Tammie Souza
{{Short description|American meteorologist}}
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Tammie Souza{{cite web |url=http://www.ametsoc.org/memdir/seallist/get_listofcbm.cfm |title=AMS List of Certified Broadcast Meteorologists |publisher=American Meteorological Society |accessdate=June 13, 2009}} is an Emmy-winning meteorologist,{{cite web |url=http://v1.chicagoemmyonline.org/news/archives/2001-2%20Emmy%20winner%20list.pdf
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Personal life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Souza was raised in San Diego, California.{{cite news|url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/01/tammie-souza-i-will-be-returning-to-the-airwaves-on-fox-in-chicago-very-very-soon.html/|title=Tammie Souza: 'I will be returning to the airwaves on Fox in Chicago very, very soon'|last=Rosenthal|first=Phil|date=January 10, 2011|work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=January 10, 2011}} She received a Bachelor of Science in biology from San Diego State University,{{cite web |url=http://www.wtsp.com/news/mostpop/story.aspx?storyid=92970&provider=top |title=Tammie Souza, Chief Meteorologist |publisher=WTSP |accessdate=June 13, 2009}} and has received a certification from Mississippi State University's broadcast meteorology program. She earned a pilot's license while in college.
Souza, her husband and their son moved from the Chicago area to Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainlinetoday.com/Main-Line-Today/July-2018/How-Tammie-Souzas-Sons-Brain-Tumor-Surprised-Even-His-Doctors/|title=How Tammie Souza's Son's Brain Tumor Surprised Even His Doctors|website=mainlinetoday.com|date=July 9, 2018 }}
Broadcast career
Souza began her career as the morning and noon meteorologist at KHSL in Chico, California. She then became chief meteorologist at WDJT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Souza later moved to Chicago, where she worked six years at WMAQ, and two years at WTSP in Tampa, Florida.{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150672796.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102130631/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150672796.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |title=Weather personality joins Fox's a.m. news |last=Rosenthal |first=Phil |date=August 31, 2006 |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=June 13, 2009}} While at WMAQ, she recruited viewers to provide temperature and rainfall as "weather watchers", and visited grade schools where she made weather presentations.
After the death of Dick Fletcher, WTSP's longtime chief meteorologist, Souza became the station's chief meteorologist.{{cite news|last=Deggans|first=Eric|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article805364.ece|title=WTSP's forecaster makes local history|date=September 11, 2008|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915221228/http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article805364.ece|archive-date=September 15, 2008|access-date=December 27, 2018}}
Souza's sister, Patty, was a meteorologist for WTSP's sister station KXTV. At one point, Tammie and Patty Souza were the only siblings in the United States who delivered weather on television.
Souza holds both the AMS/CBM Seal and the NWA Seal and sits on the boards of both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.{{cite web |url = http://www.ametsoc.org/stacpges/CommitteeDisplay/CommitteeDisplay.aspx?CC=SEAL-SP |title = Board of Broadcast Meteorology Standing Panel |publisher = American Meteorological Society |accessdate = June 13, 2009 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110610172131/http://www.ametsoc.org/stacpges/CommitteeDisplay/CommitteeDisplay.aspx?CC=SEAL-SP |archivedate = June 10, 2011
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In March 2017, she joined Comcast-NBC-owned WCAU (NBC 10) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the station's chief meteorologist.{{cite web|last=Feder|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Feder|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2017/01/05/robservations-tammie-souza-takes-dream-job-philly/|title=Robservations: Tammie Souza takes 'dream job' in Philly|date=January 5, 2017|newspaper=Daily Herald|access-date=December 27, 2018}}{{cite news|last=Torralvo|first=Dianna|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories/Tammie-Souza-NBC10-Meteorologist-Weather-Forecast--414933813.html|title=Meteorologist Tammie Souza Joins NBC10 First Alert Weather Team|date=February 28, 2017|publisher=WCAU|access-date=December 27, 2018}} Her last day at WCAU was December 6, 2019 after her contract with the station was not renewed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/tv/tammie-souza-nbc10-meteorologist-20191209.html|title=Meteorologist Tammie Souza out at NBC10|first=Nick|last=Vadala|website=inquirer.com|date=December 9, 2019 }}
In January 2020, she began what was expected to be a brief stint filling in for vacationing regulars at CBS O&O station CBS3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/tv/tammie-souza-meteorologist-cbs3-nbc10-philadelphia-20200127.html|title=Tammie Souza works as fill-in meteorologist for CBS3|first=Nick|last=Vadala|website=inquirer.com|date=January 27, 2020 }}
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.{{Cite web|last=Feder|first=Robert|date=August 19, 2020|title=Tammie Souza|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/08/19/robservations-white-sox-appear-headed-espn-1000/|access-date=August 19, 2020|website=www.robertfeder.com}}
In February 2022, Souza was made the permanent weekend morning meteorologist at CBS3 after Matt Peterson left the station five months earlier. Souza appears Saturday and Sunday mornings.
=Awards and nominations=
Souza has received 17 Emmy nominations and six Emmy Awards, 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. The National Association of Black Journalists recognized her with a nomination for her story about fugitive slave ships on Lake Michigan.
Acting career
Prior to her career in broadcast meteorology, Souza had several small acting roles.
=Filmography=
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
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| 1988
| Mary Ann | Episode: No More Mr. Nice Guy |
| 1994
| Ellen | Good-Looking Woman | Episode: The Class Reunion |
References
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External links
- [http://www.wtsp.com/company/bios/member.aspx?storyid=92970 Official WTSP biography]
- {{IMDb name|0816283}}
- [http://twitter.com/tammiesouza Official Twitter page]
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Category:American people of Portuguese descent
Category:American television weather presenters
Category:Television anchors from Tampa, Florida