Tammie Souza

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Tammie Souza [1] is a multiple Emmy-winning meteorologist, [2] [3] [4] She worked as the chief meteorologist at NBC O&O station WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 2017 until December 2019. [5] and is currently the weekend morning meteorologist at CBS O&O station KYW.

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Personal life

Souza was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in San Diego, California. [6] She received a Bachelor of Science in biology from San Diego State University, [7] and is completing graduate studies for a master's degree in applied meteorology from Mississippi State University and has received a certification from Mississippi State University's broadcast meteorology program. [7] She earned a pilot's license while in college. [6]

Souza, her husband and their son moved from the Chicago area to Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, in 2017. [8]

Broadcast career

Souza began her career as the morning and noon meteorologist at KHSL in Chico, California. [7] She then became chief meteorologist at WDJT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Souza later moved to Chicago, where she worked six years at WMAQ, [6] [7] and two years at WTSP in Tampa, Florida. [6] [7] [9] While at WMAQ, she was known for recruiting viewers to provide temperature and rainfall as "weather watchers", and for visiting of grade schools with an interactive and educational weather presentation called Weather With Class. [6]

After the death of Dick Fletcher, WTSP's longtime chief meteorologist, Souza was hired to be the station's chief meteorologist. [10]

Souza's sister, Patty, was a meteorologist for WTSP's sister station KXTV. [6] At one point, Tammie and Patty Souza were the only siblings in the United States who delivered weather on television. [7]

Souza is one of a handful of women nationwide that holds both the prestigious AMS/CBM Seal and the NWA Seal and sits on the boards of both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. [6] [11]

In March 2017, she joined Comcast-NBC-owned WCAU (NBC 10) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was named the station's new chief meteorologist. [12] [13] Her last day at WCAU was December 6, 2019 after her contract with the station was not renewed. [5]

In January 2020, she began what was expected to be a brief stint filling in for vacationing regulars at CBS O&O station CBS3. [14]

In August 2020, she began a brief stint filling in at KYW's sister O&O station WBBM-TV CBS2 in Chicago while continuing to fill in at CBS3. [15]

In February 2022, Souza was made the permanent weekend morning meteorologist at CBS3 when Matt Peterson left the station five months earlier to pursuit a different career path. Souza appears Saturday and Sunday mornings alongside anchor Jan Carabeo but will also fill in whenever any of her fellow NeXT Weather meteorologists at the station take time off.

Awards and nominations

Souza has received 17 Emmy nominations and six Emmy Awards, [2] [3] [4] including Best Weathercast, Best Weather and Science Report and for Special Live Reporting, as well as a first place award from the Associated Press for a report on Shipwreck Diving in Lake Michigan. [7] The National Association of Black Journalists recognized her with a nomination for her story about fugitive slave ships on Lake Michigan. [7]

Acting career

Prior to her career in broadcast meteorology, Souza had several small acting roles.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Assault of the Killer Bimbos Darlene (truckstop waitress) [16] [17]
1992 Hellroller Bunny [18]
1993 Double Deception Millie [18]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Freddy's Nightmares Mary AnnEpisode: No More Mr. Nice Guy
1994 Ellen Good-Looking WomanEpisode: The Class Reunion

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