In his spare time, Derek enjoys exploring nature, sampling local craft beer and working on vintage European cars. During his years in Oklahoma and the Deep South, he was an avid storm chaser and witnessed several historic storms including the F-5 Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma and Hurricanes Isabel, Irene, Ivan, Irma, Katrina and Florence. He is a self-proclaimed weather geek and has always been fascinated with nature and science. Derek was one of the first 100 television meteorologists in the country to obtain the CBM seal. He also traveled to Wilmington, North Carolina to deliver live reports during Hurricane Florence's landfall in 2018.ĭerek holds the Television Seal Of Approval from the National Weather Association and the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) seal from the American Meteorological Society. It was there that he covered historic Hurricanes Irma, Matthew and Dorian. The opportunity then presented itself to move to Southwest Florida in December 2015 where he became chief meteorologist at WFTX-TV in Cape Coral/Ft. During that time, he covered many storms including Hurricane Isaac, the super outbreak of tornadoes in April 2011 and a rare Gulf Coast winter storm in January 2014. Derek's passion for tropical weather led him to make a move to the Gulf Coast, where he became chief meteorologist at WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama through September 2015. Within a year of arriving in Cincinnati, he was promoted to chief meteorologist in January 2007 and served in that capacity until August 2009. He then moved to Cincinnati in late 2005 to become morning and noon meteorologist at WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. Derek started his career in television as a freelance meteorologist during his second year of graduate school at WCBI-TV in Columbus, Mississippi.Īfter graduating from MSU, he got his first full-time job as weekend meteorologist at KHBS-KHOG in Northwest Arkansas. in Geosciences from Mississippi State University in 2004. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma School Of Meteorology and he obtained his B.S. Originally from Rochester, New York, Derek also spent part of his childhood in Arkansas and Mississippi. He was promoted in March 2023 to become WJZ's first-ever Chief Meteorologist. Derek Beasley joined the WJZ First Alert Weather Team in March 2022.
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