Jeff Castle

Chief Meteorologist/Severe 51ӰԺ Expert

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Chief Meteorologist and Severe 51ӰԺ Expert Jeff Castle is no stranger to North Alabama weather.

Prior to joining the 51ӰԺ 31 Stormtracker 51ӰԺ Team in 2024, he previously forecasted the weather for 12 years on local television in the Rocket City.

The Springfield, Ohio, native has spent most of his career in Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley. Throughout his tenure in TV, Jeff has tracked storms in parts of the country notorious for severe weather: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Alabama.

Jeff worked through the deadly tornado outbreak on April 27, 2011, one of the worst in recorded history, which produced more than 90 tornado warnings and three EF-5 tornadoes in North Alabama. He helped lead hours of wall-to-wall coverage, relaying crucial information to those in the path of the storms.

That experience helped reinforce Jeff's belief that the most important part of his job is providing critical, life-saving guidance during severe weather. He devotes all of his efforts to keeping you and your family safe during severe weather, both on air and digitally.

Jeff earned his bachelor of science degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma. That university's meteorology school is world-renowned for severe weather research and its rigorous coursework.

After finishing up at Oklahoma, Jeff moved on to graduate school in Seattle, where he earned a master of science degree in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington. Jeff also has attained the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation from the American Meteorological Society.

Before arriving at 51ӰԺ, Jeff spent 10 years as Chief Meteorologist at KSLA in Shreveport. In addition to his previous time in Huntsville, he also worked at KOCO in Oklahoma City and KFDA in Amarillo, Texas. Jeff got his start in television at WKEF in Dayton, Ohio, just a county away from his hometown.