A short history: Southern Connecticut Weather was founded in 2013 as a place for our founder, Timothy Wrightington Jr, to post his thoughts on the weather away from his general Facebook profile. Starting out with only family and friends as readers, the page quickly developed a following for its no nonsense style and emphasis on the facts and various possible solutions compared to the hype often seen from commercial weather outlets. In December of 2013, the page welcomed Spencer Aronstein as a co-writer, allowing for an expanded breadth of analysis and higher quality forecasts as a result of two minds working together to achieve meteorological excellence. In the early parts of winter 2014, SCW gained notoriety outside its circle of followers for its strong accuracy that winter, and the page began to grow exponentially. As a result, by the end of winter 2014, SCW had grown from a small hobbyist page to one of the most respected sources for weather in Connecticut. Throughout the process, the page has never wavered from what made it successful; quality discussion and analysis without the hype. In 2015, we added two new forecasters to the team; meteorologist Greg Petridis and Don Bell, as part of our mission to provide you with the most accurate and reliable weather coverage in Connecticut, and we expanded to a team of five in 2018 by adding Luca Di Carlo. We're very excited to welcome you to the SCW family, and hope that you enjoy our work!
SCW Today: Southern Connecticut Weather focuses on discussion based forecasting that aims to educate and inform the public of upcoming weather events rather than produce fear and hype through predatory posting. We are pioneers in using models and meteorology to explain our forecasts rather than simply just providing them, and we go into a level of detail in our discussions rarely seen in commercial forecasting. As a result, our readers don't only get the best forecast, they get an education in forecasting as well, allowing them to interpret forecasts and evidence to come to their own conclusions about upcoming weather events. We post 2-3x per week both here and on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/southernconnecticutweather, increasing to daily posts during the winter and ahead of an upcoming weather event. You can also find us on Twitter @SouthernCTWX.
Meet the Staff
Timothy Wrightington Jr-Partner and Forecaster
Timothy, an avid weather hobbyist, founded the Southern Connecticut Weather Facebook page back in January 2013 after deciding to branch off weather discussion from his own personal page to friends and family. Tim is a forecaster for the page, while also making many of the graphics that are displayed as part of the forecasts. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, playing sports, and socializing with friends, among many other things. As a lifelong resident of West Haven, Connecticut, he is very keen to the very intricate microclimates of the state, especially the shoreline. Currently Timothy works as a mechanic, but has aspirations of one day going to college and receiving a meteorology degree. Feel free to contact Tim at Tim@southernconnecticutweather.com.
Spencer Aronstein-Partner, Lead Forecaster and Webmaster
Spencer joined Southern Connecticut Weather in December 2013 as its lead forecaster, and since then he has overseen the growth of SCW from a small Facebook page consisting mainly of family and friends to one of the leading sources of weather information in Connecticut. He is the coordinator the day to day operations of the page and site; publishing daily forecasts and discussions, updating the site, and responding to comments, as well as many more behind the scenes tasks. When Spencer isn't forecasting or writing, you'll probably find him outdoors, since he is an avid hiker, skier, and climber. He lives in Boston, MA, where he studies Computer Science and Business at Northeastern University. He can be reached at spencer@southernconnecticutweather.com
Greg Petridis-Forecaster
Greg Petridis is a professional meteorologist with forecasting experience that goes back to his days in college in the early 2000s. A 2006 graduate of Kean University with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology, Greg is constantly researching the topic and constantly discovering new ideas in the subject. These help to make him a better forecaster. Greg resides in Elizabeth, NJ, where he works in secondary education as well as provides private forecasting services in addition to his work with SCW. He began working with SCW in 2014 as a freelance writer, and joined the team full time as a forecaster in September 2015. He can be reached at greg@southernconnecticutweather.com
Don Bell-Forecaster
Don joined Southern Connecticut Weather as a forecaster in November 2015. Weather has been one of his loves for as long as he can remember, and he brings enthusiasm to his forecasts and two week winter outlooks. Don was born and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. When he isn’t working or thinking about the weather, he is likely doing something sports related or spending time with family. He can be reached at don@southernconnecticutweather.com
Luca Di Carlo-Forecaster
Luca joined Southern Connecticut Weather as a forecaster in March of 2018 after being a long time reader of SCW. He is meteorology student at Western Connecticut State University and is excited to develop his forecasting skills beyond the classroom. Luca has been fascinated by weather his whole life, and has dreamed about becoming a forecaster since he was young. When he's not studying for meteorology exams or writing for SCW, he's a member of the WCSU soccer team and an avid pianist, as well as an aspiring foodie. He can be reached at luca@southernconnecticutweather.com
Contact Us
We love to hear from our readers! That could be in the form of a question, comment, piece of feedback, or really just about anything. If you've got a question about something in our discussions, leave a comment on that post and we'll respond there, otherwise, fill out the form below and we'll get back to you as soon as we can! You can also email us individually by using the email addresses in our bios, or email the site in general at contact@southernconnecticutweather.com. Please do note that we all have full time commitments aside from the page, and therefore it might take some time before you hear from us. We will get to your email as soon as we can, we promise!
