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{{Short description|American meteorologist}}
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'''Tammie Souza''' is a meteorologist in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[USA]].
'''Tammie Souza'''<ref name="AMS1">{{cite web
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|title=AMS List of Certified Broadcast Meteorologists
|publisher=[[American Meteorological Society]]
|accessdate=June 13, 2009}}</ref> is a multiple [[Emmy|Emmy-winning]] [[meteorologist]],<ref name="E1">{{cite web
|url=http://v1.chicagoemmyonline.org/news/archives/2001-2%20Emmy%20winner%20list.pdf
|title=2001–2002 Emmy Winners
|publisher=[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]|pages=7
|accessdate=June 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name="E2">{{cite web
|url = http://www.jlchicago.org/content/jlc/downloadable_files/WCN_BOOKLET.pdf
|title = Proceeds Benefit
|work = page 7
|publisher = [[Junior League]] of Chicago
|accessdate = June 13, 2009
|url-status = dead
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|archivedate = July 26, 2011
}}</ref><ref name="E3">{{cite web
|url = http://v1.chicagoemmyonline.org/news/archives/96121-NATASWinterNewsletter.pdf
|title = 47th annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Ceremony
|publisher = [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]
|pages = 9, 10
|accessdate = June 13, 2009
|url-status = dead
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|archivedate = October 10, 2008
}}</ref> She worked as the chief meteorologist at NBC O&O station [[WCAU|WCAU-TV]] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 2017 until December 2019.<ref name="Out at NBC10"/> and is currently the weekend morning meteorologist at CBS O&O station [[KYW-TV|KYW]].


==Personal life==
The four-time Chicago [[Emmy Award]] winner joined [[WFLD]]-Ch. 32's "Fox News in the Morning" in September 2006. In the morning news she announces viewers' weather observations (temperature and rainfall reports) known as "Fox Weather Watchers" which you can send to her at tammie.souza@foxchicago.com.


Souza was born in [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, and raised in San Diego, California.<ref name="TT1">{{cite news|url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/01/tammie-souza-i-will-be-returning-to-the-airwaves-on-fox-in-chicago-very-very-soon.html/|title=Tammie Souza: 'I will be returning to the airwaves on Fox in Chicago very, very soon'|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|date=January 10, 2011|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=January 10, 2011}}</ref> She received a Bachelor of Science in biology from [[San Diego State University]],<ref name="BIO1">{{cite web
Not a stranger to Chicago, Souza spent six years from 2000-2006 as the weekend meteorologist at [[WMAQ]]-NBC in Chicago. Tammie came to Chicago via [[WDJT]]-TV, the CBS station in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], where she held the position of chief meteorologist and was chosen "Best On-Air Personality". Prior to that she was the morning and noon meteorologist at KHSL-TV the CBS station in Chico, California.
|url=http://www.wtsp.com/news/mostpop/story.aspx?storyid=92970&provider=top
|title=Tammie Souza, Chief Meteorologist
|publisher=[[WTSP]]
|accessdate=June 13, 2009}}</ref> and is completing graduate studies for a master's degree in applied meteorology from Mississippi State University and has received a certification from [[Mississippi State University]]'s broadcast meteorology program.<ref name="BIO1" /> She earned a pilot's license while in college.<ref name="TT1" />


Souza, her husband and their son moved from the Chicago area to [[Lower Merion Township]], Pennsylvania, in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainlinetoday.com/Main-Line-Today/July-2018/How-Tammie-Souzas-Sons-Brain-Tumor-Surprised-Even-His-Doctors/|title=How Tammie Souza's Son's Brain Tumor Surprised Even His Doctors|website=mainlinetoday.com|date=July 9, 2018 }}</ref>
"We're, of course, hoping that a lot of [Souza's] fans from 'MAQ come over here to watch her," said Andrew Finlayson, who's been WFLD's news director since the beginning of the year. "She's also expressed an interest in doing some severe-weather specials and that's something I've been interested in doing since I got here, but we needed to expand our staff."


