Robert Speta

Robert Speta is an operational turned broadcast meteorologist who has been working in Meteorology since 2005 when he was first stationed at NS Mayport with the Navy in Jacksonville Florida.

Currently, Robert wears several hats. He currently works at First Coast News but also as an Aviation Meteorologist at NAS Jacksonville for the US NAVY as well as a meteorological consultant for several private companies.

His career has taken him all over the world performing a range of meteorological jobs. This includes forecasting locally in 17 countries and three different oceans. He even spent 5 years on tv in Tokyo Japan with NHK the largest broadcaster in East Asia. He also has chased typhoons for The Weather Channel, reported in blizzards, covered tornadoes, and even has filmed under several actively erupting volcanoes.

In 2017 Robert was a part of an Emmy-winning newscast during coverage of Flash Flooding outside of Rochester New York.

Prior to Broadcasting Robert was awarded several Naval Achievement Medals Meteorologist with the US Navy. Most notably was his support during Operation Tomadachi where he not only provided weather support but also tracked winds and forecasted radiation fallout from Fukushima Daichi. Making him one of the few American Meteorologists today who have plotted radiation fallout in a real-world situation.

Robert has an active social media presence with over 60,000 followers on Facebook and over 30,000 subscribers on YouTube where he discusses not only weather here at home but also around the world.

You can follow him at Facebook: RobertSpetaWeather, Twitter: RobertSpetawx