About
WE ARE STORM CHASERS
Keeping victoria informed of severe weather
meet the administrative TEAM
Storm Chaser
Nick McCartney
Meteorologist
Dick Whitaker
Dick Whitaker graduated in Science from Monash University in 1969, was conscripted and spent two years in the Army before joining the Bureau of Meteorology in 1971.
His interest in meteorology continued following his departure from the Bureau in 2002 and he joined The Weather Channel soon after. This morphed into Sky News Weather, where he was Chief Meteorologist from 2012 until his retirement in 2016.
Dick has a particular interest in weather education and he has published several books about the topic including publications for both Time Life and Readers Digest. He is also a regular public speaker, providing talks about the weather to such community groups as Probus, Rotary, University of the Third Age, Bushfire Brigades and schools.
Dick’s connection with Melbourne Storm Chasers has provided another outlet for his interest in all things meteorology and he regularly teams up with Nick to provide on-line contributions and discussion about the current and developing weather situation.