About me
Jane Marie Wix is from Brandenburg, KY and a 2010 graduate of Western Kentucky University, part of their 1st ever graduating class of Meteorology! She has worked as a meteorologist intern at NWS Louisville, KY while in college, before moving to Marquette, MI to start her full-time NWS career. In 2013 she moved back to her home state as a forecaster at the NWS Jackson, KY office. She has also served 2 temporary detail stints as a forecaster for the Weather Prediction Center in Washington, DC. As of 2021 she is now the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the NWS office in Jackson, Kentucky, serving 33 counties across eastern Kentucky. She works closely with emergency management, media, and other county and state agencies (including extension!), acting as the NWS liaison for these partners. She is also devoted to education and addressing the needs of underserved communities, helping to build a population that is weather-ready. Jane Marie is one of the founding members of the WARN (Weather Awareness for a Rural Nation) Task Force, which is currently working to address the lack of weather information making it into the Amish communities across the country.
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