Erika Martin

Greater Hartford native Erika Martin is happy to be back home, as a member of WTNH's Storm Team 8.

Erika grew up watching WTNH and remembers sitting in her grandmother's living room, with her family, hanging on every single Hurricane Gloria update -- until the power went out! She's happy that her family can now tune in to her weekday evening forecasts, for weather updates, and watch her doing what she loves.

Erika attended S.S.Cyril & Methodius, in Hartford, and Northfield Mount Hermon preparatory school in Massachusetts.

A degreed meteorologist, she has previously forecasted the weather for the Sierra Nevada region, San Francisco's Bay Area, and Western Massachusetts.

Erika began her college career at NYU, but completed her degree in Broadcast Journalism with an emphasis in Production at Santa Monica College. Erika has earned a B.S. in Meteorology from Mississippi State University, and is currently preparing for The CBM Seal. She has also been accepted into a Masters program in Meteorology and will begin classes next fall.

Erika loves spending time with her family, her husband Rob, practicing Yoga, working out big time, reading anything published by Hay House, dinner with good friends, and helping her girlfriends plan their weddings!

She also has a lifestyle and weather blog: fairweatherfashion.wordpress.com

Her professional affiliations include: AMS, SPJ, NAHJ, AFTRA, SESAC

Latest Articles

  • SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10PM
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR N. CT until 10PM, and though conditions aren't as raw as they were yesterday, I'm not going to lessen the possible severity of the weather possibly headed our...
  • MORE SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY FOR CT
    Radar image courtesy of NOAA *I'm expecting more WATCHES/WARNINGS with regards to severe weather for CT tomorrow. All ingredients are in place for some wild night in the weather department. I'm tracking...
  • LIVE RADAR-TRACKING STORM CELLS
    Updated radar...
  • LIVE RADAR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADED OUR WAY
    I was talking about this yesterday, and here are the storm cells as they move in on our ESP Live system... -Erika
  • 10 PM First Weather Update
    Quick update on the rain and thunderstorms headed our way... -Erika
  • FOG TONIGHT, MID-WEEK RAIN & THUNDER
    Muggy and sticky night across the state as warmer air and high relative humidity gives us a taste of a humid summer day! Otherwise there has been some clearing of clouds which has allowed for more daytime...
  • DRY NIGHT, GREAT FOR SKY GAZING...RAIN ON THE WAY
    Tonight will be another nice night...great for sky gazing. I'll have your sky gazing forecast at 10&11. Saturday is another beautiful day with clouds building later. Keeping the addition of rain on...
  • Gorgeous Day Tomorrow Too!
    With brisk westerlies gusting up to 35mph at the surface, and very little moisture in the atmosphere, a Fire Weather Outlook has been issued by The NWS. In addition this afternoon will continue to allow...
  • FROST ADVISORIES & WARNINGS
    Bring the plants inside, and keep an eye on your gardens! Low dewpoints and chilly temps, along with mostly clear skies and calm winds, will provide the perfect conditions for frost to build...
  • SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT
    *Typo on my "Tomorrow" graphic. Sunrise is obviously not at 5:35 PM:)" Gorgeous day across the state gives way to a disturbance moving in from the west. Clouds begin to thicken up and the night remains...
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