==Broadcast career==
Born in Pittsburgh and raised in San Diego, Souza is certified with seals from The American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association and is a member of both organizations.
Souza began her career as the morning and noon meteorologist at [[KHSL-TV|KHSL]] in [[Chico, California]].<ref name="BIO1"/> She then became chief meteorologist at [[WDJT]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. Souza later moved to Chicago, where she worked six years at [[WMAQ-TV|WMAQ]],<ref name="TT1"/><ref name="BIO1"/> and two years at [[WTSP]] in [[Tampa, Florida]].<ref name="TT1"/><ref name="BIO1"/><ref name="CT1">{{cite news
|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150672796.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102130631/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150672796.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=November 2, 2012
|title=Weather personality joins Fox's a.m. news
|last=Rosenthal
|first=Phil
|date=August 31, 2006
|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]
|accessdate=June 13, 2009}}</ref> While at WMAQ, she was known for recruiting viewers to provide temperature and rainfall as "weather watchers", and for visiting of grade schools with an interactive and educational weather presentation called ''Weather With Class.''<ref name="TT1"/>


After the death of [[Dick Fletcher]], WTSP's longtime chief meteorologist, Souza was hired to be the station's chief meteorologist.<ref>{{cite news|last=Deggans|first=Eric|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article805364.ece|title=WTSP's forecaster makes local history|date=September 11, 2008|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915221228/http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article805364.ece|archive-date=September 15, 2008|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref>
"She's one of the few women . . . who has both of those, the AMS and NWA [seals of approval], and we are seeking to build the best weather team that we can," Finlayson said. "She certainly has all of the qualifications."


Souza's sister, Patty, was a meteorologist for WTSP's sister station [[KXTV]].<ref name="TT1"/> At one point, Tammie and Patty Souza were the only siblings in the United States who delivered weather on television.<ref name="BIO1"/>
Souza has a 2005 Chicago Emmy for Best Weathercast, a 2006 Chicago Emmy for Best Science and Weather Report and 2 Chicago Emmys for her work on WMAQ's auto show specials.


Souza is one of a handful of women nationwide that holds both the prestigious AMS/CBM Seal and the NWA Seal and sits on the boards of both the [[American Meteorological Society]] and the [[National Weather Association]].<ref name="TT1"/><ref>{{cite web
Notable weather stories covered include the Blizzard of 1999, the deadly 2004 Utica Tornado, the devastating 2003 wildfires in San Diego and a series of special reports about Lake Michigan and Climate Change in Chicago.
|url = http://www.ametsoc.org/stacpges/CommitteeDisplay/CommitteeDisplay.aspx?CC=SEAL-SP
|title = Board of Broadcast Meteorology Standing Panel
|publisher = [[American Meteorological Society]]
|accessdate = June 13, 2009
|url-status = dead
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}}</ref>


In March 2017, she joined Comcast-NBC-owned [[WCAU]] (NBC 10) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was named the station's new chief meteorologist.<ref>{{cite web|last=Feder|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Feder|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2017/01/05/robservations-tammie-souza-takes-dream-job-philly/|title=Robservations: Tammie Souza takes 'dream job' in Philly|date=January 5, 2017|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]]|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Torralvo|first=Dianna|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories/Tammie-Souza-NBC10-Meteorologist-Weather-Forecast--414933813.html|title=Meteorologist Tammie Souza Joins NBC10 First Alert Weather Team|date=February 28, 2017|publisher=[[WCAU]]|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref> Her last day at WCAU was December 6, 2019 after her contract with the station was not renewed.<ref name="Out at NBC10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/tv/tammie-souza-nbc10-meteorologist-20191209.html|title=Meteorologist Tammie Souza out at NBC10|first=Nick|last=Vadala|website=inquirer.com|date=December 9, 2019 }}</ref>
Souza has visited over 400 schools in the Chicago area with her interactive weather presentation "Weather With Class". She has wrtten a column of weather factoids for several local newspapers and is also active with numerous local charities.


