PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — A former South Florida meteorologist has passed away.

Roland Steadham was one of two people killed in a small plane crash in Boise, Idaho on Tuesday morning.

He was the chief meteorologist at a local station there, and an avid pilot.

The longtime forecaster previously spent several years working in South Florida.

Steadham worked weekend mornings at WPLG from 2013 to 2014.

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