Michael Phillip Seidel was born on January 18,1956 and is an American meteorologist best known for appearing on The Weather Channel from 1992 to 2024.
17 Facts About Mike Seidel
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Mike Seidel is noted for his field reporting from breaking weather including severe weather, hurricanes, and snowstorms.
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Mike Seidel worked for four local radio stations during his high school and college years, including WJDY-AM in Salisbury, WDMV-AM in Pocomoke City and WKHI-FM in Ocean City, as well as WSUX-FM in Seaford, Delaware.
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Mike Seidel is a 1979 student initiate of the Omicron Delta Kappa Circle and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at Salisbury State College.
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Immediately after his graduation, Mike Seidel began his television career with WMDT-TV, from 1980 to 1982, in Salisbury.
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Mike Seidel entered graduate school, and he earned his Master's degree in Meteorology at Pennsylvania State University.
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Mike Seidel wrote his master's thesis under the direction of Dr Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel's retired severe weather expert.
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Mike Seidel next returned to Salisbury in 1989 to work as the meteorologist for WBOC-TV.
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Mike Seidel remained there until March 1992, when he left for The Weather Channel.
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Mike Seidel covered his first storm, Hurricane Edouard, on Labor Day Weekend in 1996 on Cape Cod.
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Mike Seidel has reported live from the PGA Tour, the Baseball All-Star Game, the World Series, and the Indianapolis 500 automobile race.
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From 2002 to 2012, Mike Seidel hosted the National Football League "Kickoff Forecast" segments every Sunday morning from NFL venues.
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Mike Seidel has reported live from breaking weather on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC.
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Mike Seidel filled in for Tony Perkins on ABC's Good Morning America in 2003 and for Al Roker on Today Show in 2009.
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On January 12,2018, Mike Seidel did his 20,000th live shot during a snowstorm in Rochester, NY.
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Observers on Twitter and some comedic news headlines suggested that Mike Seidel was exaggerating the severity of the winds.
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Mike Seidel was laid off on April 29,2024, as part of broader cuts by the channel's parent company.