Dr. Greg Postel is the hurricane and storm specialist at The Weather Channel. You'll often see his expert analysis and insight from the network's Lab during severe weather coverage.
Born in Philadelphia and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Postel fell in love with the weather at an early age. His childhood of snow in the winter and coastal hazards in the summer, created a lifelong passion for atmospheric science.
He earned an M.S. and Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Postel's strong interest in tropical weather led him to a post-doctoral scientist position in Wisconsin, where he studied the development of tropical cyclones from African wave disturbances, according to his Weather Channel bio. A decade-long stint in the weather derivatives sector-led Greg and his family to Kansas City, where he helped direct weather-risk management operations, focusing on weather predictability and forecast uncertainty.
On this week's episode of the Carolina Weather Group, Postel talks about tropical trends seen throughout our recent seasons, including the increasingly common rapid intensification of storms right before landfall. He also discusses whether the Saharian air layer helps or hurts tropical development.
Postel also shares his first counter with legendary Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore, who Postel first met hurricane chasing in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina years before the two would become cable colleagues.
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