Paul's Resume
PAUL H. GROSS, C.C.M. - CERTIFIED CONSULTING METEOROLOGIST
TELEVISION:
WDIV-TV, Detroit, Michigan (1/83 to 1/23) - Broadcast Meteorologist
PASS Sports, Detroit, Michigan (4/95 to 9/97) - Broadcast Meteorologist
WKBD-TV, Detroit, Michigan (6/85 to 10/90) - Broadcast Meteorologist
WLNS-TV, Lansing, Michigan (9/83 to 1/87) - Broadcast Meteorologist
RADIO:
WKJF-FM/AM, Cadillac, Michigan (6/91 to 10/92) - Broadcast Meteorologist
CIMX-FM, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (10/89 to 11/90) - Broadcast Meteorologist
COUNSULTING:
Consulting Meteorologist from 1986 to present
EDUCATION:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bachelor of Science degree (cum laude) in Meteorology - 1983
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
All but three American Meteorological Society (AMS) Conferences on Broadcast
Meteorology from 1982 to the present; delivered sixteen papers
First International Conference for Broadcast Meteorology (Barcelona)
2008, 2010-12 International Weather Forums (Brussels, Paris, Geneva)
9th AMS Conference on Weather Forecasting and Analysis
National Weather Service WSR-88D (Doppler Radar) Workshop
6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th International Weather Forecasters Festivals
Short Course—Doppler Radar: Wind Shear/Severe Weather Detection (George Washington University)
Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Workshop (Fellowship winner)
Vaisala Lightning Seminar
AMS SHORT COURSES:
Back to the Future: Old and New Forecasting Techniques
The Use of Numerical Weather Prediction Guidance and Satellite Imagery
Winter Storm and Heavy Rain Forecasting
Radar and Satellite Data Applications to Mesoscale Meteorology
WSR-88D Interpretation
Meteorological Radar Systems: Principals and Applications
Real World Use of Dual Polarization Radar in the Media
Making Sense Out of the Computer Models
Eyes on the Environment: Watershed Workshop
Climate and the Media: Understanding and Communicating Climate Variability and Change
Climate Change Science for Broadcast Meteorologists and Weathercasters
Tropical Weather: Going Deep into the Tropics and Oceans
Hurricane/Tropical Meteorology
Real World Use of Dual Polarization in the Media
From Climate to Space: Hot Topics for the Station Scientist
AUTHOR:
“Extreme Michigan Weather: The Wild World of the Great Lakes State” (University of Michigan Press, 2010)
HONORS:
- Named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 2017, awarded its
Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation in 2005, its Certified Consulting
Meteorologist designation in 1998, and its Television Seal of Approval in 1984.
- Awarded the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle
Award in 2009, recognizing significant career contributions to the television
industry.
- Awarded Emmys by the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences
for 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2008 and 2005 science reporting, 2010 Dundee tornado coverage, and for production of 2003 documentary “Krakatoa: Mountain of Fire.” Also nominated for Emmys for 1990, 1992, and 1993 productions of television documentaries “Tornadoes: A Deadly Matter,” and for 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2019 science reporting.
- Received the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’ 1st place award for
Best Weathercast of 2021.
- Awarded the Scientific Prize for best television weather presentation among the
forty-three nations represented at the 6th International Weather Forecasters
Festival in Paris, France (1996).
- Named to a three-year term on the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology in
1987, and named chairman in 1990. Chaired the 1990 and 1996 AMS
Conferences on Broadcast Meteorology. Appointed to the AMS Committee on
the Station Scientist in 2005; served as chairman 2006-2013.
- Selected by National Weather Service Headquarters as one of only two
broadcast meteorologists nationwide to serve on its Severe Thunderstorm
Criteria Team; also named one of the project’s four group leaders (1997).
- Selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Stratospheric
Protection Division as one of only two meteorologists on its committee to
rewrite public health messages associated with the Ultraviolet Index (1996).
- Named to the only permanent Broadcast Meteorology position on The Michigan
Committee for Severe Weather Awareness (1992 to 2019).
- Served on the AMS Board of Best Practices (BBP) Task Team on
Communicating Uncertainty for Severe Winter Weather (2015-17)
- Credited with researching, writing and producing a significant historical
documentary when “Forecast: Overlord,” the story of the weather’s effect on
D-Day, was added to the official D-Day archives at the Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential Library, The British Meteorological Archives, and the Museums of
Television and Radio History in New York and Chicago.
- Assisted the National Transportation Safety Board by contributing personal
weather analysis that later became part of the public record of the
3 December 1990 runway crash in Detroit.
- Testified as a meteorology expert for Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, St.
Clair, Washtenaw, Lapeer, Lenawee, Genesee, Shiawassee, and Ingham
County Circuit Courts, 46th, 50th, and 52nd District Courts, 11th District Court
(NM), Marion County Superior Court (IN), Grant County Circuit Court (IN), and
Monroe County Circuit Court (IN).
- Awarded the 1983 Outstanding Achievement Award, given each year by the
University of Michigan College of Engineering to one undergraduate student in
Atmospheric Science.
- Elected to Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society, in January 1983.
Also selected to receive the Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Electee Award for that
same semester.
- Named to the University of Michigan Dean’s List four different times from 1979
through 1983.
- Honored with my fellow teammates when the University of Michigan
Intercollegiate Weather Forecasting Team won the National Championship.
Final individual ranking: twenty-first best collegiate forecaster in the nation.
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