Outside of work, Kristen enjoys spending time with her husband, Brad, and their two cats, Meesa and Friday. In 2017, Kristen worked alongside her colleagues tracking Hurricane Irma along its route to landfall in Southwest Florida.Įarlier in her career, Kristen served as the Chief Meteorologist at WFFT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and before that as Chief Forecaster at KULR in Billings Montana. Kristen had the chance to fly with the Hurricane Hunters during the development of Hurricane Hermine in 2016. During her time there, she enjoyed tracking afternoon thunderstorms and tropical weather. Kristen also worked for three years as a meteorologist at WBBH in Fort Myers, Florida. She could not be more thrilled for the opportunity to forecast the wild weather of Southeast Wisconsin.
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Prior to TMJ4, Kristen worked as a fill-in meteorologist at WMAQ in Chicago, while working full time as a video and social media producer for a not-for-profit company.ĭuring this time, Kristen heard the call to return back to forecasting full time. Kristen's meteorology and broadcast career has taken her all over the country. Additionally, Kristen holds the National Weather Association Seal of Approval. She completed her Broadcast Meteorology certification and also completed a second Bachelors degree in Geosciences through Mississippi State University. She went on to continue her education through the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University. After an internship in radio and then television weather forecasting, Kristen decided to pursue a career in meteorology.
Kristen graduated with a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism. From there she moved to Arkansas and attended college at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Kristen grew up just across the lake in western Michigan. You can watch her forecasts weekend evenings on TMJ4 News and throughout the week. Kristen Kirchhaine joined Storm Team 4 in April of 2020.
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