Gene Norman, Chief Meteorologst at KHOU, to be featured speaker August 12
Chief
Meteorologist Gene Norman leads the Weather Team at KHOU 11 News. Gene
joined KHOU in January 2008 and in June of that year was promoted to Chief
Meteorologist. His ability to provide the most detailed weather forecasts
is attributed to his extensive education, experience and knack for relating to
viewers. Gene brings to Houston more
than 20 years of meteorology experience at NASA and on television, along with a
lifelong passion for science.
While
at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Gene spent eight years developing weather
monitoring software for the space shuttle. During that time he landed his first
meteorologist job moonlighting at a TV station in Beaumont. From there he
became a weekend meteorologist at KTRK-TV in Houston and then moved on to
WGCL-TV in Atlanta where he served as Chief Meteorologist prior to his Houston
return.
Throughout
his career, Gene has received numerous accolades. He has been honored with six Emmy awards for his
extensive weather reporting, including one in 2010 for the KHOU hurricane
special “Storm Warnings: Winds of Change.”
Also in 2010, Gene received the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters
Award for Best Weathercast.
Gene
is a member of the National Weather Association, holds the Seal of Approval
from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and has earned a Certified
Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation. He also previously served as president
of the American Meteorological Society’s Broadcast Board.