Mike Stone has 30 years of experience as a meteorologist. He can be seen on our weekend morning newscasts with Greg McQuade from 6 to 8 a.m., and on the CBS 6 News at Noon & the CBS 6 News at 4 p.m. programs Wednesday through Friday.
During his time at CBS 6, he has won three Emmy awards (best weathercast, best weekend news, best weather special), and three Associated Press Awards for best weathercast.
He originally worked at WTVR from 1995 to 1998, and returned in June of 2011. In between, he worked in Toledo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. His first job was in Oklahoma, where he gained a lot of experience covering tornadoes and severe weather, followed by a stop in Pennsylvania.
Mike is a graduate of Penn State University. He is a certified broadcast meteorologist (CBM) and holds the seals of approval from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association (NWA).
He continues learning about the latest research and technology at local, national and international weather conferences. In 2009, he was one of only twenty broadcast meteorologists chosen to participate in a climate change conference in Chicago.
Mike also serves as a weather consultant for the Richmond Flying Squirrels and to movie directors filming in Richmond.
He grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is the youngest of three. He is married and lives in Glen Allen, and also has family in eastern Virginia.
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