Ken Barlow (meteorologist)

{{short description|American television meteorologist|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Kenneth John Barlow (born 1962) is an American television meteorologist currently with KSTP-TV in Minneapolis.

Barlow has a B.S. in meteorology from Plymouth State University.{{cite web|url=http://kstp.com/news/ken-barlow/4182303/|title=Ken Barlow|publisher=KSTP|accessdate=December 19, 2017}}

From 1991 to 2006, Barlow worked at KARE-TV in Minneapolis. He then moved to Boston to become chief meteorologist at WBZ-TV. After four years with WBZ, Barlow joined KXTV in Sacramento, California in May 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/ken-barlow-heads-for-sunny-skies/94599489/|title=Ken Barlow heads for sunny skies|author=Justin, Neal|work=Artcetera|publisher=startribune.com|date=May 21, 2010|accessdate=December 23, 2017}}

In 2011, Barlow returned to the Twin Cities and joined KSTP.{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2012/10/03/kstps-ken-barlow-goes-public-with-his-struggle-with-bipolar-disorder/|title=KSTP's Ken Barlow goes public with his struggle with bipolar disorder|author=Gustafson, Amy|work=Pioneer Press|date=October 3, 2012|accessdate=December 19, 2017|quote=Barlow, 50, revealed to the crowd he had bipolar disorder...}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/longtime-kare-meteorologist-ken-barlow-signs-with-rival-kstp/11123|title=Longtime KARE Meteorologist Ken Barlow Signs with Rival KSTP|work=Adweek|date=May 12, 2011|accessdate=December 23, 2017}}

With the KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Morning team, Barlow won an Upper Midwest Emmy Award in 2016 for his role on the program that aired after the death of Prince.{{cite web|url=http://midwestemmys.org/20161029/2016-upper-midwest-emmy-recipients/|title=2016 Upper Midwest Emmy® Recipients|publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|accessdate=December 23, 2017}}