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The
Staff Of Weather Works "Your Weather Experts"
Weather Works
was
founded in 1986 in an effort to bring quality meteorological expertise to both
private and public sectors, including the legal and insurance
industry, contractor's and engineering firms, corporate
business' and the media in the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
area. Our objective is to provide the highest quality
of weather consultation available in the Northeast as well as sound
meteorological advise and weather forecasts, based on years of experience and the scientific
principles of Meteorology. Meet our highly qualified
staff that consists of the following individuals:

Frank Lombardo
(President of Weather Works)
(Designated Certified Consulting Meteorologist By The A.M.S.)
Frank has always loved the
weather. He dates his interest in the field of Meteorology back to 1960 when he
witnessed and lived through his first memorable east coast hurricane,
Donna, as she swept powerfully up the Atlantic Seaboard. Frank
graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Earth Science | Meteorology and a minor in Math from Kean University. He attended
Texas Tech University to
pursue his masters studies, where he was involved in the study of severe weather,
including a tornado chase team. Additional graduate courses were
taken at Rutgers University in Climatology, Air pollution and
Meteorological Statistics. Frank has instructed classes in Meteorology and
Aviation Meteorology at both Texas Tech University and Kean University. Frank is a
long time member of the American Meteorological Society. His vast experience in
the various aspects of meteorology including but not limited to reconstruction of weather
and forensic expert courtroom testimony, for the past 20 years, has earned Frank the highest
level of respect among Government agencies, law firms, insurance companies and private
business'. He is widely recognized as New Jersey's Weather Expert. Frank
is designated a Certified Consulting Meteorologist by the American
Meteorological Society.
franklombardo@weatherworksinc.com

Thomas M.
Else
(Chief Meteorologist - Operations Manager)
Tommy joined the
staff of Weather Works as an intern in 1996 and was hired as a full time
Meteorologist in May of 1997. He graduated from Kean University in 1997 with a degree in Earth Science
| Meteorology and a minor in Mathematics. In addition, Tommy finished top in his
Meteorology class and Valedictorian of the School of Natural
Science, Nursing and Mathematics. He has acquired an in depth
knowledge of both the science of Meteorology and the
associated Mathematics, and continues to learn more each day. With
this knowledge, he provides accurate weather forecasts, post storm
summaries, certified weather reports, storm alerts, radio weather broadcasts and much more to our clients. Besides all of the
weather tasks described above, Tommy is our Internet expert, Web Master, in
house programmer and is responsible for constructing and maintaining this
web site. Since graduating from Kean University, Tommy has successfully
completed several computer programming classes. He
has been a member of the American Meteorological Society since his college years.
tommyelse@weatherworksinc.com

Kevin E. Hopler
(Meteorologist - Director of Sales & Marketing)
Kevin joined the Weather Works staff in 2001 as an intern
meteorologist. After graduating Honors (Cum Laude) from Kean
University with a degree in Earth Science | Meteorology, he was hired as
a full time meteorologist in the Fall of 2004. His work at Weather Works includes
and is not limited to weather forecasts, storm alerts, post storm
summaries, past weather reports, weather
broadcasting and the maintenance of client websites. In addition to his
meteorological responsibilities, he is also in charge of sales and developing new
markets for the company. His latest projects include supervising
the progress of our new Certified Snowfall Totals program in addition to
advancements within the film and motion picture industry.
Kevin is a member of the American Meteorological Society as well as the
National Weather Association.
kevinhopler@weatherworksinc.com

Sean Rowland
(Meteorologist - Director of Educational Services)
Sean was hired in the Fall of
2005 and graduated from Oswego State University in May, 2005 with a
Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology (Cum Laude) and a minor in Mathematics. While at
Weather Works, Sean's tasks include forecasting, post storm
summaries, storm alerts and past weather reports. He also is
involved in many educational aspects of the company. Some of the present
and future work in this area involves our Snow Spotter Network, monthly
newsletter and school assembly series. Sean is from Rochester, NY
and is a proud Western New Yorker. He enjoys forecasting for winter
storms, lake effect snow and severe weather. Sean is a member of the
American Meteorological Society.
seanrowland@weatherworksinc.com
John Leo
(Senior Meteorologist)
John
has been following weather events in the Northeast for as long as
he can remember. John still chases those thunderstorms
(now he brings along his kids). John received his bachelors
degree in Earth Science | Meteorology in 1976 from Kean University and then
attended Rutgers University, where he completed his Masters
Degree in Meteorology. John has been forecasting for businesses, the
aviation industry and government agencies throughout the
Northeast for over 25 years. He is also
the weekend meteorologist on many New Jersey radio stations.
johnleo@weatherworksinc.com
Anthony Selimo
(Broadcast Meteorologist | Communications Consultant)
Tony never forgets a storm, especially a snow
storm. He can recall storm facts from
years ago, as if they occurred yesterday. He has a
very natural style of delivery, and has been forecasting
weather for radio stations across the Northeast
for over twenty years. Tony has received his
Masters Degree in Communications from Syracuse University. This expertise
often finds Tony providing educational seminars on Meteorology
and Science in class rooms throughout the northeast. Tony
regularly instructs Meteorology courses at Sussex County Community College. He has been
instrumental in training K through 12 Science teachers in Meteorology as part of a
National Science Foundation grant. Tony has experienced first
hand the effects of microclimatology, living on one of the
highest elevations in New Jersey for years. This has provided him with a greater understanding
of the topographical variations in snowfall distributions. Tony
has also cataloged on video, hundreds and hundreds of hours
of storm and weather related footage.
tonyselimo@weatherworksinc.com

John
Kruk
(Sales & New Business Development)
John has always been
someone who needs to know accurate weather information. Whether on
active duty with the Marines or on a fire call, he was always waiting
for severe weather to affect a training evolution or mission.
John joined the Weather Works staff in July of 2006 to generate new
business and assist with current sales and marketing. After
graduating with honors (Magna Cum Laude) from Centenary College with a
degree in Business Management, John decided that more public and private
industries needed to know about Weather Works services. His work at Weather
Works includes sales to our current clients, planning and
implementing new services to industries we had minimal interaction
with, and speaking with the public in general about the value of
having a weather consultation service. His latest project includes
educating college and university facilities managers on the benefits
of having Weather Works just a phone call away. John is currently a
Sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserves, a member of the American
Legion and the Hope Volunteer Fire Department.
johnkruk@weatherworksinc.com
Weather
Works "Your Weather Experts"
PO Box 7100 Hackettstown, New Jersey (NJ) 07840
Phone: 1 - 800 - 427 - 3456 | Fax: 908 - 850 -
8664
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