Many weather anchors have journalism rather than meteorology backgrounds, so his science degree gives him a bit of a leg up. “After that, I was just off to TV land,” he said. But after an internship at the CBS station in Philadelphia, that former shy kid found he quite liked doing TV. Most meteorologists end up in government or academia, so his choice to pursue a career as a weather anchor was a bit unusual. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEįrom then on, his path was clear - he joined the weather club in high school, then studied meteorology at Pennsylvania State University. Tuma recently moved from the weekend to the morning meteorologist for KGO. I was like, how does this happen? What comes together to make this happen? Will it happen again?” ABC7 meteorologist Drew Tuma poses for a photo at Pier 7 in San Francisco, Calif. “… And then that just sparked my interest. I think my parents were like, ‘Is he going to be okay growing up?’” Tuma joked.īut this shy kid found his calling when he was seven-years-old, when a wild blizzard dumped 40 inches of snow on the Philadelphia suburb where he grew up. Wait, a shy kid? A man that shows his face to the entire Bay Area on TV every morning for a living? He clarifies that he is off-the-market - happily engaged to his fiance, Joey - but “I think it's such a compliment as someone who was just so shy as a kid,” he said. “Anyone else developing a crush on drew tuma?” asks another. “Wtf drew tuma of abc7 news is the cutest,” exclaims one Twitter user. Just take a poke around the replies of his very wholesome Twitter, where Tuma cheerfully explains weather patterns to his followers (or Chrissy Teigen) and gushes over the fog, and you’ll see what I mean. So many people have told me after the fact, ‘I was too shy to come up and say hi.’”īut people tend to get a little more bold with their Tuma fandom behind the shield of social media. “So many times it happens in the grocery store… You can always come up and say hi. “They're just trying to figure out how they know your face,” he said. Sometimes when he’s out and about in the Castro, where he lives with his fiance and dog, he notices people staring at him. “I guess in my older age - my 30s,” he said with a grin over Zoom, “I’ve become a morning person.”Īfter nearly eight years at KGO, Tuma has become a bit of a local celebrity. The early start can’t be an easy change for anyone, but the meteorologist with a million-watt smile is characteristically rosy about it. he’s live on ABC7 telling Bay Area residents about the weather.Īt the beginning of this year, Tuma became KGO’s weekday weather anchor after Mike Nicco moved to the midday shift after 15 years. He gets up, showers, grabs a quick cup of coffee and is into work by 4 a.m.
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