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Michael Lowry

Hurricane Specialist and Storm Surge Expert

Michael Lowry's profile
Before joining Local 10, Michael served as Senior Emergency Management Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 

There he directed the agency’s plans for responding to disasters of all kinds, but most importantly hurricanes, for the southeast U.S. 

Lowry has 20 years of experience in tropical weather research, forecasting, and emergency management. Prior to joining FEMA, he served as a subject matter expert on hurricanes and tropical meteorology, most recently as visiting scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Hurricane Center (NHC), through its partnership with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). 

Lowry served as on-air Hurricane Specialist and Tropical Program Lead for The Weather Channel (TWC). While at TWC, he provided network coverage for countless hurricanes and nor’easters, filing reports for NBC Nightly News, TODAY, MSNBC, and CNBC. 

Lowry also served as a lead scientist at the NHC in Miami, where he was responsible for the development of new tropical cyclone-related products, including new watches and warnings, for the National Weather Service (NWS). 

Other positions have included Senior Scientist at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Alexandria, Virginia, and emergency manager and meteorologist for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, where he provided support for nine presidentially declared disasters, including seven hurricane disaster declarations in 2004 and 2005. 

Lowry is the recipient of the 2013 National Hurricane Conference Outstanding Achievement Award in Meteorology. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in meteorology from Florida State University.
LATEST CONTRIBUTIONS
Why the (sub) tropics matter a little more this hurricane season

2 days ago

Why the (sub) tropics matter a little more this hurricane season

In most hurricane seasons, we watch for the storms that form in the Atlantic’s main development region, or MDR, the primary hurricane belt stretching from Africa through the Caribbean south of 20 degrees north latitude, where most of our strongest and longest-lived hurricanes form.

Polvo del Sahara se desplaza sobre el Atlántico

Polvo del Sahara se desplaza sobre el Atlántico

El mayor episodio de polvo del Sahara del año está intentando recuperar el tiempo perdido, con la primera oleada de polvo llegando ayer a las costas del sur de Florida y una masa de polvo aún más densa desplazándose sobre Florida y hacia el Golfo este fin de semana, para asentarse sobre la costa de Texas entre principios y mediados de la próxima semana.

Saharan dust unloads on the Atlantic

Saharan dust unloads on the Atlantic

The biggest dust outbreak of the year is trying to make up for lost time, with the first round of dust reaching the sands of South Florida yesterday and even thicker dust reinforcements moving over Florida and into the Gulf by this weekend, settling over coastal Texas by the early to middle part of next week.

Forecasters lower predictions for the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Forecasters lower predictions for the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Hurricane experts at Colorado State University (CSU) – the team that pioneered seasonal hurricane outlooks back in the 1980s – issued their July update Wednesday morning, revising earlier predictions for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season downward for a second time since their initial forecast in April.