All About: Stephanie Abrams

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Stephanie Abrams

Stephanie Abrams, born October 27, 1978) is an on-camera meteorologist for The Weather Channel, a 24 hour American cable television weather program. She has also done live reporting for the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver, British Columbia.

Early life

Stephanie Abrams was born in Miami, Florida. Raised in Lake Clarke Shores and Wellington, Florida, Abrams attended Meadow Park Elementary in West Palm Beach and Forest Hill Community High School and graduated from Wellington High School. She was a cheerleader in high school. Abrams parents divorced when she was young and much of her time was spent with her father, Dr. Barry Abrams, an infectious disease specialist. She attended the United States Space Camp twice and vacationed in science-rich locations such as Yellowstone National Park. She was a member of the youth movement Young Judaea, and attended Camp Judaea in Hendersonville, North Carolina and the Machon In Israel summer program.

Education

Abrams graduated with a BS in geography minoring in mathematics from the University of Florida in Gainesville, graduating with honors and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority.

Abrams' second degree was a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she graduated cum laude. At Florida State, Abrams, like other meteorology students, practiced on-air forecasts on FSU Live, a student-run news and weather production on a Tallahassee cable channel. She worked as a teacher's assistant at FSU, teaching a class about meteorology.

Abrams is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and was president of the North Florida chapter of the AMS from 2002–2003. She holds the seal of approval from the AMS

Career

Abrams' first position was as a morning meteorologist at WTXL, the ABC affiliate in Tallahassee, Florida. In July 2003, Abrams began on-air work for The Weather Channel.

On the Weather Channel, she was a reporter and fill-in from 2003–2006. In 2006, she became an on camera meteorologist as co-host of "Abrams and Bettes: Beyond the Forecast" and then went on to "Weather Center", also with co-host Mike Bettes. On July 20, 2009, she began co-hosting "Wake Up With Al" with NBC's Al Roker on weekday mornings from 6–7 a.m. ET, and then joins Mike Bettes and Jeff Morrow from 7–10 a.m. ET on "Your Weather Today". During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she reported live from Vancouver February 8–28, 2010 with Al Roker for "Wake Up With Al" and "Your Weather Today".