Meteorologists
Rachel Peterson
Internet Broadcast Meteorologist
Rachel Peterson loves making weather interesting, educational and fun. She joined
WeatherBug in March of 2006. Before coming to Maryland, Peterson spent seven years
working in television both behind the scenes and in front of the camera as a meteorologist
and a reporter. She worked in production at KCBS and KTTV in Los Angeles, as a reporter
and on-air meteorologist at KIVI in Boise, ID, and as an on-air meteorologist at
WFMY in Greensboro, NC.
Peterson has a Master of Science in Geoscience with an emphasis in Meteorology from Mississippi State. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications with an emphasis in Broadcasting and a minor in French from Southern Utah University where she was on the Division I college gymnastics team. She also holds an AMS (American Meteorological Society) Seal. Peterson is an avid outdoor enthusiast and does extensive philanthropic work and fund raising benefitting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as well as the March of Dimes.
