# Joe Sobel

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**Dr. Joseph P. Sobel** (born October 16, 1945), a [meteorologist](/source/Meteorologist), is a native of [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), USA, and a graduate of [George W. Hewlett High School](/source/George_W._Hewlett_High_School) on [Long Island](/source/Long_Island). He received his B.S. in meteorology from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) in 1967 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in meteorology from the [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University) in 1970 and 1976 respectively. Sobel was named a Centennial Fellow of the Penn State [College of Earth and Mineral Sciences](/source/College_of_Earth_and_Mineral_Sciences) in 1996 and inducted into the Hewlett High School Hall of Fame in 2001.

Sobel is a member of the [American Meteorological Society](/source/American_Meteorological_Society) (AMS) and holds the AMS Seal of Approval for Television Meteorology. In 2004 he was recognized by the AMS for Outstanding Service as a Broadcast Meteorologist.[1] Sobel has been an employee of [AccuWeather](/source/AccuWeather), Inc. since 1972 and now serves as a Senior Vice President and heads the AccuWeather Forensic Department.[2] He is co-inventor of the AccuWeather Exclusive RealFeel Temperature.[3]

"Dr. Joe" has appeared on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company), *[NBC Nightly News](/source/NBC_Nightly_News)*, *[The Today Show](/source/Today_(NBC_program))*, and [Bloomberg Television](/source/Bloomberg_Television), [MSNBC](/source/MSNBC), and [CNBC](/source/CNBC). He has provided more than one million weather forecasts and discussions to radio stations across the United States since 1972. A nationally recognized meteorologist, he was featured in the September 20, 2002 *[Newsweek](/source/Newsweek)* article "Nerds of Weather".

Sobel has also been featured as an expert on cable television series including [Court TV](/source/TruTV)'s *[Forensic Files](/source/Forensic_Files)* in the episode "Dew Process"[4] and [The History Channel](/source/History_(U.S._TV_channel))'s *[Monster Quest](/source/Monster_Quest)* in the episode "Birdzilla".[5]

## References

1. [AMS All Awards Inquiry](http://www.ametsoc.org/getpastawards/get_allawards.cfm)

1. [AccuWeather.com: Forensic Meteorology Services : Forensic Weather Experts](http://www.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/products_services/forensics.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=1&header=g)

1. ["United States Patent: 7251579"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161208060926/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1). Archived from [the original](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F7251579) on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

1. [Forensic Files](http://www.forensicfiles.com/episodes.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080123173958/http://www.forensicfiles.com/episodes.htm) 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Episode Guide – MonsterQuest – The History Channel](http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=56692&display_order=2&mini_id=56117)

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