About

Meteorologist Matt Jones

Meteorologist/Weather Producer at The Weather Channel
WX4YOU
Atlanta, GA

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It was Hurricane Wilma that slammed into the Florida coast that got me hooked on weather. From that point on, I tracked every consecutive hurricane that season. When I moved back to Atlanta that fascination and love for weather continued to grow. However, I believe I was predestined to be a meteorologist long before that.

My grandmother, would tell people she wanted one of her three children, my mother and two uncles, to be a swimmer or a meteorologist. She got neither of the two. However, after she passed away 10 years ago, we still laugh because with her first grandchild she got both. Me.

I started my education at Darton State College on a swimming scholarship in Albany, Georgia. There I developed myself as a leader and an athlete. Leaving Darton, after my sophomore year, I had been an All-American, team captain, student-elected SGA president, and student ambassador.

The next fall I transferred to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina knowing that I wanted to pursue a career in meteorology. In the upcoming years, I would intern and practice at local stations,  actively participate  in meteorology clubs, and continue swimming through club sports. This was the first place where I found people who were as passionate about the weather as I am. We did it all, from throwing giant snowballs off the science building (I still don’t think the professors know about that to this day) to chasing tornadoes.

I graduated in May of 2016 from North Carolina State University, with a B.S. in Atmospheric Science. The day after graduation I moved to Youngstown, Ohio to start my career at WKBN/WYTV. I was an on-camera meteorologist from 2016 to 2018.

I am currently at The Weather Channel as a Meteorologist and Weather Producer. I am passionate about improving weather communication and risk management.