Jacob Spender

My father has driven my passion for Meteorology, since I was a child growing up in Sheboygan, WI. Storm chases and monitoring severe weather in Wisconsin were the usual occurrence growing up with my father. I would sit in my living room watching The Weather Channel from 9am in the morning till the middle of the night waiting for the severe weather to finally move into the Sheboygan area, so I could watch the lightning, wind, and hail (if there were any). This passion for weather has driven me to pursue a degree in Atmospheric Science at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, for which I will be graduating at in May of 2017. I began Interning at Innovative Weather in April of 2016, and have enjoyed working in the operational setting, and plan to acquire a job in operations at the National Weather Service down the road. In my free time, besides watching the weather, I enjoy hanging out with friends, chasing storms around eastern Wisconsin, Ghost hunting in the evening, playing the violin, or creating a new painting.