JACLYN WHITTAL
Meteorologist / Journalist / Stormchaser / Explorer
HER STORY
Jaclyn Whittal has been forecasting and reporting on the most extreme weather across North America for 13 years. She has stood in front of the worlds largest ever recorded tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma, has been in the centre of 9 hurricanes, reported on countless blizzards, wildfires and floods across the U.S. and Canada. In a world where climate change is now impacting our daily lives, Jaclyn has the real life experience to speak to it with passion and energy coming right from the eye of the storm!
PUBLISHED STORIES
Jaclyn Whittal for The Weather Network
BIO
Jaclyn started her career as a professional entertainer singing and dancing on stage for hundreds of packed theatres and venues all over the world. She studied Musical Theatre at the University of Windsor and was a star at Deerhurst Resorts Muskoka stage show not long after Shania Twain! She toured Europe playing the role of Sandy in the musical Grease. After 11 years on stage, Jaclyn moved into radio and then television. She immediately enrolled in the Mississippi State University Operational Meteorology Program and the rest is history.
Jaclyn interned at City TV Toronto, worked as a Weather Anchor for Global News in Regina and in Toronto, and has reported weather for AM 640 Toronto. She has been with The Weather Network since 2012. She has covered everything from the world's largest tornado ever recorded, to devastating EF 5 Tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri and Moore, Oklahoma. She has reported on several hurricanes including category 5 Michael and Dorian. She has been a part of The Weather Network's STORM HUNTERS team since 2012, and the show has taken her on expeditions as far as the Canadian Arctic to the peak of Mount Everest in Nepal. Jaclyn has been featured in magazines such as FLARE, Inside Hook, Popular Science, Scholastic and on TV networks such as Discovery, Smithsonian, Cottage Life, National Geographic, BBC world news, CNN, CTV and CBC National, and several podcasts around the world.
In 2021, Jaclyn was elected a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2023, Jaclyn was elected Fellow of The International Explorers Club
MEDIA APPEARANCES
LIVE NEWS COVERAGE
LIVE field coverage for Joplin, MO EF 5 tornado 2011
STORMHUNTERS
Documentary TV show highlighting severe weather across North America. Jaclyn is featured as a severe weather expert and storm-chaser.
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CONTACT
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