In January 2020, she began what was expected to be a brief stint filling in for vacationing regulars at CBS O&O station [[KYW-TV|CBS3]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/tv/tammie-souza-meteorologist-cbs3-nbc10-philadelphia-20200127.html|title=Tammie Souza works as fill-in meteorologist for CBS3|first=Nick|last=Vadala|website=inquirer.com|date=January 27, 2020 }}</ref>
She was an exchange student to Japan and chosen as a good will ambassador to both Mexico and Portugal (the name Souza is Portuguese and Spanish).


In August 2020, she began a brief stint filling in at KYW's sister O&O station [[WBBM-TV]] CBS2 in [[Chicago]] while continuing to fill in at CBS3.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feder|first=Robert|date=August 19, 2020|title=Tammie Souza|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/08/19/robservations-white-sox-appear-headed-espn-1000/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.robertfeder.com}}</ref>
Spare time and hobbies include skiing, scuba diving, flying, gardening, gourmet cooking, cake decorating, hiking, boating, fishing, never ending remodeling projects and spending time with her husband and pets.


In February 2022, Souza was made the permanent weekend morning meteorologist at CBS3 when Matt Peterson left the station five months earlier to pursuit a different career path. Souza appears Saturday and Sunday mornings alongside anchor Jan Carabeo but will also fill in whenever any of her fellow ''NeXT Weather'' meteorologists at the station take time off.
Souza's sister Patty Souza is also a meteorologist at KXTV-ABC in Sacramento, California. They are the only sisblings nationwide that deliver weather on television.


===Awards and nominations===
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Souza has received 17 Emmy nominations and six [[Emmy Award]]s,<ref name="E1"/><ref name="E2"/><ref name="E3"/> including Best Weathercast, Best Weather and Science Report and for Special Live Reporting, as well as a first place award from the [[Associated Press]] for a report on [[Shipwreck]] [[Underwater diving|Diving]] in [[Lake Michigan]].<ref name="BIO1"/> The [[National Association of Black Journalists]] recognized her with a nomination for her story about fugitive slave ships on Lake Michigan.<ref name="BIO1"/>
tammie.souza@foxchicago.com

==Acting career==
Prior to her career in broadcast meteorology, Souza had several small acting roles.

===Filmography===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1988
|''[[Assault of the Killer Bimbos]]''
| Darlene (truckstop waitress)
|<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788773.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Assault of the Killer Bimbos|date=January 1, 1988|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908015531/https://variety.com/review/VE1117788773.html|archive-date=September 8, 2008|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwXuJCuQ6q4C&pg=PT29|title=I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie|year=2000|page=29|publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]]|via=[[Google Books]]|isbn=978-0-7407-0672-1|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|1992
| ''[[Hellroller]]''
| Bunny
|<ref name="TMC">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/181405%7C0/Tammara-Souza/|title=Tammara Souza|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Double Deception]]''
| Millie
|<ref name="TMC" />
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Freddy's Nightmares]]''
| Mary Ann
| Episode: No More Mr. Nice Guy
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]''
| Good-Looking Woman
| Episode: The Class Reunion
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wtsp.com/company/bios/member.aspx?storyid=92970 Official WTSP biography]
*{{IMDb name|0816283}}
*[http://twitter.com/tammiesouza Official Twitter page]

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Latest revision as of 18:53, 10 April 2024

Tammie Souza[1] is a multiple Emmy-winning meteorologist,[2][3][4] She worked as the chief meteorologist at NBC O&O station WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 2017 until December 2019.[5] and is currently the weekend morning meteorologist at CBS O&O station KYW.

Personal life

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Souza was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in San Diego, California.[6] She received a Bachelor of Science in biology from San Diego State University,[7] and is completing graduate studies for a master's degree in applied meteorology from Mississippi State University and has received a certification from Mississippi State University's broadcast meteorology program.[7] She earned a pilot's license while in college.[6]

Souza, her husband and their son moved from the Chicago area to Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, in 2017.[8]

Broadcast career

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Souza began her career as the morning and noon meteorologist at KHSL in Chico, California.[7] She then became chief meteorologist at WDJT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Souza later moved to Chicago, where she worked six years at WMAQ,[6][7] and two years at WTSP in Tampa, Florida.[6][7][9] While at WMAQ, she was known for recruiting viewers to provide temperature and rainfall as "weather watchers", and for visiting of grade schools with an interactive and educational weather presentation called Weather With Class.[6]

