What’s your favorite thing to do in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Living in rural Kaufman County, I don’t get into the cities very often (especially at these gas prices!). But when I do, I enjoy the huge selection of fine restaurants, and I like to take in a show at the Majestic Theater. Of course, the State Fair and the Fort Worth Stock Show are a must see every year.

If you could interview anyone alive you haven’t interviewed, who would you and why?
It would be an honor to get a chance to sit down and speak one-on-one with Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists and cosmologists. I would be interested in hearing how he interprets human nature from a purely scientific perspective and discussing his views on those things not-so-scientific but which many cultures revere as sacred, holy, and transcendent.

What made you want to get into the news business?
I have always wanted to be an instructor, and television news affords me the opportunity to not only provide weather information to an enormous classroom, but at the same time it allows me to introduce at least a little of the science that goes into the making of the forecast for North Texas. And perhaps just as importantly, those scientific tidbits assist in explaining why sometimes those forecasts go astray. I always attempt to give the essential elements in a weathercast, but I like to throw in a scientific nugget every now and then. Of course when the skies turn violent, I want to give people the information they need to safely make it through the storm.

Tell us about a story that you are particularly proud to have brought to the public's attention.
I like bringing details to the weathercast that people may have never heard of before and yet spark enough interest that cause some to sit up and say, “So that’s why it did what it did!” Concepts such as The Cap, the Omega Block, and the McFarland Signature are some of the things I like to share with our viewers, and this terminology helps tell the weather story in a way I hope people find informative, useful, and perhaps even a little bit entertaining that will help them remember what was said.

How do you define success?
Success to me is the accomplishment of a set of goals in order to fulfill dreams without compromising integrity. And you will know you have achieved success when having what you want is not nearly as satisfying as wanting what you have.

Tell us one reason why you love what you do.
Meteorology is not an exact science, and due to chaos theory, it never will be. Just when you think you know what one weather pattern will do, it does the opposite, and then it becomes a matter of finding out why. Working at WFAA allows me the chance to conduct research to discover the “why” in order to continue producing and delivering what I hope are increasingly accurate weathercasts. My goal in each broadcast is to provide reliable information so that people can make real decisions and plan their day or even week ahead with confidence.