About Dan - DAN'S WILD WILD WEATHER PAGE

Dan Hello, my name is Dan Satterfield and I am the Chief Meteorologist for WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama.

North Alabama and southern Tennessee have some of the most varied weather in the country, from severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to ice and snow storms. The weather office at WHNT-TV is one of the most advanced forecast centers in the southeast.

I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I also recently earned a Masters in Earth Science from Mississippi State University.

I have worked in television since 1980 and have covered 5 hurricanes and more tornadoes than I care to count. My coverage of the Piedmont, Alabama tornado in 1994 was carried world-wide on CNN... ABC and on the BBC.

As a student at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to work as a Student Storm Chaser with the Tornado Intercept Team at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. (like the chasers depicted in the movie "TWISTER"!)

In 1997, I was invited to the White House, by the President and Vice President of the United States, for a conference on Global Warming. Here are a few of the pictures from the event.

A full member of the American Meteorological Society, Dan holds the AMS seal of Approval and have been recognized as one of the Southeast's most popular weathercasters. My family and I started the Wild Wild Weather Page as an effort to show kids the fascinating world of weather that I love.

Some of you have probably seen me in some of the Tornado footage show on the Discovery Channel and the Learning Channel.

I am married, my wife Marian helps me with the Wild Wild Weather Pages. I have 2 children, Kerri is a college student and Roy attends elementary school. I also have 2 dogs, Vickie, and Maggie (she's afraid of wind, rain, and thunder!).