After the death of Dick Fletcher, WTSP's longtime chief meteorologist, Souza was hired to be the station's chief meteorologist.[10]

Souza's sister, Patty, was a meteorologist for WTSP's sister station KXTV.[6] At one point, Tammie and Patty Souza were the only siblings in the United States who delivered weather on television.[7]

Souza is one of a handful of women nationwide that holds both the prestigious AMS/CBM Seal and the NWA Seal and sits on the boards of both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.[6][11]

In March 2017, she joined Comcast-NBC-owned WCAU (NBC 10) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was named the station's new chief meteorologist.[12][13] Her last day at WCAU was December 6, 2019 after her contract with the station was not renewed.[5]

In January 2020, she began what was expected to be a brief stint filling in for vacationing regulars at CBS O&O station CBS3.[14]

In August 2020, she began a brief stint filling in at KYW's sister O&O station WBBM-TV CBS2 in Chicago while continuing to fill in at CBS3.[15]

In February 2022, Souza was made the permanent weekend morning meteorologist at CBS3 when Matt Peterson left the station five months earlier to pursuit a different career path. Souza appears Saturday and Sunday mornings alongside anchor Jan Carabeo but will also fill in whenever any of her fellow NeXT Weather meteorologists at the station take time off.

Awards and nominations

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Souza has received 17 Emmy nominations and six Emmy Awards,[2][3][4] including Best Weathercast, Best Weather and Science Report and for Special Live Reporting, as well as a first place award from the Associated Press for a report on Shipwreck Diving in Lake Michigan.[7] The National Association of Black Journalists recognized her with a nomination for her story about fugitive slave ships on Lake Michigan.[7]

Acting career

[edit]

Prior to her career in broadcast meteorology, Souza had several small acting roles.

Filmography

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1988 Assault of the Killer Bimbos Darlene (truckstop waitress) [16][17]
1992 Hellroller Bunny [18]
1993 Double Deception Millie [18]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Freddy's Nightmares Mary Ann Episode: No More Mr. Nice Guy
1994 Ellen Good-Looking Woman Episode: The Class Reunion

References

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  1. ^ "AMS List of Certified Broadcast Meteorologists". American Meteorological Society. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "2001–2002 Emmy Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. p. 7. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Proceeds Benefit" (PDF). page 7. Junior League of Chicago. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "47th annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Ceremony" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. pp. 9, 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  5. ^ a b Vadala, Nick (December 9, 2019). "Meteorologist Tammie Souza out at NBC10". inquirer.com.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Rosenthal, Phil (January 10, 2011). "Tammie Souza: 'I will be returning to the airwaves on Fox in Chicago very, very soon'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tammie Souza, Chief Meteorologist". WTSP. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  8. ^ "How Tammie Souza's Son's Brain Tumor Surprised Even His Doctors". mainlinetoday.com. July 9, 2018.
  9. ^ Rosenthal, Phil (August 31, 2006). "Weather personality joins Fox's a.m. news". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  10. ^ Deggans, Eric (September 11, 2008). "WTSP's forecaster makes local history". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  11. ^ "Board of Broadcast Meteorology Standing Panel". American Meteorological Society. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  12. ^ Feder, Robert (January 5, 2017). "Robservations: Tammie Souza takes 'dream job' in Philly". Daily Herald. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  13. ^ Torralvo, Dianna (February 28, 2017). "Meteorologist Tammie Souza Joins NBC10 First Alert Weather Team". WCAU. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  14. ^ Vadala, Nick (January 27, 2020). "Tammie Souza works as fill-in meteorologist for CBS3". inquirer.com.
  15. ^ Feder, Robert (August 19, 2020). "Tammie Souza". www.robertfeder.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  16. ^ "Assault of the Killer Bimbos". Variety. January 1, 1988. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  17. ^ Ebert, Roger (2000). I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7407-0672-1. Retrieved December 27, 2018 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ a b "Tammara Souza". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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