For nearly 25 years, many Central New Yorkers tuned their radio to that greeting each morning, relying on Bob Sykes' forecasts to cover everything from brutal winter storms like The Blizzard of '66 to whether it was a good day to hang out their laundry. Though his broadcasts were popular, few of Sykes' loyal listeners knew of his other contributions to the study of weather: the groundbreaking research he conducted on lake-effect snowstorms; his 20+ years teaching State University College at Oswego students, many who went on ...
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For nearly 25 years, many Central New Yorkers tuned their radio to that greeting each morning, relying on Bob Sykes' forecasts to cover everything from brutal winter storms like The Blizzard of '66 to whether it was a good day to hang out their laundry. Though his broadcasts were popular, few of Sykes' loyal listeners knew of his other contributions to the study of weather: the groundbreaking research he conducted on lake-effect snowstorms; his 20+ years teaching State University College at Oswego students, many who went on to successful careers in meteorology; and his service during World War II as an Army-trained meteorologist, where his forecasting knowhow helped the United States and its Allies win the war. Despite these accomplishments, by his own definition Bob Sykes was simply "a weatherman," and this is his story.
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