{{Short description|American meteorologist}} {{Multiple issues| {{Cleanup rewrite|date=July 2014}} {{Notability|Biographies|date = July 2014}} }}
{{Infobox person | name = Indra Petersons | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Indra Valija Petersons | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|6|22|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | known_for = Television meteorologist | alma_mater = University of Arizona (B.S.) | spouse = {{marriage|Jake Wood|August 2013|}} | years_active = 2002–present }} '''Indra Valija Petersons''' (born June 22, 1980) is an American meteorologist. She formerly worked as the weather anchor for CNN's early morning program "New Day". She is also formerly a meteorologist for KABC-TV in Los Angeles, where she was born and raised. She is currently a meteorologist at NBC News.
==Early life and education== Petersons was born Indra Valija Petersons on June 22, 1980, in Los Angeles, California,.<ref name="California Birth Index">{{cite web |url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/indra_valija_petersons_born_1980_14604271 |title= Indra Valija Petersons, Born 06/22/1980 in California |publisher=California Birth Index |accessdate=July 31, 2014}}</ref> Her father is Dr. Viesturs T. Petersons, a neurosurgeon, and mother Silvija Petersons (née Ducis).<ref name="California Birth Index"/><ref name="Quad-City Times">{{cite web |url=http://qctimes.com/lifestyles/announcements/engagements/petersons-wood/article_e9313ec8-adbf-11e2-a81c-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Petersons-Wood: Engagement |author=Staff(s) |date=April 25, 2013 |newspaper=Quad-City Times |accessdate=July 31, 2014}}</ref> She has two older sisters, Astra and Brita.<ref name="La Cañada Valley Sun">{{cite web |url=http://articles.lacanadaonline.com/2008-04-17/news/lnws-weathergirl0417.art_1_weather-forecaster-rain-and-thunder-american-meteorological-society |title=Fascination leads to career |last1=Longoria |first1=Ruth |date=April 17, 2008 |newspaper=La Cañada Valley Sun |accessdate=July 31, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052437/http://articles.lacanadaonline.com/2008-04-17/news/lnws-weathergirl0417.art_1_weather-forecaster-rain-and-thunder-american-meteorological-society |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is of Latvian descent.<ref name="CNN New Day Interview">{{cite web |url=http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/15/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-indra-petersons/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705101302/http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/15/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-indra-petersons/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2014 |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Indra Petersons |author=Staff(s) |date=May 15, 2014 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=July 31, 2014}}</ref> Her first language is Latvian, and she is fluent in English.<ref name="CNN New Day Interview"/>
Petersons is a 1998 graduate of La Cañada High School in La Cañada Flintridge, California.<ref name="La Cañada Valley Sun"/> She then went on to graduate from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Physics in 2002, also minoring in business, math and physics.<ref name="Linkedin">{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/indrapetersons |title=Indra Petersons |publisher=Linkedin |accessdate=July 31, 2014}}</ref>
==Career== In 2002, Petersons got her start as a meteorologist for KVIA in El Paso, Texas.<ref name="Linkedin"/> The same year she went on to KEYT in Santa Barbara, California.<ref name="Linkedin"/> In 2003, she became a meteorologist and weather producer and she did reporting on environmental and general assignment issues at KABC in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Linkedin" /> She held the position until she left for CNN's ''New Day'' show in 2013, where she did weather segments for ''CNN Newsroom''.<ref name="Linkedin" /> She holds an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist certificate.<ref name="La Cañada Valley Sun"/> She currently{{when|date=April 2018}} works for NBC News.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}
==Personal life== Petersons married Jake Wood of Bettendorf, Iowa, a former United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper and co-founder of Team Rubicon, on August 10, 2013.<ref name="Quad-City Times"/><ref name="CNN New Day Interview"/>
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==External links== * [http://www.indrapetersons.com/ Official website] * [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/petersons.indra.html CNN profile] * [http://indra.tv/ Indra.tv]
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