KOLD News 13 live, local and late breaking-Aaron Pickering

Aaron Pickering

I grew up in Columbia City, Oregon a very small town north of Portland.   It was a nice place to grow up since there was no shortage of rainstorms to watch.  I really became interested in weather after a job shadow I did in high school.  I was able to sit in with one of the meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Portland during a fast moving snowstorm.

I watched as the forecasters at the national weather service accurately predicted the exact time and place of a weather front passage.  We watched the temperature gauge go up at exactly the time they said it would.  I was hooked.  From that point on, I wanted to know exactly how and why things happen in the atmosphere.

I went to school in San Jose, California and got my degree in Meteorology from San Jose State University.  While there, I competed in the National Collegiate Forecasting Contest and soon got an internship at KNTV in San Jose.  I was really given the chance to get my hands "dirty" helping to form the forecast that went on air day after day.

While at KNTV, I helped to develop a 24-hour-a-day digital weather channel. I learned a lot about broadcast meteorology and quickly got an on-air job in Fresno, CA at KSEE-TV.  Soon after, I became the weekend meteorologist on the beautiful central coast of California in Salinas, California at KSBW-TV.  There I learned the true meaning of "Micro-Climates," as it could be sunny and near 100 degrees in the inland valleys, but only 40 miles away near the coast, the temperature would only be around 50 degrees and foggy.

In May 2006, I joined with the weather team of KOLD-TV in Tucson, AZ as the weekend meteorologist and am very excited to be here.  Tucson offers many things of the things that I love to do.  One of my passions has been hiking, and recently I have discovered "geocaching."  On my days off, I enjoy exploring the mountains and trails in Southeast Arizona.