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Longtime Alabama TV Chief Meteorologist Retires: “A Pioneer in Weather Reporting”

Longtime Alabama TV Chief Meteorologist Retires: “A Pioneer in Weather Reporting”

Dan Satterfield, who served as chief meteorologist at Huntsville television station WHNT for nearly two decades, is retiring after a dozen years at an East Coast station.

The Oklahoma native left WHNT after 17 years to become chief meteorologist for WBOC on the Delmarva Peninsula, which spans Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

After 12 years in his last position, Satterfield announced his retirement Thursday WBOC.

“Dan is one of the best meteorologists in the country when it comes to television,” said Craig Jahelka, president of Draper Media. “We have heard from people who tell us they believe they are alive today because Dan Satterfield and WBOC warned them early.”

Draper Media owns six television stations, including WBOC.

While Satterfield will be retired, the meteorologist will occasionally appear on the WBOC airwaves as a volunteer backup meteorologist when needed.

Satterfield was praised at WHNT as a “pioneer of weather reporting in the Tennessee Valley” and a “leader in the consortium” between WHNT, the University of Alabama at Huntsville and NASA that launched the nation’s first live dual polarimetric radar. The ARMOR Doppler radar is the only dual-pole radar in the Tennessee Valley.