Chief Meteorologist Mark Tarello
Mark Tarello, our dedicated weather delivery technician is also the Chief Meteorologist at WICZ Fox 40 and brings over two decades of television weather experience to the Southern Tier. He is very happy to be back in the Northeast forecasting weather as he’s originally from Stoneham, Massachusetts.
Most recently Tarello was Chief Meteorologist at the CBS, FOX, and NBC television stations for 14 years in Mankato, Minnesota. Here he kept viewers informed of anything from blizzards to extreme wind chills, plus on-air with continuous severe weather coverage hours at a time for tornado warnings. While in southern Minnesota he was recognized over several years by the local newspaper as best television personality.
Occasionally Tarello is seen on the national television network, The Weather Channel during big weather events.
Tarello’s television weather experience also includes working at WRBL-TV in Columbus, Georgia; WMDN-TV in Meridian, Mississippi; KMEG-TV in Sioux City, Iowa; & WMTW-TV in Portland, Maine. He has also done freelance weather for WVNY-TV in Burlington, Vermont & New England Cable News while attending Lyndon State College in northern Vermont.
Tarello loves talking about a different weather story each weeknight on Fox 40 News and sharing your weather photos on social media and television. In additional to the weather, Tarello loves eating out at different restaurants in the local area. If you see him, be sure to say hello!
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