to find out if I really liked it.”
By his second year, Matt was anchoring and producing weather shows for Prairie Public Television in North Dakota and Southern Canada. After that, he was hooked and knew that he wanted to be a weatherman! It was also during this time that he interned with Studio One, the National Award winning campus show at UND. Here he interned for eight semesters as a member of the weather team and was able to work as a reporter, anchor, and producer for the live shows.

North Dakota was a great place to live and learn how to forecast the weather and find out just how extreme and sometimes unpredictable Mother Nature can be! “ I remember one spring day where it was 80° at noon, but by 5pm the temperature plummeted to near 30° and I was stuck wearing shorts for my walk home!”

In his spare time, Matt enjoys fishing and hunting during the summer and fall and skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing when the snow begins to fall. He looks forward to living in the Northwoods and exploring what Northern Wisconsin has to offer!

Tony comes from Milwaukee where he was born and raised. The Northwoods is a familiar territory to him because his family has lived in Minocqua and Rhinelander. He used to come to Plum Lake in the summer to visit his great-aunt’s cottage.

Tony joined our station in September of 2007.

He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Science in May of 2006. During his time at UWM, he also spent five years interning at WTMJ in Milwaukee. It was through the mentoring and leadership of the Chief Meteorologist that Tony learned the behind the scenes knowledge of becoming a broadcast Meteorologist.

When he is not forecasting the weather, Tony likes to be out enjoying it. Depending on the season you can find him mountain biking, camping, backpacking, snowboarding or hiking.

Tony says, “Being a meteorologist in Wisconsin is great. It really presents a challenge everyday with our constantly changing weather conditions.” As the saying goes, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a day!”