Gregory S. Forbes
American meteorologist
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Gregory S. Forbes's Degrees
- Bachelors Meteorology Pennsylvania State University
- Masters Meteorology Pennsylvania State University
Why Is Gregory S. Forbes Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gregory Stanley Forbes is The Weather Channel's long-time severe weather expert and has a significant research background in the areas of severe convective storms and tornadoes. Born and raised near Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Forbes earned a B.S. degree in meteorology at Pennsylvania State University . He studied tornadoes and severe thunderstorms at the University of Chicago, where he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. There, Forbes studied under tornado scientist Ted Fujita and his thesis was regarding the 1974 Super Outbreak where he and Fujita did aerial and ground investigations documenting tornado paths and furthering ideas of the tornado family and of multiple-vortex tornadoes. It was with those data he confirmed in a 1981 article that the hook echo is an excellent clue on a weather radar for the development of tornadoes.
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