SCW Today: Southern Connecticut Weather focuses on discussion based forecasting that aims to educate and inform the public of upcoming weather events rather than produce fear and hype through predatory posting. We are pioneers in using models and meteorology to explain our forecasts rather than simply just providing them, and we go into a level of detail in our discussions rarely seen in commercial forecasting. As a result, our readers don't only get the best forecast, they get an education in forecasting as well, allowing them to interpret forecasts and evidence to come to their own conclusions about upcoming weather events. We post 2-3x per week both here and on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/southernconnecticutweather, increasing to daily posts during the winter and ahead of an upcoming weather event. You can also find us on Twitter @SouthernCTWX.
Meet the Staff
Timothy Wrightington Jr-Partner and Forecaster
Timothy, an avid weather hobbyist, founded the Southern Connecticut Weather Facebook page back in January 2013 after deciding to branch off weather discussion from his own personal page to friends and family. Tim is a forecaster for the page, while also making many of the graphics that are displayed as part of the forecasts. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, playing sports, and socializing with friends, among many other things. As a lifelong resident of West Haven, Connecticut, he is very keen to the very intricate microclimates of the state, especially the shoreline. Currently Timothy works as a mechanic, but has aspirations of one day going to college and receiving a meteorology degree. Feel free to contact Tim at Tim@southernconnecticutweather.com.
Spencer Aronstein-Partner, Lead Forecaster and Webmaster
Spencer joined Southern Connecticut Weather in December 2013 as its lead forecaster, and since then he has overseen the growth of SCW from a small Facebook page consisting mainly of family and friends to one of the leading sources of weather information in Connecticut. He is the coordinator the day to day operations of the page and site; publishing daily forecasts and discussions, updating the site, and responding to comments, as well as many more behind the scenes tasks. When Spencer isn't forecasting or writing, you'll probably find him outdoors, since he is an avid hiker, skier, and climber. He lives in Boston, MA, where he studies Computer Science and Business at Northeastern University. He can be reached at spencer@southernconnecticutweather.com
Greg Petridis-Forecaster
Greg Petridis is a professional meteorologist with forecasting experience that goes back to his days in college in the early 2000s. A 2006 graduate of Kean University with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology, Greg is constantly researching the topic and constantly discovering new ideas in the subject. These help to make him a better forecaster. Greg resides in Elizabeth, NJ, where he works in secondary education as well as provides private forecasting services in addition to his work with SCW. He began working with SCW in 2014 as a freelance writer, and joined the team full time as a forecaster in September 2015. He can be reached at greg@southernconnecticutweather.com
Don Bell-Forecaster
Don joined Southern Connecticut Weather as a forecaster in November 2015. Weather has been one of his loves for as long as he can remember, and he brings enthusiasm to his forecasts and two week winter outlooks. Don was born and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. When he isn’t working or thinking about the weather, he is likely doing something sports related or spending time with family. He can be reached at don@southernconnecticutweather.com
Luca Di Carlo-Forecaster
Luca joined Southern Connecticut Weather as a forecaster in March of 2018 after being a long time reader of SCW. He is meteorology student at Western Connecticut State University and is excited to develop his forecasting skills beyond the classroom. Luca has been fascinated by weather his whole life, and has dreamed about becoming a forecaster since he was young. When he's not studying for meteorology exams or writing for SCW, he's a member of the WCSU soccer team and an avid pianist, as well as an aspiring foodie. He can be reached at luca@southernconnecticutweather.com
Contact Us
We love to hear from our readers! That could be in the form of a question, comment, piece of feedback, or really just about anything. If you've got a question about something in our discussions, leave a comment on that post and we'll respond there, otherwise, fill out the form below and we'll get back to you as soon as we can! You can also email us individually by using the email addresses in our bios, or email the site in general at contact@southernconnecticutweather.com. Please do note that we all have full time commitments aside from the page, and therefore it might take some time before you hear from us. We will get to your email as soon as we can, we promise!
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