![]() ![]() The best chance for storms will be on Friday, but chances linger into the start of the weekend and by Sunday as well. For the middle of the week, we’re mostly looking at chances for an afternoon shower with temperatures in the lower 80s and upper 70s.īy the end of the week, even more rain and storms return along yet another low pressure center. Temperatures start a gradual cooldown by the end of the week. ![]() Chances for storms return for Tuesday evening as well. More rain lasts overnight into the start of Tuesday. More thunderstorms develop in the afternoon, but rain will stay steady all day. A low pressure center passes to our south, swinging in rain through the start of the week. Scattered showers and thunderstorms return to Central Ohio after a beautiful weekend. Holbrook is survived by his wife, Wilma their four grown children - Steven, Nancy, Amy and Pat - all of whom have remained in the Columbus area eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Pat Holbrook said fans still approach him with memories of his father, both from his time on the air and from weather lessons he gave in elementary-school classrooms. "I think that was a huge reason for his popularity and why he was on the air for so long." Holbrook was gracious and humble, often pausing to talk with people in the community, Pat Holbrook said. "It was like getting an official blessing," he said. "The word legend gets overused, but he was a legend," Davis said.Ĭhris Bradley, chief meteorologist at WBNS, recalls getting a call from Holbrook when he came to the TV station in 2005. His tenure, Davis said, is unheard of today. He was easygoing and unassuming and enjoyed telling jokes. ![]() Holbrook was as friendly in person as he was on the air, Davis said. Holbrook taught him about central Ohio weather patterns, pointing out factors that can affect local weather, such as the Bellefontaine ridge and the Great Lakes. He taught aviation meteorology at Ohio State University for a decade.ĭavis said Holbrook was his mentor when he moved to Columbus from Las Vegas in 1987. You can't fool anybody about the weather when you're flying," Holbrook said in a 1992 Dispatch story. "As a pilot, you learn a heck of a lot about weather. Holbrook, an avid amateur pilot since 1947, chose weather. "My mom said, 'You left radio for that?'?"īut his father always saw the potential in television, he said.Īfter two years at WBNS, the business had matured and reporters developed beats. "My mom used to tell the story that when he left to go to Channel 10, the TV was a big box with a small screen and at the time radio was king," said Pat Holbrook, a sports copy editor for The Dispatch. He worked in radio for several years in Portsmouth before moving to WBNS in 1950. ![]() Raised on a farm in Pike County in southern Ohio, Holbrook created his career without a college education, his son, Pat, said. And that's something you don't find at many other stations." People around town care about him they grew up with him. "Joe is one of the folks who made 10TV what it is today. "When I'm out in the community and people find out what I do, they always mention the name of Joe Holbrook to me," John Cardenas, president and general manager of WBNS-TV, said in a 2000 Dispatch story about Holbrook. He was the one people turned to."Įven after more than two decades off the air, viewers still ask about Holbrook. "He took them through the tornado of '74, the blizzard of '78. "Back in the day, he was everything to folks in central Ohio," said WBNS meteorologist Mike Davis, who worked with Holbrook for five years. Holbrook, who spent 42 years reporting on the weather for WBNS-TV (Channel 10) before retiring in 1992, died on Saturday. If you grew up in Columbus, chances are you got your weather report from Joe Holbrook. ![]()
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