Joe Bastardi

God-loving Christian who has been blessed with the weather so like every day is Christmas and the weather is my gift to open 50 years forecasting, Most experienced global private sector forecaster on the planet. Chief meteorologist Weatherbell.com since March 2011 with a large following on social media and with the company. Over media appearances and has written over 1 million words on weather and climate on blogs since 2000. Former chief hurricane and long-range forecaster Accuweather ( till 2011).  2 subject matter Amazon best sellers, The Climate Chronicles, Inconvenient Revelations from Al Gore and others, and The Weaponization of Weather in the Phony Climate War.  Contributor to CFACT on Climate and Weather issues. Host of the American Storm Podcast.  Competitive bodybuilder with 8 national class or overall titles ( no steroids), and 2 N American titles and God willing, the world record holder after December for most top 5 placings on any bodybuilder. Penn State wrestler in college and since 1950, the only known meteorologist from to letter division 1 in the sport of wrestling  Married. with 2 kids, Garrett who has his own company in Texas and Jessie who like her mother was a Penn State gymnast  (only known mother-daughter combo to make nationals) and now helps run World Champion Kyle Dakes company, Vitality in State College Pa.  Wife former Jessica Strunk, Captain PSU gymnastics 1988, assistant coach for 20 years, then member of PSU wrestling Coach Cael Sanderson staff.  Now retired.