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Brooks Garner
Meteorologist Brooks Garner joined FOX 35 in June 2021 – and has more than 20 years of TV broadcasting and weather expertise, including tracking severe weather, tornadoes, tropical storms, and hurricanes. He's part of the FOX 35 Good Day Orlando team, which airs Monday - Friday, 4 a.m. - 10 a.m.
He holds seals of approval from both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. His weather coverage has earned him an Edward R. Murrow Award, several Emmy Awards, and an AP Award.
He's tracked storms in Boston, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; Columbia, South Carolina; Houston, Texas; Tampa – and now Orlando, Florida.
Here in Orlando, Garner has been part of FOX 35's wall-to-wall coverage of the devastating hurricanes Ian, Nicole, and Idalia. During Hurricane Sandy (Oct. 2012), he flew with NOAA's Hurricane Hunters inside the storm. He also covered Hurricane Harvey (2017), which ravaged parts of Louisiana and Texas.
He lives in Central Florida with his wife, Erica, their three children, and two equally energetic shepherds. He loves visiting local schools for FOX 35's Storm School series, and educating and teaching about weather in terms that are easy to understand, and meeting people in the community.
Garner also launched the FOX 35 Weather Spotters Network, where people at home can share their weather observations with the FOX 35 Storm Team. How much rain fell at your house? Is it sunny, cloudy, rainy, or stormy? Garner may include that info in an upcoming weather forecast.
The latest from Brooks Garner
TIMELINE: Storms to linger into evening for western parts of Central Florida
We're in for more of the same on Wednesday in Central Florida: hot, humid with a chance for an afternoon storm.
Orlando weather: Hot weekend ahead with afternoon rain, thunderstorm chances
Some thunderstorms will be around Saturday afternoon and evening, mainly north and Northeast of Orlando. Storms will move to the northeast Saturday in response to a stronger West Coast Seabreeze.
TIMELINE: Saharan Dust halts hurricanes, but tropical activity will soon rise
The FOX 35 Storm Team is tracking no tropical activity ahead for the next seven to 10 days due to Saharan Dust, capping the atmosphere and preventing organized thunderstorm development over the waters.
TIMELINE: Thunderstorms with torrential rain, lightning tracking across Central Florida
We are tracking severe weather across parts of Central Florida.
Afternoon storms, oppressive heat to impact Central Florida this week
Our unsettled week continues with daily rounds of showers and storms. A direct moisture feed from the tropics all week will keep our rain chances elevated, with "likely" chances for storms each muggy afternoon.
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas: Will Florida see any indirect impacts?
While Beryl will not directly impact our weather, as it is tracking far from Florida, we will tap its intense tropical air mass, resulting in numerous downpours each day.
Orlando weather: Another day of blistering heat with afternoon storms
The weather across Central Florida on Wednesday features seasonal heat and humidity with afternoon storm chances.
Orlando weather: Typical July forecast with extra heat and storms for Central Florida
This week will be pretty typical as far as July weather goes in Central Florida, though it'll be several degrees warmer than normal during the work week, with temperatures even hotter as we head into the weekend.
Orlando weather: Sunshine, strong winds with chance of passing showers
Another breezy and comfortable Florida day lies ahead, with high temperatures in the upper 80s and a 40% chance for passing showers.
'Rare' disturbance is tracking toward Florida as potential tropical storm brews in the Gulf: NHC
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure in the Atlantic that could track toward Florida, along with a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that could become Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.